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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1917
Page
2
The Stamined, established 1870, claims independent newspaper status with daily evening issues excluding Sundays. The note references its par ished format and absence of merzie ore club, reflecting a peculiar archival blurb.
The article imagines a postwar reordering with Turks driven from the Holy Land and Mesopotamia. It envisions British-led advances clearing the desert region toward the Suez, restoration of Christian rule in the Holy Land, and Mesopotamia open to modern progress if the Germans are defeated. It notes risks if the Central Powers prevail, including strengthening the Turk and enduring religious fanaticism.
A British commission member in Washington quotes Lieut Bridges on war errors. He cites clinging to volunteers past the war’s start and sending college men and skilled workers to the Front. He notes optimism on war’s outcome and claims Allied artillery superiority over Germany by three to one or more.
The piece argues for using prisoners and unemployed men for public labor. Dr A B Condon praises utilitarian humaneness in mobilizing able workers to cultivate crops and support Europe’s hungry, while protecting the United States from hunger. It urges wartime style social cooperation and scythe through loafers to aid relief efforts.
A visitor from Chicago writes about vacant city lots in a northern residential district and suggests using schoolboys and volunteers to cultivate potatoes. He recalls his city’s model of condemning unused lots for public use and proposes city guidance to reduce production costs, aiming for local independence in supplying essentials.
A critical note on wartime press bias argues that many U S and international papers are used to dampen patriotism. It cites New York weekly Issues and Events and British and French suspicions, warning readers to watch for hidden spy plots and conspiratorial activity at home.
A fragment resembling a wartime exhortation urges boys to remember orphans and answer the duty call to defend the country. It contrasts heroic appeals with the neglect of those left behind and emphasizes standing firm for those who need support. The text shifts to a discussion of wartime taxation and bond financing, noting debate over tax versus debt funding and the risk of stifling capital and enterprise.
A reader notes wartime finance will mobilize industry on a war footing, triggering shifts in investment and prices. Treasury notes and bonds will be issued gradually to avoid market shocks, while spending rises for the military and allies spur activity in some sectors. Investments will waver and many domestic projects postponed as funds move to war needs.
A damaged fragment notes CHAS W Mayer signing about congestion value. It mentions a Dor visitor and cultivation work at Facant Isis to Ogdes, claimed to be below plan but prepared on safety grounds by a local committee using similar means as in a Standard communication. The piece endorses Mr Maker's letter.
A wartime appeal explains that American crops from Nebraska and Ohio can feed British and French soldiers at the front and fund munitions, arguing the United States should promptly supply food and money to support the war effort and Allied troops.
A wartime call urges young men to enlist and sacrifice for the front while urging those at home to boost food production. It asserts guaranteed high prices for homegrown grain and food, pushing home front effort as patriotic duty and essential support for soldiers and allies.
The writer argues that war certainties will disrupt business for years, requiring firms to endure wartime costs and handicaps. Waiting for normal conditions delays progress, while aggressive, well-advised investment can yield the best returns despite ongoing upheaval. High demand and profits favor proactive investors who adapt quickly to the era's constraints.
A morning meeting in Belgauma with food controller advisers and Belgian relief experts reviewed the bread card system in Belura. Officials said the conference's outcome would determine whether Great Britain would adopt a ration system or rely on supply alone.
Frances Nelson's One of Many is an exceptionally fine offering likely to delight adults. The review notes it will not interest children and cites the Utah Theatre and Popular Plays and Players with contact phone 3060.
The board approved extensive improvements at Lewie Junior High Central Junior High Dee Junior High and Mound Fort as well as Five Pointe and West Ogden to relieve overcrowding replace ancient heating systems and add new classrooms. Planned work includes eight new rooms at Lewie eight room additions at Five Pointe and new outside boiler rooms to heat entire buildings with safer modern plumbing and better lighting to address past health and sanitation concerns.
Mary Miles Minter headlines Dulcie's Adventure in a comedy drama of great interest at the Utah Theatre as part of Popular Plays and Players program. Phone availability noted.
PANS April 24 Sergeant William Dugan, an American aviator with the French army, was reported missing yesterday but escaped death in an engagement with a German pilot and landed within French lines. Word received today confirms his safe recovery. Fine rug cleaning Ogden Steam Laundry Phone 1751.
Jay McMillan driver of a Washington Market delivery truck had a near fatal escape when his car veered into an excavation near Canal and Twenty Fourth streets. The vehicle overturned, McMillan was briefly unconscious but escaped with a forehead lump and minor injuries after bystanders and clerks freed him. The truck was later removed from the pit.
The text identifies kidney congestion by flank pain and bladder irritation with persistent urge and scanty, dark urine sometimes blood. accompanying constitutional signs include headaches, bloodshot eyes, nausea, vomiting, nervousness, and general discomfort. It warns against neglecting such conditions.
Fragmentary ad copy touts a druggist marketed remedy claimed to reduce inflammation destroy bacteria and restore normal secretions. It asserts thousands have been relieved and urges purchase from druggists.
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