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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1915
Page
3
Miscellaneous town briefs recount holiday events and family news. Mentions forest land classifications and settlement aims, local marriages and licenses, jail dinner for inmates, holiday performances at Orpheum, and a Christmas season visit by Ogden residents.
Fragmented OCR notes list church events with choir leads and services. Mentions Christmas anthem and singing, with unclear names and times.
A historical notice lists church services across Jefferson and Twenty-third streets, detailing pastors, worship times, Sunday School, and Christmas programs. It notes congregations at Lutheran, First Presbyterian, First Congregational, First Church of Christ Scientist, First Baptist, and others with special cantatas, choir offerings, and midweek prayer meetings.
A. Lows company of Ogden wins a contract for one million pounds of structural iron for Jane Larrows Construction to build a new sugar history facility by Amalgamated Sugar in Twin Falls Idaho. Ogden head James Larrowe led the bid, with a quick delivery bonus amid high demand for iron from major steel works.
The Alhambra Theatrical Company and Hippodrome troupe guests held a banquet at the Alhambra after closing the theatre night. Manager Skinner received a silver brush set from theater staff. many attendees listed, with speeches and gratitude for past kindness. Interspersed are funeral notices for B. Hashine, Clarence Higley, Albert Brown, and Mrs Alice Vera Dean Squires with service details.
Harlow Campbell, 21, fell into an elevator shaft in the David Eccles building around 1 AM while returning to the elevator after a meal. He suffered a broken leg and was taken to the hospital, where his condition was described as resting but serious injuries undetermined. Campbell lived with his brother at 2022 Ballantyne Avenue.
Union Christmas services were held at 1:30 in First Presbyterian Church. The program featured traditional carols and church tunes with a colored tree display. the sermon urged remembering Christ’s birth and the duties of Christians to live his teachings.
Congregational church will host a Christmas cantata titled The Christman performed by the choir and soloists led by Mire. W. G. Paltymple and others. The program features works by Charles Coombs and a mix of carols and hymns presented by soprano solos and choir.
The funeral service for Ma dames Kapteraan was conducted yesterday with a private gathering at the Vainets meeting place.
Wrights arrange to send buyers to eastern markets for spring stock as Ogden ready-to-wear department owners delay leaving until all current stock is sold. Large reductions are offered to clear inventories, with sale details appearing in another Papet-Adverdicement section.
Society visitors depart for southern California for the winter. Dr C K MacMurdy and wife spend the day in Salt Lake City. Daughters of Pioneers Company L meets December 23 with Mia Nita Stevens and others. Company J and A hold meetings with local hostesses. Ada K Carr and Alfred Garner wed in Salt Lake. couple to settle in Surat Cay Idaho after a honeymoon.
Sunday will feature Christmas music with a program by Jona T. Hand and Mrs Apion Hower Teckwith. Hand, active in Utah musical circles, and soprano Mrs. Heckwith will perform in a morning service and join for two numbers in the evening, highlighting a long tradition of church song.
A reunion of Teembers past and present will be held in the ward meeting house and amusement hall on the coming Saturday afternoon and evening November 30. The event plans include a winter recital and elaborate entertainment for all attendees.
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