Christmas Preparations and Baby Gifts Featured
Fragmentary catalog note lists handmade items and small gifts for babies. Mentions items like Malt and other craft goods priced from 25 cents to a Bic. Unclear shops or dates due to damaged OCR text.
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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
3
Fragmentary catalog note lists handmade items and small gifts for babies. Mentions items like Malt and other craft goods priced from 25 cents to a Bic. Unclear shops or dates due to damaged OCR text.
A garbled page shows nest December sales at Wright's and Spurgvon’s shop with hats, dresses, and children's wear. Public notices mention road work, court actions, jury service, and a Wool Growers convention plan. Multiple names and addresses appear with scattered railroad and hotel references.
E A Olsen advertises a Christmas sale featuring hundreds of china ware styles at low prices. The grocer promotes a large stock from around the world, including decorative pieces and art pottery, urging customers to shop early when assortment is complete.
A new postal ruling restricts traveling salesmen using oversized or undersized cards for advertising. Cards must meet exact size limits of 4 by 2 3/4 inches to 4 by 8 inches. nonconforming cards face regular letter postage at ten cents per card. The change impacts how traveling men announce offerings and seek potential customers.
Readable fragments show a tailoring shop offering a Christmas sale at 103 23th Street Pellpbune. The ad mentions a price point of 75 and a shop sign of 144 ssall, suggesting promotional wording for holiday season.
A small police court session dealt with disturbances at a local dancing hall. Jerwick, charged with burglary and property offenses, pled guilty to some counts and was fined. Another man, Thompson, admitted theft of a bicycle and paid a $20 fine. The session also covered a separate claim related to a stolen bicycle and earlier disturbances at a political hall.
The incident at the ball involved Krac and others when a disturbance led Blackburn to arrest Krac for resisting an officer. On the way to the station plans to bail and bail debates arose as witnesses testified. The defendant denied the charges and claimed no resistance, with the court eventually dismissing the case.
A new ditcher received from St Fact by the Orreon Ebert Line is being tested at Bond Midge yard. Ten flat cars and belts are used as experiments under Chief Engineer Ashton guidance to load gravel for leveling yards for new tracks. By 2008 General Superintendent Davie expects the ditcher to be assigned to points between Ogden and Belt Lake City after a Southern Pacific conference.
Public health notice from Ogden officials warns teachers in the public schools to report any signs of illness to prevent the spread of smallpox. George Shorten of the Board of Health emphasizes cooperation, vaccination, and rapid investigation of suspected cases to protect children and the community.
A report from Dee Chicago describes a peonage case involving alleged debt bondage and imprisonment under a mechanism intended to keep victims in debt to their owners. Armed guards and coercion are cited, with a federal grand jury expected to hear details tomorrow.
Witnesses from within a distant stockade allegedly connected to a Chicago manufacturing hub face grand jury scrutiny. Federal interviews suggest restrictions on leaving debt and purchases inside the fenced compound, guarded by armed sentries, with escapes noted through tunneling.
Washington dispatch reports the committee failed to reach unanimous consent on a reference to the president and motives behind court actions. The panel adjourned until morning as disagreements over method caused discontent, though no personal charges were made.
Details emerge from a heated dispute involving Chicago figures, mining interests, and a plan to slide the Anderson trust. The Panhandle contract sits at the center as Andrmn Frog and others face surrender talks around a potential $100,000 settlement with key company owners denying any pending deal.
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