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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
3
Ogden reads a jumble of notices from the Subscription and Advertising Department and local groups. Scout troops discuss December activities, Christmas references, a swimming test at Eagle Gym, choir and church events, and upcoming installations. Police and school items surface amid community classifieds and public notices.
Weber County Farm Bureau held its annual meeting in the federal building. Topics included higher milk prices, drainage and irrigation, beet sugar contracts, and a county drainage survey conducted with state and federal support. President McKay traced the bureau’s growth from 309 to about 1600 members as officers prepared to elect successors.
The Qgden Livestock Market reports cattle receipts totaling 312 with various weight classes and prices. It lists choice head cattle, feeder steers, cows and heifers, calves, hogs, and lambs with quoted prices and receipts for the day.
A complaint charges Thomas Males with a serious indecent act with a child. The alleged offense is a felony and could lead to a prison sentence. The involved girl is described as a neighbor’s child, and the case details reference a local residence on River Avenue. The article notes the defendant’s suspected age and addresses the surrounding community context.
The morality play Why I Would Not Marry is presented by WIL Ham Fox at the Osten Theatre. A young woman debates four suitors with the aid of mystic power revealing the true side of each. She initially fears men but finds a practical solution by entering business and resolving her troubles.
Funeral services announced for Madge Melenzia Martin at Tindqulat chapel Friday at 2 pm with Bishop Myran Jb Wehardaon presiding. Viewings today at the chapel. interment at Gedertety cemetery. Tick Koprenberg to have services at Kirkemtall chapel Tuesday at 2:30 pm. viewing today. funeral at home of Afra J Kvortuen, 2932 Van Buren, with burial in Gedertety cemetery. Mrs Net Morvievo to be taken to Downey Idaho for services. viewing at Lindusdet chapel until 7 pm. John Jones, Ogden engineer, dies at local hospital. services at Kendall chapel. survivors include Florence Stele and others. Doug Fairbanks in Mr Fix It at Lyceum today. Madge Kennedy in The Danger Game tomorrow.
A nearly full audience witnessed the Orpheat Centre production The Master of Ballantrae. The review lauds Walker Whiteside's performance but criticizes the dramatization and pacing, noting weak psychological atmosphere and uneven character portrayal, while praising supporting cast and staging.
Weber Lodge No. F and A M announces no meeting this Thursday evening due to weather. Secretary Nichol s informs members to abstain from gathering and to observe the next scheduled session.
The Knight family thanks friends for care and support after the illness of Joman Knight at Melite Rave Knight. Ant family joins in gratitude for kindness shown.
Theodore Wolff writes from Perlin on November 30 that General von Moltke the Younger, former chief of the German General Staff, is surpassed in injustice by Xerxes. He argues German leadership failed under military setbacks and accuses leaders of manipulating truth as the war crisis deepened. He notes the 1918 collapse and the arrival of American forces shifting Germany’s fate.
The Tenants Association announced today it is weighing sending a telegram to Attorney General A Mitchall Patney urging him to curb high rents. The group has hired counsel Fann Willis to pursue legal avenues to stop practices they deem price gouging. A film program at the COZY runs today and tomorrow featuring William S Hart in The Two Gun Man along with a Lyons-Moran comedy.
A chaotic report describes Woodard, an ex Teamsters agent, alleged to be ill and in and out of the city jail and pest house. Police chief Brown ing says Woodard was permitted for hot springs treatment while public safety officials note uncertain whereabouts and health status. The account is fragmentary and inconsistent about Woodard's location and condition.
Fragmentary report recounts a meeting where King spoke on wig assertions and related matters. Names and places appear garbled but reference to a 4000 inlets and a political context suggests a formal gathering with attendees and remarks about governance and providence.
Sheriff H. G. Peterson recovered goods valued at $619.05 that were stolen from Gailen Wholesale Drug by Leo Jordan and shipped to Tom Sanders at 14 East 20th Avenue. Chief Jaenton Armstrong of Denver alerted Peterson. Jordan admitted shipping cases to Sanders and used the name Jorday. Denver officers recovered $613.85 worth at Sanders’ store. two perfume bottles at $12.50 each were listed among the stolen items. The sheriff’s total held goods are appraised at $1,000.
Ladies' Aid Society hosts Barnaby's dramatic and musical program to support the church organ fund with Mrs May Dorothy McGaw Barnaby famed in local drama. Ogden Elks plan a high profile New Years Eve party with Salt Lake entertainers and a Thatcher orchestra. Eleventh Ward M L A play presents The Trifled With the Truth in ward chapel with local notables in cast. Ogden Girl Weds Cincinnati Businessman reports marriage of Dorothy Watson to Stewart Koustmer in Denver. Home Culture Club plans new schedule, Happy Hour Club hosts, and coast trips, with Weber College glee clubs set for a major concert and operetta.
Leroy Hardy, held at the county jail, confessed to passing multiple forged checks during a brief honeymoon. A $2 check to Joe Bowman was discovered as counterfeit, leading to additional forged payments at McBride Drug and other merchants in Salt Lake and Ogden. His bride allegedly fled their apartment. Hardy planned to flee to Idaho with relatives, aiming to settle the debts.
A real estate transfer is recorded involving Mary A Anderson transferring part of section 15 in township and range west to Guy Anders for a consideration of $2. The document references a Gratsdalle Genica Railway company in the Oeten State Dank mace and mentions map details including lots 3 and 66 and plat 71.
Wilhelm von Brincken, former official associated with the German consulate in San Francisco, appears in federal court in Tacoma to receive a pauper's oath and seeks release from McNeill's office and federal penitentiary. The two-year sentence for conspiring to violate U.S. neutrality expired December 3.
In Kansas City a jury found four I W W members guilty on four counts at the federal trial. The verdict followed hours of deliberation after court convened this morning. Sentencing is set for 4 p.m. before Judge Job G Vollock.
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Lloyd George and Premier Nitti to meet Clemenceau in Paris within days to discuss Adriatic issues. An effort to settle the question is noted as the aim of the forthcoming talks with possible American representation considered.
A rehearal notice appears in the paper announcing a musical comedy production titled Pete, Paft, Pout. The item references the grande brass at 22 and lists performers by name with a forthcoming rehearsal date.
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