Local notices from Idaho to Utah readers and visitors
Idaho Falls resident L A Haley visits Ogden friends while Utah Light and Railway advertises winter higher light bills with a manager’s explanation. Colorado couple J Smith of Glenwood Springs visits Ogden. J A McAllister of Logan attends to business. D and Bryant of Reno travel with Ogden friends. Seventh Ward services feature Patriarch George W. Larkin as speaker. Advertisers urged to submit copy the day before publication.
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Utah Light & Railway Company
J. Smith
Glenwood Springe
Colorado
Pioneer accounts of crossing plains and Utah settlement work
The article recounts pioneer journeys across the plains and the early settlers of Utah who laid the foundation for the commonwealth. It highlights memorials such as monuments and headstones, and includes notices about deaths, funerals, and local civic items from Ogden and Clinton areas.
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Plains
Utah
Electric CW for emergencies by Dr Thomas best regulated families
A claim that Dr Thomas offers Electric CW to subdue pain and heal hurts in emergencies, suggesting it as a recommended remedy for accidents within well regulated households.
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Dr. Thomas
Doctor Edward Rich Treks Night Tour to Kilauea Edge
Dr Edward Rich and wife travel to the Kilauea crater in Hawaii. The letter dated January 21 1909 describes a night expedition by lantern light along lava beds to the edge of the active crater Holemawman and the boiling cauldron as crowds watch the fiery scene. They plan to sail to Honolulu and then San Francisco near January 30.
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Edward Rich
Kilauea
Volcano House
Hawaii
Standart
Oahu
Laie
Kilayea
Honolulu
Old Crater
Holemawman
Hilo
San Francisco
Bancroft
Mr. Calvin
Volcano Hotel
Edward IL. Rich, M.D
Demand for State Police Commission for Chicago
Rev. M. P. Boynton calls for a state police commission to govern Chicago police. He argues the city's moral tone is lagging the state and that state control would advance order. He cites Governor-elect Deneen as better positioned to appoint the city police head.
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Chicago
City of
M. P. Boynton
Deneen
Man saves child by grappling with mad bulldog
In Chicago on a February night William Custer wrestled a mad bulldog attacking his child. He held the dog by the throat until police arrived and shot the animal as the patrol wagon approached. The dramatic rescue left the child unharmed.
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Chicago
William Caster
Canter
Custer
Unhitched Teams Bring Three Police Court Cases
Three cases in the police court concern the unhitched team ordinance. J Cunningham pleaded guilty and paid a $5 fine. T R Stage also pleaded guilty and was fined $5 after asking for an explanation. J C Slade claimed not guilty and argued ownership as Beast testified, but Slade was charged and the matter referred to the city attorney.
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J. Cunningham
T. R. Stage
Nik
J. C. Slade
Cmeer Beast
Slade
Defamant
Utah Knitting Co Announcement Promises Low Factory Prices
The Utah Knitting Co announces a rise in sales for underwear and knitting garments and pledges continuous "rock bottom" prices to attract direct customer trade. It notes a small showroom at 402 Twenty-fifth Street and guarantees fit with no extra charge for large sizes or double backs.
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Twenty-fifth Street
Boy spent $13 000 in three months arrest over bad checks
A 19 year old claiming to be Frank K Hiller of Little Rock Ark told detectives he spent 13000 in three months while staying at the Hotel Astor He admitted cashing several worthless checks at a local hotel and a 600 blank book was found on him He said he inherited money from his father and has been blowing it.
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Douglass Returna
Jamies A Douglass
Chicago
Illios
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Boyle Furniure Company
Dougles
Rocky Mountains
Douglasy
New York
Frank K. Hiller
Little Rock
Ark
Young Hiller
Astor
Polce
National Bank of Commerce
Dallas
Texas
Hiller
Glassworkers Return to Work After Wage Strike
Cleveland February report says about sixty percent of the National Window Glass Workers' Union returned to work after a two month strike for a 35 percent wage raise. A. L. Faulker, president of the Employers Union, stated many men signed the new scale and predicted the strike would end this week.
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Cleveland
National Window Glass Workers’ Union
A. L. Faulker
Fire Kills 125 Holstein Cattle Near Elgin
A fire on a farm near Elgin yesterday killed 125 Holstein cattle valued at over 11000. Every cow in the barn perished. The same fire destroyed a barn on the same property twelve years earlier, killing sixty cattle. Authorities believe the blaze was incendiary.
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Chicago
Elgin
Big Wreck on Gould Road Blocks Main Line
A heavy freight engine and thirteen cars derailed on the Rio Grande line in Westwater Canyon twenty nine miles west of Grant Jonetson Utah causing the main line to close for two days. Brakeman Oron Spencer was killed and Fireman McLead severely burned. Passengers mail and baggage are being transferred at the wreck site. the boulder that caused the slide had been anticipated by railroad men for years.
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Filo Grande Road
Westwater Canyon
Grant Jonetson
Utah
Oron Spencer
McLead
Lincoln Day Observed by G A R Centenary Program
The Grand Army marks Abraham Lincoln's birth centenary on February 12 with a program led by Captain B T Hulants ki. Music from the High School Orchestra, invocations by Rev H B Zimmerman, and performances by the Tabernacle Choir accompany addresses by J E Bagley and W W Crossman. Lincoln’s Favorite Poem read by Dr A S Condon, with further music and benediction by Elder G W Larkin.
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Abraham Lincoln
Grand Army
B. T. Hulantski
Musico
H. BD. Zimmerman
America
Tabernacle Choir
J. E Bagley
Spanglad Banner
Gettysburg
W. W. Crossman
J. E. Carver
Lincoln
Dr. A. 8. Condon
A. W. Agee
G. W. Larkin
Tramps in Breadlines Denounced by New York Official
Robert W. Heberd, New York charities commissioner, told YMCA Brooklyn members that a majority of breadline men are professional tramps unworthy of aid. He urged stringent measures and state colonies to keep unemployed vagrants at work, citing 100000 jobless in the city and suggesting two year work periods in colonies to rehabilitate them.
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New York
Robert W. Hebberd
Commissioner of Charities of
Powderly
United States Department of Immigration
Brooklyn
New York City
Department of Charities
Germany
Switzerland
Sacramento River Falls Raise Flood Alert
The Sacramento River rapidly drops feet at the source and reaches 23 feet here today. A slight rise between Sacramento and the Island district is not dangerous. The northern storm is breaking and affected areas are recovering. A large flood flow between the city and Davisville prompts suspension of Davisville route trains and a work train with twenty thousand sand sacks reinforces embankments.
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Sacramento
Davisville
Southern Pacific
New Railroad Line to Be Extended in Oklahoma and Texas
An authoritative announcement from the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad states the line completed from Wagoner to Calvin Oklahoma will be extended 92 miles to Denison Texas. Financing came from the Franco-American Bank of France and the Societe Centrale du Province in Paris, aiding the Wagoner to Calvin segment.
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Muskogee
Okla
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company
Wagoner
Calvin
Denison
Tex
William Konofick
Franco-American Bank of France
Societe Centrale du Province Bank
Paris
Langford Predicted to Defeat Johnson in London Show
Tom O Rourke, famed boxing analyst, predicts Langford will defeat Johnson in London on May 24. He recalls Langford's 1905 Boston showing, notes Langford’s improved weight and power, and contrasts Jeffries’ reluctance to face him. The piece also covers Ketchel, O Connor, and crowd chants in Polish during Ketchel Capon exhibition.
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New York
Tom O'Rourke
Pigilistic Affairs
Jack Johnson
Tommy Burns
San Langford
Jonnson
London
Langford
Johnson
Boston
O'Rourke
Jos Walcott
Sam Fitzpatrick
Johnson-Langford Mill
Great Britain
Jeffries
Gain
Walcott
Northwestern League plans new Intermountain Baseball League
William H. Lucas president of the Northwestern League and John Barnes travel from Portland to Salt Lake City to finalize plans for a proposed Intermountain League. They seek NAC protection and expect Lucas to be elected president. Grim departs Cincinnati for Salt Lake City to organize the league with slots for Boise Salt Lake Butte Helena Ogden and Pocatello.
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Seattle
Waah
William H. Lucas
John
Barnes
Spokane
Portland
Salt Lake City
Joe Grim
Intermountain League
National Association of Professions Baseball Leagues
Grim
Cincinnati
Thas
Lucas
Northwest
Boise
Ida
Salt Lake
Don Strouthers
Butte
Jack Houston
Aberdeen
Helena
Jack Flannery
Ogden and
Pocatello
Circuit
Covaleski brothers sign with Lancaster club
Marty Hogan of Youngstown who ran Zanesville last year has signed the three Covaleski brothers from the Phillies to contracts with his Lancaster team in the Tri-State league next season. Harry Covaleski is noted for helping the Phillies beat the Giants in a late season three game win.
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Marty Hogan
Youngstown
Zanesville
Harry Covaleski
Phillies
Lancaster
Covaleski
New York Giants
Giants
Ketchel Explains Defeat Through Religious Duty
Grand Rapids Feb 7 Stanley Ketchel cites neglect of religious duties as the reason for his defeat by Billy Papke and loss of the middleweight title. He says he postponed communion with his manager’s son, then lost the match and has since devoted himself to devotions and church support. He gave $200 to a church this winter and praises O Connor while hinting at a secret link to his change of manager.
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Ketchel
O'Connor
Papke
Bat Nelson
Stanley Ketcher
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Ketcher
San Francisco
Stanley
Kaetchel
Tony Capon
Mich
Stanley Ketchel
Billy Papke
Katchel
Flo
Ketehel
Willus Britt
Red Cross to Found Orphanage in Rome
Rome February 8 The American National Red Cross via Ambassador Griscom pledges $250000 to a committee led by Queen Helena to establish the American Red Cross Orphanage. The orphanage will care for homeless children and educate them as agriculturists after the earthquake disaster.
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American National Red Cross
Rome
Griscom
Helena
American Red Cross
Chilldren
Engineer killed by turning fly wheel at Klondyke Wells
Goldfield Nevada February 7 J T Lewis engineer was fatally crushed at the Tonopah and Goldfield railroad pump plant when a six foot fly wheel drew him into the cement floor His body suffered many broken bones and the wheel was halted only after his plight was found Some relatives are said to live in Ohio.
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Goldfield
Nev
Tonopah
Klondyke Wells
J. T Lewis
Lewis
Ohio
Snow heavy in Reno for hours with six inch streets
An unusual wet snowstorm has blanketed Reno for hours, leaving streets buried under six inches and hills several feet deep. The Truckee River rises as residents report accumulating snowfall and disrupted travel. Arnold Jackson owns omé
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Reno, New, Feb
Truckee
Arnold Jackson
Omé
Lincoln's life saved from bomb plotted in Baltimore
Mrs. Coggeshall recounts that a bomb was planted in Lincoln's Baltimore coach on the way to Washington. Her husband, Coggeshall, pushed Lincoln to safety and hurled the bomb from the car window, saving the president from certain death.
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Martyr
Baltimore
Springfield
Lincoln
Washington
New Stone Found for Building Purposes on Indian Reserve
A recently discovered mineral on the Se Carlos Indian Reservation in Arizona is believed by the Secretary to hold potential for construction. Experiments are to be conducted by the Interior Department to test the stone, described as a white earth formation called tute. The mineral cuts easily when first quarried but hardens on exposure to the atmosphere.
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Interior Department
Se Carlos
Arizon
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Idaho Falls
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Ogden
Red Crosse Stampa
U. S
J. A McAllister
Logan
John Scowcroft & Sonus Company
D. & Bryant
Reno
Nevada
Oxden
Evening Standard
George W. Larkin
Seventh Ward
J. T. Rushmer
Optician
Washington Avenue
Riverdale High
Avi
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Jos Parry & Sons Co
Washington Ave
J. EB. Carver
The
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Shurtliff's
Oscar Read
Twenty-sixth Street
Tribe & Jones
Charles Tucker
Pleasant View Meeting House
Charles Hickenlooper
North Ogden Cemetery
E-Z-Money
Kelly
Geo. J. Kelly
W. H. McKendrick
Fifth Ward
D Parsowith
Clinton
Hmmn. Burk
Turk
Luebn
Davis County
Bork
Kentucky
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Wallace
Clinton Meeting House
Clinton Cemetery
Bartenders’ Union
Bartenders’ Association
Assembly Hall
Lynne
George Pierce
Lynne Meeting House
Oscar Turnquist
Ward
C. Wilson
Emily Mauddock
UC &. Middleton
Geo. Smuth
Walter Crané
M. Shaw
Turnquist
Ogden City Cemetery
Shorten
Sai
Thomas
Washington Weather Bureau
Minneee
Manna
James B. McDonald
James H. McDonald
Third Ward
Carl BE. Peterson
Earl West
George Nye
Goldn
James Wotherspoon
David McEway
Elias King
Ogden City
Rich
Police Commission For
Mad Dog
Utah Knitting CO
Carr's Drug Alore
Boy
Wellville
Gould Road
Rio Grande
the Tabernacle
Mr. Johnson
Baseball League
Covaleski Boys
Champion
Want
WM. Driver & Son
Ogden, Utah
Ogden Steam Laundry CO. Launderera and Dry Cleaners
25Th St
BROOM
Vienna
Lee
Foon & Tom
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