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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1903
Page
4
WM. GLASMANN editor and manager outlines subscription terms. Daily Standard by carrier in city six months two dollars, by mail outside Ogden one year five dollars.
The paper notes that communications to this publication are limited to 200 words and requires that the authors’ full names be published. Readers are urged to adhere to the word cap when submitting letters and contributions.
The Standard states it has no paid advertising agent outside Utah and urges advertisers to conduct business directly with its Utah office in Asden or via reputable advertising agencies.
The notice directs all communications to The Standard Publishing Co in Ogden Utah. It specifies submission handling at the Ogden office and outlines where correspondence should be sent for official business.
Bradstreet's Review notes broad improvement in the economy with reduced financial center pressure and rising fall trade in dry goods and millinery. Pig iron prices show firmness and export demand and flour shipments expand. Traffic and freight movement trend eastward with increased westbound shipments.
The convictions of Curtis Jett and Thomas White in Cynthiana mark a decisive victory for law and order in Kentucky. The pair terrorized Jackson with arson and murder, prompting martial law and violent resistance to justice. A hotel owner faced danger yet bravely testified, underscoring community resilience and the state's resolve to punish the guilty.
A Utah market survey reveals eight ketchup samples with coal tar dyes and preservatives. State chemist reports seven of eight tested contain artificial colorings. one uncolored sample exists but lacks manufacturer details. Concerns include deception, hidden inferior materials, health risks, and unfair market advantage.
Mr Heiner intends to prosecute three violations of the pure food statute and pursue jobbers retailers and manufacturers with the District Attorney and Attorney General. The state will back a rigorous campaign against adulterers of the widely used sauce and the food commissioner will publicize brands containing deleterious matter.
A detailed outline from the Geological Survey bulletins previews the irrigation congress in Ogden and the government’s arid land reclamation push. It describes a perilous 12 000 foot canyon topography survey for a six mile tunnel to irrigate Uncompahgre valley, highlighting the scale, risks, and hoped benefits for genuine settlers and smallholders.
Fourth Ward to Lagoon on August 18 round trip 78 cents. Hooper Ward excursion to Lagoon listed for August with price 75 cents. Details unclear due to damaged text but notes an August schedule of short line trips to Lagoon and pricing.
The London concert season nears its end as doctors note singing improves breathing and vigor. They claim singing lessons help anaemic youths and recruits meet chest and breath requirements, improving posture and complexion while aging less.
Sydney reports the Australian Commonwealth grapples with a shrinking birth rate while Labor policies curb immigration. NSW and national data show births dropping by about 20,000 annually versus ten years earlier, with rising marriage ages and socio cultural shifts reducing family formation. The piece critiques federation limits on states and laments reduced population growth as a path to national progress.
Middle aged women attend a fashionable South Kensington school to improve health through breathing and vocal exercises. Instructors claim proper breath control enhances tone and vitality, with posture and figure shaping also emphasized as waists are redefined and energy renewed.
The July issue of The Manual of Statistics Supplement delivers a thorough, conservatively written compendium for investors and speculators. It emphasizes corporate data, new and evolving securities, and changes in older firms, plus a robust section with stock exchange quotations and monthly price ranges.
The London market showed hesitation with most New York opening prices lower. Sugar led gains on refined product, while Amalgamated Copper, Steubel Paul, Southern Pacific, General Electric and others fell by up to 14 points. Volume was moderate and activity steady after the initial dip. Several blue chips including New York Central and Pennsylvania preferred dropped, as did D C and Stil, Delaware and Hudson, Atchison O Wa bash preferred, and Virginia Caroline Chemical.
Cattle receipts total 200 with Western trends firm. Price ranges include good to prime steers 5.20 to 5.40, stockers 2.60 to 4.20, cows 1.50 to 4.50, heifers 2.00 to 4.75, and calves 3.00 to 6.75. Hog receipts today 8,000. Monday 30,000. prices steady to higher with mixed and butcher hogs 5.10 to 5.70 and heavy stock at 5.45 to 5.57. Sheep receipts 2,000 with steady markets. western lambs 4.50 to 5.05, western sheep 2.75 to 3.75.
Cattle receipts reach 1400 with market unchanged for native steers cows and heifers stockers and feeders bulls and calves. Hog prices active to strong with bulk sales around 5.30 to 5.50 and heavy at 5.20 to 5.40 as packers bid 5.30 to 5.40. no sheep noted.
Cattle trade sparse with no cattle reported. Hogs 5200 head listed. Prices for hogs show shade higher with heavy 5.15 to 5.25, mixed 5.20 to 5.25, light 5.25 to 5.40, pigs 5.25 to 5.40. Bulk of bale sales 6.20 to 5.27 per hundred. No sheep recorded.
New York money on call nominal while Sterling exchange remains firm with bankers bills at 4.95375 4.85025 for demand and 4.62625 4.82875 for sixty days. Posted rates 4.8412 4.8, commercial bills 4.83 4.84. Mexican Dollars 43 1/2. Silver 53. Trade currencies and rates noted as of noon.
In St Louis a fragmentary report notes wool prices with inconsistent figures for territory and western middling and fine categories. The brief hints at steady or mixed movements amid trading whispers on the floor.
Chicago market notes list futures prices for wheat, oats, rye, flax, timothy, and clover with September and December contracts. Several prices are shown as small fractions, indicating bid and ask levels and contract months.
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