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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1918
Page
3
Local notices report aliens, military drafts and reassignments, with Ogden residents joining camps in Washington and France. The page notes operations, shipbuilding, and forest service talks, plus community items from dancing at the Elk Club to a home fire and new farm foreman at the State Industrial School.
The document lists J. Hogan and Cleargy Rackham moving to engineer and shipyard service roles amid draft and quarantine issues. Tahner Stodert Brown, a draft registrant, is in the emergency Meet command in Washington, with deferred classification pending.
Brigham City updates include Earl J Knudson leaving for Washington to join the ordnance department after a nationwide exam. Ogden’s Midge A W age is not serving as judge for Not Etder County. Ward canvassing changes are planned, with preparations for the Thief ward and other wards in the city and county. Rex Baler high school mobilizes students to assist in state efforts, with seventy students already answering calls and a nationwide appeal.
Wanted male help for housecleaning at Mealy hotel. Also for rent furnished, two nicely furnished rooms near town at 5228 25th Street. Contact 570 Trenty-Fifth Street, phone 1706. 3227.
Government efforts to recruit trained shipbuilders face slow response as only a few applicants meet boilermaker riveter and sheet metal worker needs for the shipyards in San Francisco. Officials say many applicants are inexperienced and will depart from Ball Jake via Ogden en route to the West Coast tomorrow afternoon with experienced workers already gathered.
Last night two meetings formed the Soys Working Reserves committees for Weber county and Ogden City. W P Thomas county farm agent appointed chair of the county committee with W N Petterson and one member from each county stake organizations as assistants. G J Flosves of Eden High School named chairman of the Ogden committee with one member from each city stake as assistants.
The births reported list several families with dates and genders. Dornin Essex Th and Sasie Manda runter, 633 Canyon road, April 7, May. Raymond and Dellham Himphrier, 274 Twenty-third street, April 8, By Rugh Jt. and Eden Greenwell Ames, 137 Patterson avenue, April 6, a boy. Joseph Le and Florence Brotg Ven aman, 708 W Twenty-fourth street, April a, a boy. Francis N and Rachel Troylance Brown, 15 Thirty-second street, April 5, Boy. Floyd aml Christina Van Drimimdlers Dahiinga, 240 Stephens avenue, April 3, a boy. Parlay J and Hazel Mr. Jackson Murveel, 2258 Quincy avenue, April to. a girl or boy. George and Pearl Bramiell Williams, 249 Parrisville Road, April 5, a Daniel H and Alice Went Heywood, 3220 Ogden avenue, April 7, a girl. Charles Le and Ethel Singleton Jones, 3008 Adams avenue, March Wi, a birk.
Ogden High School will give a concert Thursday evening in the University club. The group has enjoyed a successful year and expects to perform well. The concert will begin at 6 30 and is open to all elite members and their friends.
Fragmentary North Ogden notes report the death of nine month old Blanche Sprunt in a northern cemetery after bronchial pneumonia. Other lines mention William Batley, a family move from Crdon valleys, and general local community chatter about families seeking safety amid expanding concerns.
A fragmented notice describes Society Mee with May Vilya presenting a Mietden vision for 4 guests at an event in the Washington area. The garbled text references Elijah William Thy J. A. 10 and Ameri cann Yromen, mentioning a potential donation or supply.
A local notice announces an upcoming program titled The Rapture at the First Christian Church with involvement from the Women’s Federated Missionary group. The event aims to share a community program across nearby Methodist churches and plan a joint service with a focus on outreach and fellowship.
London dispatch quotes General Maurice describing yesterday’s fighting. He notes enemy advances in the center, losses of French troops, and about 2000 prisoners taken as French battalions were cut off near the Ailette. Front lines along Estaires, Givenchy, Hangard, and Santerre are described with limited German gains and British counteractions.
Trighan City April 1 The Tex Elder county exemption board has drawn this county s quota of the second national army. Twenty two men and four alternates are named to depart between April 26 and 30 for Camp Lewis Washington. Names include Match Kuromoto Charles Wilson Robert P Veters John Richard Conaird Seurist Thomas Norton Brunker Osbourn Motte Marvin Jensen Norman Dwight Anderson John Gustave Landratter David Bradghaw Walter Hansen Ian Scown Lennard F Burrows Poon B Stauffer Charles V Kimball John G firasner Jr Elwood Pellingill Sartine J Miller Geslia H H Young Robert T Rohde Amas Chester Hatch Alterniales Les Facer Franz Ll Fors sten Walter E Taylor Otto Varo Rucker.
An unclear OCR fragment describes a harsh character with a complex mix of cruelty and mercy. It mentions an investor, patriot features, and a dramatic comment on democracy, hinting at themes of public virtue and personal character in a western setting.
An inadvertent omission note lists contributors to War Food drives by the Knights of Columbus. Names include A A McBride 25 Marshall Drug Co 25 Culley Drug Co 10 O Oliver 5 Major Drug Co 8 G W Jones 2.50 Sullivan Drug Co 2.60 10 Depot Drug 10 June McIntyre 10 Save 53 sign Drug Co 1 W E B Quinan 5 Genevieve McAulty 8 D In Boyle 35 Golien Rule Mer Co 25. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Geo
A fable set in Ogden follows two Jadles shopping for spring toys and facing a costly temptation. One buys a lavish gown, later regretting the splurge, while the other plans a charity purchase at a Red Cross stand and finds satisfaction in restraint. The tale, attributed to Carolyn Wells, ends with a moral about prudent spending.
Unclear text reports a German spy named Carl Holm Lempke captured near Cronk, South Dakota. Details are fragmentary, with references to federal actions and pending inquiries by Washington authorities.
Washington April 16. A draft wave of more than twelve thousand men has been ordered to report. The general today announced that about twelve thousand already called will start for similar camps on April 1. The draft action aims to mobilize additional manpower for national defense.
The war department disclosed the largest casualty list since entering the war, with 283 names. Five killed in action, three died of wounds, eleven died from accidents, ten severely wounded, 245 wounded slightly, and two missing. Thirteen lieutenants among the wounded, including Captain John P. Turley and several others listed as wounded.
The document lists defendants including Josephine Campbell and unknown heirs in a mortgage foreclosure case, cites procedures to respond within twenty to thirty days, and notes the attorney addresses in Ogden Utah. It also includes a creditors notice for the Mary Louis Nelting estate with an administrator and filing deadline in June 1918, plus unrelated text on honesty and truth.
Major General F B Maurice reports this morning’s attack breached the British first line trenches between the Lys and Troube rivers. The assault extended from Armen Aeres to Messines as the Genoan game, combined with yesterday’s actions, leaves Armenti césn in an awkward salient. Germans also advanced into a sizeable portion of Ploegsteert wood.
Amsterdam dispatch states a mutiny broke out among German troops at Reverlee near Linburg in Prussia before the assault on France. Officers were shot and several wounded. the mutiny leader was captured and most organizers were arrested, per the Telegraaf.
The District Court of Weber County Utah issues a summons to James Fe Jen Sen and Mune Jensen also known as Minne Alig Jensen in a civil action brought by 7 Erona Investment Company and 9 Corporation. The defendants are required to appear as directed by the court and respond to the complaint.
A motorist article urges regular brake inspections amid high annual brake usage. It notes two thirds of accidents occur at speeds under 12 miles per hour with brake failure as a frequent cause. A chart by experts demonstrates safe braking distances and discusses materials like asbestos fabric and moisture sensitive strips used in brakes.
Washington April 10 The sedition bill imposing severe penalties for loyalists or obstructing the army and Liberty has passed the Senate without a recorded vote. The measure now moves to conference. Alias Summons Weber Utah Meliride Plafautt versus Tomes Campbell and wife Mary Campbell and unknown heirs at law clerics and related parties named Campbell and wife Mary Campbell involve Albert Campbell and wife in the case.
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