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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1909
Page
4
Entry recorded as second class matter at Ogden Utah Post Office under Congress act. Publication is daily except Sunday by Wm Glatmann.
The Evening Standard outlines advertising rates per inch for special positions and page fronts, with specials on weekly monthly contracts. It asserts superior bona fide subscribers versus every other Ogden paper and invites advertiser attention to its rates and subscription advantages.
Ogden Elks announce a two night benefit at the Grand Opera House to help the needy. The charity event follows reports of past aid to fifty people and urges the public to attend for entertainment and to support deserv ing cases regardless of creed or background.
The Salt Lake office of Utah Light & Heatway weighs whether the Ogden gas plant should be modernized and enlarged or abandoned. Manager Decker has surveyed the city and promotes gas for cooking, believing Odgen will support upgrading a plant he deems costly and largely useless in its current state.
The piece argues that if the Light company does not build a gas plant, competitors will and a missed opportunity will occur. It celebrates gas stores as indispensable money savers, notes Mr. Decker's California visit, and predicts Ogden switching from coal to locally produced gas from Wyoming fields, foreseeing a gas powered era with gas engines and stoves replacing steam engines and coal use.
Literary Digest notes two main Turkish party blocs in Constantinople after constitutional reform. The Union and Progress leads with about 150 of 220 deputies, while Union Liberals and the Young Turk party vie for influence as reform currents, shaping future political contest.
Salt Lake City thieves target homes with six burglaries this week and two entries reported in Ogden. The article urges neighbor watchfulness and to call patrols, describing burglars as nonviolent thieves who probe doors and windows and suggesting a trapped response plan via fire station alarms.
The notice urges informing police about a suspicious character in the street to provide an important clue and help prevent further house robberies.
Roosevelt highlights three urgent country life needs from the commission report. He urges farmer cooperation to rival business interests, a new schooling approach emphasizing outdoor and rural life, and improved communications with good roads and parcel post as demanded by rural residents.
The Duchess of Marlborough cites a shift from property status to contract in Rome as marriage evolved, granting women legal equality in dissolution with family consent. Teutonic and early American views show varied rights, yet current agitation by women remains limited and clergymen drive most reform efforts.
A humorous exploration of how the name John Smith morphs across languages and cultures. It parodies phonetic shifts from Johannes Bailthus to Janiof Smithtowski, illustrating how a plain name becomes a string of exotic forms worldwide.
The passage hints at a playful linguistic moment where a character treats love as both verb and noun. The narrator notes the count aims to capture heirs and coins a coined term joaf to denote the result, suggesting a light, wordplay driven scene.
Wheat in Canada matures in 80 to 100 days depending on variety and conditions. Experts note the rapid pace of development during the growing season and advise monitoring soil moisture and temperature during early growth stages.
Springfield observes a full day celebration with diplomats from France and Britain and American leaders J P Dolliver and Wm. J. Bryan delivering wreaths. The event tours Lincoln landmarks ending at the tomb where Robert T. Lincoln paused in silent meditation beside his father's sarcophagus. About seven hundred attendees filled the armory banquet with a festive crowd in the galleries.
Henry E. Dixey recounts a theater anecdote in New York about impromptu gags and a self serving joke. He recalls a footman role with a white collar gag involving a pen stain and a staged confrontation as the “hit of the show.”
An Indiana novelist recalls a sharp exchange with a rosy cheeked English girl at a London dinner. She questions Western dangers while he describes rattlesnakes and wigwams, noting her cousin’s tale of twenty wigwams in a single village and a smile at distant peril.
Mrs Frederick Dent Grant and Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick head a movement to remove children from institutions and place them in private homes. Children may enter homes on limited probation or limited adoption, with education and startup support planned for adulthood. Reports say families seek girls over boys, and several girls were sent to England last summer for adoption by affluent English families.
A boy in the stands at Albany benches watched a baserunner sprint from first to second after a foul, then yelled in a shrill voice “Say, sonny, come back! You're working overtime.”
A 12 ounce sample of bheetle shows a microbe population of about 6 billion. Scientists say density indicates vigorous microbial activity in the material and may affect handling and storage considerations.
Manila reports constabulary captured two leaders of a native band who murdered H. D. Everett and T. R. Wakeley, both government foresters, while surveying and mapping on the Island of negros last June. Pursuit will continue to hunt the remaining members.
The article praises old glass for its beauty and color when displayed separately from china. It notes glass contrasts with blue Staffordshire and with rich china tones, arguing glass thrives in its own cabinet to reveal color depth and vitality.
The passage notes Rider Hoggard labeling sparrows as vermin and urging a campaign against them, while contrasting with historic affection for sparrows in literature. It cites Catullus on Leabla’s sparrow, Pinutus terms of endearment, and Pepys praising a tame sparrow kept by his family.
In northern India sheep are used as pack animals on steep mountain paths. Each sheep carries 16 to 20 pounds, moving from village to village as farmers shear wool and load grain in small bags for exchange.
Washington congressman Francis Cushman waited in a doctor’s anteroom for minutes. He told an attendant to tell the physician that if admitted in five minutes he would get well again. The doctor then admitted him immediately.
In the Tennessee ridges two mountaineers argued and fought, ending with one killing the other. The killer went to prepare the widow at the dead man’s cabin, delivering the news as she ate apple dumplings. She paused mid bite and warned of more commotion after finishing the dumpling.
Stevenson laments those unable to read faces or follow voices who lack speech and expression. He condemns the inert and ineloquent who lack symbols of communication, calling them poorer than the gypsy as their hearts speak no universal language.
Turnips and radishes originate in central Europe while beets have been refined by cultivation. Botanists consider beet and beet root the same species. Wild beet stalks grow in the Mediterranean, Persia and Babylonia.
A brief, witty note on the charms of desiring and the ache of unfulfilled wishes. The Chicago Record-Herald frames longing as a playful, bittersweet pursuit rather than a simple want list.
New York February 12 James McSherry former Yale boxing instructor made his pro debut in a ten round bout with Sailor Burke heavyweight He was knocked out in the first round after a flurry of body blows Burke dropped him mid rounds and McSherry lay unconscious for a time before medical staff revived him at the Athletic Club Arena.
The article notes a Vedarat river project in Mysore state relying on over 6,000 native laborers known as non gunnies. These stone carvers work ten hours daily, moving 70 to 100 pounds of stone per man, forming gangs of two to sixteen. Their cost is far cheaper than a planned cable transport system, which was abandoned as too expensive.
A British steamer ran on rocks off Quessant in fog and sank after capsizing. Seven crew members drowned. the rest escaped in boats and were rescued by a pilot boat.
The London Chronicle recalls the French plan to stamp Champagne bottles to prove authenticity. It notes that 220 years ago Dom Perignon created sparkling wine at Hautvillieres, blending varieties to produce effervescent champagne. The piece traces its English introduction in the 1600s and mentions contemporary government action.
Chicago reports Professor Edmund Buckley of the University of Chicago warns students about color combinations. He cautions against intense colors in outfits and warns not to wear clashing greens with reds, or too many vivid colors at once.
A professor argues that colors like gray and brown are not true colors and that a woman wearing them merely questions taste. He claims such hues neither harmonize nor conflict with other colors and notes women’s clothing costs surpass spending on art combined in a year.
J J Grim Kolley of Salt Lake franchise and promoter J Strouthers announced in Chicago that the Intermountain Baseball League is now an insured fact. The league would include Salt Lake Ogden Butte Boise Pocatello Helena and possibly Great Falls with protection from the national association of professional baseball clubs.
A literary reflection noting the paradox of human pride and humility, drawing on Dryden's phrasing to question man's ability to elevate himself beyond his nature.
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