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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1909
Page
8
Lara, John, Connie and Will Caravelle hold a mortgage totaling 918,500 including interest on the Cadrotirretan mining property. The 160 acre Salt Lake area asset in the Bingham mining district will be sold to the highest bidder today to satisfy the mortgage and costs.
The three act farce by Mesats, Marty and F Almard Pauliin features Harry Beresford in a praised role. Critics nationwide call it refreshing and amusing with nonstop laughter. The show opens at the Grand on April 29, 19%.
Oakland dispatch reports three more cars of racers arrive ahead of a racing meeting. Names include Jim Meyers J Donovan and W Wricht with two more teams en route. Organizers seek stable space near the track and confirm plans to table the matter with the pennant committee. A second batch from Oakland arrived, with Wilian Bhort Lau Hal and James Sealth in charge of horses.
The letter from Acting Attorney General Yoga Wate Bb informs Utah citizens and Utah and Pacific coast routes about a petition alleging unjust railway pricing discrimination. The hearing before Special Examiner G. Witham features W. S. McCarthy of the Salt Lake Commercial Club testifying on railroad ties and service history.
Testimony before the commission details pre merger competition between Union Pacific and Southern Pacific for merchandise shipments. Witness describes freight schedules from Omaha to Ogden and Salt Lake, noting a shift after the 1901 amalgamation that allowed shipments to use either line with no distinct routing preference.
One of the best amateur dramatic events of the season took place last evening in the Park Ward amusement hall with the four act drama Loutsiss set just after the Civil War. The cast included J Bart Pare dod as Col Prev ton Lee Tallantyne as Captain Davenport and dock Tilloteen as Col Moberly. Mrs Lanre Hotaliro played Mrs Page with Lenora Drown as Carty Preston. About four hundred people attended.
The text lists several historic figures salaries per day or year including the great white czar, the sultan of Turkey, the Austrian emperor, the bateer, the king of Italy, the king of England, Leopold of Belgium, and President Roosevelt with amounts noted such as 325,000 and 117. It also briefly references Napoleon and the president of France with varying figures.
A around eight year old boy separated from his mother in Ogden was found by officers at a nearby lodging house. He said he came from Pocatello with his mother en route to Salt Lake but was put off the train at Ogden. Police await guidance from the mother to reunite them, pondering whether the separation was accidental.
A garbled note from the Times of Kansas City shows a mix up of names and pronouns. The text questions which of two individuals is the woman and which is a man, reflecting unclear attribution in the historical record.
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