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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1909
Page
4
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office Ogden Utah under Act of Congress. Published daily except Sundays by Wm Glasmann.
The Evening Standard publishes a 1908 rate card detailing per inch charges for flat rates, special positions, top of column placement, first page blocks, and special contracts. It emphasizes daily changing rates, extra charges for pages 5 and 6, and guarantees Ogden readers a large subscriber base versus competitors.
President Roosevelt presents the engineers report on the Panama canal, rebuking critics who questioned continued work and accused the administration of mismanagement. He asserts his administration acts with honesty and a sincere aim to do what is right.
The Standard defends publishing violent crime and suicides, while noting harms to sensitive readers and subscriptions. It highlights New York City school reform proposals, including trade schools, factory cooperation, day schooling for workers’ children, and a hygiene department. Hunger among pupils is exposed as a sociomedical issue needing action.
The text argues religious bodies seek to discipline thoughts to avoid sin and harm. It says individuals must discriminate in thinking and dismiss debasing or morose influences to maintain peace and well being, likening it to turning away an unwelcome visitor.
The piece notes a Berlin copycat terror linked to Jack the Ripper and cites Dayton Cincinnati and Philadelphia as victims. It describes repeated strangled or slashed killings at about 6 30 pm by a cunning maniac, arguing such acts stem from a deranged mind and are hard to detect.
The passage advocates exposing laboring youths to closer world contact and providing night schools at public expense. It calls for opening avenues for those forced to labor to ease family burdens and lighten the youths load, urging schools to offer practical guidance and assistance ignored today.
A Denver Times article warns that nearly a hundred paintings bear Corot and Millet names, with only about ten percent genuine. It details methods used by antiquities fakers from Birmingham mills producing “Waterloo relics” to alabaster busts sold to major museums, and explains signs collectors use to uncover frauds.
Rev Harry A Miller, returning from the Philippines, warns Grand Junction News that Japan can seize the islands if it chooses. He cites nearshore proximity from Yokohama to Formosa, Japanese control of Pacific shipping, and weak American fortifications in Hawaii. He urges a stronger Pacific stance and favorable terms for Philippine sugar and tobacco to counter influence.
Rev Miller argues limited sugar imports shield America while planters suffer financial ruin. He says the Islands lost Spanish markets after U.S. takeover and warns Japan could seize the Philippines in a week, with rapid Japanese military buildup noted.
In Park City Utah the Daly Wept mine fight ended with J E Bamberger reelected as president and W S McCormick as treasurer. The Bam berger McCormick faction kept a controlling board, defeating J J Daly’s Cincinnati group by large majorities. Directors elected were J E Bamberger F J Hoganbarth H G MacMillan W H Dickson and W S McCormick. The meeting was stormy and the validity of the election may be challenged over cumulative voting. The credentials committee upheld its actions and an audit demand was rejected while the annual report was approved.
Seattle dispatch recalls Jim Haynes guiding his malamutes through a blizzard to locate a missing hunter. The narrative notes his lone trek four years earlier into the Kantishina region toward a moose pasture, driven by self reliance and rugged know how in Alaskan snow and cold.
Mrs. Larson of Ogden Utah reports quick relief from back pains and urinary disorders after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She bought them at Badcon's Pharmacy and states less than a box sufficed to prove their effectiveness. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Jim Haynes, injured by gunshot, was found by his sled-team driven by malamutes after a desperate trek across the Kantishna region. His dogs carried him through the snow to safety as rescue efforts and a public display in Seattle honored the animals.
Traffic Bureau bullets accuse railroads of long running discrimination against Utah shippers. They point to higher carload shipping costs from Portland to Missouri River points, and to Ogden and Salt Lake City, with Utah rates notably railcar charges to Denver and beyond. The report questions fairness of rates on coal and asks if the Denver Rio Grande will meet proposed $1.05 per ton rate.
A Talmudic saying contrasts wealth without deeds with deep roots of virtue. It warns that wealth windfalls without good works are hollow like a tree with many branches but few roots, while knowledge without work yields a fragile, wind-exposed trunk.
Federal grand jury in Washington issues bench warrants for Joseph Pulitzer Caleb M Van Hamm and Robert H Lyman of the New York World and Delavan Smith and Charles R Williams of the Indianapolis News for criminal libel over Panama Canal purchase charges. Warrants direct five defendants to court with service by The Press Publishing Company agent Otto Carmichael. Indictments filed. New York warrants to be issued by U S Commissioner John R Shields.
William Nelson Cromwell discusses delays in extradition trials and cites failed blackmail attempts linked to predated stories. He claims the World and Indianapolis News were not indicted as a reflection on U.S. press freedom and criticizes efforts to tarnish the broader media.
In Bolivia between La Paz and Oruro a writer notes the use of mud or adobe telegraph pillars when wood was scarce. During the 1880 Chile Bolivia war these pillars supported wires with bottle insulators, standing about 16 feet high and five feet square at the base, spaced 381 feet apart along a 156 mile line used for about a decade before wooden poles replaced them.
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