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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1916
Page
3
A damaged notice from The Standard urges subscribers to notify their mail carrier or publisher to stop the paper. It warns the paper may discontinue if payments or instructions are not followed, citing issues with distribution and address changes.
In Ogden and Weber canyons snow depths reach four feet with icy conditions likely to trigger slides from high peaks. Past avalanches have swept the gorge, so travelers are urged to approach danger zones with caution.
The raids on England grow more serious with the Laut? raid causing casualties and 67 wounded. Seven airships participated as fog hindered warnings, and observers failed to spot the approaches in time for aircraft to respond. The Times notes Zeppelins at two miles high and 39 miles per hour, reaching 30 miles before pilots could gain altitude.
Readers learn of a German submarine victory capturing the Pelion steamer with 452 sails and guiding it to an American port. The piece weighs the two possible capture stories and warns that Germany and Britain may both suffer from this act of war.
The piece warns readers about a deadly grip like disease spreading through air and contact. It urges staying away from crowds, ventilating homes, and keeping warm. It advises careful diet and staying informed as public health reactions unfold.
The guide urges keeping the patient in a well ventilated room and avoiding contact with others, especially children. It warns against close physical interaction and touching while emphasizing calling a physician at the onset of symptoms and following medical guidance.
A stark account of the year 1916 describes unprecedented global suffering from World War I. It cites mass casualties across Europe, famine in Serbia and Armenia, and widespread hardship in Belgium, France, China, and India, urging recognition of the scale of human tragedy.
Officials describe a new military device that determines the direction of wireless signals and indicates source bearing while receiving messages. The compact system aims to reduce interference from atmospheric disturbances and enables ships to locate ships at sea and communicate with shore stations.
Fragmentary passage discusses radio navigation and observation roles for detecting interference in radiotransmission. Mentions guard services, national navigation bureau, amateur stations, and terminal stations of today, with unclear context and broken phrasing.
The article outlines how modern explosives rely on atmospheric nitrogen and coal tar derivatives. It notes nitro compounds, glycerin, and benzol tolual sources, with Germany rich in coal but short on nitrates. It explains propellants, smokeless powders, and new explosive types like PETN and Tyldite, and discusses production pressures from cotton and acid plants, urging rapid industry expansion to meet global demand.
Mrs Vaughn advocates beet sugar as a substitute for cane sugar stating it refines the same chemically and diatetically for baking jelly canning and preserving She emphasizes using similar quantities with minor adjustments and highlights Pierce's Pure Products as unsatisfactory while demonstrating uses of Clarence's tarour products in tomatoes catsup syrup hominy and pork and beans served at her cooking school.
The text reports casualties and prisoners from wartime, citing figures for killed, wounded, and captured across Germany Austria Russia and allies. It references Genot Afo population and claims large-scale human depletion and total war costs while noting Berlin and Prussia as publishing centers.
An advertisement touts indoor fat reduction through increased outdoor air and a Korean capsule remedy. It claims weight loss improves blood oxygen, heart effort, and digestion with a safe, harmless formula supplied by FR Me Intyre Drug Cap.
A London sourced Health brief notes the Vossische Zeitung shows sharp retail price variation for staples across districts within fifty miles. Peas and beans range about 96 to 110 pennings per kilogram, potatoes 10 to 14, butter 400 to 535, white flour 42 to 44, rye flour 36 to 52, rice 80 to 200, milk 18 to 30 per liter, with wholesale disparities even larger.
Mrs Vaughn lectures at Orpheum theater this week on home making and cooking for west coast housewives. Her program covers food relation to health and morals, budget use, and practical economy, with recipes adapted for high altitude and the aim of wholesome meals three times daily.
Bibliography fragment lists works on economic functions of Wameo Ameriac The Woman Who Spends Cost of Living and The American Economy Review Volume 2 page 267. Also cites The Backwater of Spending Money The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning Practical Cooking and Serving and authors Hull and Richards Elliott.
Paris dispatch reports General Becler and another Montenegrin general assassinated by patriots opposing capitulation to Austria. An overseas agency notes Decker and Major Lompar signed terms for surrender at Cettinje on January 25 and mentions a reduced license fee. City Board actions include licenses for roominghouses and auto dealer show decorations on Washington Avenue. A petition on Salt Lake & Ogden Railway passenger stops at Twenty fifth Street–Lincoln Avenue corridor was sent to Mayor Heywood.
An old advertisement promotes a brand named Tie for immediate relief of tired, swollen feet. It claims to ease pain, reduce soreness, and loosen footwear by cooling and drawing out discomfort, promising instant relief from corns callouses and bunions.
A hearing before the city board discusses proposed license fees for second hand dealers. George McKride argues $100 a year is excessive and burdensome, suggesting $25 with no heartiness. Mayor Heywood promises a fair process and a timely decision.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a social event where Congressman John H. Stephens of Texas notes a reference to revenge. A father in his home den encounters a peculiar apparition and asks how he can help in the strange scene described.
A Philadelphia Telegraph item quotes a suitor and father in a tense exchange over an engagement promise and a demand to buy nine Pekinese dogs. The father remarks he will not be swayed, while the daughter vows to settle the matter.
A London Globe tale recalls a schoolmaster's quip to young Edward Elgar adding the name Alma to his given name. The future composer allegedly replied with his full name Edward Elgar Alma. The anecdote highlights Elgar's early notoriety and a playful prophetic claim later seen as fulfilled.
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