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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1909
Page
2
Citizens praise the gas ranges and water heater introduced this summer as the city expands gas service. The program promises free gas service and simplified connections, with plans to swap old incandescent lamps and offer an electric flat iron for four dollars.
Salt Lake and state news report an uptick in infectious diseases for the week ending August with 18 typhoid fever scarlet fever and diphtheria cases. typhoid rose to 9 scarlet 5 diphtheria 3. smallpox 1. Four houses under quarantine eleven cases of scarlet fever and one dengue? diphtheria noted. Forty two births and twenty two deaths reported. two smallpox deaths. Two men were buried in Salt Lake. Mesher C Emich filed complaints over meat preservative sales including sodium sulphate “freezem.” Several firms named face charges under the pure foods law. County attorney officers announced further action.
Salt Lake, Aug 13. Plans advance for a major electric power plant at Modena by Gold Springs Mining and Tower Co. The Westinghouse Madison Co. contracts, to be executed with FC Richmond Machinery Co., call for a $57,000 plant with two 196 horsepower units, three cylinder engines, and two turbine generators. Construction starts immediately, aiming for operation by Dec 1909, to supply power for nearby mines and townships and support water pumping and equipment, with further expansions to follow as demand grows.
Plans show cruable capacity upgrades, four extra Optom tanks and a cyanide plant at Gold Springs Mining & Power. Total projected outlay near 970,009 for Proversenta. Reports describe ore finds at Jennie Irder and Enowhske ledges, noting larger surface galena and prospects for new mines amid power costs. Camp news from Batt Lae details National Guard drill, pay, and guard cup results with multiple battalions.
Aphralti AME reports Golden Reef Properties directors Willard Pebreon Thomas Fontin and Andrew Ross from Joseph City are pleased with the showing at the Siping company property. A shaft sunk to 299 feet disclosed ore at 16 feet. assays pending. Two shifts work the drift and shaft as ore body size remains undiscovered. A stock dividend per share has been levied and will be paid to secretary Willard Petreon. payment overdue after August 18.
Balt Lake August 15 under the direction of the executive committee of the 4H encampment the accounting of Colonel F M Ferratt director is being audited thoroughly by a accounting firm. Expenditure estimates exceed revenue on hand by about 9000 with total expenditures near 630,000 and revenue on hand around 51,000.
United States Weather Bureau report for twenty four hours ending 6 p.m. shows high of 83 degrees, low 60, mean 71, 2 degrees above normal. Precipitation 0.19 inch to date 6.0 inches, 0.6 inches above normal. Indicates July to date and yearly excesses.
In Montana's Couer d Alene district a blaze swept Iron Mountain destroying the town. Fire spread through hotels and surrounding buildings with only limited evacuations. The fire entailed about 150000 in damage with no injuries reported.
News from Crete reports international powers Britain France Italy and Russia ordering warships to Crete amid Greek demonstrations and the setting of a new military administration. Italian cruisers Brascesco Ferrecio Yarez Gia seppe Garibaldi and Cievanel Galleas are dispatched with more battleships pledged to follow to back a forceful stance on the Greek flag and Crete’s future. Royal ships are also redirected toward Crete as crisis deepens.
From Constantia to Athens and Crete reports describe rising anti Greek sentiment as a boycott and demonstrations spread. The powers delay action on Crete while Greek forces threaten to lower their flag at the fortress, signaling defiance.
Colorado Springs Apt 15 reports ten fatalities from the Denver and Rio Grande wreck near a Denver area site. about two score injured, many in critical condition, fire danger minimized by split engine positions. driver Lesvig survived, John Gossage among deceased. scene described with vivid injuries and emergency response ongoing.
A fragmentary report describes a violent attack in Dart Avlown Armagh on a Mon party group tied to the Ancient Order of Ibernians. Police were deployed. many people were injured in the clash during a color event.
Government forces raid Fairbanks and Nome uncover eleven men and four women alleged to be imported for immoral purposes. Aliens are held at immigration detention stations. Prosecutions and deportations expected. authorities vow drastic action to curb trafficking.
A 1910 report from Denver details a push by a local committee of the Independent Order of BNal Wilth to suppress white slave traffic. A special committee was formed to coordinate drastic action and to cooperate with federal agencies, aiming to curb the menace and coordinate with other anti-trafficking groups. The article notes tensions over hygienic and moral concerns and mentions planned advocacy activities in Washington.
Fragmentary OCR notes report heat related deaths and related health concerns. Names, dates, and places are unclear but indicate rising fatalities and local responses to extreme temperatures.
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