18 Feb 1880
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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1880
Page
1
Local advertisement page shows a block on Fourth Street in Ogden Utah listing services and notices with names and incomplete text. Readable fragments suggest business listings and community notices among the standard classified items.
The Herald relief list includes Jno. McCullough Fanny Davenport and Frank Mayo with large subscriptions and 230 Congressmen. The piece notes a heated Republican race and hints at Democratic tensions as Tilden or not dominates the debate.
The report notes rising distress in Ireland and reports the death of Rev. Alexander Kreith. Other items include France’s bank reserves up 12 million francs, Abdul Rahman leading a large force at Badekhar, Tilden favoring Chicago for the Democratic convention, and Canada opening parliament. Also mentioned are a proposed Prince Louis Napoleon memorial, New York Governor Conkling signing women’s school voting rights, Marlborough’s herald fund, France asking Britain for frontier settlement talks, Cork MP Calthuret denied Reform Club admission, Bret Harte possibly resigning as consul, Throop Street School teaching Bohemian, and Gen. John A. Sutter claim dispute before Congress.
The item reports on General Skobelef's appointment to avoid trouble with England, the Reichstag opening with few clericals, anti socialist measures in Germany, rising armaments in France and Russia, Wilhelm II's throne speech on military law and finance, and UK parliamentary debates on Irish affairs and distress relief with calls for imperial funding.
The senate concurred in amendments to the military academy bill. An additional $135 000 appropriation was approved for certain Indian tribes. A revolution request for Navy canal information was adopted. The Fitz John Porter relief bill faced reconsideration objections. Private calendar bills advanced including Powell’s disability removal and Army appointment. A resolution sought war department data on railroad bridge rights. Lynchburg tobacco tax relief bill passed 151 to 39. Session adjourned, debate to resume tomorrow.
The Chicago Journal of Commerce discusses lessons from Boston merchants who failed at high rates due to sheriff’s assignments and compromises. It outlines keys to success including true adaptation to business, deep product knowledge, prudent purchasing, intuitive human insight, strategic location, and attractive premises. It also warns against neglect, poor bookkeeping, and rising personal expenses, highlighting the perils of early overreach and unverified accounts.
Cabul dispatch says reports of Abdul Rahman Kahn crossing the Oxus are premature though letters suggest movement is impending. Republican committee in Concord New York sets May 6 for state convention to elect delegates to the national convention with strong sentiment that delegates should go to Chicago.
A detailed roll shows annual pay for the president ministers senate deputies prefects ambassadors archbishops bishops and cardinals in francs and dollars. Top salaries include 1 200 000 francs for the president and 250 000 for St Petersburg ambassador with many other postings listed. The note also highlights generous church stipends versus low wages for inferior clergy.
About 40 to 50 thousand German residents in Paris prepare to leave as a city newspaper is published in their own language, signaling concern over occupation and a shift in daily life.
An eye witness reports a landslip from the Rigi mass causing slime, rocks, and debris to block the Dossenbach river bed near Vitznau. Bridges were destroyed and villagers evacuated as efforts redirected the flow into the lake. The event, possibly earthquake triggered, caused lake shore subsidence and ongoing danger with alarms and temporary protections.
Farmers can secure favorable terms by calling on Driver and Son at 3 Main Street Ogden. The advertisement promotes a large wholesale and retail business serving local customers.
Antiquated sale notice from Ogden retailers Wan. Driver & Son and J. W. McNult & Co. promoting Baons's Anxtta Salter claimed to aid burns bruises frostbite old sores and injured eyes with emphasis on constant availability for family use.
Advertisers claim Shilohs Consumption Cure is the best lung medicine, curing coughs and offering relief from asthma bronchitis whooping cough croup and consumption with proven results. It promises quicker cures and is priced at 10 cents 60 cents and a dollar. Also offered Shilohs Porous Plaster by J W McNutt Co and O C Ormsby Logan.
An advertising indictment warns that a so called Kaiser German Elixir for consumption and throat and lung diseases is toxic and has killed thousands. It cites cases in Vallejo Dixon Beaver Utah and other towns where children suffered from the remedy. The warning urges buying only authentic German Elixir.
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