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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1918
Page
2
The article argues for a rapid but balanced demobilization of labor and army forces to avoid disruption. It notes difficulties for higher positions and office staff, government and industry impacts, and cautions against keeping too many troops in Europe. It urges a swift return to peace to prevent unrest.
The text argues against harsher taxation and urges restraint to avoid harming enterprise and employment. It warns excessive wartime levies would frighten investment, depress labor rewards, and destabilize the nation as it returns soldiers home and aims to grow industry and new enterprises.
An article quotes a chaotic health board debate as fines of five and ten dollars are mentioned for tiling and health orders. It notes public confusion, a health official criticizing the board’s direction, and a campaign reopening on influenza with mask mandates contested.
Flood of elreciura invitations fills the mall as Salt Lake firms offer inducements for Openest to trade in Salt Lake. After lifting the ban on force cracks, critics warn dollars outweigh health while Appetitanca rages and a business caravan moves through the capital amid change signs.
Fragmentary verse blends a housing ad incident with a lament on children and a mother’s heart. The date December 1 1918 appears, placing the piece in a postwar context. The composition juxtaposes rental notices with emotive, symbolic imagery of family and loss.
Fragmentary passage criticizes Salt Lake marketing tactics and calling people to shop while masking a perverted business scheme exploiting misery. The text references Ogden and a state effort to wipe out an epidemic but lacks verifiable details or a coherent report.
Brand Whitlock, US minister to Belgium, reports Belgian suffering during the German invasion. He recalls Louvain and nearby towns left in ruins with thousands killed or displaced, describing mass executions, burned buildings, and shattered lives to a world audience.
The report notes harsh talks as German soldiers and officers face accountability for the first two war years. It warns that delegates may resist leniency and that hundreds could be executed if guilt is confirmed.
The Amalgamated Sugar Company plans a $2.8 million payout to northern Wahani southern farmers with $750,008 to Ogden beet growers. The article argues the industry benefits the Intermountain region and deserves public support while praising company leadership.
Reported clashes between rioters and civic guards in German cities faded after British forces established a Rhine frontier cordon. Cologne faced food shortages with a week of flour supply left as food relief appeared at a city hotel. Burgomaster Adeituer urged civility to British troops while noting strain on civilians and a high tuberculosis toll. occupations and evacuations continued under Allied supervision.
The report cites Baron Rheinbanen and the younger prince Ficheniade among those detained. A large party is held under detention after discovery of 300 guns in an adjoining chamber. Count Matuaeblen is alleged to have been involved in Petday’s disorders and has not yet been arrested.
The Junior Red Cross crafts a wide range of toys and gifts for Christmas including watering pots, wooden toys, toy boards, basketry, and models of ships and airplanes. The program, led by Mrs Weary and Sinewii, aims to educate children through constructive art and reconstruction projects across California, Arizona, and Las Angeles, with displays in Red Cross shops.
Historic document shows J J Cheney endorsing a domestic medicine for catarrh. Notarized December day in Ohio, with names and locations tied to a Cleveland area firm.
Notes describe primary and higher classes making simple gifts and clever clinical toys for Red Cross shops. Pupils tracked materials for bookkeeping and learned sales methods for marketing items. Categories include Sewing Products, Primary Manual Arts, Cookery, Drawing, and Crafts with items like handkerchiefs, dolls, aprons, calendars, and trays.
Announcement that the speaker disclaims any interest in the Caller and Wheelwright Amusement Co and ends all business relations with that concern. They state they have renounced their former role as contractor.
A scrambled historical note describes about 100 Aleut Indians living on a distant Arctic island near Attu. It mentions scarce trees, reliance on traded goods for clothing, subsistence from fishing seals berries and grass, a tribal chief leading decisions, and early Russian settlement patterns along the coast with trading posts in Kamchatka and other ports.
Mrs. Robert Price of Ogden sends an update from Sgt. Orson Chapple of Ogden Bay detailing recent days of service. The letter notes a glimpse of sunshine amid two weeks of hard fighting as Chapple survives multiple battles unscathed.
Divisional Engineer F. P. Farace of the Southern Pacific Railroad says the main line segment between Weber and the trestle at Tittle Mountain requires months of work. Forty-five-pound rails will be replaced with ninety-pound rail to support boat traffic, and the raft freight will be relocated to the Hazel–Churchill stretch during the project.
A garbled household hints piece suggests caroling may remove gum from pots and floors, alcohol could lift ink stains from furniture, and jasmine or geraniums might be used in preserves. It mentions damp cold-water cloths for photographs and hints at hanging pictures flat for décor.
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