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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1880
Page
2
Boston police suspect Hill killed Lavoie in the South End after a jealous quarrel with Marshall who wooed a saloon table girl on Harrison Avenue. A letter to the girl and a near-by note link Hill to the murder as detectives widen the search.
Reports from Lonnox on February 23 describe the Dunering, heading from San Francisco to Queenstown, towed into Queenstown after losing its main mast in a fierce storm. Two crew members are declared lost overboard. The remainder of the voyage remains uncertain as authorities assess salvage and safety.
In Washington on February 23 the Senate adjourned as Bayard moved to honor George Washington. McDonald said he would seek a final vote tomorrow on the pending five percent bill. Bailey proposed a free duty clothing amendment and relief measures for colored emigrants from abroad. Adjourned.
The record lists bills by Coffroth creating a court of pensions with five justices at 4000 dollars each. Kelly introduces a law on the embona plant, Muldrow adds a free-list for books, Jul seeks a joint committee on the grain blockade, and Hinckburn proposes tax cuts on tobacco and alcohol. After a morning hour, public business paused for addresses, and the house adjourned following routine procedures.
Reports from San Francisco reflect a clerical death and a local resolution opposing a Franco American treaty. Chapin Station sees a fatal shooting by a hotel keeper and a runner. A Russian church order urges clergy restraint in politics. A prize walking match is mooted for 10000 pounds. A Garvin farm killing and diphtheria deaths hit local and regional headlines. The Paris tariff debate touches wheat fears. The Utica convention leans toward Grant with substantial support. A Georgia illicit distiller is captured and a Democratic convention ballot settles on Cincinnati by decision.
A column calls for public reading rooms as moral reform, arguing social venues uplift rather than corrupt, urging authorities or prominent citizens to establish at least one open to all. It cites Nihilists in St Petersburg as a distraction tactic used by police to illustrate misuse of public spaces.
The Geographical Society at Rome awarded a gold medal to Prof Nordenakjold the Swedish explorer. Treaty millions of eastern capital at least have been invested in western mining ventures during 1879.
The notice warns that forewarned and forearmed doctors and invalids should avoid a quack German Elixir claiming to cure consumption and throat and lung diseases. It erroneously boasts harmlessness to children and cites harms from the owner’s medicine sold at Vallejo, Dixon, Beaver, Utah and other places. Genuine German Elixir bears the Prussian coat and Dr Kaiser’s signature. samples available at druggists.
An old Utah ad promotes SHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY claiming speedy relief for catarrh diphtheria canker mouth and headache with a free nasal injector. It touts health and sweet breath and lists J W McNutt Co and D C Ormsby in Logan as wholesale and retail vendors.
The article notes a record 1879 trade total with 1,279 million imports and 765 million exports, plus 93 million specie in and 26 million out. It warns that rising raw material imports and speculative finance threaten the economy, urging balanced, productive growth over bubbles.
An essay advocates replacing rote drill with improved education in common schools. It argues current methods squander originality and promote mindless regimentation. It links literacy quality to later life and calls for teaching children to read better material to curb lowbrow literature.
A brief notice promotes Browns Vegetable Liver Pills claiming to cure tilloudness and sick headache. The advertisement emphasizes quick relief and a health boosting claim typical of patent medicines.
After a 40 day session the Utah Legislature adjourned without day. Prominent members from Weber County included Hon. L. Farr and Hon. D. H. Peery. Key measures include the Court Bill creating two district court terms at Ogden and expanding the First Judicial district to include Rich Morgan Weber Box Elder and Cache counties. The city charter reforms authorize water appropriation by ordinance and penalties for improper use, empower the council to borrow or issue bonds, and expand powers to expel city officers and tighten police rules.
A Newtucket youth disguises as a fifty year old bachelor to court an English-born fifty year old widow. He wins affection, while his mother plots a prank. The mother and her friend uncover the ruse, exposing the playful deception.
June 22 set for the national Democratic convention with Cincinnati chosen as host. New York delegates tally 217 for Grant and 123 for Blaine. Other items note a Detroit Parnell-Dillon demonstration, a Russian czar siege rumor, and conflicts in India and Switzerland.
Fragmentary OCR items mention Bromws Cough Balsam and Hoale the Lunga with references to coughing and remedies. Names and context are unclear, yielding an unreadable sequence of terms without coherent article facts.
The notice proclaims that Z.C.M. will pay the highest prices for wheat oats and barley. It urges farmers to deliver grains promptly to maximize returns and notes terms pending further details.
Fire at Bargalo prompts sale of a 45 acre farm four miles south of Willard. Includes house, good well, and orchard. Price 825. Inquire of J. Miller, Plain City, Weber County. February date unclear.
Retired East India Missionary backed physician offers the public a simple vegetable remedy claimed to cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma throat and lung diseases and nervous complaints. He promises to mail the recipe in German French or English with full directions free of charge to interested readers at 149 Powers Block Rochester NY.
Ellwood H Orth as Trustee will sell on March 8 1880 at the Weber County Court House Ogden City between 10 am and 4 pm the described real estate to satisfy the mortgage note with interest costs and taxes. The sale is to the highest bidder for cash with right to bid by the note holder or their agent.
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