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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1915
Page
2
The Standard reports subscriber service details and a vivid wartime dispatch from the Dardanelles campaign. It describes Turkish forces near Gallipoli, troop movements from Saloniki, and Allied attacks on the straits, with a correspondent noting Ottoman reserves and possible capitulation timing amid a broader war context.
Fraternal societies and clubs met at City Hall at 8 p m for the Municipal Christmas tree event. Also listed are Church meetings including stake presidency and related assignments, with a 6 o'clock gathering in the Second Ward at the Louse.
London dispatches say British and French troops have evacuated Gallipoli Peninsula except for Known Shelters and Dardanelles positions. Casualties were light, while Allied losses reportedly reached fifty six thousand in the campaign. Public reaction notes strategic missteps and impending change in command or plan.
Two statistical reports from the census bureau compare Billings Montana and Reno Nevada. Both towns show similar population and growth, with Billings rising from 10 031 to 13 020 and Reno from 10 867 to 13 579. Industrial activity in nearby cities like Ogden and Dilling has higher manufacturing, suggesting Intermountain progress and reduced reliance on eastern supplies.
A National Geographic bulletin traces the Struma valley as a long running battlefield where Bulgarians Serbians and Greeks clashed from the early 1900s. It describes rugged terrain along the Struma with mountains gorges and rough roads as bands moved from Macedonia and along the river confronting Ottoman rule and each other.
Fragmentary notes describe heights by a stream and roads that crest as fords. Ancient bridges over Dyzan tum's Struma decayed under Ottomas pate and vanished to the leat ventign.
The article discusses whether military drill can be made compulsory in high schools. It notes the lack of explicit authority for boards of education to require drill and cites the law granting school control. The writer suggests submitting the question to the attorney general for an authoritative opinion to resolve the issue amid parental objections.
The French republics commerce commission tours the United States to study American industrial resources and plan to buy German goods after the war ends. Leaders aim to curb Germany commercially, affecting U S export trade. also the season’s popular Biograph play Dora Thorne is staged at Isis today and tomorrow.
The Church of the Good Shepherd choir presents a Christmas Eve midnight celebration starting at 11:30 p.m. Organist A. ft White and soloists including A. R. Waite Mina Hoag Rosalie Hoberg and M M Fetheroff will perform selections from the Messiah Kyrie Gloria Credo Benedictus and more with organ preludes and a postlude. The Sunday school festival follows at the Guild Hall Friday at 1 p.m.
Master Ignatius Murphy, just fifteen, admitted scheming with a companion to murder Mrs. Rose Riordan of Chicago for a $15 payment. The confession outlines the proposed crime and the involved parties as authorities investigate motivations and potential accomplices.
Manager J. D. Ensign of Utah Wet Springs and his wife return from California and Mexico. The Hot Springs have been closed for repairs with no definite reopening date. Improvements will be made, including enhancements seen at California resorts and sanitariums.
The regular annual meeting of the shareholders of the First National Bank of Ogden Utah will be held at their banking room 2484 Washington avenue Ogden Utah on Tuesday January 11 1916 at 11 o clock am for electing directors to serve for the ensuing year and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting Dated Ogden Utah December 21 1915 James F Burton cashier The Deep Purple Clara Kimball Young Alhambra tomorrow only
John Nelson Ham, Civil War veteran and local figure, died at 1 30 this morning at his daughter Mrs Della Scotts home 2722 Grant avenue Born January 12 1841 in Saratoga Springs NY he was married to Anne Dunlap who died February 9 1915 A paperhanger by trade he belonged to Diz Lagan Post G A and helped finish the soldiers home at Sawtelic California Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm at Lindgulet chapel Bishop Robert McQuarrie presiding Remains to be viewed Wednesday 2 to 7 pm and Thursday until the chapel hour Surviving are three children Frank E Ham Cherryville KS Mrs Della Scott and Herbert N Ham Ogden six grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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