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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
2
There will be no services at First Presbyterian Church Sunday as the session and pastor ban large gatherings due to health concerns. A future opening will occur when conditions improve and children will be entertained with a Christmas tree and Santa Claus visit adjusted to health safety.
Salt Lake reports indicate one third of enemy aliens imprisoned at Fort Douglas may be paroled. The author argues that any man aged 27 or older who aided the enemy during the war should not remain in the United States. If deportation is impossible, new laws should be enacted to send them abroad.
A local canvasser promotes the Children’s Home Finding Association but the piece urges support for Ogden’s Children’s Aid Society. It praises the latter as vital locally, noting it aids distressed women and children and is more worthy of funding during wartime appeals.
A resident left a note stating they will return someday, bidding farewell and signaling a planned future visit. The brief message conveys sentiment and a sense of hopeful anticipation without identifying individuals or locations.
A critical, period-voice column targets Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska for anti administration hostility during World War I. It portrays his feud with Wilson and cabinet members as vanity and incompetence, urging rest and restraint amid calls for political purging and public scrutiny.
A New York World correspondent notes London's six day and night rejoicing after victory news. The piece contrasts British restraint with German triumphalism through key events from Tannenberg to Caporetto, and describes Britain's wary mood as Germany’s fortunes faltered and Allied morale rose.
Revelry and chaos sweep London hours after the armistice signing as crowds flood Piccadilly and the Strand. Multicolored throngs cheer, bands play, and cars are crowded with riders in a joyous, surreal street procession through the West End.
Grand jury named Merchants Bank as witness today in Third District Court. Bonds set at 7000 dollars for each of the three defendants, Tarnished and filled. Bond guarantors listed include TT Vogler and R. E. Miller, with Bondmen noted as assisting to secure appearances.
Mrs Hickory Thampann McPher son McNutt submits a poem about marital strain and anger in a regulated family setting. It describes a wife facing her husband’s outburst and a mother figure’s reaction, aimed at young married couples.
The father of Member of Parliament Haya during days argues the bond in a court hearing.
An old style ad touts a cold remedy priced at 60 cents and 1.20, claiming fast relief for Wheat-stuffiness fever and sore throats. Simultaneously a transport labor dispute under Director General McAdoo stalls decisions, with a telegrapher’s grievance committee in session in Washington awaiting a ruling before year end. The wool market remains active with 400 million pounds to dispose of but only 18 million pounds offered at the Boston auction, aiming to minimize market disruption.
An old advertisement urges readers to avoid discomfort by using Dr Kings New Tite Pills. It markets a quick remedy for ailments described as dizzy, bilious, and constipated, claiming immediate absorption of poison from backed-up waste matter and promoting drugstore availability for 26 cents.
Declines of about 12 per cent or 7 cents a pound in grease wool were forecast from government purchase prices. Auction lab results in Boston cited sales of territory wool on a 1.60 to 1.40 range for clean to inferior grades, with government buys at 1.30, 2.76 and 1.70. A minimum price was fixed but not public.
William Robert Foord, superintendent of roasters at United States Smelting in Midvale, died this morning of influenza and pneumonia at his parents home. Born in Brainerd, Minnesota, he was 27 and had lived in Murray 16 years. Survived by widow Margaret Glas Foord, a 16 month old daughter, his parents, five brothers Edward, Robert, Delbert, Walter, and a sister Edna. Funeral Saturday at Stray Guy cemetery with the cortege leaving Banks-Waking parlors at noon.
Washington reports the War Department will investigate whether adequate quartering exists at the Agricultural College in Logan Utah to house 1700 men of the 45th field artillery during muster out. Demobilization hinges on available housing. inquiry into Logan and Salt Lake City facilities will determine where the 145th disbands. Governor Bamberger arrived after Annapolis meeting with Saints? governors.
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