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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1909
Page
2
Florence Roberts leads a strong company in The House of Bondage at the Grand. The curtain of the new drama drew praise for Roberts and for Arthur Forrest and Thurlow Bergen in major roles. Ann Warrington Hearietta Crossman and Mary Bertrand also receive favorable notices for their performances.
The U A C opera company rehearses a 80 member cast with 60 in chorus and roles and 20 in the orchestra for Babette at the Grand on February 12. Training and costumes are emphasized as students perform for the city audience. Seats are now selling.
Florence Gear stars in Marrying Mary with music by Edwin Boyle and Silva Hein at the Grand Opera House on Sunday February 14. The show includes new songs written for Gear. Bees Laxative Couch Syrup advertised as a remedy for colds, coughs, croup, and whooping cough, sold at Geo F P Cave and Depot Drug Stores.
In Carson Nevada the assembly debated a bill requiring railroads with trains of fifty or more cars to employ a flagman or extra crew member with one year of experience. The afternoon voted to empower district judges to appoint bailiffs for their courts while other measures advanced or stalled.
Sacramento news reports the California Assembly voted 41 to 37 against the Japanese school segregation measure after hours of debate. Governor Gillett and President Roosevelt criticized pushing the bill, while leaders like Grovel L. Johnson and Walter Leads shaped the contentious proceedings.
Washington reports Senator Nixon stating the president plans to negotiate with Japan to adjust coolie immigration. Nixon believes keeping Japanese out could resolve broader Japanese troubles and avert injustices by states.
New York reports that 700 more Japanese departed for Japan in December 1908 than entered the United States in the same month. The consul general states 1,007 returned to Japan, including 905 men and 102 women, while 114 men and 187 women entered the U S, about a quarter from student and merchant clans.
Washington February 10 telegrams were handed out at the White House in a ceremonial dispatch. Officials noted the messages conveyed greetings and official congratulations to several visiting dignitaries and domestic leaders.
The ad proclaims Bromo Quinine as the sole remedy for a cold, promising relief in one day or two at most. It touts a single-product cure with bold claims and direct consumer instructions.
Special Treasury Agent Robert Parr testified about a supposed fraudulent weighing device on Brooklyn docks in November 1907. He described reweighing three drafts by a sugar company checker named Kehoe and claimed a dock official offered to pay to report scales out of order. Parr said all docks’ scales were similarly equipped.
Union Pacific workers report that Colorado & Southern will build from Watsonburg to Pueblo a 58 mile line costing 1 million 500 thousand and from Fort Collins to Cheyenne a 35 mile line costing 650 thousand. Surveyors are in the field with contracts to be let and work starting early May. The lines were long thought necessary after James J Hill took control, as UP will not allow joint use when current arrangements end this year.
The Elk's Tooth musical comedy is set for the Grand Theater with performances on Thursday and Friday February 16 and 14. A cast of fifty is in rehearsal with strong leads and careful character casting to ensure smooth stage action and engagement.
New York February 11 a new postal service between the United States and France began aboard the French line steamer Le Bretagne en route to Havre. Postmaster Edward M. Moran and P. Fagenot praised the service and predicted its permanence, noting required clerks aboard ship and the potential to save eight to ten hours in New York delivery and twenty four hours to the Pacific. Officials hope Cunard will soon adopt the system.
Chicago February 11 Thomas Levis postmaster at Grant Work Illinois pleaded guilty to embezzling 882.05 of post office funds and was sentenced by Judge Landis to two years in Leavenworth. He claimed money supported his aged mother and sister and said he never chewed drank garbled or smoked the judge condemned the remark noting smoking is not a crime.
In St Louis on February 10 the reading of the 600 page deposition of William J Lemp began as his wife Lillian Handlan Lemp sues for divorce. He recalled a quarrel in Loud about housekeeping, denying a strike but admitting a shove and acknowledging a revolver he did not point at his wife.
Notice states annual meeting of the stockholders of Overland Mining & Milling Company at the office of A M Conroy 300th Street Tuesday March 9 1908 at 7 40 p m for election of officers for the ensuing year and other business Albert Scowcroft president requests full representation.
Notice to holders of Ogden City Gold Refunding Bonds of 1898 Issue No 9 Series No 9 announces redemption of 100 bonds dated August 18 1898 payable August 15 1918 optional 1908. Payment will occur March 1 1909 at Chase National Bank New York or city treasurer. Bonds may be presented at H Rolline & Sons banking houses in Boston Chicago Denver or San Francisco.
A reader from Rogeraville Tennessee endorses Peruna, claiming it cured indigestion, revived weak and nervous conditions, and improved sleep. The letter praises Peruna as the greatest tonic and system builder and notes its manufacture by the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus Ohio.
City bonds of Ogden City require presentation for payment at the designated place by March 1909. After the let day, the bonds bear no interest. Dated January 14 1909 by B P Brown City Recorder with first publication Jan 14 1909 and subsequent on Feb 13 1909.
In the Second District Court Weber County Utah the estate of Eliza beth Hawkins deceased seeks an order to sell personal property including beds furniture books and household goods. The hearing is set for February 12 1909 at 9 30 a m in Ogden City Court Room with Lurretia May Cooley and Joseph H Smith as administrators represented by Mathonibald Thomas Esq.
Notice to contractors invites sealed bids to excavate and build wing dam in the Weber River channel near Foy Bridge between Sinaterville and West Weber districts. Separate bids requested for excavation and filling. Plans available at County Surveyor H J Craven office. bid rejection reserved by the Board of County Commissioners.
Notice is given that the Lewiston Sugar Company stockholders will meet at Room 01 First National Bank Building Ogden City Utah on the flat day of March 1909 at 11:00 AM to consider changes to the Articles of Incorporation. The proposal strikes out a clause about annual stockholder meetings on the first Monday of January 1904 and annually thereafter.
A 1909 Utah corporate notice calls stockholders to meet on the second Wednesday of April at the general office or another Utah venue designated in the meeting call. The agenda includes electing a nine member board and any lawful business. Officers C W Nibley president and Henry H Rolapp secretary sign dated Ogden Utah February 1 1909.
Notice to stockholders of Amalgamated Sugar Company Ogden Utah calls a meeting at 11 40 a m on the oral day of March 1905 in room 301 First National Bank Building to approve changes to Article 12 replacing the March 1997 annual meeting with an annual meeting on the second Wednesday in April for electing eleven directors and other business.
State Engineer notices Huntsville Land and Livestock Company seeks to appropriate two cubic feet per second from the Ochen River in Weber County for irrigation of 100 acres. Protests must be filed within 30 days after publication. notices dated Feb 5 and to be completed by Mar 11, 1903.
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