Ogden News Highlights Local Incidents and Oddities
Ogden telegrams report a string of varied items from city life including theater notes for Globe Theater and South of Grand Opera House, traveling shows, local arrests, a serious fall of Marshal H W Whetstone, a dog transport through city, a tuberculosis stamp campaign, a coal prompt, a quiet New Year day, and district court and jail updates with multiple minor offenses and a smallpox quarantine.
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Globe Theater
Chicago
Grand Opera House
Fatally Injured in Auto Accident
Albert B. Osborne, agent for a Chicago dry goods firm, was fatally injured when his car collided with a Los Angeles Pacific train near his home in Los Angeles. His wife escaped uninjured as the vehicle overturned and he was pinned beneath it.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Albert B. Osborne
Marvard Boulevard
Chicago
Osborne
January Cut Prices on Skirts Suits Furs and Coats
January sale lists many garments with bold reductions. Ladies heavy fleece union suits at 0.90 to 1.25, gray wool vests priced around 0.50, outing gowns 0.95, children's fleece lined stockings 0.15 a pair, plus January discounts across skirts suits furs and coats.
Lecture by Dr Miller On Heredity And Environment
The Sunday school hosts Dr Miller for a widely attended talk directed by the Parents' Department in a room apart from the general school. The lecture covers Heredity and Environment and its impact on birth, life, and unborn generations, open to all regardless of belief. The event begins at five minutes to ten o'clock.
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Miller
Nevada mining case sparks Elko County trial and Tuscarora revival
W L Maginnis returned from Elko County to defend Joe McGowan in an important murder trial tied to a dispute over mining claims. He notes Elko’s prosperity with Western Pacific trains and Tuscarora’s mining revival as the May Ban Mining Co raises about 750000 for development.
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W. L. Maginnis
Tuscstora
Novata
Joe McGowan
Fnte
Maginnis
Elko
Nevada
Western Pacific
Tuscarora
May Ban Mining Co
Ogden
Gascarora
Cour Oil
Marriages At the Parsonage by Rev Zimmerman
Frank J kywerson of Salt Lake and Ada C. Wiis of Salt Lake wed at the parsonage at 1 30 Saturday with Rev H D Zimmerman officiating. The couple will return to the capital to begin their future home there.
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H. D. Zimmerman
Frank J Kywerson
Salt Lake
Ada C. Wiis
Mr. Simerson
Real Estate Transfers Filed in Ogden City Survey
Wallace Laura M Stewart and husband transfer part of lot 7 block 15 plat A Ogden City survey to Thomas Feeny for 1500 dollars. First National Bank of Ogden sells part of Jet 1 block 39 plat A Ogden City survey to Henry Tribe Jr and Miles L Jones for 5000 dollars.
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County
Wallace
Laura M. Stewart
Thomas
Feeny
Ogden
First National Bank of
Henry Tribe, Jr
Miles L. Jones
Prohibitionists Clash Over Local Option in New Year Analysis
A New Year study by the Prohibition Party argues local option laws are temporary and hurt the temperance cause. Written by Michael J. Fannergan, the report analyzes recent elections and criticizes the Anti Saloon League while contrasting results in states that passed or rejected local options. It contends county option harms the Prohibition Party and cites projected vote shifts for Eucone W. Chafin in 1912.
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Chicago
anti-Saloon League
Michael J. Fannergan
Philadelphia
Eucone W. Chafin
Chafin
Ant Saloon League
Swallow
Prohibition Party
Ohio
Indiana
Illnois
Kentucky
Oregon
Chatin
Boy Declares Taxi Car Was Thief In Grand Larceny Case
In New York on January 2 a 16 year old boy, Frank Chambers, faces grand larceny charges after being seen driving a taxicab along Ninth Avenue. He claims he did not steal the car but that it somehow “stole him” and that he only sat in the chauffeur’s seat to play with the car. he says the machine started or moved on its own in the absence of the driver.
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Durance Vile
Commonwealth
Leoyl Southwell
Victor Bowman
Joh Doe
JD J. Carr
Electric Alley
New York
Ninth Avenue
Frank Chambers
Ice Ponds Break Near Carlin Prompt Repair Plan
Engineer Campbell rushes to Carlin as a failure in new ice ponds floods the area. A work train is dispatched to repair the break and a dam may be rebuilt to flood the pond again for an ice supply to nearing completion houses. The Humboldt river bottom is sandy with quicksands raising risk of further trouble.
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Carlin
Humboldt
Campbell
Card of Thanks from Mr and Mrs Torrey
The Torrey family thanks friends for help sympathy and tokens of remembrance during their recent bereavement. Mr and Mrs G A Torrey express heartfelt gratitude for support received.
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G. A. Torrey
Winnemucca Asserts Role as Western Pacific Division Point
The Winnemucca Star reports Winnemucca has been selected as a Western Pacific division terminal and likely railhead for the new line from Salt Lake City to San Francisco. Contractors plan to bring in an engine and steam shovel to clear land and fill river bottom for yards, with temporary rails proposed to connect to the Humboldt river bridge.
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Winnemucca
Western Pacific
Reinhart
Citizens’ Committee
Gould Road
San Francisco
Maney Bros. & Co
Board of Commissioners
Southern Pacific
Humboldt River
Salt Lake City
Conference of Salt Lake Southern Pacific Officials
Trainmasters and officials from the Salt Lake division of the Southern Pacific will meet at Superintendent Manton's office Sunday. Attendees include Assistant Superintendent Rowland, Master Mechanic Malone, Joint Agent Chevers, General Storekeeper Porter, General Yardmaster Pierce, Master Mechanic Hickey, Resident Engineer Fitzgerald and other officials. The meeting aims to discuss practical improvements to keep the division to a high Harriman-era standard.
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Salt Lake
Southern Pacific Road
Manton
Rowland
A. Campbell
Malone
W. H. Chevers
R. B. Porter
R. A. Pierce
Hickey
Sparks
Fitzgerald
Manson
Harriman
Desperate Mojave Tramps Described as Harsh Desert Dwellers
The article portrays desert tramps in the Mojave Death Valley region as relentless wanderers who scavenge for survival. It portrays their harsh clothing, reliance on handouts, and endurance of extreme heat and thirst, highlighting brutal behavior amid a landscape of scarcity.
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Mojave Desert
Death Valley
Isboring
Abel Pond Sets High Price Then Aids Library Drive
A skeptical town builder Abel Pond refuses to sell a library site below six hundred dollars. He offers a counterproposal to seize public spirit: accept seven hundred dollars, then he will cut a personal check for one hundred and join the subscription list to spur donations.
Spanish Flag In Kansas Monument Marks Pike Victory
A granite state monument near Repub lic county Kansas recalls on September 29 1806 General Zebulon Pike's expedition forcing Pawnee villagers with ten to one odds to lower a Spanish flag and raise the Stars and Stripes after a tense confrontation during exploration beyond the Mississippi River.
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Kansas
Republic County
Zebulon Pike
Mississippi River
Lamartine's Poem Price and a Swallow Nest Trouble
A Gaulois story cited by the Westminster Gazette recalls Lamartine's 1848 payment for Le Margeillaise de la Paix. He insisted on paying 380 pounds, returning notes to the editor in a grand gesture. Separately in Ballard, a swallow built a nest on two wires causing a city police alarm failure until a hotpipe shorted the circuit, traced to a swallow's nest.
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Lamartine
Westminster Gazette
Acme
le Margeillaise de la Paix
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Buloz
Ministry
Ballard
City Hall
Fremont
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Postum and Grape Nuts credited in recovery letter
A Louisville reader cites a nine year ago case of coffee induced illness improved by stopping coffee and tea and using Postum and Grap Nut flakes. The letter claims the patient recovered fully, bears five healthy children, and participates in charity work. It ends by noting new letters appear occasionally and that the testimonials are genuine.
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Louieville
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Kissing Day Observed in Hungerford Ancient Hocktide
Hungerford hosted a quaint Hocktide celebration as the manor’s trout fishery passes to charity trustees. Historic perambulations began with horn blasts and demand for a penny from male housekeepers and a gift from each crossing lady. The Hocktide jury appointed officials like the constable and coroner, preserving old world customs.
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Hungerford
Hocktide
Charity Commissioners
Egypt’s Khedive Linked to obscure noble order in Arable
A fragment notes the khedive of Egypt is connected to a lesser known post of no mese order in Arable, with cursory reference to courus and related titles.
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Egypt
Courus
New Clerks in Court House Under New Roster
Newly elected county officials will be sworn in Monday morning. Samuel G. Dye becomes clerk with John Bluth as chief clerk and Hales as court clerk among others. The staff includes Miss Edith Reid and Miss Janet Kem as stenographers and several deputies and clerks across treasurers, assessors, and the recorder offices.
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Wilson
Allleon
John Murphy
P. J. Naylm
John Chene
H. Cave
Samuel G. Dye
John Y. Bluth
Hales
Frank J. Thot
Mise Keck
Elda
Edith Reid
Mise Janet Kem
Bookk
Chamberstain
H. W. Natsbirt
Allie
C. O. DeWolf
Annis B. Brown
Er. E. West
Edwin Diztalon
Chapin
A. R. Maguire
John W. Gibson
Howell
Packer
Two Murders Mark New Year’s Day Night in Colorado
Trinidad Colorado on January 2 reports two men killed as year end celebration ends. Elia shot and Martine Rocco died instantly at Delagua coal camp after a quarrel at a dance. Frank Bueme, 45, Mexican, was wounded in a separate incident. Suspects arrested. details limited as police investigate.
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Trinidad
Colo
Flotro Elia
Martine Rocco
Delagua
Here
Cokedalog
Frank Bueme
Vez
Chavon
Bold new tide floods market with historic cigaret flood
A garbled note describes a dramatic flood of native Biri Mo Bren cigarettes into the market. It mentions manufacturers overwhelmed by demand and a sudden surge in supply tied to an extraordinary event. The text references Artemi and a changing retail landscape driven by a bold industry push.
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Biri
Artemi
Quote on tyranny and servility by Henry Fielding
A compact reflection on tyranny noting how insult breeds servility and how those beneath maintain oppressive tax burdens, underscoring the reciprocal harms of power and submission.
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Henry Fielding
Legal stockholders meeting notice a town
Legal stockholders meeting scheduled for 7 30 p m to discuss financial affairs and treasury matters under A D Chambers as of December 20 in Ogden Utah.
Ogden Fruits Association Holds Annual Holder Moving
Notice that the Ogden Fruits Association will hold its annual moving of holders at the Flovse in Ogden on January at 10 o'clock. The purpose is unspecified and the schedule is unclear.
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Ogden Fruits Association
Flovse
Ogden
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