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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1916
Page
16
A forthcoming Children’s Aid Day will be observed next week with a fundraising push. The poelety will call on friends to donate as good women seek funds to support the work and engage children in the effort to help raise money for the cause.
Weber Academy Dramatic club to present Geeret Gertice at Nibley hall in Logan after a run in Ogden. Professor H A Dizon says Utah Agricultural College and Brigham Young College students expect the amateur hissions from the Ogden church school. The date is Tuesday December 3 with a special train from Ogden to Logan and back the same night. An excursion rate will be offered and an Ogden party of about one hundred is expected.
Last night the Latterday Saints University basketball team from Salt Lake beat Weber Academy on their floor by a large margin, 49 to unknown. Captain Dean scored four field goals and four free throws, while Nelson led with 17 points for the L. D. S. U. The Weber squad showed promise with new players under coach Wanton as Shreeve starred for the academy. The Weber band and student supporters accompanied the game with cheers and songs.
The Order of Owl, Dwix.L chapter, held its annual meeting at the clubrooms last night and a banquet followed. Elected officers include R. B. Wenderehnt president Ames Hall vice president Pr BE Clark snvocator Paul Struppeck wanders C A Kupwiden secretary A Es Close treasurer J Sommerill sent nel Ray Cotterell picket C Manuell and H F E Holland trustees. Reports showed the order in nourishing condition.
All eastern roads join in embargo on shipments to the Atlantic coast leaving only New Orleans and Galveston as feasible routes. The embargo closes the entire Atlantic seaboard for export trade and affects both domestic and export makers. Some roads exempt food for consumption in the United States.
Berlin reports a violent Somme front meeting and a bright German repulse near Transalay, with artillery clashes at Verdun. Russians launch strong Carpathian attacks north of Dorna Watra and south of the Trotus valley, pushing gains at heavy cost to the enemy. Rumania retreats with thousands captured. allied blockade of Greece begins. 1000 Chinese laundries noted in New York.
Public invited to the North Weber stake quarterly conference with two sessions at 10 am and 2 pm in the Ogden Tabernacle. President James Wotherspoon presides. Speakers include Patriarch Figrum G. Reith and Tulon S. Welle. J. J. railroad offers a special train from Plain City at 9 am, returning 4 20 pm, stopping at all intermediate points.
Amsterdam and London report a Prussian diet discussion on raising minor official salaries. Bodallat deputy Troebel attacked those profiting from war while common workers faced hunger and insufficient income to buy food. He urged peace mediation in the interest of official state workers suffering as the war prolongs.
The Hague report notes German Socialist leader Philipp Scheldemann and a worldwide appeal issued via London at 10:32 a m. The fragment signals a diplomatic or ideological broadcast, with emphasis on socialist leadership and cross border coordination.
A fragment from a 1916 Utah market report notes a meeting of the Executive Internationale responding to Emil Vandervelde’s appeal on deportations. It ties to Belgian minister of munitions Vandervelde and mentions German extremist elements opposing deportations, with brief chatter about protest measures and a card index. The rest lists stock trades and prices for mining and metal shares in a December session.
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