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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1906
Page
3
The readable text mentions a weight or price range 31.50 to 35.00 and references Spring Water, canning styles, and a coach or player Hinata. Details are garbled, making event, team, or location identification uncertain.
The issue catalogs earthquake aftermath and relief efforts. Mentions donations from Mitchell Bros and others, church dances for relief, and residents returning from San Francisco with updates on damages. Includes ads, weather notes, and local business happenings as the town consolidates aid and rebuilding efforts.
Superintendent Mast rons office reports instructions from San Francisco general offices that March pay rolls were destroyed by fire. Pay checks should arrive in Oakland within a day or two as rolls must be verified first. Four relief trains including foremen are redrawn today with one crash at dawn and another delayed. A special no baggage government train moves from Philadelphia to San Francisco, diverted via Ogden tonight to speed worker transport.
Randall and wife, visiting from San Francisco, escaped a hotel disaster in Ogden when a ceiling slab fell onto their bed. The pair fled into the street with others as buildings toppled and chaos ruled. They escaped with their lives by a miracle en route to Oakland to resume homeward travel.
A relief committee reports collected pledges totaling 9154.65 with further funds expected. Efforts focus on shelter and meals for passers through Ogden while limiting outbound aid and coordinating charity concerts at Tabernacle to benefit refugees and local relief workers. Concert tickets sell briskly and preparations for a major benefit performance proceed.
Red Cross nurses and relief committees aid San Francisco refugees arriving in Omaha. About 340 evacuees reach the depot amid rain, many needing medical aid for sprains and illness from the journey. A.B. Moseley notes 10,000 to 16,000 more refugees may pass through before exodus ends.
Harriman urges continued relief measures in a message received by W H Rancom. He stresses uninterrupted forwarding of four supplies to feed 209,000 homeless people and notes the well organized response of the United States Quartermaster Department.
Notice requests attendance at the funeral of Mrs Pidcoc mother of dur muremed neightne Sil ly Aeriven from 289 Terngeninih sireri 21 m Wrtmoelar April 26. HAAY NEAUMBISEER GN MASUR MITES Clery Mee Samuel and others left for Califorale to be gone two or three weeks, visiting Los Angeles and other coast places during their trek.
In New York, B. Behit, treasurer of the committee appointed by Mayne McClellan, reported yesterday a grand total of contributions totaling 31082 for the relief fund. The drive supports the San Francisco disaster victims.
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