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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1917
Page
6
Avassington reports legislation to stabilize the farm loan bond market. committees push special rule for consideration. Senator Penrose blocks immediate action, accusing the farm loan bank system of testing the limits. A chaotic note mentions unrelated newborn events and odd phrases about a stork and baby christening.
Report from Richfield Utah confirms Lee Taantissen 22 of Richfield. among five Americans seized and slain by Yaqui Indians near Esperanza seventy miles south of Guaymas, Sonora, on November 6. Rasmussen of the US Geological Survey relayed the tale to relatives. connections include Hubert Ellatt of Provo and Renee At.
Reports describe a massacre with American, German, and Chinese casualties. American consul Gimpich investigated the scene as graves were found three days later. Victims were buried where they fell. Several named figures include Rasmussen and Henry Farnuin among others.
An old advertisement promises fat reduction without strict diets or heavy exercise. It touts outdoor breathing, a Korelin capsule after meals and at night, and a free testing packet from Korelin Campaign at 220 East 28th Street Arcade, New York. It claims quick weight loss and improved health and appearance.
Grace M. Trankla sues banker Clarence Burger in New York claiming $1519 for Christian science services and instruction between April 1 and October 1. She alleges he hired her in October to provide extended care and promised $10,190 extra if she redirected effort to his affairs. The complaint cites missed payments and incomplete refunds.
Mrs Edna Taylor Critchlow widow of Dr John P Critchlow died at her residence after an illness of about one month. A former superintendent of St Clark's hospital she was active in the local Red Cross chapter. Survived by husband two sons John F Jr and Horace Patterson Crushton and a brother Harry S Taylor formerly of Salt Lake now in Los Angeles California.
Reports from Petrograd describe widespread belief in a permanent peace with the central powers as armistice negotiations proceed. Dozens of delegates are listed by Bolsheviks with a mix of parties while southern Turkestan fronts remain obscure. A Japanese voyage message to America pledges goodwill and seeks mutual trust among the United States, China, and Japan, stressing the importance of friendly ties.
An ad-like notice claims The Black Dunn Products offer safe cold cures without opiates or narcotics. Mentho Laxene is a compound of cherry and cough ingredients. directions suggest converting into syrup with sugar and water and using small drops. The copy promises satisfaction or money back and notes availability from druggists.
Viscount Ishii head of the Japanese mission who toured the United States was the guest of honor at a banquet in Tokio attended by about 200 Japanese and Americans. Barai Shibusaya presided as AmericanJapanese Association head. Ishii spoke to the Japanese public, declaring that he would not withdraw or alter any stance favorable to the U.S. despite recent meetings and broadcasts surrounding his mission.
Chas G Patternam, secretary of the Intermountain Association of Sugar Beet Growers, leaves Salt Lake City for Washington to join delegates from California Colorado and Nebraska before Herbert Hoover to seek a better sugar beet price. The association also addresses a letter to Utah fuel administrator WW Aerostrong urging a statewide grower meeting to clear the comptiitile.
Medical authorities say most stomach troubles come from excess hydrochloric acid, not lack of digestive juices. An ad promotes Bismated Magnesia as a safe, inexpensive aid taken after meals to reduce acid, prevent gas and pain, and avoid artificial digestives.
Washington December 18 General Crowder issued new rules allowing draft-age men to enlist on their own request with white men admitted and only into infantry signal corps medical quartermaster. Eligible branches include coast artillery field artillery cavalry and engineers with postings to Fort Riley Fort Oglethorpe Camp Joseph Tosa? Jacksonville and other depots. Local boards will process enlistments for aviation medical and other departments based on location west or east of the Mississippi River.
An old advertisement claims a reward of one hundred dollars for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic that cures on the blood and mucous surfaces. The text includes misspellings and dubious claims about health improvements and urges readers to start taking the medicine immediately with testimonials from a Toledo pharmacist.
Details incomplete mention legal boards of Pa and Pacific coast states directing travel and subsistence expenses to Camp Greene for volunteers. Local board to provide transportation and subsistence.
Washington December 17 Rearranging of war department commands indicated today with officers named by Secretary Baker to the war council. Major General Goethals offered the post of quartermaster general to succeed Major General Sharpe. Brigadier General John D Barrett selected for coast artillery. Provost Marshall General Crowder remains in his current post. Pocatello Idaho December 17 Ex electrician A C Carlton claims a potential engine of destruction that could burn the German army, depending on experimental success.
A proposed device uses a magnifying glass to focus sunlight for ignition on a car tinge mounting. If conditions suit, rays from the weapon could dazzle or kill at long range and damage buildings. Carlson seeks continued experiments under army engineers supervision.
A fragment from a case recalls an arrester chauffeur uttering a terse line about warning a mob. The dialogue hints at a rift between urgency and caution as a prison scene unfolds with a single name emerging in reflection.
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