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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1903
Page
4
The notice states all advertisement changes for the Saturday Standard edition must be submitted by Thursday noon, with the day before the publication deadline. It emphasizes timing requirements and the cutoff for classified and display ads.
The town buzzes with updates on new pictures and songs at amuse ment parlors next door to the Opera house. Various shops advertise clocks and meats to lure patrons as a grand ball and electrical display looms December 9th at Diznan's hall with dancing until 2 a.m. A baby girl arrived at 10 30 this morning to Mr and Mrs Gustavus Ake Horn weighing eight pounds. Police and court actions mingle with notices of sales and parlor openings across Washington Avenue and 24th Street.
The naval recruiting office in room 23 of the Viret National Bank building reports strong first-day results with 14 applications, seven passed exams, and three hospital apprentice enlistments approved by War Department special permission. Lieutenant Pettingill notes high applicant quality with a 25 to 40 percent acceptance rate, and the Ogden team, party number 2, leads monthly enlistment totals since January.
Deputy County Recorder David Mattson tendered his resignation to County Recorder D W Ellis effective January 1st. He will take a position with Ogden State Bank. Likely successor is Joseph B Wallace, candidate and brother in law of Mattson. Wallace previously taught at the State Industrial School.
Des Moines event promotes a minstrel show with new jokes and songs. Features include 150 laughs in 150 minutes and a 20-piece Thatcher ensemble leading a street parade.
The family expresses sincere thanks to many friends for kindness during the illness and death of their wife mother and sister. Albert SADD and FAMILY Mrs W G THARRINGTON.
John Bruce cigar store on Lower Twenty Fifth Street was entered and robbed. Defendants David Williams and William La Rosa were arraigned in Municipal Court for a preliminary examination, which was continued at defense request. La Rosa said they had written for money and planned to hire an attorney. Examination adjourned to Monday at 2 o'clock.
Furnished by the Ogder Brokerage Co New York Stock Quotations show copper at 45 and various railroad, steel and utility stocks with prices ranging from Atchison common 63 3 3 to Western Union 32 and Wabash preferred 37 1 8.
John Monroe James Baines and R. J. Hickey will be arraigned tomorrow morning before Justice A. S. Burt in North Ogden. The preliminary examination is tentatively set for Friday, with County Attorney Hulaniski urging the hearing then. Soren X. Christensen of Salt Lake represents the defendants and plans to prove Mickey’s alibi by introducing Judge Howell’s records. Hickey had a prior vagrancy conviction tied to earlier Turf Exchange robbery allegations.
Panama State reports Sweden and Norway have recognized the Republic of Panama as an independent state, signaling formal recognition from major Nordic governments.
Pittsburg December 8 President Schaffer of the Amalgamated Association denies a statement about a final wage conference with Corey of U S Steel. A meeting of Sheet Steel Workers considers removing output limits to satisfy Independent Order of Tin Manufacturers as officials preside. Delegates and U S Steel and independent manufacturers attend. Father Fulham dies after injuries from the university fire in Ottawa December 8.
Hertin reports Russia completed a railroad to the Prussian frontier over a year ago but the frontier at Shalmierzyce remains unopened. The Russian government reportedly ordered the frontier closed until Germany renews commercial treaties, hindering commerce for both nations.
Constantinople December 8 M Demерik, Russia’s consul general at Beirut, and Merz von Mueller of the Austrian foreign office are named as successors to supervise the carrying out of the reform scheme for Macedonia, per Russian ambassador M Bsinovics to the Porte.
Belgrade reports Finance Minister Radovanovitch resigning and being replaced by Dr. Pasics. Premier Gruics is expected to resign for ill health, with Dy replacing Pasics, signaling a wider cabinet change.
Berlin reports Fraulein Frieda Belka leading Metropole dancer murdered December 2 in a Cologne hotel by Ferdinand Tessier a Vichy manufacturer and former deputy candidate who then killed himself. The couple had planned marriage. weapons poisons and Lourdes amulets were found on Tessier. The tragedy remained buried until Belka's burial in New Orleans blocked publication.
St. Petersburg reports Russian troops defeated a band of Chun Chuses on the Liau river in Manchuria. About 200 robbers were killed and a similar number wounded after a prior clash near Tachirahao where five Russians died and nine were badly hurt. A Port Arthur dispatch cites panicking Chun Chus as the cause of the mass loss.
Secretary Shaw sent the House estimates for Hawaii including 75000 for new lighthouses 30000 for lighthouse service 250000 for dredging Honolulu canal and harbor 23000 for buoy maintenance 10000 for a breakwater at Hales 30000 for a federal building at Hilo an ample appropriation for a federal building at Honolulu and 50000 for removing obstructions in Pearl Harbor.
An outbreak of smallpox sweeps Woodland, a town near Seaford, Delaware. Of about 100 residents, 25 have contracted the disease and the town is placed under quarantine to prevent further spread.
Sacramento dispatch reports John H H Wood a leader of the Folsom penitentiary escape group was found guilty of second degree murder. Judge Mart set sentencing for one hundred years from today since Wood is already serving life.
Thos A Whalen receiver announces immediate closing out of the entire stock of the Underwood Agency. The sale is to be conducted at once under the authority of the court.
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