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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
9
The Standard presses a premium promotion for advance subscribers. It describes nine month prepayments and various premiums such as kitchen items and educational goods. The notice urges subscribers to take advantage of the offer before the premiums end.
Ogden items report a fire at a local store causing damage and the fire department response. Bennett plans to depart for Newvari city for the annual meeting of a company’s superintendents. Other notes cover a transmitter inventor praised by telegraphers, Roundup agricultural plans, bank stockholder meeting results, and upcoming entertainment and auto show events in the Ogden area.
New Year births noted including a son born December 29 to Mr and Mrs FC Cannell and other newborns. A thief stole a purse from Mrs Purdett in the Zeeles building dental office. Charles Sage jailed for mendacity and a gun toter with a fake diamond. Ada Blanche Dunham, 16, dies from inflammatory rheumatism. Legal case: C F Losh pleads guilty to passing bad checks. sentenced to one to ten years. Officials attend committees in Salt Lake. embargo on competitive freight from Union Pacific to take effect January 8. County Clerk praises smooth operations. county offices open early. various staff changes and relocations noted. Grace and Doran visit Ogden. Angora store manager appointed in Montana.
A beauty titled The Snowbird features Mabel Taliaferro and Edwin Carews in a friend Metro Wonderplay. The theater remains popular for plays and players. Phone 1800 for details.
Harmony of effort and unity between sugar beet farmers and the beet companies is reported by a Weber County Farm Bureau director. Farmers yield to maintain seven dollars per ton price. production at this level deemed mutually profitable. Company spokesmen expect beet prices to hold after the European war ends. Amalgamated offices note steady milling and season completion by February.
The Hershey Show will be given tomorrow and Glanty as advertised. The ceil a will be brought back for a return date after the board of health lifted ban. The board had banned children under fifteen.
The Utah Canners Association wraps its third session with a morning program led by Dr. F.S. Harris of Utah Agricultural College on soil fertility and irrigation. Speakers include C. E. Condie and W. E. Cobleigh on food laws, J. C. Deal on uniform treatment for jobbers, and Fred E. Williams on retailer perspectives. An annual banquet is held at Weber Club at 6:30 p.m. with resolutions praising officers, sponsors, and contributors to the convention.
City court reopened after a day’s postponement due to the illness of Municipal Judge George L. Darker. Defendants include Chinese residents charged with gambling and vagrancy and Japanese suspects in a rambling house raid on 3466 Nicola Avenue. Sentences range from fines to short jail terms. The docket also notes a recovered coat case and multiple arrests for disturbing the peace and drunkenness.
Judge Alfred W Agee filed with the county clerk a contract with James M Johnson to appoint an official court reporter at 16 percent instead of the 9 percent and ten cents per transcript instead of twelve cents. The change saves taxpayers about twenty five percent of prior costs and reduces transcript expenses by eighteen percent while the reporter gains adequate income. Judge Arthur Pratt reappointed Harold J Parker but has not filed his contract. The two reporters previously received the legal maximum salary and transcript rate.
Society announces the engagement of Lettie Critchiow, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Critchiow, to Vivien Gibson. The couple plan a wedding and the motion picture drama The Little Girl Next Door will be shown at the Opera House theater, with a lecture by Eastwood on the film’s subject of vice in Chicago.
Advertising man Mr Voorhyer, connected to Voorhers & Co of New York, predicts Ogden as a railroad junction and farming hub will grow to 100000 people in eight years as rail and bank deposits expand. He notes the federal reserve system will benefit the nation and cites large bank deposits in Ogden. The piece highlights sanitary air and wholesome daily amusement as city improvements.
The Historical Society will meet at 2923 Child's avenue with Mrs C E Smith hosting on Saturday afternoon in January. G W Pere king will lead the program on The Power of the Son. A second item notes the Children’s Aid Society meeting tomorrow at 2 30 PM at the president’s home Bra 2 R Cooper with important business and urged attendance.
Mies Hattie Jours of Oneida county Idaho returns to Balad after a holiday visit with old friends. She is chief operator of the Hell Telephone company. Her mother Mrs Z W Jones, famed for farming success in southern Idaho, also revisits Ogden. Banquet to William Spry in Salt Lake City honors former Governor. Cheyenne visitors in Ogden. Invitations out for Kath edoe Judge and Guy D Davis wedding at 2148 Lincoln Ave January 13 1917. After wedding, couple will tour the northwest and be at home in Kayariite.
Charles D. Simpson from the district forester's office arrived from a trek with a party of landseekers heading to South Western Texas and New Mexico to buy land for homes. He praised Utah's cheap undeveloped acreage, noting the Ogden district's climate fertility and scenery. He urged steady advertising to attract homeseekers to Weber County as emigrants seek better opportunities.
A widow engages in polite talk with a male friend who shifts the conversation to matrimony and offers a marriage proposal. The scene includes wringing hands and a pause as she questions him about his fidelity before continuing the dialogue with cautious curiosity.
District Sister Alfred W. Agee reportedly forced open a locked rolltop desk in the county clerk's office with help from Deputy Clerk Alex Fife and others. A curious pineapple odor and fruit remnants emerged as the judge searched for the key, revealing a long, strange episode tied to older records and a desk that was moved in 1914.
A fragmented campaign letter relayed by Secretary Bluth to election workers outlines how to conduct their duties and urges preparations for a large Republican landslide next Tuesday. The missive dates from headquarters and mentions Chairman Hollingsworth and Secretary Bluth directing the workers on procedures and attendance.
Public library postpones Batunlay morning story hour and refuses to lend books this week due to an epidemic. Five Molors area churches and organizations announce Sunday school closures until health board rescinds orders. Health department bans children under fifteen from public venues to curb measles, scarlet fever, and related illnesses.
Dan Cupid, the court house regular love god, marked the new year with multiple marriage ceremonies. Deputy Thatcher and Bishop Sanderson joined Orran Jackson of Rich and Miss Ortel Hansen of Box Elder in a district court rite performed by Judge Alfred W. Ages. County Clerk Namey prepared an ante room for the Cupid visits and witnesses offered congratulations.
Mrs Ht J Spencer, supervisor of the poor, received a letter from Mex Wall of New Bedford thanking charitable volunteers for transporting a mother and three children, including a baby, to safety on Christmas morning. They arrived from Balt Lake in good condition though the baby was seriously ill, and the children were treated for measles by the Martha Society. One 6 year old boy died soon after arrival, attributed to destitution caused by a father's alcoholism wrecked by liquor.
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