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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
2
The paper lists subscription rates and credits The Associated Press for news. It describes itself as an independent evening publication and notes exclusive rights for AP news and local items.
A historical column argues that Bolshevism taints foreigners and notes high foreign proportions among new arrivals. It cites immigration shifts from 1903 to wartime and estimates over 1.2 million yearly entrants then, with later declines and a hypothetical 5 million more foreigners if prewar influx continued.
The Senate battles over the MeNary sugar bill to authorize US purchase of an estimated 8 000 000 ton Cuban crop. Louisiana sugar senators resist a vote, blaming President Wilson for rising prices. McNary criticizes the president for not acting on board recommendations.
The piece notes sugar price increases to about ten cents a pound and cites Senator McNary blaming government failure to buy Cuban sugar, hoarding by traders and consumers, and a theory that prohibition boosts candy consumption. It frames producers seeking full profits and authorities pushing price controls.
The Standard reports a settlement plan for coal miners with a three person commission including a mine owner to set wages and prices after operations resume. A fourteen percent wage increase will return miners to work tomorrow, while industry profits and costs are to be adjusted to lower price levels for six months.
Thomas Carnahan of Ogden arrives in Elizabethville Uelgian Congo where a hunting contest pits man against the king of beasts. The region offers a clash of skill and power with uncertain outcomes. Within a year the results may favor either side.
An old column recounts hunting adventures and naturalist observations from Africa and Mongolia. It notes man eating dangers, copper digging plans, and letters to The Standard. The writer recalls antelope sightings, autumn landscapes, and remarkable speeds of Moungelian antelope.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment for instant relief from lumbago back pain and stiffness. It promises gentle, penetrating action that does not burn skin, with a quick return to straight posture and neglected soreness forgotten after use. A trial bottle is urged from the local druggist.
A Utah cement plant at Haker operated by Ogden Porting will shut down due to coal shortages. About seventy-five to one hundred workers affected. most kept on for repairs. Production expected to resume after the new year. Another Asian Plant cement facility at Tevil's Bile also facing temporary closure.
The Ogden office of the Amalgamated Sugar company mailed out checks to beet growers. In the Ogden district $440,000 was mailed, Brigham district growers received $160,000, and the eight districts totaled $1,730,000. The last payment will be made around Christmas time.
In a story tied to Gloria Swanson and Major Robert Warwick filming In Mizzaura at Al Tambra, Swanson presents Warwick's beloved French bulldog Sunlor who later goes missing. A boy returns the cold, waterfound dog, prompting local speculation about a prank or a stunt linked to the production.
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