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Utah Ogden Standard

Location

Ogden, Utah, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1903

Page

2

Prophet Joseph Smith Honored by Utah Pioneers Service

A Mormon church memorial noted a Wednesday service by the Society of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and a later gathering at the Sixteenth Ward meeting house. Leaders including President Joseph Smith Anthon I Lund attended with stake officers as speakers praised the prophet's conversion life and martyrdom at the hands of a mob. Patriarch Samuel W Richards, personally acquainted with Smith, spoke in tribute.

Mormon Church Dily Society of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Sixteenth Ward Joseph Smith Anthon I. Lund Minor Samuel W. Richards

Novel Races Steal the Show at Paris Gymkhana

A Curtis Brow special from Complegue near Paris describes a lively gymkhana with quirky events for both sexes. Highlights include a soda water swallowing contest, an orange pickup race for girls, a necktie feeding relay, a basket and balls race, a hoop race for girls, and a bizarre animal-driven obstacle race featuring a baby warthog and others.

Curtis Brow Complegue Paris

Rich men and their stomachs in Lydia and beyond

The article recounts Croesus and his troubles as a tale of wealth not guaranteeing happiness. It extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal remedy for indigestion and weak stomachs, claiming they restore digestion without changing diet and are widely sold by druggists at 60 cents a box.

Croesus John D. Rockefeller Lydia Crocaus Cyrus Hiimself Solon Stuart

A Guaranteed Cure for Piles Advertised

An ad promises a guaranteed cure for piles with PAZOOINTMENT offered by a druggist. If the treatment fails to cure in 14 days a refund is provided. price listed as 50 cents.

Do Insects Fight A Caterpillar vs Ants Battle

A dramatic encounter reports a caterpillar chased by many ants. The caterpillar bites back killing several ants, then climbs grass stalk where ants chew the stem to topple him. The caterpillar is killed as ants swarm the fallen stalk and advance.

Rabbi Reynolds Illness Prompts Service Cancellations

The Jewish synagogue will not hold services this evening due to Rabbi L G Reynolds illness. Sabbath school is canceled as well though officials state Rabbi Reynolds is not seriously ill.

L. G. Reynolds Reynolds

Blacksmith Edward Clarey Injured at Black Diamond Mine

Edward Clarey, a Black Diamond mine blacksmith at Stockton, suffered a serious eye injury when a hot iron piece flew up and struck him above the eye. The hot metal burned the eye wall. Dr. Davis hopes to save his sight.

Edward Clarey Black Diamond Stockton Dr. Davis

Death of Mrs George Brown at Daynes Music Company

Mrs George Brown, wife of George Brown of Daynes Music Company, died suddenly yesterday at her home. She had long suffered from a throat growth and died of strangulation before a physician could be summoned. She leaves her husband and five children. The funeral will be held Sunday from the Second Ward meeting house.

George Brown Daynes Music Company

William Rigby Dead Pioneer Sheep Man Dies at 65

William Rigby a well known sheep man with Utah and Idaho interests died yesterday of pneumonia at his residence in this city. He was 65 and born in Lancashire England, a Utah pioneer who arrived in 1849. Funeral services will be Sunday noon at the Seventh Ward meeting house. Friends may view the remains Sunday morning 10 to 11 30 at the family residence 144 West Fourth South. Interment in the city cemetery.

Willam Rigby Utah Idaho Lancashire England Seventh Ward Friends Can West Fourth South

Fortund Heir Sought for English Estate

A missing ten year old boy is named as heir to a valuable English estate after his mother Bonacle Le Mar died in Denver. Detectives and lawyers have searched for months. a Chicago trace exists and court action is expected to claim the fortune left by the boy’s maternal grandfather. The mother’s death followed legal separation and alleged misconduct.

Caid Chicago Bonacle le Mar Denver Colorado Lis

Prophet Joseph Smith’s 98th Birthday Anniversary Observed

A note marks the 98th birthday anniversary of Prophet Joseph Smith, founder of the movement, commemorating the date and honoring his legacy.

Joseph Smith

Fine Sunday Oyster Dinner at Wong Sun’s

Sunday dinner served 12 to 4 with oysters and short orders at all hours. Lunch available 11 to 4, oysters priced at 25 cents. Game and fish in season. Wong Sun proprietor at 222 Twenty-fifth Street.

Wong Sun Twenty-fifth St

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