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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1909
Page
3
Local notices announce a grand music festival at the Tabernacle on May 167 featuring chorus bands and performers. Alma Chambers serves as treasurer. events include voices, drills, dances, and floral displays. Attendees from Ogden and nearby areas invited. program includes cantatas and a reception in the church basement.
A Utah firm plans to form a corporation to mine gold near the Death Valley region. The capital is $104,000, divided into 1,000,000 shares. officers include J. A. West president, W. T. Hurd vice president, J. J. Wert secretary treasurer, and J. E. Meritt superintendent. The mine lies on the edge of Leather Valley near the Nevada line, with early surveys noting gold bodies. The Tonopah and Tidewater railroad proximity may aid development. ore extraction is expected soon with about $100,000 in ore estimated in sight.
Fragmentary note from Monterey record 2 074 records a pacing or trotting event at a venue called Fup Grounds after April 1. Names are garbled. only a hinted time of 2 69 appears. Details incomplete. reads as a partial sports or horse racing notation.
A large crowd gathered in Weber County police court for the anticipated tally of men charged with unlawfully catching Bab but the proceedings were delayed as the district attorney explained a change in law. The defendants Mattern Fieldlae Huey Willem Hull Joe Joe Nur and James Doe were represented by Attorney Kicibhall who waived reading of the complaint and a new complaint under the updated law was prepared for filing today.
London reports a portrait of the new sultan of Turkey, described as tall and well proportioned with a hooked nose, grey eyes, and red hair. He is pious yet sociable, a skilled pianist and admirer of classical music, and reportedly has two wives and several children. His wives are educated and dress in French fashion at home.
New York April 3 Mrs Hetty Green paid a ten weeks bill at a seeling hotel she has frequented. A long parade of attendants in glittering uniforms lined the corridor as she left without tipping. The scene drew stares from staff who urged exercise and caution as they departed, but no gratuities were given.
The record notes the death of Raymond A aged thirteen on June 12, 1896, in a location with surrounding details. Funeral arrangements and burial details are not clearly legible in the damaged notice, but the event is reported with standard obituary language for the period.
A marriage license was granted in Meilos phenom and liga teva, Loh af tightening. The record notes the official action approving the union and the involved parties.
Superintendent Whitney and others preside at a meeting on new rule and orders for the Union Pacific system. Attendees include Assistant Superintendent Jeffers, Chief Dispatcher Olmiteal, Division Engineer Maite land, trainmasters and roadmasters. Sections of the school will be held daily for the instruction of Union Patent employees. all train service personnel must pass the required examination.
In a morning session at patter court jurists disposed of multiple drunks and beggars. Wraul O Connor, labeled a professional mendicant, received ten days on the rock pile. Jack Burt Vat Stettabe and John were arraigned separately on drunkenness charges with six days each. John Murphy pleaded guilty to va Franzy but cited a diseased condition, leading to ten days on the rock pile. Charles Adama pleaded guilty to vagrancy and received ten days hard labor. A. Johnson and John Tiyan, also charged with vagrancy, pled not guilty and went to detention. Testimony about Salvation Army loitering preceded small leniencies, with Adkins stating he would seek work elsewhere soon. Ryan and Hobnava faced attempts to square matters. Ryan received a ten spot on the rock pile.
Local men organized the Utah Fruit Exchange at a Monday afternoon meeting in the Weber Club. J M Parri chaired, with Morval Mostensen elected chair and J M Forristad secretary. A banquet followed at the Weber club with attendees from multiple fruit grower associations across the region.
A telegraph letter sent to Chief Browning in Ogden Utah seeks John Robert Carter a cook by trade possibly in the vicinity. The missive describes him as about five feet ten inches tall with fair hair and brown eyes and notes his mother is grieving urging his return.
Leola Howe and Orman Ewing wed today at 1 o clock in the residence of the pride 619 Marshand avenue with J F Carver officiating. The ceremony was private. The couple departed after the ceremony for a wedding tour and will reside in Salt Lake City. Ewing was formerly a conductor on the Southern Pacific line from Ogden.
Washington says Senator Sete urged protection not for oats but for the South and the nation. He argued that after Congress passes the tariff bill, the Dingley act should be revised downward for cheaper costs, while the South still gains from protective duties.
The marlowing cases have been filed in the municipal court. George Sanderson and Joseph H. Mar shale seek to recover 4249.23 due on account. Ejein Willems and Sone to Jobs McCart recover 402 due on account. Ponsoldlates Wased & Machine Co to Willa Thomas suit for 40 due on promissory note. Edwin Williams & Sons v. W. J. Stage. Judgment rendered for 1650 and cost.
A 27 member Globe party from Great Britain arrives in New York. a young Englishman, Apel 37, is arrested after a telegram demanding payment appears. Police detain him as a possible fugitive from justice while awaiting further instructions from officials.
An agreement is set between mine owners and nine workers in Scranton Ta April. A meeting will be held to discuss the accord in Pathelphia at 2 o'clock. The tridistrict contention of the Talt rddine Warkera will act on the appropriation agreed upon by the men’s representatives. The act provides for the Fe Fewhd for another period of three years.
The article notes Alfred E. Croker plans to depart for Ireland on Wednesday. An afternoon reception at the Teeterratie club drew many attendees including former Tammany leader Croker, who will be in Ireland midweek.
A fragmentary report from Constantinegte claims Scheibrl Pasha lacks power to restore order in Analy Minor amid alarming dispatches from beyond the Posphorua. The Anatolian shore is described as having shifted to the passion of the rook.
Fragmentary OCR reads Weston leaving for a 47 event and names such as Voorta Apel and others, with garbled phrases about track results and conditions. The readable bits mention Gerard, Saint Louis, and a few scattered terms like Federal and War. No clear dates, teams, or outcomes emerge.
Convicted or not, Alan Frank Kreels Jacob Borne and Hvana faced arraignment on burglary charges after allegedly breaking into an orange fruit car in Ogden and nearby buses. Witnesses testified but evidence tied to them remained weak and the judge took the case under advisement until Wednesday morning.
Heath Jr of Hebron Nebraska visits Ogden on business and stays with brother Clarence Heath. He is impressed by the city’s growth and predicts local realty will rise as prices soar, noting his family’s strong interest in Ogden property and investments.
Real estate transfers filed include Wallace and Christian Hoover and wife A G Call for part of the southwest quarter in section 36 township 6 range 2 in Concordia HTK F Low to James G Beloap for part of the northwest quarter of section 1% township 5 range west for 640. Venniag to Charles Tenman for part of the northeast quarter of section 1% township 6 range 2 west for 1. Telnap and wife to Th. Critchlow for part of the east half of section 16 township 5 range 1 west for 100.
City Traction Expert Hereley reports a proposed ordinance to ban smoking on trains and platforms. He claims smokers disturb public health and comfort and urges enforceable measures once approved by Mayor Husse and the council.
The son of a wealthy Yonkers manufacturer was arrested at Grane Valley on a $500 check fraud warrant. He was brought to the city jail after failing to answer questions and hinted at loyalty to the charge. In Mexico, riot outcomes count twenty five executed and many jailed after a mutinous trial.
In Kansas City on April 2, Frank Gotet, world champion, meets challenger Hagkenschmidt in a decisive bout. Both fighters seek to claim the title with a display of skill and power, as fans anticipate a hard fought match and potential title change.
The Ogden Jockey Club raises daily purses with a 1200 dollar first day total and a 5750 dollar six day distribution. The program lists six races daily featuring open maidens and handicaps including the Falstar Handicap with 250 dollars and other events at 200 and 150 dollars, for three year olds and up.
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