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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1919
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes cite subscription rates for Ogden City and outlying areas. Text mentions the Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation, with pricing lines for monthly and yearly copies both in Ogden City and outside, though several words are garbled.
Billy Sunday and his wife visited Ogden yesterday with Major Wesley F. King and Luis W. Lowles. The evangelist impressed by audience energy and his own intense delivery, promising a return to Ogden and urging listeners to hear him, noting Ogden’s promise to grow on the main line of travel. Local sentiment mixed admiration and a Salt Lake contingent’s playful dissent.
The article reviews Gibbs's ground reporting on British offensives at Ypres Cambrai and the Somme, noting repeated blunders from leadership. It cites poor terrain use at Ypres, cavalry escapades at Cambrai, and missed opportunities, while lauding the St Mihiel push as a rare success and praising American performance.
A government document issued by the Alien Property Custodian reveals German control of American trade during World War I. It details German mastery of dye and chemical trades, metals, textiles, electrics, and the ship docks sale program, arguing for Americanization of enemy businesses to safeguard future peace.
In a few weeks you can learn a trade that will employ you permanently. The advertisement promises short training plans and satisfactory conditions with pay while you learn. Apply at John Scowcroft & Sons Co. Manufacturing Department.
Bosnian capital Sarajevo, famed for Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s murder, now hosts US food administration and Red Cross operations. American officers and nurses mingle with locals as relief floods in, despite hunger and typhus threats. Muslims, Serbs, Croats, and others mingle in crowded cafes and theaters while aid from the United States reaches Ragusa, Spilato, Mostar, and Sarajevo.
Harold presents Doug Fairbanks in His Picture in the Papers showing today and tomorrow with screenings likely at the local theater and advertised as a featured attraction for cinema patrons.
Engineer Waugh leads construction of Globe Grain and Milling plant in West Ogden as cement pours progress. The new workhouse and elevators form a flat unit of the flour mill project, with completion expected as part of the expanded facility.
Three 14 year old wards of the Industrial School were arrested last Wednesday in Salt Lake and will be returned to the school. They confess to knocking down and robbing Mrs Rachel Dennis several nights ago as one boy engaged her in conversation another tapped her with a bicycle and the third snatched her purse. Call J J Brummitt at 2417 Hudson avenue if you want to sell your Liberty bonds. Phone 59.
California women announce a demonstration in San Jose against Senator James Phelan for his vote on a women’s rights measure. They plan a bonfire and banners at Palo Alto where he is billed to speak to the Chamber of Commerce, accusing him of aiding defeat of the suffrage amendment.
J. J. Brummitt of 2417 Hudson Avenue is recorded as paying prices for Liberty bonds. The short notice lists his name and address with the transaction, reflecting standard wartime savings efforts.
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