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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1916
Page
6
Cora Temple’s anguish turns to overwhelming thanks as David survives a shipboard accident. She prays silently, vows kindness to others, and embraces life with renewed purpose. A later note on Tennis Hat Bands blends fashion tips with summer accessories.
Salt Lake City property owners face a 17.90 mill tax on assessed valuation for 1916 with a 2.83 mill county road levy reduced to 5 mills. The total county levy of 2.82 mills funds general purposes indigent aid bond interest and exhibitions. Revenue drops from last year. Salt Lake City school district also affected.
Willam A Whitney retiring general superintendent of the Oregon Short Line leaves for Omaha to assume transportation superintendent duties of the Union Pacific on August 1. Knickerbocker succeeds Whitney. Hickey to arrive from Fortella to take over as assistant to the general manager. Smith remains acting in the interim.
Fair Lake reports multiple thefts with police busy. Victims include Phi Gomez who lost 100 dollars near Mineral hotel and M J Saterwhite whose Hampton hotel room was robbed of pants 39 cents cash and a Mexican coin. Detectives arrested Earl Vining after a tip by Miss Neten Cox led to a search of a room and seizure of valuables including a gold watch matching Cox description.
The Ogden Municipal Band performs a dance concert at Sylvan Park today with local residents invited to enjoy a free evening of music under the summer sky.
Utah County farmers plan an August scouting trip starting August 22 for three days, ending August 24. Agents G W Lindeavy, I W Creer, J Kirkham and others organize lodging in Ogden. Forty automobiles will transport visitors through Weber, Davis and Cache counties to inspect Ogden factories and irrigation and dairy facilities.
Universal presents Harry D. Carey in a Western role as Blaze in The Passing of Hell's Crown a two reel Bilson drama written by W F Pearson produced by Jacques Jaccard. Carey plays Blaze a deadly gunman in a town with scarce law where Chuck Wells wields power and a new sheriff arrives to restore order. Rose Gracey, daughter of the town marshal, faces the dangers of Hell's Crown as gunfire and bravado mark the clash between outlaws and frontier justice.
A fragmented tale follows Graney quelling an assault with Blaze the outlaw, disarming a gunman, and facing a rustler plot in Carson City. Chuck’s vendetta, a dramatic chase, and a rescue of Graney’s daughter culminate in a climactic shootout outside the saloon with Chuck's death and Maze guiding the sheriff home.
Caterpillar tractors used to haul ore from Capllt mains in the Dig Cottonwood district will now carry about thirty tons or five tons per trailer. Attempts at fifty ton loads proved poor practice with difficulty on the incline grades. The ore car is now moved more steadily down to Murray.
A Texas farmer near Nocona plowed up a cache of silver worth between 109600 and 230000 dollars. Palmer plans to share the proceeds with the Dearer mint for analysis, believing the bars were left by Spaniards in the late 1600s as they fled Indian activity. In Denver, Howard C. Partales of Denver was elected president of the Colorado State School of Mines at Golden, succeeding two years as its top official.
An unreadable OCR fragment presents a legal style notice with scattered names and places. It mentions Tan and Cheney & Co, Toleda Chin Pola, and a reference to a draft or petition process. The readable text provides no clear action, date, or authoritative outcome.
An American police report notes Sabadilla, a plant linked to the Lily family, native to South and Central America, especially Venezuela and Mexico. Ground, powdered form irritates eyes and throat. workers use protective masks. First Venezuelan exports of sabadilla mentioned.
The Ohio innkeeper and his Washington ancestry are traced through three sons born in succession. The first is George Washington, the second Douker Washington, and the third Spokane Washington, with hometown Pioneer tale notes and a sailor child quote from the St Louis Post Dispatch.
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