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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
2
A fragmented notice hints at advertising rate discussions in Alto city. It mentions possible changes to units and pricing, aiming to balance growth with revenue concerns. Specific figures and names are unclear due to damaged text. Local merchants await official guidance on revised rates and timelines.
Fragmentary verse urges loud advertising to win buyers and riches. It invokes market lore and a mock exhortation to publish magazines, promising goods to many true and tried readers and implying social ease if one advertises.
A Kansas City Montgomery Ward mail order offer promises lower prices on groceries and goods. A Ogden, Utah customer paid $2.62 for 26 lb sugar 10 lb rice 10 lb pall 20 lb ginger and was told the Standard would match plus freight. Analysis shows delivered Ogden prices exceed local retail after freight. Standard pledges to duplicate East orders plus freight to Ogden and expose inflated East pricing.
A reader praises the Salvation Army for quick aid and reliable workers via Shelter on Twenty-fifth Street with telephonic contact at 1341 Bell. The writer urges wider public use to help penniless individuals feel less hopeless and supported.
A wartime-lean period of Christmas cheer prompts a call for thoughtfulness as the Shelter program offers a new employment field for those out of work, promising to ease a housewife's worry and guide many through the rough world.
Wool growers and cattlemen in Utah are advised that buying goods in Salt Lake City for shipment to Wendover or other desert camps via the Western Pacific is not advantageous. Freight to southern points from Ogden matches Salt Lake rates, making Salt Lake purchases unnecessary for Idaho and Wendover shipments. Ogden sellers offer smaller margins and common-point freight rates negate Salt Lake benefits.
A streetcar collision on Third Avenue near Ninth Street left young Coaster riders and a bystander injured. Alexander Duhuan suffered a fractured elbow, Julian Butler major facial and head injuries, and Inllan Butler minor scrapes. The accident occurred as a double runner sled linked with a motorized car plowed into a guard post, with paramedics rushing to the scene and the injured taken to the home of Thomas W. Howe and to a hospital for treatment.
A fragmentary report notes a record was broken during a live performance or race involving indlangpalls and participants such as Ing., Kincaid, and Avie Whit. The garbled text references a record in a teins Wat event with unclear details and dates, mentioning Mudge and G Leet among others.
Inrancheca December 17 Barones Uchida the new Japanese ambassador to the United States arrived aboard the liner Tonya Maru with Baroness Uchida. He previously served as attache to the Japanese legation in Vienna and expressed eagerness to begin his Washington mission.
A garbled OCR text references a fatal incident and multiple names with unclear roles. Key readable items mention a 15 year old, a fatal injury, a street scene, and references to a courtroom or authority figures. Names such as Stevan Geary and Thad appear, but many words are corrupted making exact events and places uncertain.
Sixty days for one fellow and sixty days for another plus five days for a third were imposed in a police court session before Roing to Salt Lake. Several pleaded guilty to petit larceny with fines set, including $60 or 60 days, a vase theft valued at $26, and a drunkenness charge leading to jail time. A defendant for stealing boxes of cigars faced trial. another had a bond set for marriage.
Johnny Thompson and Dick Hyland square off in a 10 round highweight bout at the Higgadrome in Kattens City Mo tonight. Hyland from San Francisco and Thompson from Sycamore, Ohio, weigh about 153 and 213 pounds respectively and both promise a strong performance as fans await a possible title shot with Nelson or Wolgast if victorious.
Dec 17 Rostan reports details of a contested estate left by Whin Corbett who died on Sop lonthey 23. J Corbett, a traveler for thirty years, returns to claim a share as rival claimants spring up. Police involvement follows as the case widens from Canada to the United States.
Crussels Dec 1 The King Leopold Wied has died after a long illness. Reports say doctors struggled to prolong life as a sudden collapse occurred while officials described improving bulletins earlier in the day. Princess Ementine and Albert kin were by the death bed as the monarch passed away about minutes after 2 oclock. The royal suite showed sorrow as the news spread to courts and public observers.
A fragmented obituary style sketch centers on Prince Albert, heir to the German crown, detailing his lineage from Saxe Coburg Go tha and Louis Philippe’s line. It notes a political stance, travels to the United States, and a controversial Congo Free State connection, with mixed praise for governance and character.
In Tec 10 Portland Sitiwat Cualld a child war veteran pleaded guilty to murdering Bert Wilton in November. He testified he acted in self defense after Wilton allegedly struck him and tried to take his wallet. Cualld admitted firing at Wilton and another man during the confrontation.
A garbled report notes injuries to a person identified by initials and vague location references. The text mentions a central area and possible names or identifiers, but lacks clear dates, places, or outcomes.
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