Utah Digital Newspapers: "Tracy Cannon Arranges Excellent Program for Pioneer Conference"

For the Male quartet--"There is a Beautiful Country"................... Parks

Leo, Ernest, George C. and Lewis Bowers. I'm thinking that Lewis Bowers should actually be spelled differently, Louis Bowers. Louis is the spelling I have for the brother of this family.

For the article above, I have written a note on the side with the name of the newspaper, date and title of the article: Salt Lake Telegram, 1916-01-23, "Tracy Cannon Arranges Excellent Program for Pioneer Conference". If you would like a clean copy, you can pull one up on the Utah Digital Newspapers website http://digitalnewspapers.org/.

Utah Digital Newspapers: "Holladay Notes"

For the article above, I have written a note on the side with the name of the newspaper, date and title of the article: Salt Lake Telegram, 1934-02-12, "Holladay Notes." If you would like a clean copy, you can pull one up on the Utah Digital Newspapers website http://digitalnewspapers.org/.



Utah Digital Newspapers: "Mrs. Esther F. Bowers to Be Burried Tuesday"

For the article above, I have written a note on the side with the name of the newspaper, date and title of the article: Salt Lake Telegram, 1926-01-17, "Mrs. Esther F. Bowers to Be Burried Tuesday". If you would like a clean copy, you can pull one up on the Utah Digital Newspapers website http://digitalnewspapers.org/.

Utah Digital Newspapers: "Vocalist Dies After Stroke" - John David Bowers

For the article above, I have written a note on the side with the name of the newspaper, date and title of the article: Salt Lake Telegram, 1942-09-17, "Vocalist Dies After Stroke". If you would like a clean copy, you can pull one up on the Utah Digital Newspapers website http://digitalnewspapers.org/.

Utah Digital Newspapers - Search for "john shadrach bowers" (2) items

I ran a specific search on the Utah Digital Newspapers website for "john shadrach bowers" and it came up with 2 items. I will attach the two articles within this post.

For the article above, I have written a note on the side with the name of the newspaper, date and title of the article: Salt Lake Telegram, 1934-02-01, "Bowers Rites Will Be Held". If you would like a clean copy, you can pull one up on the Utah Digital Newspapers website http://digitalnewspapers.org/. 

For the above article, we drew a line next to the pertinent article and on the side I wrote the name of the newspaper, date and title: Salt Lake Telegram, 1934-02-05, "Deaths".

I will transcribe the article since it is difficult to read when printed.

John Shadrach Bowers

Funeral services were conducted for John Shadrach Bowers, 80, pioneer builder and contractor of Salt Lake. Sunday afternoon in the McKingley L. D. S. ward chapel with Bishop William A. Bateman in charge.

Speakers were James A. Anderson, Charles Hyde, Charles Cottrell Jr., and Bishop Bateman, Alexander Buchanan dedicated the grave in the City cemetery.

Mr. Bowers died Wednesday afternoon at the home of his son, Louis J. Bowers, 130 East Seventh South street, of infirmities incident to age.

Utah Digital Newspapers

The new discovery that I was recently thrilled about is the Utah Digital Newspapers. It began with a question I submitted online to the Research Center of the Utah State Archives & Utah State History:

Question: My great-grandfather, Leo Bowers, raced bicycles in Utah in a velodrome. As the story goes, in one of his races, he crashed and had a terrible time with the wood/splinters. My question - would there be a photo or article of/about him racing? Where would I begin looking? Leo Bowers, birth 1885, death 1949. I appreciate your help.

They did respond with links to various Utah newspaper articles which was helpful. The links were a part of the Utah Digital Newspapers, http://digitalnewspapers.org/. I have a blog for Leo Fullmer Bowers and Harriet Ann Shelton (the link is located on the sidebar of this blog). I will in the near future post most of his articles on that specific blog.

In addition, I have run specific searches and discovered more articles for the Bowers family of John Shadrach Bowers and Esther Fullmer. I have found it beneficial to search for specific names opposed to a general name like Bowers. On the home page of the Utah Digital Newspapers, there is an option to search all newspapers. I type in the name and then click on the "Exact Phrase" box and then click the "Go" button. I have found this method to be the best.