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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1904
Page
7
The notice thanks patrons for 1903 support and explains buying in car lots from mills cuts costs. It notes increased business, reduced freight and warehousing expenses, and frequent straight car shipments like butchers Manila to Ogden merchants. Paper sales in early September 1903 totaled over $4 000.
The Standard casts doubt on Frank Cannon's aim to revive anti Mormon sentiment to win political influence. Ogden residents resist his paper amid accusations of plans to attack church leaders and sway Salt Lake politics. The piece questions his motives and potential impact on church unity and public opinion.
Peery Brothers of Ogden announce a new Preston Idaho mill to meet demand. The three story 66 by 34 foot plant will handle 125 to 150 barrels daily and be built by Wolff Company of Pennsylvania. It will feature automatic piloted machinery, chestnut fittings, and a 75-horsepower Corliss engine with steam heating and spur tracks from the Oregon Short Line.
Reports note a bread strike in Paris affecting 4,000 Montrealers with anticipated 10 percent price cuts. Chicago workers refuse arbitration as strikes persist. New Brunswick teachers form a union seeking a minimum wage standard. German textile center Sarony sees three months of labor capi tal conflict. Knoxville convention urges Congress to create a pension of 12 dollars monthly for workers aged sixty earning under 1,000 annually, modeled after New Zealand.
The notice praises Schilling's Best vanilla as true vanilla and dainty. From St Petersburg dated January 10, dispatches report Russian forces massing in the Far East near Vladivostok or the northern Korean frontier.
Seattle reports the Clallam disaster with multiple deaths from life boat abandonments. Bodies recovered include Miss Louise Harris of Spokane and Miss Ethel Diprose of Tacoma, among others. Quarantine and search efforts span Victoria and Port Townsend with tugs, Coast Guard, and volunteers aiding recovery.
We take stock this week and find odds and ends in every department. Pleasant surprises for buyers await with items priced to be doubly valuable for those who can use them.
WWII era shoppers report four prices on left over tablets are much less than they habitually paid. School composition books once sold for a nickel now offered at various low prices while stock lasts. Older people encouraged to buy box stationery at 10c 15c 20c 25c and 50c per box.
Cablegram from Captain Dillingham aboard the Detroit at Puerto Plata San Domingo states the city remains quiet. The Navy department received yesterday's message outlining the calm in the port and surrounding area.
Pleasant and most effective testimonial from T. J. Chambers editor at Vindicator Liberty Texas dated December 25 1902 praising Ballard's Horehound Syrup as the best cough and cold remedy he has used. The note lists prices 350 600 and 1.00 and mentions G F Cave 2301 Wash Ave and J E Cave Depot Drug Store as sellers.
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