While searching the online Newspaper Archive, I found that quite a few newspapers seemed to enjoy following the important events in Mary Field Garner's life. The majority of the articles centered around her birthday and also around pioneer or special dates for the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

This is a newspaper clipping from, The Ogden Standard Examiner, Thursday January 30, 1941 pg. 7.  I found this article interesting and heart warming as it showed some of this amazing woman's characteristics. 

This picture documents Mary's second conversation on the telephone (her first had been five years previous).  I am sure that it would be a very interesting thing to see so much change and advancement in a life time, the telephone must have seemed to be a miracle.

Her sense of humor was mentioned when the author mentioned a time when Mary, with a smile on her face advised a young girl to not get married because a woman could never learn or understand the ways of a man. 

"The pioneer is often amused at the puzzlement expressed by her friends over some of her remarks. Her humor and subtle wit are so unexpected in a person her age that it takes most people by surprise. She is never so happy as when joking with her grandchildren. And they have to be on their toes to keep up with her."

I find this quote and description of Mary from the article amusing because it reminds me of the women in my life that still hold these same personality traits.  My late great grandmother Erma Platt and my grandmother Janette Trottier have this same humor and subtle wit.