This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
4
Woman's Page shares a corn bread recipe for hotel and restaurant use and housewives. It combines rye flour and yellow corn meal with hot water scald, yeast, salt, soda, and split to rise overnight. The method emphasizes a stiff batter, a well-greased pan, and a final spread of melted drippings before baking.
The article offers old time guidance on eye care including washing with boric acid solution and eye exercises to strengthen vision. It also stresses sterilizing a toothbrush regularly and using boiling water to disinfect it as a key preventive measure.
In Cape May New Jersey on August 8 a new medical school for the reconstruction of hearing and speech defects in soldiers has opened. Part of Army Hospital No 11 it is directed by Lt Col Charles W Richardson and is described as the first of its kind worldwide. Returned soldiers with hearing loss or speech impairment will study to regain function and vocational fitness.
Marco Fidel Suárez was inaugurated in Bogotá today with imposing ceremonies. A more favorable mood toward the Allies spreads through Colombia as Terry Belden attends as special U.S. representative. The report notes large overseas contingents and continuing credit considerations shaping wartime ties.
A George Washington University professor of laryngelogy and otolony established the school and enlisted in the army when the nation entered the war.
A London dispatch reports American troops on the Western Front show no desire for a brutal war, despite German claims of barbarity. Soldiers express sympathy for French civilians and recount a German-ruined house scene, warning future German assailants to beware.
Washington reports that with 7,000,000 American troops ready, Allied forces will unite to strike Germany and push the war toward a swift victory. Senate committee members heard General March outline plans to enlarge the American military program to an army of about 5.9 million in the near term as spring offensives begin in Alsace and the Vosges with Fech’s armies gaining momentum.
In Paris talks and a mid week briefing General March outlined plans that a two million American troops could be in France before spring, with 2,000,000 more at Rome. The strategy hinges on renewed Allied vigor and a major next year offensive to drive the German army beyond the Rhine, possibly ending the war sooner. March denied fixing any program to land eighty four divisions by next May.
Archangel proclaimed the Bolshevik regime ended and northern Russia to be governed by the government representatives. It accuses Bolsheviks of treason, famine caused by Trest-Litovskich, rights violations, pillaging, and arrests, while urging unity under a new northern administration.
Chicago hosts a public boxing carnival next Saturday afternoon to benefit the Salvation Army fund. Jess Willard arrives from Lawrence Kansas as heavyweight headliner. Also on the card are Jenny Lind, Johnny Kilbane, Ted Lewis, Jack Dempsey, Eddie Metson, Charlie White, Jim Gibbons, Pat Moore and others in a long, star filled program.
Aug 1 Provo Utah county girls volunteer to become nurses listing La Tan Beck Spants Hora Verre Fay Qiertap Jegnin Ferre Glenn Carlyle Naylor Denna Hopkins Shavo. Information available at Public Library on select days 2 to 5 pm or from Mrs Leland J Fairnger via phone.
On August 7, American infantry crossed the Vesle east and west of Pisyme and near Drouches to halt German counter-attacks. The crossers, aided by artillery, held positions on the north bank and reinforced along the Rheims-Soissons highway. Prisoners included an officer and several privates from a German division. fighting focused on a knoll north of Drouches as US forces repelled German machine gun units.
A California lieutenant and two sergeants from Milwaukee crossed the Vesle River near Fismes and fell into German lines. Attempting to proceed in darkness they were caught by an enemy patrol who fired. The Milwaukee sergeant used German to avert a confrontation and misled the guard. German reinforcements opened fire, causing friendly fire among their own troops. The Americans hid until dawn and withdrew safely to the south bank of the Vesle. The Milwaukee sergeant, wounded at the ankle, applied first aid and continued with duties after the incident.
Police report a man was found dead two days after he was last seen alive. Authorities are investigating the death as a potential homicide and are interviewing witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage.
The subject for discussion by the rs of ieveny Minute cish Sa urday night will be Mobilization of American Manpower. The address will be given in all theaters commencing at 9 am. Assignments listed include Arthie Wanlley 0 Gus Weight Utah James I ne Cory Hey Geffrey Matthers ecu Supt H . Johnson Vatenta. A Connecticut baking bot with four pads of waxed pap sheets to be removed when rolled. Sir Bernard Mullet notes United Kingdom lost by the fallen births during warmer period. estimates Germany 2 699 000 and Hungary 1 500 000.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.