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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1880
Page
3
Western Union reports that brakemen and firemen on the Pacific Railway strike, endangering train operations as replacement crews fear for their safety. Police guard arrivals and departures while public sympathy favors the strikers.
Reports from Sept 18 describe the Porte protesting European naval interference in the Montenegrin question, Albanian forces occupying Dulcigno and expelling Turkish troops, and Turkish commander Riza Pasha withdrawing. Other items note bells tolling in Boston for Boston’s 200th anniversary, German press criticism, and unrest in Macedonia with Bulgarian Avengers and Musgals clashes.
A July 21 1880 letter from C Auragarri general agent Brush Electric Light urges Ogden to light the city with electricity. He notes eastern furnishes offer a strong setup and promises that visitors passing through would spread the citys fame and progress.
Local ad urges Ogden readers to buy Gueex's Avavst Foodrs at 75 cents to cure dyspepsia and liver complaints. Sample bottles offered for 10 cents with claim that two doses relieve symptoms. The notice promotes Druggist Vm. Driver & Son on Main Street.
A promotional blurb extols Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as a friend in pain offering hops health and happiness and a renewed life though not curing the underlying illness. The prose urges relief for suffering through the advertised remedy.
Daily edition reports Riz Pasha not assassinated and an insurrection in Herat denied. Kurdish actions devastate Armenian villages. Four American plays opening in New York. Steamship Westphalia brings gold to New York. Signor Rossi plans an American visit. Dulcigno Mussulmen threaten Italian flag. An American Girl runs at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Chicago theater boom and Wallack’s season opens with Rosalind. Victoria remains peaceful near Lake Guzman. Bush ravages parish of St George Canada. Sarah Bernhardt sails toward America. Rinderpest hits Volhynia cattle district. Westphalia gold shipment to New York. Steamers Mary Ann and Simpson burn at Pittsburg. Congressional races heat up in Missouri and New York. U S arsenal Gatling gun incident. British Mediterranean squadron to station on Albanian coast. Constantin arrives for Carlberg concert. Boston Ideal Company performs Pirates nightly. Hendricks Thurman address mass meeting at Hicksville. Arkansas debt repudiation likely. Sir Fitzroy Kelly dies. Dobradje seeks disarmament for all locals.
Ogden School trustees announce district schools will not reopen until Monday September 27 to align start and end dates across schools. Central School House nearing completion with improved safety features, and excellent teachers are in place. Tuition rates for departments are described as the lowest ever offered in the city amid district improvements.
Official tables show Germany 18,916,510 hectolitres and 23,811,117 barrels. Great Britain 36,597,550 hectolitres. the United States 15,400,000 hectolitres. Austria-Hungary 11,184,681. France 8,723,000. Belgium 7,554,000. Russia 2,300,000. Netherlands 1,600,000. Denmark 1,100,000. Sweden 930,000. Italy 870,000. Switzerland 724,000. Norway 615,000 hectolitres. Belgium leads per capita at 167 litres, while Russia produces the least at about 3 litres per person.
The Ogden Tabernacle hosted a Sunday school concert and reviews praising the schools progress in religious and secular teaching. The article notes Sunday schools began with Hubert Raikes and now educate millions, shaping virtuous citizens and supporting music within instruction.
The piece reflects on Earth's smallness in the cosmos, citing Herschel's scale analogy of the sun and planets. It notes the vast interstellar distances, the thin earthly atmosphere, and the long light travel times for distant stars, illustrating our isolation in the universe.
The article notes thousands of Germans arrive at Castle Garden daily driven by crop failures and economic distress in eastern Germany. It highlights government attempts to curb grain duties and famine risk, while emigration continues to rise from all regions. Only Württemberg shows proactive colonial plans to relocate colonists to western America as Berlin discourages such movement.
An advertisement extols Oschen's German Syrup as the world’s best remedy for coughs colds and severe lung diseases. It claims rapid relief and safety for children with Dr Boachee’s prescription and notes unprecedented sales and a perfect success record. It urges readers to consult their druggist and notes large size at 75 cents.
The article recalls Bis marck pushing heavy grain duties to fill state coffers, risking mass migration. It notes failed emigration appeals to the Samoan islands and laments German oppression under militarism and aristocracy while praising the United States as a land of freedom.
A collage of light reportage and wry vignettes referencing mad elephants, a quip about a machine adding figures, breakfast science, wheat from General Garreld, political scuffles, jokes about courtship and public life, quirky anecdotes from Bob Toombs and Hancock, and a playful poem about a picnic and food.
Salt Lake City hearing of the Utah Eastern Railroad argues reduced external coal costs and lower consumer coal prices. Proponents claim ownership by local miners and carriers will keep profits in territory. the line from Coalville to Park City nears completion. Also notes autumn theater events and rising business activity as fall freight payments loom.
Ceiling centers ornament plaster work at Barnard White's Lumber Yard. Sep line hints at display or sale details in a local notices snippet.
The Chicago News cites Secretary Evarts proposing actions on Mormon immigration. It argues prosecuting new Mormon immigrants for polygamy is impractical, noting existing anti Mormon laws in some territories are unenforced and federal efforts would fail against newly arrived immigrants.
An advertisement urges readers to buy Bhiloia's Vitalizer claiming it cures sour stomach liver complaints and general illness. The note cites a 7 cent price and lists J W McNutt & Co and C Ormeby in Oregon as sellers.
Advertisement offers twenty acres of land for sale located two miles northeast of Hooper City. For details contact this office or Peter Cunningham. Sepl. Im
Historical ad claims Conzh or old and standard remedy for throat and chest ailments. Says it saves many and never fails to satisfy. Sold by J W McNuit & Co at location ej710 30.
A damaged OCR snippet shows the clerk and deputy clerk names and titles as official signatures on a board record. The text is partly garbled but indicates standard clerical attestation by Glerk and deputy. No further readable details present.
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