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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
16
Tuberculosis Sunday observances begin tomorrow as churches nationwide prepare sermons on prevention. December 8 closes Tuberculosis Week with campaigns by 2,500 antituberculosis groups distributing several million pieces of literature to educate the public.
Philadelphia dispatch reports an unprecedented demand for 1 cent pieces as November coinage topped all prior months. The Philadelphia mint produced 16,288,108 more pennies in the year so far than in all of 1916, marking a record pace for the month.
In November 44 748 627 cent pieces were coined, bringing the eleven month total to 148 124 78 pieces. Purine 1816 saw penny coinage at 131 883 677 pieces. The total coinage last month reached 19 840 446 pieces valued at 85 731 077, eclipsing all former records.
Sioux City unions of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen with 1600 members in area packing plants will hold a strike vote Tuesday night. Similar ballots in other centers will involve about 100000 workers. Chicago telegraph directions require all responses on the strike proposal to reach by Saturday.
Commissioner M L Jones and Commissioner Flygare dispute Mayor-Elect Browning over city department heads. Jones says Browning demanded six appointments by controlling parks and public safety, streets, waterworks, and related offices, while Jones and Flygare would keep three apiece. Both say they seek best interests of Ogden and will not yield on principle.
A truncated newspaper ad invites readers to mail away a form and money for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The copy promises relief for coughs colds croup and various digestive and urinary ailments with a mail reply package from A. R. Metatyre Drug Co.
Notice of stockholders meeting for Webee Cannons Water Company to elect a board of directors at the secretary's office 349 Thirty-third street Ogden Italy at 11 a.m. Monday December 3 1917 with other business to come before the meeting. Secretary Ensign lists November 18 1917 as the notice date and Joe Vinghee as president.
The Bolshevik regime dismisses M Maklakoff the Russian ambassador La France for taking part in the inter Allied conference. He arrived in Paris November 7 and has not yet presented credentials while criticising the Bolsheviki. Bolshevik papers publish documents on Greek succession concessions and Cyprus handover proposals amid entente discussions.
A historic piece discusses the allure of the overman concept, tracing its roots to Darwinian thought and Nietzschean language. It notes how such ideas influenced strong minds across Central Europe and found traction in university circles, shaping debates on ambition and human potential.
A Presbyterian church plans a Sunday night sermon series titled The Rise of the Doctrine of the Over-Man and the Present Day Survival and Opposing Forces. The study will explore pre Christian history and the virgin birth narrative in relation to modern belief.
Washington dispatch says a protest against lumber freight rate increases from the Willamette Valley Oregon was presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Department of Agriculture. The government claims discrimination against the Willamette lumber region where the federal forest service holds large holdings and argues higher rates could hinder war material shipments. This is among rate cases before the commission.
New York employees of the stock exchange who in past years received generous Christmas gratuities will now receive only their share of the regular fund. The move mirrors similar announcements by bankers and brokers in the financial district.
Washington December 1 heavy taxes for every acre of not tilled land to be used for food production would be proposed in the coming session in a bill by Representative Randall of California. The proposal sets a five dollar tax per acre of untilled land and one dollar per inhabited city plot, revenue to support the war.
A chaotic report notes Italy accused of destroying Indian art during retreat while German forces secure safekeeping. In Japan, a 1000 year old Buddhist image found with a note stresses peace and warns against later reopens, amid mentions of fall maneuvers in Shiga prefecture.
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