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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1907
Page
3
A jumble of notices describes a grand New Year ball at Congress Academy, with events and contests listed. Reports include a train wreck near Flovistan with a fatality, police activity in town, and a planned public gathering by Women of Wonderall.
A flood of notices lists dances, millinery sales, and social events for New Year. City correspondents advertise theater, ballrooms, and car parties while public notices and local births mark community happenings.
Reported explosion prompts inspection inquiries by Wye Pust and the Upson Pace Southern Pie oy Oregan railways. Judge Howell schedules final settlement hearings while New Year's Eve plans, dances, and social notices fill the page alongside probate actions and local appointments.
Theodre Friese, brother to Beri Friese and Oscar Friese, was killed at Canter Creek ten miles from Nebet City after a quarrel over a card game. Don Verhert, a sheepherder, shot him through a doorway as the victim slept. Herbert, an unmarried man who moved from Nebraska years ago, has been arrested.
Disjointed OCR text references a Desmond Deap case in New York involving a Mrs. Tees and alleged induced actions. It mentions a 196 date and various uncertain terms about pills, a net, and sewing. The fragmentary nature yields no clear events, dates, or verifiable entities beyond names and scattered phrases.
The Utah Light and Railway Company plans a new power station at Devil's Gate in Weber Canyon to cost about 250000 dollars. Construction aims for spring with two stories of brick and cement, capacity 2008 horsepower, feeding transmission lines to Croydon and Pioneer station. Electricity will serve Ogden and Salt Lake, piping details under review and cement lining considered for durability.
J. H. Montz, a porter and breeder, received a carload of Cotswold rams from H. W. Fatvick. The rams will be shipped to the Houty ranch in Matag valley to improve local flocks. Mr. Hontz hails from Canada’s sheep districts and touts the stock as the finest in the continent with long wool in demand.
Weber county commissioners met in regular session addressing tax remittance for a Green area property, accepting the resignation of a supervisor, and appointing a new deputy. They discussed bridge maintenance on Devil's Gate due to heavy traffic, and reviewed proposed hearings with county officials on various matters including a Sheep and farming association communication and county tax and personnel issues.
A garbled OCR note references a teachers convention at Pave in January. It mentions Janay Bed and GW and a plan to land trip tickets in a form for a round trip. Details are unclear and some words are corrupted.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss a Meath market exchange, government stamp purity, and animal products. The text is garbled, mentions Phase and Tin Market, and references Meath and TL 8. No coherent event or outcome is evident from the readable lines.
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