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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1909
Page
6
A patchwork of local items mentions a widow drawing $100 from a bank before leaving, a puzzled doctor case of Mr May M Parry, and a young wife’s illness. It notes entertainment at Falstaff, rail superintendent moves, coal dealers, a rape arraignment for Vernal Wheelwright, divorce proceedings, a real estate loan ad, and travel plans to mining camps in Nevada.
A park scene shows a sorrowing man who reveals to a passerby that his sheltering home is a jail in Stog-Sing where he has lived 20 years. A generous stranger offers a dollar, learning the home is to be sold and torn down. The Harper's Weekly item notes Bellingham, January 4. The Puget Sound Mill and Timber Company announced the largest shingle operation.
A mill on the coast was burned tonight with damage estimated at $15,000, largely covered by insurance. Fire crews worked to control the blaze as investigators assess the cause.
A physical culture instructor leads three women on a church walk to teach proper decorum. The sexton questions the lesson as the instructor insists church is the best place for practicing a dignified gait. An amused exchange ends with a request to return for future instruction.
Harry J. Bremmer a Brooklyn real estate dealer and former bank clerk was arrested in San Francisco for passing three $100 checks drawn on the Tithe Guarantee Trust Company of New York. He says a bereavement caused memory loss and a name change.
The Bremmer claim recalls buying a Brooklyn to this city ticket while five of these checks passed on Ross Brothers clothiers. Wells Fargo National Bank Bremmer memory questioned as detectives press complaint. bank accuses him of being a clever swindler.
The article notes Pygmies as expert climbers using vines or limbs to ascend trees while describing a thunderstorm prayer for safety. Maj Powell-Colton’s gunbearer recalls a forest group in ceremony, eating at a table with each man and woman adorned, sharing provisions as a ritual to bless a new hunting camp.
The Woman Observer notes that clothing can intensify summer heat. A reader recalls a woman in a black dress and red hat during a scorching day, the hot glare making her feel faint and prompting a soda fountain break.
Volney Gunnell, judge of the juvenile court, was severely beaten by Thomas Morris at Gunnell’s home on Fowler Avenue. The left eye was swollen with gashes from broken spectacles. Morris claimed self defense after an earlier phone dispute over money. Police involvement and potential prosecution were noted.
In 770 A D Emperor Koken ordered a million wooden pagodas four and a half inches high. Each held a scroll with a Sutra verse and 1,000,000 prepared pagodas were given to Horratara temple. Centuries later only 3,000 remain and the temple, now in financial trouble, offers one pagoda with its enclosure to a donor subscribing 16 yen per the Japan Weekly Mail.
Poem fragment reflects the fatigue of workers as they toil with their tools and endure the daily grind. The speaker notes the persistent effort and the cycle of wakeful labor, night’s rest, and renewed work each morning.
The Apex saloon co owner Bob McGuire faces accusations of robbery after a sequence of alleged coercion and false statements. J W Cline testified he gave $45 to McGuire to hold, then was knocked down and forced to withdraw the complaint before admitting the truth. City Attorney DeVine and Detective Pender pressed for jail time, while Hy ward Crouch also accuses McGuire of taking money and ejecting him from the premises.
A well dressed young woman who uses the name Helen Brown and alias Mary Allen, 16, was charged at police headquarters with a short change scheme. Detectives say she bought a five cent item in a drug store, received a quarter in change, kept a nickel, and then claimed a 20 cent shortfall.
A tank holding about 100000 gallons exploded at the Wood River works near St Louis causing mass destruction to homes five miles away. Henry Johnson a water man was engulfed by flames and burned to death.
A Sunday afternoon tornado near Mineola Texas swept a five mile stretch wrecking homes of L. C. Johnson H E Bryant and J E B Borkhead. No deaths reported though several people were injured.
The Wallan relief fund in the hands of the state committee now amounts to 1500 dollars and is still growing. The sum reflects local fundraising efforts and ongoing contributions to support relief efforts. The present total indicates active community involvement and continued generosity.
One man killed as a power clutch started machinery in an underground mill section at McGil Nev near Ely. Foreman EB Pitt Gerald severely bruised when rescue workers found him after the propelling equipment began moving.
A steamship engineer notes that workers in gas works blast furnaces and ship boilers endure 118 to 140 degrees in dry, humid-free air. He explains humidity amplifies heat danger and that dry hot air feels less oppressive, yet vitality is strained under such intense conditions.
A broad winter storm blankets Ogden and surrounding regions with heavy snow in Wyoming and Nebraska, rain to Carlin, and strong winds. Widespread wire outages and train delays persist north of Ogden and on the Montana division as the blizzard-like conditions threaten the rail network.
Pacific opens a branch at 2352 Washington Avenue with Nye Dobbs as local agent. Wells Fargo sets up at 2554 Washington Avenue, south of Masonic temple, with occupancy planned for mid February. Main Pacific office stays at Union Depot annex. Wells Fargo depot office remains active for now.
Jane B Barney Reynolds age 72 comedian and showman of the old school died yesterday in Cleveland Ohio from heart disease. He was among the early Dutch comedians in American show business.
A New York broker loaned an umbrella to Mr. Beecher on a rainy day. Beecher later received a note and the umbrella, only to find a pasted slip accusing a Presbyterian thief of stealing it. The anecdote exposes the preacher’s honesty and the odd mishap behind the umbrella.
An elderly man visits a music shop asking to see a flute music book. He buys a 60 tune collection for fifty cents and plays through many pieces, staying hours as the shopkeeper considers the fit. The man says he will likely use only half the tunes, praising the book’s value.
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