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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1903
Page
6
Random notices from Ogden include a crowded mix of events and ads. The Armor Market touts a wide selection of turkeys ducks and geese as season goods. Local theatrical acts and minstrel shows headline December 15 16 with rides and dances at Woodmen of the World hall. Various sales and business notices mingle with social invitations and a city-wide roundup of happenings.
Community notices include lodge initiations at Ogden Lodge No. 3 and a Woodmen of the World dance on December 16. Marriage licenses issued for Moane Stark, Packer Atkinson, Carrsue Jones, and other couples. A criminal trial for Harry Ward on grand larceny is described with jurors sworn and witnesses listed. testimony ongoing as the report ends. Also mentions Kemmerer coal, local business ads, and market updates.
An ad in a Salt Lake paper touts a $275 piano for 148 dollars, promising further cuts to lure buyers. F. X. Allen, a piano dealer, claims wholesale prices and a week or two more sale time, inviting customers to see catalogs or visit for bargains in Idaho, Wyoming and Utah.
The Ladies of the Degree of Honor host a card party next Wednesday evening December 16 with prizes and refreshments. Prizes will be displayed in Ogden Furniture Company windows.
Private Thomas St Fuller was identified as the assailant of Miss Edith Gill in Salt Lake City. Officers intervened at Fort Douglas to prevent a lynching as Fuller was escorted to the city under guard. His home is said to be in San Francisco.
An excerpt features Frances recounting a dream to her mother Mme about a character named Knmma who scolded her in the parlor. The Judge narrator notes Frances’s astonishment at the imagined rebuke.
Fragmentary quote shows Mrs Tenpeck expressing desire to do good while Mr Teenpeck laments and mentions finding someone to care for children and clothes. Source text is partial and lacks context.
Fragmented quote from the Washington Star presents Uncle Eben describing pleasures and urging vigilance. The quirky phrasing reflects a historical newspaper clipping with unclear context and potential dialect.
The statement asserts that everything is possible only with a net and failure as prerequisites. It frames risk as a necessary step toward success and implies that persistence through setbacks enables achievement.
The Eagles plan a grand minstrel show at the Grand Opera House in Ogden tomorrow evening. Curtain rises at 7:30. Mayo Evans arranged the opening chorus and the Eagle emblem stage setting features elaborate costumes and an electric spray. Ten end men and fourteen Eagles in colonial dress will perform with multiple first class specialties.
Police recover four large bundles of merchandise from the McCready store burglary two months earlier. Barn discovery near 2224 Washington Avenue corroborates statements by John Claypool, now in prison, about a hidden cache. McCready identifies the goods and inventories them, noting jewelry may be missing.
The Weber county divorce mill shows many filings this year with seventy percent granted. Annie Edwards vs Richard Edwards was heard before Judge Henry H. Rolapp and the bonds of matrimony dissolved. Annie Edwards gains custody of five children and reverts to her maiden name Annie Taylor. alimony at twenty five dollars monthly plus fifty dollars attorney fees and costs. Attorney Joseph Chez represented the plaintiff. A second filing, Nephil Vardy vs Lula Vardy, seeks divorce on desertion in District Court this afternoon.
The Imperial Scientific Commission at Prague Bohemia awarded Budweiser the world's best beer honor for purity and superior overall quality. The commission studied various beers globally before naming Budweiser as the premium beer.
The text explains fishes need air and would suffocate if trapped in a sealed space. It notes in the Arctic the water holds dissolved air, seen as bubbles inside a glass. When the glass stands, bubbles form as the air dissolves and leaves the water, illustrating how fishes rely on dissolved air to survive.
The text traces fasting as a health measure long before religious rites, noting its use in Egypt, India, and China. It mentions Asclepiades, a Greek physician contemporary to Cicero, who endorsed fasting, and Ibn Sina 2000 years later, who argued for temporary abstinence as easier than constant moderation.
A Washington Star note quotes Charley Dean asking how sailors trim sails on a yacht. The response explains that trimming is routine, but details remain unspecified.
The Atculston Globe urges young readers to value health now, warning that neglect in youth leads to steep health costs in old age. It stresses endurance of early abuse may incur harsh repercussions later.
A Philadelphia Ledger quote laments heavy debts that cannot be paid, contrasting burdens of unpaid obligations with the strain of attempting to meet them, reflecting financial distress sentiments.
A fragmented quotation shows Milton resisting teaching his daughter multiple languages. He declares that one tongue, his own, is sufficient for a woman. The garbled text reflects an old-fashioned debate over linguistic instruction and gender.
In a National Magazine piece about bird nesting, the author contrasts the kingbird’s plain, functional nest with the oriole’s romantic, delicate weave. The kingbird’s nest is sturdy and straightforward, while the oriole’s nest is woven of new hay and sandalwood-like scent, hung from a fork and light as a breeze.
The article traces early attempts to admit female players at Blackfriars in 1629 and notes Mrs. Coleman’s private appearance in 1656. It cites an actress at Killigrew’s Vere Street theater in 1600 introducing a prologue for the first woman on stage, Charles II’s 1662 letters patent allowing women to perform female roles, and Pepys's 1660 diary remark on the first fully female cast seen in Beggars’ Dash.
A health note warns against excessive blinking aiming to stop if blinking becomes automatic. Natural blinking clears and moistens the eye with about twenty blinks per minute, while nervous blinking can reach one hundred. Excessive blinking strains eye muscles and irritates the optic nerve, weakening vision and possibly needing spectacles.
Newly compiled figures indicate twins occur in one of eighty births while triplets appear about once in 6,400, quadruplets in 612,000 births and quintets roughly once in 40,980,000. A case is noted of a woman presenting her husband with twin babies.
A young man about 23, sandy complexion and reddish brown hair, found near Camp 4 ten miles west of Fremont, remains unidentified. The body, in good clothing, held love letters and $3.50. letters may identify him once Sheriff Bailey receives them. An inquest was set for 4 p.m. at Larkin's Undertaking Parlors.
The text explains that mosquito lifespans extend beyond typical expectations with thousands surviving winter in barns cellars hollow trees and sheltered spots. They hibernate in dark places and even endure freezing temperatures in caves beneath trees until warm weather returns. Mosquitoes reappear in woods before snow fully melts, indicating resilience across seasons.
An Irish witness faced a magistrate in a shooting affray case. The magistrate pressed for a definite answer about seeing the shot fired. The witness admitted he did not see it, then laughed, prompting a rebuke for contempt of court. The judge admonished him and the court laughed.
A young Hungarian Romani betrays his party after a robbery and seeks magistrates protection at Magyar Igres. Companions threaten him, a shelter is left empty, and his body is later found in a field. The corpse is mutilated with eyes removed tongue pressed and feet bound to acacia trees.
A visitor congratulates on the engagement of a son and praises the bride to be as a very nice girl. The speaker mentions Mrs. Nobodser Crown Yes and notes rumored ancestral ties to the Spanish Armada.
A quip from the Pitt Philadelphia Record notes that a diamond on the finger is worth a paste in the ear. The line uses mock wisdom to contrast value and sound.
Mayor William Glasmann of Ogden City announces a fifty dollar reward for information leading to the conviction of saloon keepers or employees who permit minors to remain in saloons for gambling or any unlawful purpose within the past twelve months. The notice, dated November 17, 1903, stresses enforcement and claims the claim of widespread minor gambling is false.
A $200 reward is reported for information leading to a local newspaper case. The note mentions editor Frank Chinnott and a matter linked to a person or event in the city, with unclear phrasing and reference to a “Visiting Vogden” and attention drawn by the mayor.
A listing notes a line of black dress goods offered last week at 95 cents per yard, now reduced this week to 90 cents per yard as a close out. The ad emphasizes low pricing and clearance status.
Fragmented OCR lists various fur and textile prices including minks beavers wool seal astrakhan river mink moufleh martens and other items with amounts such as 38.00 30.00 14.00 7.50 20.00 16.50 and 410.00. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or sourcing.
A 1903 Ogden ordinance offers rewards for information leading to arrests for administering knockout drops, robbing or waylaying individuals, and maintaining illegal betting games. The notice names Mayor J William Glasmann and cites penalties up to 200 dollars per offense.
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