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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1880
Page
1
Advertises wholesale jewelry discounts offered by a business active since March 1878. Promises to ship catalogs and sell various items including pins, chains, rings, brooches, bracelets, earrings, and watches at fixed wholesale prices with mail order. Notes limited stock due to June to August market conditions and mentions prices per unit and per hundred.
A disjointed historical newspaper snippet parades a suspicious ad from The Investore' Agency promising rare gold watches and jewelry at low prices. It cites a Chicago address and urges readers to mail orders, while the surrounding notes from The Sentinel and The Chicago Press expose consumer warnings and skepticism about the scheme.
A garbled notice instructs sending money by registered letter or money order with specific sums and fees. It promises personal responsibility for money and refunds if not satisfied, mentions stamps and charges, and references watches jewelry novelties and new trinkets.
The Times publishes the statewide tally from county reports for tomorrow's Republican state convention. Grant leads with 154 votes, Blaine has 124, scattering 12, and 20 are unknown.
XLVI Congress in Washington hears petitions urging lower duties on paper chemicals and opening Indian Territory for settlement. West cites 5000 Missouri Kansas Arkansas Texas signers. Brumidi honored in remarks as Morrill notes. Senate adjourns after elections talk and reports on Curtin Yokum contest.
The Indian budget shows a surplus of £119000 for 1879 80 and £417000 for 1880 81 after covering famine Afghan war and frontier railway charges. War expenditure 1879 80 was £32216000, total net war spend to end of 1881 estimated at £5750000. Exchange rate next year set at one shilling eightpence per rupee.
Advertises Dr Mintie products and other remedies. Claims Nephreticum and Dandelion pills cure kidney bladder ailments liver derangements and biliousness. Promotes Vital MESTORA as a safe male reform remedy addressing nervous debility and sexual weakness. Prices listed as 3 per bottle and 10 for four times the quantity. Available from Wm Driver Son J W McNutt Co Ogden and Dr Mintle Co San Francisco.
Baron Von Schell, a Russian privy councilor, is believed to be mentally impaired following injuries and the explosion in the winter palace. Authorities note his mind shows a weakened state as a result of the incident.
A compilation of acts proposed or enacted covering Utah territory bylaw changes. Items include county creation Emery Uintah Wasatch Sanpete and Ogden City charters, canal right of way, railroad deeds, tax equalization, bee culture, adjournment rules, sugar production rewards, water apportionment, highways, fencing, railcar trespass, insane asylum, district schools, voters rights, fish and game, clerk elections, and juror witness fees with $55,000 in criminal cases.
Reports from Paris Rome Madrid and New York cite royal visits and diplomacy as German pope talks stall while a flood devastates Tripoli and Brewster Mass suffers a major fire. Nations discuss armies and politics as weather worsens at sea and on land.
Advice on safe eye habits for reading writing and crafts. It urges cool rooms warm feet proper lighting not from the front light over the left shoulder and minimal head bending. It warns against candlelight before breakfast and recommends breaks and proper glasses only under medical guidance.
An essay discusses how English speakers harshly mispronounce A and how this affects social perception. Observers note that A pronunciation marks class, with anecdotes from a London gentleman and others about wealth and influence. The author laments the persistence of this habit and its social cost.
A severe storm struck Cedar Chapel in Hardin County Tennessee near Memphis. The tornado damaged seven people and destroyed multiple houses. Three dwellings burned, with about ten thousand dollars in losses.
A writer urges rapid home treatment for diphtheria noting symptoms such as headache fever and vomiting. The remedy includes blue mass pills milk throat baths with alcohol and iodine tincture and cautions against overly tight neck wraps.
The Cincinnati Telegraph reports a likely surge of Catholic emigration to the Western States in spring. A Chicago meeting of the Catholic Colonization Society is said to have sold land tracts and ordered buildings to house settlers. Strong Catholic colonies exist in Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Kansas Nebraska with some colonists already financially independent.
A critical view argues the Senate chase for control fuels a partisan exodus. It claims politicians manipulate misconceptions about racial groups to sustain power, depicting a falsely promised land in the South and a system where Black people face hunger despite charity. The piece blames Republican operatives for stoking a deceptive migration narrative.
A fragmented ad notes cures for dyspepsia liver complaint constipation sour stomach and general debility. It promises free trials of Shiplom Vitalizer at cost if not effective, with sales through J. W. McNutt & Co and O. C. Ormsbys Leran, wholesale and retail druggists.
Farmers urged to contact Driver and Son and Largo Wholesale on Main Street Ogdenney for favorable terms. The notice advertises both wholesale and retail services aimed at agricultural customers.
Home made Linsey Sheeting Temka and Flannel Sheeting Soaps Grey Linsey Waashboards Navy Twill Flannel Brooms Double Shawle Brushes Brown Yarns Cotton Batting Blankets White Yarn offered by J C Cures agent Old Constitution building Saltake City wholesale and retail.
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