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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1903
Page
6
Local notices recount baseball at Glenwood park and Hermitage outings, a marriage license issued in Ogden, railroad and civic updates, and a prisoner released in London due to ill health. Names include R H Chambers, C Richards, Ben Hayswood, Sheriff Bowman, T W Shurtliff, Gua Bowman, and Robert Harding Millard.
Col Soleroyies names new war and finance ministers and replaces justice and public instruction chiefs after August 12 resignations. The shakeup follows disclosure of officials who refused to discuss military credits and King Alexander's confidential circle.
Orphan bride 17 years old from Belgium becomes a wife after guardian appointment. Charles Beus of Ogden seeks a marriage license for Miss Lucy Dion, who lacked consent due to minority until her fiancé's father and an attorney secured guardianship from District Court. The couple then plan to wed that evening.
An inmate attacked a fellow prisoner with a knife in the county jail following a dispute over part of bread owed. The incident highlights tensions inside the jail as guards intervened to separate the men.
A McLaren Boyle returns from an eastern trip representing Boyle Furniture. He visited Chicago Kenosha Sioux Rapids New York and Philadelphia noting strong factory orders for the West and no current strikes. Prices remain steady with a trend toward plain and colonial finishes as fall orders loom. In jail James Desmond is slashed by Allen Jones in a kangaroo court fight with serious arm injuries described.
A local ad highlights ready to wear skirts priced from 50 cents to 75 cents. The copy emphasizes graceful tailoring and cuts by experts, with plain coverts in good colors, plain linen, or figured duck offered at various low prices.
August 15 report from New York shows sugar refined fair at 31 4, centrifugal Gadest at 33 p45, molasses sugar HC prices listed. Me lined firm fertished five dollars for powdered sugar 5.00, granulated at 45.00.
The Schlagter family expresses heartfelt thanks for kind acts and sympathy during their daughter Blanch's long illness and death. Special thanks go to Mrs J B Milan and sisters the Sanders family and Mrs D Fracy for untiring aid. They wish others the same kindness in their hours of sorrow.
The New York weekly averages report loans of 908 million a decline of 1.35 million and deposits at 90.3 million down 937 thousand. Circulation rises to 43.03 million up 130 thousand with small tender shifts. Speake increases to 1.35 billion up 1.21 million, reserves dip to 247.3 million down 2.26 million.
A coal train of eighteen cars on the Central Railroad of New Jersey ran away on a steep grade near Ashley Pennsylvania. The engine was returning to pick up the cars when the runaway crashed into it. Brakeman Charles Devitt was fatally injured and Engineer Johnson seriously hurt.
The sixth session of the American Mining Congress in Deadwood South Dakota is nearly arranged for September 7 to 12. Secretary Shaw will attend as the President's personal representative.
Cheyenne Wyoming August 15 State Engineer Fred Bond is dead from hemorrhage after weeks of typhoid illness. He was an expert on irrigation and his death had been expected.
On August 15 Oyster Bay reports preparations for President Roosevelt to review the North Atlantic fleet from the Mayflower next Monday. Guests include Admiral Dewey Admiral Taylor Admiral Rogers General Chaffee Sir Thomas Lipton and others. Ships listed are the Kearsarge Alabama Hai Nois Texas Baltimore Olympia Yankee Prairie Topeka Panther and torpedo boat flotilla. General Robert Shaw Oliver arrives to assist with duties.
The Union Veterans Union and the auxiliary the Women’s Veteran Relief Union closed sessions with a public installation in Rochester. Elected officers include Commander-in-Chief Wranklyn Hutchinson Rochester and Deputy Commander-in-Chief General D W Gould Chelsea Mays. The executive committee features G H Swagee Elmira Clinton Ian George J Oakes Rochester and others from multiple states. The Women’s Veteran Relief Union named President Mrs Edly Craft Rochester and senior vice president Mrs Lavina C oy Akron among others.
The notice congratulates Miss Leota Kennedy of 2910 Washington for submitting advertising suggestions. The first prize is awarded. many thoughtful replies were received and some will be paid. The entity offers to pay liberally for any future suggestions or criticisms of service.
Monday special offers include pure silk ribbon up to 11-4 inches wide with two jours leather, embroidered hats in white with black dots, yardage up to 900 yards at 10 cents per yard for bulk buys. Children’s cotton hose in all sizes, kimonas sizes 32 to 34 in summer weights, and summer suits with skirts waists belts priced at 1.00 to 3.50.
A newspaper note reports Mrs Moore receives a second prize of 2.50 for suggestions. The issuer emphasizes impartiality and that no prior acquaintance with the recipients influenced the award.
Advertises a three for two sale on baby bonnets promising a free third when two are purchased. Describes the bonnets as fashionable dainty lace embroidery insertion and ruching designs from the season.
The notice stresses that H. S. M. on a garment guarantees all wool fabrics and warns that all wool can still be poor quality. It asserts that H. S. M. is the preferred standard for clothing. It cautions buyers that not all wool means high quality.
The International Typographical Union wrapped its forty ninth annual session in Washington with rapid business. It endorsed eight hour day plans and instructed committees to push for January 1 1903 adoption. J J Bracken elected fourth vice president and S Nuerberger named AFL delegate. A committee to study taxation impacts on wages and monopolies was approved.
A New York naval yard incident reveals civilian surgeons may be used to screen applicants. A Michigan pair passed by a city surgeon were later rejected by a marine corps doctor at the yard. Medical Director Price orders reexamination by a special board to review practices and potential abandonment of civilian medical exams.
A fragment notes a call to form a hoard to investigate the entire system of examination by civilian doctors, signaling concern over process integrity and oversight. No further details on members, scope, or timeframe are provided in the readable text.
In dense fog near Bt. Davids and Radner, two Pennsylvania freight trains collided early today, killing two brakemen and injuring the second train’s engineer. A tramp with a broken collar bone says several companions rode the freight and may be buried beneath wreckage.
Aug 16 cash wheat prices show No 2 red 83 cents No 3 red 84 No 2 hard winter 21 25 No 3 winter 81 82 No 1 ern spring 87 No 2 do 83 633 No spring 82.
A list of incoming passengers and their origins includes L. H. Hall and wife from Lyons Nebraska, Bessie Little and others from Lyons, Nebraska, J. Foley from Salt Lake, H. Hamldin from Denver, Cincin nati, Dan Levy from New York, Haknon family from Tacoma, Washburn and others from Salt Lake City, Vbansett from Fremont Ohio, A B Leo and wife from Toledo Ontario, Stonebraker from Henderson Iowa, W T Cooper from Salt Lake, Maxson, Criss, and others from various U S cities.
A mob formed to rescue the wife of farmer Momer Manspile after he abducted her at gunpoint. The pair eluded capture with the wife at her father Frank Lehman’s house in Sidney. About 350 reward offered. several hundred men search the area south of St. Joe but have not found the woman or her captor.
Leo Foise, detained at Mendocino State Hospital on insanity charges, has been released after hospital authorities certify full recovery. He had sought an audience with Mayor Bchmitz in San Francisco.
A wire starting shed at Union yards in Cincinnati was burned early today, causing a loss of funds and allowing a large amount of stock to escape destruction. Several stock handlers were severely injured in the blaze.
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