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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1909
Page
4
Public notice from a newspaper published by Wm Glasmann. It states second class matter at the Ogden Utah post office under federal act. The paper is published daily except Sundays and is likely a standard newspaper mailing statement.
The Evening Standard announces advertising rates with special positions and contract options. It details page position charges including special positions and top of column, plus first page rate and weekly or monthly contracts. The Standard asserts superior circulation in Ogden and challenges competitors.
The article argues a nationwide prohibition form by testing Optum Imports. It notes little Chinese population growth since the eighties but a rise in opium imports. It cites 60,000 pounds of crude opium needed annually, yet over 400,000 pounds imported last year. Opium use rose 100 percent in New England and 150 percent in Maine. Two women were arrested in Ogden for smoking opium.
A century since Abraham Lincoln's birth prompts reflections on his impact and legacy. The piece notes how Lincoln’s assassination shaped remembrance and attitudes toward his writings and actions, suggesting his influence endures despite attempts to obscure his memory.
He rose from poverty to become a distinguished lawyer and profound thinker. Married in a frontier settlement, he grew to manhood without wealth, yet earned national fame and was made President of the United States, earning a place among America’s greatest names.
A stained reproduction presents Lincolns favorite poem about mortality and memory. It reflects on the passage from life to grave, the continuity of future generations, and the shared human journey across joy and pain to end.
William Allison resigns after sixteen years of service to the city schools and will submit his resignation to the board of education this evening. The likely successor is the long‑time educator and principal from a southern city school who previously led Grant School.
He has served fourteen years as superintendent of schools. Mr. Allison accepts a lucrative position with an Eastern book concern and will oversee a multi state territory from Ogden. Friends praise the move as advancing his interests and allowing the new school board to select a successor.
A centennial tribute to Abraham Lincoln credits his rise from austere beginnings to the presidency, noting early career failures. Biographer F T Hill chronicles Lincoln's hardships as a field laborer and store clerk, failed political runs, and a rocky path toward law before eventual success.
A literary digest notes bee venom injections have long been used by patients themselves through natural instruments. Dr A Cartaz cites La Nature and Dr Desjarding recounts a case of De Guassarin whose rheumatic wrist swelling and pain vanished after a bee sting and widespread stinging. The piece discusses the origins and historical spread of this bee cure concept.
Dr Ainley Walker from Oxford University has studied the topic for months, collecting data from physicians and patients indicating that bee venom has a soothing effect on rheumatic pains. The Inter-Mountain Republican credits the Sun day Examiner page from February 7 for the feature and urges continued use of such special features.
Jack Johnson departs Brisbane February 17 and heads to Vancouver before a March 17 Cof froth holiday show. The piece ponders Johnson’s planned remarks about Jeffries and the looming, money making boxing dynamic between the two, including potential effects on a Jeffries rematch and Langford as an alternative foe.
Emeryville California February 11 heavy track conditions led to several upsets as favorites underperformed. Cleopatra fell in the stretch but Deverich rode Osceola to victory while Leno captured the fourth race. Races featured six furlongs winners Hal Louisa Streuber and Judge Quinn with tight times and notable betting activity.
An advertisement asserts Ivory Soap truly cleans the nation, declaring its effectiveness a factual truth with straightforward assurance.
An advertisement touts Dandorios from Knowlton Danderine Co Chicago promising crop-boosting relief and urges purchases with stamps or silver. The text then shifts to a horse racing recap noting The Peer wins the fifth race at time 1 47 1 5 with Steel second and Boot Loose third, followed by Blameless winning the sixth with Deneven second and Darlington third.
At Los Angeles on February 11 the Santa Anita program lists six races with multiple close outcomes. Great Heavens won the first at five and a half furlongs, while Sureget led wire to wire in the two year old dash. Old Timer captured the mile event. Tony Honrero won the Linda Vista handicap seven furlongs. Captain Burnett took the mile and an eighth, and Chilla surged to victory in the six furlong dash.
In Denver on February 11 Burdette Bell was convicted within two hours after closing arguments of voluntary manslaughter for shooting Dury to death a month earlier. Bell, Cincinnati native and son of a well known man, claimed self defense but did not plead unwritten law. Dury was from Ohio. Mrs Bell testified about her relationship with Dury and his promise of a Blage career. The shooting happened in a hallway of a rooming house where Dury and Mrs Bell had been living together.
Rochester dispatch states on February 11 a blaze at Albert Bennison’s Rexville area farm killed Cora Bennison, 15, and Allel Bennison, 16, who perished in bed, while their mother jumped from a second story window and two other Bennison children were badly hurt.
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