Stand ard Business Office Hours
The business office will be open daily from 3:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except Sunday. On Sundays hours are from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1903
Page
5
The business office will be open daily from 3:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except Sunday. On Sundays hours are from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
advertisers must place changes by Thursday noon for the Saturday Standard edition. All evening paper changes must be submitted the day before the publication.
A terse note from the business office and editorial room references Ring numbers 50 and 56, indicating internal desk locations or designations within a newspaper staff setup. The fragment hints at organizational structure without detailing events or personalities.
A column recounts royal mementos such as cigars saved as keepsakes, including a king of Italy’s dropped cigar inspiring a near suicide survivor. It profiles Japan’s General Viscount Katsura, noted for founding the modern Japanese army and leading victories in Korea and Manchuria.
Portland police arrested David Van Houten after he killed Al Young, a patron keeper, claiming infidelity caused the act. Van Houten offered no statement, while Liva Van Houten denied her husband’s claim of her alleged infidelity.
The Weber County Board of Commissioners met in regular session with Commissioners Stanford Wilson and Fowers present. They discussed care for sick and indigent cases from the cut-off and a smallpox case from the cut-off, deciding to coordinate with Box Elder county and the Southern Pacific company for care arrangements. A Utah Independent Telephone company franchise was referred back due to missing application.
The fifty third annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science opens in St Louis with 700 to 1 000 members. Dr Ira Remsen retires as president and Carroll D Wright is elected successor. The convention runs all week with welcome addresses. Financial actions include loans and shipments totaling about 2 450 009 from National City bank Lazarl Freres and Goldman Sachs.
The son of Mr and Mrs Spires of Plain City now living on Twenty fourth street was driving a hay rack toward Plain City when the Oregon Short Line express struck the wagon at the Harrisville crossing at 6 30 p m. One horse was killed and the other badly injured. The wagon was destroyed. The boy vanished but is believed to have continued toward Plain City.
In eight business days Minneapolis mills booked nearly 100000 barrels of flour for export to Japan. A large company alone reportedly booked about 50000 barrels in one or two days. Japanese government has not bought flour directly.
James Reeder a Southern Pacific car repairer was badly injured while repairing a retainer pipe when a backing engine crushed his foot. He slipped with a foot on the coupler lip and the force required amputation of toes and part of the foot. He resides at Marstotts.
Chicago market notes show No 2 red wheat at 0 and No 3 86489 with varying bids. No 1 northern 87, No 2 northern 81 82, No 3 spring 72278, and No 2 hard T1 77 reflected in the Dec 23 trading rundown.
The bulletin notes 6 per cent six month loans and 6 1-2 per cent mercantile paper. Sterling exchange remains firmer with actual business in bankers bills at 4.9295 for demand, 4.8090 for 60 days, and posted rates 4.811 2 to 4.85. Commercial bills quoted at 4.88 1-2. Bar silver at 55 7-8 and Mexican dollars at 43.
In Chicago on December 238 Joseph Dries a 50 year old conductor on an owl car was shot and likely fatally wounded by a stranger after a quarrel over transfers. The assailant escaped.
A letter from W.8. Bailey of Texas praises Ballard's Snow Liniment for curing paralysis in Muyywile after five years. The tonic is claimed to heal sores frostbites and skin eruptions. Sold for 25 cents to $3.08 by G. F. Cave and J. W. Case at local outlets.
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