Boxing Contests Set for Murray Utah February Twenty Second
Signed articles by Frank Mantell of Providence RJ and Jack Tippetts of Salt Lake announce a 20 round boxing contest in Murray Utah on February 22. Also notes public notices about tuberculosis stamps and elk feeding, plus the United Smelting Railway and Copper Company purchasing Carbon county property.
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Frank Mantell
Providence
Jack Tippetts
Salt Lake
Murray
Utah
United Smelter Railway and Copper Company of Wyoming
Carbon County
Wyo
Owo
Utah Mines and railroad talk dominate Ogden notices
In Ogden several items dominate the page such as mining and power plant discussions tied to the Ferris Hagerty Copper Mine and Utah Light & Railways. Other items note school board delays due to a holiday and absent president, superintendent Allison’s resignation, factory improvements at the Southern Parishc machinery plant, and local crimes and social events.
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Browning
Board of Education
Allison
Sylvester Bradford
Weber Stake Academy
Bradford
Nebraska Senate Raises Residence Requirement for Divorces
The Nebraska senate passed a bill increasing the necessary residence period for divorce applicants from six months to one year. Applicants must announce intent to reside in the state. The measure aims to curb large influxes of divorce seekers into Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Senate
Nebraska
Army Quartermaster Irregularities Involve High Officials
Washington February 12 irregularities exceeding one million dollars surfaced after a probe into the army quartermaster. several high officials are implicated in the irregularities.
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Washington
Army
Floods Worry Roads as Storm Sweeps Intermountain Region
A widespread storm drenches Ogden and surrounding areas with nearly three inches of moisture. Snow covers Union Pacific lands from Rawlins to Carlin while Rio Grande routes feel the effect. Train service remains largely on time but officials fear floods and washed-out roads if warm weather persists.
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Okden
Union Pacific
Rawlins
Pacblo
Carlin
Pocatello
Rio Grande
Grand Junction
Ogden
Lone
Intermountain
Sugar contracts offered to farmers at Ames settlements
Agents of Amalgamated Sugar Co. will meet farmers at Ames settlements in Riverdale February 15 at 7 pm nea Weber February 16 at TM Stier February 17 11 am Marriott February 17 7 pm Farr West February 18 11 am pata February 15 mm North Ogden February 19 pm. If farmers cannot attend these meetings beet contracts can be signed Saturdays until March 15 1909 at the sugar company's office Orden City Room 317 First National Bank building.
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Amalgamatei Sugar Company
Ames
Riverdale
Nea Weber
Stier
Sugar Company
Orden City
First National Bank
Births at Canyon Road and Ogden Avenue Homes
Mr and Mrs J Ho Murdock of 504 Canyon Road welcome an electpound girl born yesterday. Albert E two months old son of Wm A Robinson at 3250 Ogden Avenue arrived at midnight, cholera infantum mentioned.
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J. Ho Murdock
Canyon Road
Murdock
Albert E
Wm. A. Robinson
Ogden Avenue
Montana Objects To Repeal Of Asiatic Exclusion Act
Helena reports a Montana memorial opposing repeal of the Asiatic exclusion act was introduced in the house by Rep Norton. The measure urges Congress to maintain Chinese exclusion and extend it to all Asiatics including Japanese, instructing Montana's senators and representatives to pursue the request.
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Montana
Helena
Congress
House
Norton
Committee On Labor
Madison County
Washington
Japan
Senate
Assembly
Lmited
Remarkable Sale of Lincoln Postage Stamps
In Los Angeles on February 12 post office customers lined up to buy 10 000 Lincoln stamps. Postmaster Flint opened sales at eight o clock and the entire issue sold in five minutes. About two hundred more people sought stamps but stock ran out.
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Los Angeles
Lincoln
Gale
Flint
Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth Assists Masonic Ceremony
Grand Rapids February 12. The cornerstone of the new federal building was laid this afternoon with Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth assisting. She handed the ivory trowel to Grand Master H W Montague of Traverse City during the ceremony.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Alice Roosevelt- Longworth
H. W. Montague
Traverse City
Minnie Meyers Appeals for Liberty in Habeas Corpus
Minnie Meyers files a petition in district court seeking a writ of habeas corpus claiming unlawful detention by Te Brownlie and Hagbert Anderson at the city jail. She says she has been confined since February 4 without a complaint, warrant, or hearing and asks the court to order her release.
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Minnie Meyers
TE. Brownlie
Hagbert Anderson
Minnie
Ans
T K Browning
Hugbert Anderson
Death of Mrs Main mother of Mrs John McCready
Mrs. Wm. Main aged 72 and a native of Ontario died at 5 this morning at her daughter's home in Ogden after illness from stomach cancer. She leaves daughters Mrs. John McCready and Mrs. BL Sears and sons Arthur and David Main. Service at Richey’s Chapel then train to Ontario for burial with family.
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Wm. Main
Ontario
Canada
CR Seara
Main
Ogden Inst Fall
John MecCreads
BL Sears
Milks
Mable Malin
Arthur
David Man
Richey's Chapel
Union Pacific
McCready
Arthur Main
Divorces Granted in Salt Lake Court Holiday Session
On a holiday in Salt Lake, three divorces were granted by Judges Morse and Armstrong. Farrar v Farrar exposed a one sided testimony with Mrs Farrer absent. alimony and custody matters were deferred. Ruth Douglas secured a divorce from John F Douglas with $50 monthly alimony and daughter custody. Henry A Hanson also obtained a divorce from Leona K Hanson amid allegations of infidelity.
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Salt Lake
Morse
Armstrong
Farrar
Phoebe E. Farrer
Farrer
H. ©. Sanders
Lillian
Helen
Ruth Douglas
John F Douglas
C. Douglas
Yuba
Cal
Logan Party Prepares Rescue Of Snowbound Family
Sheriff-led volunteers depart Logan to reach the Neitherhauser cabin deep in Logan canyon. A heavy snowstorm trapped Mrs Neitherhauser and a young child, with the canyon now snowbound at several feet. The rescue party plans to reach the cabin by team as far as possible, then continue on snowshoes and sleigh.
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Logan
Sherttr Crookston
Logan Canyon
Mr. Neitherhauser
Forty Young Women Narrow Escape In Kansas City Fire
Forty women employed in the Morris and Company packing plant laundry in Kansas City narrowly escaped a blaze on the second floor while at lunch on the third floor. The lunch room filled with smoke and the drill failed as the employer fled in panic. The interior of the building was practically destroyed and no loss estimate is available.
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Kansas City
Morris and Company
Kansans City
Kas
Vagrants in the Police Court Plea for Work or Exile
In the morning police court session several vagrancy cases resulted in suspended sentences of 90 days if defendants left town or found work. Among those pleaded guilty were Lee Bowman James Mulling Harry Holmes and John Ryan. Additional vagrancy defendants Arch Beaver Otto Segier Sam Eckstein and Gustave Shafer faced the same option. Frank Stewart shifted to guilty if allowed to leave town. Edward Kelly pleaded guilty to mendicancy and received a five day sentence on the rock pile after claiming railroad ties to prosperity. Dorothy Collins Jessie Lewis failed to appear for opium smoking and had bail forfeited. Jononi did not appear for drunkenness and bail of 65 was forfeited. Lester Hill was fined for leaving a horse unhitched on the street.
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Lee Bowman
James Mulling
Harry Holmes
John Ryan
Arch Beaver
Otto Segier
Sam Eckstein
Gustave Shafer
Edward Kelly
Dorothy Collins
Jessie Lewis
Jononi
Lester Hill
Captain Puta on His Red Necktie
The captain and crew, even on small vessels, dress neatly for port as customs officers inspect papers. The captain polished, trimmed, and wearing a flamboyant red necktie, while mates stand at attention to keep status with the arriving old man aboard.
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Boston
My Next Duty and Nes Nearest to Me
The dialogue asks about personal duty and what is truly near us in life. The speaker urges earnest self reflection to identify neglected tasks and true obligations rather than grand ambitions. The other suggests duty is common, initially dreary but ultimately comforting and life revealing.
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Nes
She
New York City Mourns Octopus Jonrock at Aquarium
The octopus Jonrock, home at the city aquarium, died after traveling from Bermuda with four companions. A military funeral followed with the aquarium flag at half mast and harbor noise dampening plans abandoned.
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New York
Jonrock
City Aquarium
Metropolis
Bermudas
Ton Rock
Aquarium
Deodaring ad promises cure with stamps for sample
Local classified style notice touts Deodaring hair remedy claiming strong growth and crop protection. It offers bottles at all drug stores and guarantees results, asking readers to mail 100 in stamps or money for a free sample from Knowlian Danderine Co. Chicago, Ill.
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Vandenne
Knowliun Danderine
Church Services And Activities On February 14 1909
First Presbyterian Church lists morning worship, Sunday school and youth groups with sermons on Darwin and incentive. First Methodist notes 10 am Sunday school and 11 am service with installation, Epworth League at 7:30 pm and WHMS rescue address. First Baptist announces Sabbath schedule with morning sermon Christ s Inaugural Sermon in Nazareth and evening topics Life Seasons for Me and An Easy Life vs a Hard One.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
Twenty-fourth Street
Court House
G. W. McCreery
Newton
Epworth League For Young People
Bertha
First Baptist Church
Grant Avenue
Twenty-third
Twenty-fourth
H. D. Zimmerman
Prof. Smith
Nazareth
Bly. PA
E. A. Brown
Tople
Sunday Sermon at First Unitarian Church Hall
William Thurston Brown, minister, leads service at 7 30 p m in the hall over Utah National Bank. Subject of sermon is How a Bible Is Made. The public cordially invited to attend.
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First Unitarian Church
K_ P- hall
Utah National Bank
William Thurston Brown
First Church Services in New Masonic Temple
First Church of Christ Scientist holds an 11 a.m. service in the new Masonic Temple at Washington avenue between Twenty Fifth and Twenty Sixth streets. Sunday school starts at 9:45 a.m. and Wednesday testimonials are at 8 p.m. Free reading rooms operate daily 2 to 5 p.m. Rectors and locations listed for other church.
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First Church of Christ, Scientiat
New Masonic Temple
Washington Avenue
Twenty-fifth
Twenty Sixth Street
Church of the Good Shepherd
N_ FE
Twenty-fourth
Grant Avenue
Wm W. Fleetwood
First Congregation Church Noble Strong Elderkin
Morning worship at 11 o clock on Sunday February 14 includes quiet service and communion. Reception of new members, Sunday school at 12 15 pm, intermediate and senior societies, evening service at 730 with sermon Is Darwinism Played Out. Monthly missionary meeting at the parsonage Friday at 3.
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Noble Strong Elderkin
Sp .m
Attorney General Bona Parte Seeks $100000 Anti Trust Funds
Washington date line reports Attorney General Bona Parte sending a letter to Congress through the secretary of the treasury requesting an appropriation of 100000 dollars for the fiscal year 4910 to enforce the anti trust law. The plea emphasizes needed resources for federal enforcement.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Bonaparte
The Tender-Hearted Tar Cartooned in a Bank Tale
A navy seaman freshly returned from a cruise walks into a San Diego bank and asks the teller how business is. The teller replies it’s slow, and the sailor offers a $30 bearer check. He jokes that since business is tight he will take $10 now and pay the rest at ten a month.
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San Diego
Matey
Success Magazine
Adversity Reveals Virtue Beneath Prosperity
A compact reflection on how prosperity exposes vice while adversity reveals virtue, quoting Bacon's line that virtue is most fragrant when tested by trials and that prosperity carries hidden fears and disasters alongside comforts and hopes.
Renouncement of Salt Lake City Schools Chief Ends Long Service
Superintendent William Allison announces resignation after fourteen years leading Salt Lake City schools. He cites potential board dissension and prefers stepping down, hoping to pursue other work roles after a long public service career.
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William Allison
Board of Education
Public Schools
Joon
Board of Control
Educations Board
Salt Lake
T Dave
Underground rivers of Australia proposed as world largest
A Westminster Gazette report cites a Australian science professor claiming vast subterranean rivers dominate the continent. He says one underground river could be 200 miles wide and traverse the center, with surface access turning Australia into a wealthier nation.
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Australia
Commonwealth
Westminster Gazette
Eagle Attempts Kidnap of Girl in New Jersey
Blanche Cribler, three, escaped unharmed after a large eagle swooped in Hermetta New Jersey near her home and tried to carry her away. Fred Cribler and his brother chased, the brother fired a shotgun wounding the bird. the eagle was captured and kept in a cage.
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Blanche Cribler
Fred Cribler
Hermetta
N. J
Cribler
Expatriates Find Comfort in Homebound Object on Train
A girl just back from France recalls sitting on a farm wagon box labeled from her western hometown. On a Cannes platform she felt morose until the box gave her comfort, prompting her to ride the train home with spirits lifted.
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France
Cannes
What Country Dwellers Need for Happiness
A third of the population lives in towns while rural folk seek religion, education, and prosperity. Mechanization reduced farm labor per acre, so farms must either have fewer children or export population to urban centers.
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Citea
Harper's Weekly
A Poet Appreciated by Mr. Cumrox
A reader recounts praise for Alfred Austin's poetry from Mr. Cumrox. He says the poems let him join in family literary conversation with his mother and sisters and that he feels perfectly safe to toast them.
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Alfred Austin
Mr. Cumrox
Jroin
Mother
Spread Happiness Message Across Fraternity
The quote argues that sharing happiness is not required by those who feel joy and that teaching happiness is difficult, attributed to Masterlinck.
Hen Causes Mayhem at Moody Sermon in New York Weekly
A hen interrupts Rev. Moody’s sermon at the meeting house causing chaos. Deacon Grimes and Mr. Binns pursue the bird through aisles and pews, breaking a stove pipe and a pane of glass, with bystanders injured and the owner threatened with expulsion.
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Eche
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