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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
7
In preparing for Christmas the article lists practical gift suggestions at low prices. Items include baby presents, dainty handmade items, felt booties and knickers, with prices shown as 350 to 262 and similar figures, reflecting a practical gift guide style.
Fragmentary text references random items and individuals, with unclear context or action. No definite event or outcome is identifiable from the readable portion.
A sprawling listing from Ogden includes millinery bargains at Wright's and Clark's Clothing, with hats, children’s wear, and sale events. Local notices cover rail inspections, Wool Growers convention plans, marriage licenses, and public shipper details, alongside weather and travel updates.
E A Olsen announces a vast selection of Christmas gifts and Christmas bale prices in Arden. The ad boasts a large stock of hand painted china ware from many countries, with a dedicated second floor display for a busy holiday trade.
A new postal ruling tightens postcard sizes for traveling salesmen. Cards exceeding the maximum allowed size face regular letter postage, and misdated or non identical cards require additional postage. Officials note traveling men may avoid tipping prospective customers by using standardized formats. The standard card size is four by six inches, while the larger allowed size is twenty four by four inches.
LEDIMIE TAILORING offers tailoring services with pressing at 75 cents per item. Local shop on AES Sth St provides repairs and alterations. Holiday season promo unknown. customers advised to visit for details.
Police court records detail an altercation at a dance hall with three girls ejected amid a quiet day, while Witlara Jerwick faced larceny charges for allegedly stealing clothing. Thompras Thompson, cited for property theft after being found with a bicycle wheel, pleaded guilty. a separate case involving public disturbance and indecorous language was noted during a Congress event dance.
Witnesses Balxar Gort and Edvant Minghets corroborate Mackburn on Krac language and arrest after Krac refused to leave the hall. The attendant disputed the claims, saying he paid to dance and resisted officers, leading to booking for resisting an officer. The judge imposed a fine after the incident.
A newly built ditcher from RL Paul is being tested at Sand Ridge Cut and Le proving successful. Ten test cars are used in experiments to haul earth for yard leveling in the rearrangement of trackage at Harriman yards. General Superintendent Davis, returning from a conference with Southern Pacific officials, expects the machine to be turned over for service between Ogden and Salt Lake City.
A dated public notice from the Ogden Health Board urges residents and teachers in the Puddls Schotie to report any signs of smallpox. They describe seven cases found in Salt Lake, vaccines administered, and calls for cooperation to prevent further spread by contacting the Board of Health at City Hall.
A near Chicago report describes a peonage case involving alleged debt bondage on a stockade environment with armed guards. The affair centers on suspects possibly facing action before the federal grand jury, with details about coercive restraint and escape attempts emerging from the record.
About thirty witnesses from within the blockade area are to be called before the district court grand jury. Indictments for persons will be sought by District Attorney Shroma. The stockade near Summit, thirty miles from Chirag, is tied to a factory town claim worth millions. Interviewed workers say they were pressured to leave the stockade and difficult debts and tariffs restricted purchases, with guards patrolling the fence and reports of escapes by tunneling.
Washington argues the special house committees failed to agree on action regarding the president's reference to motives behind a policy. The panel unanimously urged displeasure toward the president's remarks but could not consolidate a plan, leaving the matter unsettled and awaiting further steps.
Spokane news describes a December gathering of prominent men to discuss the Panhandle smelter trust and a pending settlement. Participants debated actions by Andree Rene and various company leaders as they sought to resolve the matter and avert broader disputes.
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