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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
2
Hugh L. Thomas yesterday filed in the United States court an application for voluntary bankruptcy. He reports debts totaling 963,377.80 with assets of 50. Most assets are mortgages and promissory notes.
The Commercial club board of governors yesterday chose Louis H. Farnsworth Richard P. Morris John W. Houston John G. McDonald and Heber M. Wells to serve three years and Charles W. Quigley for one year as the governing board for the ensuing term.
Secretary of State James T. Hammond sent blank reports to about 1% of insurance companies operating in the state asking them to fill out the forms and remit fees and premium tax promptly. The state expects roughly $10,000 in fees and $30,000 in premium tax this year.
Harvey Holmes announced he will not seek re election as coach of the university football team next season. He said the decision surprised many friends in the city and he had written to President Kingsbury about it. Kingsbury denied receipt of a letter at that moment.
John Wiscomb and Freddie Thorne, badly hurt while coasting on Gilmore's hill Tuesday, show improvements but remain in serious condition. Thorne remains the most dangerously injured with brain concussion and a broken cheekbone, though Dr. J. B. Sharp expects recovery. Wiscomb is conscious and out of danger.
Mrs N P Dooley wife of the late Bert Dooley lies at death’s door at Maly Cross hospital after 2 am illness from Brights disease. Bert Dooley brother of W I Dooley a noted mining man who located the April pool mine and was famed for southern Nevada conditions. He also ran a store and published a paper in Pioche and was known in Stateline and De Lamar.
James Lynch will appear before the State Board of Pardons on Saturday morning to plead his own case. This marks the first time a condemned man is granted the privilege to speak personally to the board in the state’s history.
Abe Alajorg and Harry Waddell, life prisoners from Ogden and Junction City, are to appear before the pardons board along with guards Zeb Jacobs and Wilcken. They may testify Lynch had no involvement in the break, and any light they shed on Lynch saving Jacobs’ life will be considered. Lynch is to be executed Friday January 8, unless pardons act Saturday.
Four women Rose DiniA Susan Dini and Harriet D Auberville assaulted Officer Carlson after being warned to stop harassing pedestrians. Officer Lincoln helped arrest them as a crowd gathered. they were jailed for disturbing the peace and resisting an officer.
Ethel Pil, 3, daughter of J Hl Hl of Park City Laundry, was burned by steam from an engine room exhaust while playing with her brother. A physician attended, and doctors say there is hope for recovery after the serious injury.
The Daily Mail reports two Russian volunteer fleet cruisers with war munitions and marines bound for the Far East have been recalled to the Black Sea amid fears they could be captured.
Ralph Hamer Slouch, a wealthy Trinidad, Colorado merchant, died Tuesday afternoon after an autopsy showed acute indigestion as the cause. Coroner physician attributed death to stomach contents affecting heart action following a large restaurant meal at 191 Fifth Avenue, Chicago.
Space 600 by 125 feet granted for a German government outdoor transportation display at the World’s Fair. Carl B. Meyer of the Balloon Farm in Frankfurt will head the aero nautical grounds and buildings reporting February 1. He will run a repair shop for balloons and airships, manage signal balloons for grand races, oversee the hydrogen gas plant, and direct races under the international jury. A hydrogen gas plant will be built with pipes and valves to inflate ten balloons at once. three balloon testing buildings will rise, along with a large airship structure.
A man charged with bigamy was acquitted in Paris after telling jurors he married a much older wife with a bad temper who refused to live with him and later wed a younger woman in a rush to love. The elder woman protested the marriage as his legal wife, but the court cleared him.
A reader notices common colds can be dangerous and outlines early warning signs. Advertisement endorses Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery as remedies, claiming they soothe mucous membranes and cleanse polluted blood. The piece promotes The Common Sense Medical Adviser book and offers mail order details.
A younger woman declares her partner not guilty and proclaims herself his wife. The pair then brandish umbrellas in a rapid quarrel and are separated by police as onlookers watch.
The Southern Pacific company has equipped a car with the latest handling and operating innovations for rolling stock. It will tour divisions with instructors aboard to train workers in newer methods and raise proficiency across the Pacific system, stopping at terminal points for instruction.
Advertising copy touts a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It claims all druggists refund the money if it fails and notes W. Grove's signature on each box. Price listed as 26 cents.
Paragraph extols nature sparing the rose from grief and laments hair loss among young women. It credits scientists and claims Newbro's Herpicide destroys a germ causing hair destruction, allowing normal growth. Sample offered for 10 cents postage to The Herpicide Co Detroit Michigan.
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