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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1915
Page
2
A reader notice from The Standard explains that the paper will be discontinued for unpaid periods. It urges subscribers to settle balances by mail or with the mail carrier to avoid loss of delivery and to stop the newspaper if they do not wish to continue.
A festive piece urges turning from gloom to light during Christmas and beyond. It advises sharing a friendly word to cheer the hopeless and weary, drawing sunshine by refusing to dwell on shadows. The advice extends through the holidays to boost morale among readers and their circles.
A fragment reports pork retailing at five to six cents per pound and dressed meat at one to two cents per pound with hog products totaling around seven and one half cents per pound. Prices reflect market highs for hogs.
A fragment argues meat prices do not reflect past three years trends and questions why hog raisers and farmers do not see price fluctuations. It suggests plainer supply and diverse meat options could balance prices, benefiting the public and livestock community, noting pork loin and shoulder prices stay high and consumers seek alternatives.
National Geographic Society bulletin outlines Switzerland as a citizen army with universal training from age ten, a flexible reserve system, and no professional soldiers. It contrasts Swiss mobilization versus potential U S numbers, noting equal duty across classes and a low general salary for leaders.
A Reading column discusses blood and heredity shaping criminal and moral outcomes. From Columbus and 66 persons confined in jails and institutions, the piece traces a family named Blengold, detailing 474 individuals and 762 with definite dates, listing crimes from burglary to homicide, and arguing environment interacts with heredity to produce degeneracy.
The text argues that criminality is shaped by social atmosphere and heredity. It suggests reforms focusing on environmental factors to reduce criminal families, noting that a few generations can eliminate criminal bent through decay and societal change. The discussion emphasizes the influence of upbringing on crime rates.
Senator Tillman argues against a stamp tax on checks saying it would burden business and drive cash use. He also favors enlarging the income tax to capture more than a million dollars in earnings, contending such wealth funds industries and employment through investment rather than hoarding money.
Greek defendant John Morlatis faced a district court bind over after a city court prelim. He stands accused of obtaining money by fraudulent representations. Prosecution led by County Attorney Joseph Evans and defense by T R OConnelly. Witnesses Hill Pullos Don Davitchatis Louie Patehon Georg Anton testified. Morlatis allegedly offered jobs as sheepherders at 5 cents a head to three men in Ogden, then Bolas, swindling them of 200. Arrested in Salt Lake City, defense lacked testimony. Bail set at 500 dollars. Minor case involved Mia Nixon and Jack Lanson convicted of vagrancy. fined 15 dollars or 13 days in jail.
In the Cirat Methodist Episcopal church last night Rev. Argoweiler delivered a sermon titled The Spiritual Mind. He cited Corinthians and urged that only the Spirit of God reveals what is freely given, contrasting with the world’s spirit. The message stressed discernment and faith.
Mr A L Rose of the Ladies Fashion Tailors 2474 Washington Avenue leaves Saturday evening December 18 for New York to buy stock for the 1916 spring and summer season. He will add an entirely new line for Ogden including a choice of imported ready made ladies wear and invites patrons to inspect the new stock upon arrival.
An article fragment contrasts five senses with a sixth spiritual sense, describing how perception of earthly things uses the body while contemplation of the divine comes from a supersensitive mind. It cites Helen Keller as example of nonvisual perception of God and notes the spiritual sense as instinctive yet improvable with reason. Included are miscellaneous market and rail accident notices from the London Stock Market and sugar prices, plus a Santa Fe train collision in Colton, California with fatalities and passenger shock amid the crash.
William J. Critchlow has been auditing the city books for several days and says he will be ready to report to the city within the next few days.
Trading started with near unchanged prices as bankers awaited the American note to Austria. Major moves were modest with Studebaker up slightly while United States Steel eased briefly. Rail shares held high but softened. secondary prices showed selling pressure. In Omaha, hogs and cattle receipts were reported, with prices drifting lower on hogs and steady to firm on cattle and sheep buyers.
Wheat futures rose modestly while corn and other cereals slipped with easing demand from the east and sluggish export activity. Buttered by improved hogs though overall grain demand stayed soft, December wheat closed around 1.58 to 1.60, May near 1.47, as Liverpool hints of Australian and Argentine supplies offered little relief.
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