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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1919
Page
3
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A chaotic Ogden page reports holiday leave for the Floral Company staff, a court suit involving William Cobia and a stolen overcoat, and a marriage license for Terry Aubrey and Blanche King. It notes divorce actions for Ray W Wallin and Lucilia Crane Rodman, plus local visits by B A Moran and family and a Des Laie Morse return from California.
Severe frost has damaged peach and apricot buds, with early buds killed and later zones developing. Reports from crop peat inspector Paul Brew note widespread injury, though cherries fared better and may still yield a partial crop despite the cold across the area.
Dr D N Smith travels from Cardinal Idaho to Ogden to visit relatives and attend a family reunion with Savith aml wife and Meltson. He previously practiced as a dentist in Ogden and will join Mem for the reunion after touring the University of Utah.
A. White, conductor of the Swenty Eighth Street car line, was accosted late Sunday night as two men attempted a hold up. White jumped back aboard the car and fled with it running, shots fired, two bullets passing through the car. White reported the incident to police and two men matching the description were later taken into custody at the rail line. The pair boarded at Twenty Ninth Street and asked to change a five dollar bill, prompting the attempted robbery.
Djelal Manif Bey former Turkish consular official in New York is assassinated, sending a shock through friends here. He held posts in Savanna Cardiff Constantinople Teheran Bombay and Washington, and had a notable marriage to Countess Chenny. The cable note cites a Smivena dine 1 dispatch and details his career and personal life including a divorce and secret marriage.
Brigham H. Roberts will speak at the Tabernacle at 2 p m Sunday about the monument to the Mormon Battalion. He will give a brief summary of the battalion's work and its role in the country’s development. The public is invited.
Society notes from Salt Lake City report a resident leaving Ogden for holidays with her daughter in the city, plus a Brittanic Association evening at the Eagles club rooms. An annual meeting elected officers for 1920 after a musical program featuring piano and violin solos, songs, readings, and humorous interludes.
Thousands of Christmas packages have been mailed from Oxilen to the United States, Canada and other countries, per Postmaster George E Browning. Long lines of people have formed at the windows this week, reflecting seasonal mailing activity.
Observers in Ogden note a marked decline in winter transport as sleighs and other sleigh bells memories fade. Fewer sleighs, carriages, and cutters appear amid modern closed limousines while farmer visits remain rare.
Harvard football party of 45 players and staff traveled by special cars via Union Pacific to Ogden, then by rail to San Francisco for a planned game. Old grads, now residents of Utah, greeted the team at the depot with handshakes.
Charles Crew a soldier from Fort Sheridan Ill lost his brown pocketbook in a New York apartment house hallway on Twenty fourth Street near the Standard office. It contained $45 in bills a furlough form and soldiers traveling blanks. He sails for Camp Cook Neb around January 2 and asks the finder to return the items to The Standard office.
Hog Island’s seventy fifth vessel was dedicated to the loyalty and cooperation of newspapers nationwide during the war. Miss Elizabeth C G Stone of New York, daughter of AP general manager Melville E Stone, sponsored the ceremony and broke the champagne bottle as the ship was named. The event honored the 100 percent American display by newspapers in World War I.
The Standard reports Weber County tax list is smallest in years. County Treasurer David W. Evans notes last year’s gates covered 1000 properties, this year under 500. Funeral notices for Earlia Sullivan and Albert V. Ballinger appear, with services in Ogden and Mountain View Cemetery.
RISHTON Stanly Benton Highton 12 died at 641 Thirty-fifth Street from typhoid pneumonia. Funeral Friday at 1 p.m. in North Ward chapel with Bishop Clarence Morris officiating. Other notices include Esther Brown of Stay Valley died at 6 a.m. and Bridget Craig to be buried in Mountain View cemetery after services at St Joseph's. Stanley Rishton to be buried in Ogden City Cemetery. viewing Christmas Day at home. Mrs Bridget Neleuting Craig to be buried at Mountain View later. services tomorrow.
The Utah Agricultural Experiment Station reports steers purchased by Logan College will undergo a controlled feeding trial to determine profitable grain to alfalfa hay ratios for fattening cattle. Dr W B Carroll leads the study, weighing cattle every thirty days and calculating gain, cost, and feed efficiency as data are recorded.
At the experiment station near North Salt Lake Dr Carroll presented work on steer ratios and alfalfa cuttings. The trial tested ground barley and bran feeds with varying grain amounts over four days. Results show daily gains per lot and financials. distraction from dairy allegations followed.
A fragment from a local page notes a case involving a jewelry or leather item left on a showcase. Observers recall a store owner who used fame to identify and pose for an appearance, but details are unclear and incomplete.
Rae ace Clon dominates melee event with strong performance and a notable score around 42 579.00, while other participants show varied results in the contest.
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