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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1920
Page
3
Fragmented Ogden Standard text reports multiple city items including police notes, hospital updates, court actions, church meeting notices, and road projects. It mentions Chief Browning retirement, liquor sales, firewalls and plaster work, a hospital stay for a local figure, a public roads meeting, and upcoming civic events, all reflecting a busy Ogden page.
Commissioner Ward announces no immediate changes to policy department. Browning and Sergeant Jensen removed from roles while Jonathan Jones named captain of police and Robert Durke captain of detectives. Promotion to other posts to follow based on merit as the Ogden force remains aligned with orders from January 6, 1920.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a consumer notice about buying something in Ket weed WIL and Gall 2790 evenings at 704 through the day. It mentions asking for points and appears to be a disjointed classified style advertisement with unclear product details.
A fragment from a society column references the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church and mentions Esther Monie Whoveday among others. The readable portion outlines a society meeting or event with notes on attendees and contributions.
Sheriff and deputies halted a major boxcar theft ring, arresting conductor Entley Shields, 32, at 2634 Grant Avenue. They recovered several hundred dollars worth of goods, including clothing and a large rack of merchandise. Officials warned more arrests may follow as investigations continue.
A blaze at Sperry Milling Company on Twenty Ninth Street and Pacific Avenue caused about 29000 in damage. Officials report the fire began in bunkers and temporary structures used to raise rock, destroying cement loads and a large boiler with most wooden buildings burned except the cement shed.
Obituary notices list multiple local deaths with brief biographical details and funeral plans. Entries include Wilson, Dye, Eldredge, Conroy, Smyth, Burbidge, and a community Cow-Boy Dance announcement. Interments are at Mountain View and Ogden City cemeteries, services held at local churches and Larkin chapel.
Old timers warn of a January thaw with potential snow and colder weather ahead. City street department prepared flood controls as residents report hazardous icy patches and slush on sidewalks and roads.
Lowell It Reyle and Mrs C B Wallen announce a special matinee at the Alhambra for all Ogden students from high school down to see Soldiers of Fortune. Special 10 cent tickets from 2 to 6 p.m. to get every child in Ogden to attend.
Ogden Chapter No 2 Royal Arch Masons schedules a Thursday gathering with plans to order officers including RW, Nicholas, and Sve. The notice, dated 1995, outlines routine procedures and call to attendance.
James Kimball aged 72 dies of pneumonia at the hospital after exposure during a river journey near Hay Valelec and Med at Bee Loxpthd. He survived by wife Tatabawd and daughter. Lieut. Col. Gordon Riniwal is mentioned.
Review of Washburns Para mond-Artcraft comedy It Pays To Advertise shown at Alhambra Friday and Saturday. The plot follows Rodney Slamin and college friends as eggs fly and disturbances erupt in a stage girl show. The soap factory finale features a bold branding scheme and a split with his secretary leading to a risky fortune pursuit.
Senator Smoot denounces sugar profiteers behind high prices in the Senate. He urges the attorney general to act against hoarding and speculative gains, arguing there is enough sugar to meet demand and prices should fall.
A wartime dispatch notes that mail intended for Manila was destroyed by water after leaking into a magazine where the dial was stored. The War Department was informed today.
Toney Thomas of Rock Springs was arrested on Twenty fifth Street and Lincoln Avenue before noon after attempting to smuggle liquor into Prohibition dry territory. Officers Aulcra Riley Pattén and C. E. Nable recovered 20 pints concealed in bed clothes and pockets, four pints sold before arrest. Thomas claims the liquor came from Rock Springs years ago. he faces arraignment before Judge R. Roberts. Captain Jones notes a broader crackdown on gambling and bootlegging as the department intensifies its anti crime campaign.
Fragmentary notice notes a vigil for Manila at the ATIMONE quartermaster in Matis AG, received in San Francisco from 3 dollars an unknown date to 9 am on November 23. Great Northern.
Reports from Tampico say Jaz C M Bowles and C J Roaney, both Americans with International Tetraleam company, were murdered within one mile of Port Labo as Mexican attackers killed another person. The American consul in Tampico reportedly has full facts. the area is described as under Carranza control.
General John J. Pershing is expected to be Ogden’s guest for about an hour on January 16. Colonel Marshall, chief aide to Pershing, relayed the information to Wheren L. Walths, president of the rotary club. Railroad officials will hold the train twenty five minutes beyond schedule to allow Pershing a full hour in Ogden.
A reception for General Pershing is planned at a city venue with leaders from the American Legion, Trotsky club, Werner club, and city officials meeting to organize the event. The piece notes related items from Geneva and a Pershing movement in Nebraska, with allied international and naval budget mentions.
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