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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1918
Page
5
A summons listing delinquent Ogden taxpayers for 1917 will be issued starting next week, says J. W. Reeve in charge of the Internal Revenue department for the division. Many excuses cited include ignorance of the law. 1918 income tax returns must be filed by March 1, 1919, with penalties for late payment.
Dublin reports that Germany's collapse could influence Ireland’s upcoming election. Sinn Fein and Nationalists clash over self rule and self determination, while Ulster’s status and home rule future loom large. Unionists expect gains as Sinn Feiners stay away from Westminster.
London dispatch reports that the coalition government plans a reform of the Lords if returned to power in the U K election. Chancellor of the Exchequer A R Nar Law says the upper chamber should be strengthened but not hereditary and must balance access to the people while safeguarding imperial naval security.
Fragmentary text describes English tea and black coffee, with garbled phrases about a naval invasion and a meal. Proper names, dates, or clear events are absent, leaving only scattered words and misreads from an old cannteen notation.
At a coastal station a 1:10 dawn rain brought sailors who had crossed seas and planned homeward or next assignments. The vanteen cut sugar and cream for a week, and strong black coffee displaced English tea as uniforms clapped to the departing train.
John Stimson and others were arrested at Stimson cafe as they celebrated a farewell with dancing after clearing tables. Chief Drowning and Captain Mohiman cited health regulations, charging attendees with offense and summoning them to court. The cafe owner was also involved in seeking a continuance for hearing.
Tabert Pear son of Mr and Mrs Pear of Ogden has been moved from the general hospital to Fort Alley Kansas for recovery after both legs were broken in action in France. He is well on the road to recovery and is expected to be able to return.
A fragment notes someone visiting the home of his parents during Christmas time. Readable details are minimal, with no clear names, places, or events beyond a festive context. The item reads as a brief, incomplete social or personal note from a holiday period.
Cologne dispatch reports a new element in Rhine politics with alleged secret party plans to annex Rhineland to France. A double headed government exists, with revolutionaries and imperial officials, while two factions push different futures: a liberal republic including Austria with Berlin as capital, and a Rhine Westphalian centrist republic.
A garbled excerpt voices a quarrel over manners and speech. The fragment hints at social tensions between servants and masters, noting distrust of slander and the idea that servants display dictatorial behavior in modern times. The lines suggest a salon or public discourse context.
Bovett, formerly executive chairman of Union Pacific, becomes director general of railroads after service as director of priorities for the War Tradeboard and as director of capital on the McAdoo agenda. He is 48 years old.
The Moyes five year old Lucille suffers nine days of unconscious sleep following influenza, smallpox and pneumonia. Nourishment given hourly, doctors say recovery possible but no awakening yet. Family also recovering from illnesses in this age of a Worth Knowledge column.
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