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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
8
A reader asks for help with coughs colds hair loss scalp itching and general weakness. Answers promote nonprescription tonics laxatives and tonics such as yellow tinctures and three grain preparations to restore energy and vitality. Several letters praise relief from various ailments with suggested regimens and products.
The Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association under Mormon church and Utah Agricultural College will mobilize 40 000 boys from Utah and Idaho for a summer crop raising camp in southern Idaho. Organizers expect shipments of seed weed within two days. Each boy must sign a contract to plant at least one eighth of an acre with beans and corn as the main crops.
London notes via American Jeansul in Glasgow report the taking of a flat American prisoner of war. Such captures usually target merchant captains sunk by submarines, suggesting an American vessel may have been sunk.
Douglass Leishman of the Weber Herald won top place in the elimination for oratory to choose an opponent for Ogden High School. Tonight at 7:30 the college hosts the Blair School league contest with Ada Laker Ruth Evans James Leishman Alfred Lewln Effie Kastus and David McKay among the contestants. English faculty judges praised all speakers and audience applause was strong. Mrs Edwards and Mrs Lucy Steers spoke on dress and dancing reform urging student cooperation.
At the regular meeting next Monday night the city commission will choose between concrete and bitulithic for paving South Washington avenue. A petition representing 60 percent of property owners asks for concrete, while others say they have assurances that concrete will be chosen if a majority of property owners request it.
An advertisement extols Cadamene Tablets as a tonic with phosphorus and iron to overcome fatigue, boost energy, and restore youth. It claims broad benefits for humans, cites grass nourishment as a metaphor, touts physician guidance, guarantees satisfaction, and urges readers to purchase from druggists with full directions.
Odgen City Ice Co offers safe ice under the Safety First principle. Call TEL 518 for supply and delivery services.
Bast Lake City reports Cattonwood Canyon road, rebuilt last year at a cost of twenty thousand dollars, erased today by spring flood. Bridges in Parley’s and Migration canyons were toppled as crews battled rising waters. Montana marks eight hour workday for women starting April 1.
Deeds show rising activity in real estate transfers as Miss Rath ering Higginbotham notes. Transactions include Dewley to Alma Duron for parts of Stephens Frat Addition at 300, Higginbotham to Wheelwright for parts of Bichsel Subdivision at 500, Cannady to Telete for Dart Fort area at 2,500, Cor to Coy for portion of the southeast quarter in township 1 range 3 west at 1,500, Rolapp to Ford for lots 40 Capitol Subdivision at 1,550, Eberhardt to Stromberets for part of block 2 Rushton Addn at 950, Malone to Foutier for lots 33 and 34 in Nabathor Addn at 1,400, Chipby and Chipps for a northwest quarter in township 8 north range 2 east at 3,000.
In Deep Creek district near Galt Lake on April 26, Western Utah Mining Company halted operations after 200 miners demanded higher wages which were not granted. The U S government had anticipated significant mineral outputs including molybdenum and tungsten, while labor actions pressed at the plant.
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