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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1909
Page
4
Public notice shows standard publishing company rates for daily and weekly editions. Details list pricing for one month six months and twelve months in advance. Correct handling of second class matter and Ogden Utah postal designation is noted.
The Evening Standard publishes its 1908 rate card detailing flat per inch charges, special position surcharges, higher rates on top of column and first page, and special contracts for recurring ads. It promotes Utah distribution, boasting high bonafide subscriber counts and inviting advertising inquiries.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports a sharp decline in railway casualties in 1908 with deaths dropping from 410 in 1907 to 165 in 1908. It notes a 20 percent reduction in employes killed in coupling accidents and calls for further legislation to study train accidents for future prevention. The act of May 20, 1905 requires ash pans on locomotives for interstate traffic, enforceable from January 1, 1910.
The Interstate Commerce Commission annual report notes steady safety improvements in braking appliances except power brakes. It cites a 75 percent minimum of power brakes for trains and allows up to 25 percent of cars with cut out equipment. The article warns about conflicts between hand and power brakes and predicts court decisions reinforce Congress’s safety aims.
The text argues for strict enforcement of safety measures in railroading. It notes Union Pacific and Southern Pacific were early to equip cars with air brakes and condemns railroads for failing to protect property and employees, claiming government regulation may be needed to compel big lines to act in their own interest.
A circular defends major firms arguing stockholders number in hundreds of thousands and that corporate and public interests align. It questions the credibility of this tally noting overlaps across United States Steel, Pennsylvania Railroad, Hill road and others and warns such arguments fail to prove broader public benefit without harming the economy.
Uncle Joe Cannon, in a Philadelphia banquet, cites becoming speaker amid accidents, defends autocratic habit, notes minority clashes with majority, and praises the rules that guided legislation. He rebukes press calls for reduced duties on print paper and wood pulp, asserting the duty remained to avoid driving costs. He contends newspapers wanted a man who would not stand in the path.
The text criticizes Mr Cannon for accusing newspapers of selfish motives regarding the wood pulp duty. It argues such claims are nonsense and would not change the main argument against the speaker. It adds that Uncle Jon should acknowledge the Methodist church’s apparent selfish interest in wood pulp, noting the church denounced him during the campaign.
The Denver Post notes old myths about poisonous dyestuffs in stockings are wrong. Blood poisoning comes from infections, not dyes, and intact skin defends against most germs. Shoes and socks trap heat and bacteria, so proper wound care and sterile dressings prevent serious infections.
The Southern view praises Theodore Roosevelt as not a back number but a potent future force. Even as Taft's election draws interest, Roosevelt's vigor, strong following, and potential impact on national policy are highlighted, with emphasis on his enduring energy and influence.
The passage argues that Roosevelt remains nationally powerful after leaving the White House. His enemies are seen as indicators of his strength. he is described as a current and influential force, a "live wire" with ongoing influence and energy.
A heated dispute over the secret service drugs into Congress as President Hale and Senator Hale exchange detailed specifications affecting members of Congress. The piece notes Oregon lawmakers convicted of felony via secret service actions and warns that further prying into private affairs may embarrass more officials.
The Rev Noble Strong Elderkin recalls a night at a gambling house in Ogden where he was misled by officers and staff. His Sunday sermon on The Raid blends humor with satire and Twainesque touch. The minister, once trusting of police and councilmen, now questions both as his worldview shifts dramatically.
New York January 10. The Hudson memorial bridge designed by the New York bridge department highlights its engineering significance. The structure spans about 1600 feet with arches on both sides and a 700 foot central arch, using reinforced concrete to surpass previous stone or brick arches in scale. It links New York and Spuyten Duyvil while commemorating Henry Hudson's discovery of the river.
In Bethune France on January 11 four murderers were decapitated by the guillotine marking France's return to the death penalty after parliament backed the measure. The condemned formed a band terrorizing northern France and southern Belgium, robbing and killing. Crowds cheered as the four heads fell, while eighteen others remain under death sentence. The men, ignorant of their fate until moments before, slept peacefully and attended mass prior to execution.
Charles A. Cosy of the Aeroplane club of Chicago plans a continental balloon flight with his wife Mrs Cosy and Captain G L Bumbaugh. They intend to depart from Los Angeles and travel to New York using multiple inflation and lift strategies with arrival around January.
Howard Hill of Gardner Massachusetts creates a cross between cucumber and orange fruit on a vegetable, yielding a fine grained yellow product tasting both cucumber and orange notes. Hill explains mixing parts of each fruit sparked the idea and led to experiments.
The advertisement cites post mortem statistics from New York hospitals linking consumption to unchecked dyspepsia and urges trying Rexall Roy al Dyspepsia Tablets. It offers a money back guarantee through T. H. Carr Drug Co in Ogden, selling a twenty five cent box for fifteen days of treatment.
Oliver P. Billings a 10 year old boy was arrested in Joplin Mo after a five week chase for looting Noel State Bank in Noel McDonald county forty miles south of Joplin He allegedly entered through a rear window while the cashier was at dinner and took 92 dollars according to his confession he hid the money under wagon scales sheriff Tom Carnell led the investigation and discounted the nickel bite claim as not credible.
A starving Austrian miner, found eating objects on Broadway, was taken to a police station and then Bellevue Hospital. Doctors say he is insane from starvation and may not recover. He came from the Pennsylvania coal fields and speaks little English while scavenging for crumbs to quell hunger before joining the bread line.
Dr Charles Denison a tuberculosis specialist of world wide fame died at his Denver home from liver gangrene and acute septicemia due to gallstones. He contributed to medical literature and inventions and opposed the Koch bovine contagion theory at the Washington tuberculosis congress last October. He was born in Royalton Iowa in 1845 and had lived in Colorado since 1875 leaving a widow and three children.
Chicago January 11 1906 heirs release the first official statement on Charles T Yerkes estate. At death in December 1905 property valued at 12 million dollars, expenses over three years drain 5.25 million, leaving about 5.5 million if debts paid. Of that 5.5 million, 4.5 million is tied up in Chicago Consolidated Traction bonds under receivership with a one third share to the widow and the remainder to other beneficiaries.
Health Commissioner Evans warns pneumonia affects those who drink heavily or overeat, noting most cases occur after a drunken debauch or from over-feeding. He calls such behavior not only unhealthy but nearly immoral, as the disease hits intemperate individuals harder.
New York police report a break in at Albert Rela, a Metropolitan Opera tenor, where theft valued at 500 dollars plus papers were taken. The burglars sent the papers back by special delivery in an envelope, reaching Rela yesterday. a diamond pendant valued at about 509 dollars was also stolen. Entry was gained via a fire escape.
Salt Lake City January 11 Electrification of the Salt Lake and Ogden railway known as the Bamberger road will start in a few weeks and be completed by June. Simon Bamberger president reports bonds underwritten by Harris Trust Savings bank and proceeds available for improvements. Bond issue may exceed 1 million dollars as funds will also cover rolling stock machinery and cables. Simon and son Bidney travel east to purchase materials.
Salt Lake reports sixty six new contagious disease cases for the week ending Friday night. Eleven smallpox and fifteen scarlet fever, plus diphtheria measles typhoid chicken pox whooping cough totals. Quarantines include twenty two smallpox thirty four scarlet fever and nine diphtheria. Births forty for the week and twenty four deaths with four bodies shipped for burial.
Michael Rucci, age 12, preached a full sermon in an East Side Catholic church last night. He wrote the entire text titled Behold, bring you tidings of great joy and was well received by the congregation.
John Connes former U S senator from California and the last survivor of Lincoln’s pallbearers died Saturday night in Jamaica Plain at age Sir.
Weather reports note a sharp drop from a high near 40 degrees to about 15 degrees by early morning, with a thaw causing floods and mud in Ogden. The period also saw unusually warm conditions, muddy streets, and a mysterious sudden spike to 70 degrees near Brownings Brothers before resuming a fall.
The Farmers Roundup program begins at the state agricultural college in Logan. Each day covers livestock types, judging, feeding, and disease control, with demonstrations on meat cutting, pruning, spraying, irrigation, arid farming, soils, sugar beets, potatoes, machinery, and alfalfa age crops.
Plaster portraits become a fashionable form of counterfeit presentment in London. The mini busts or bas-reliefs are modeled by skilled artists from the clay in about 45 minutes at a price of half a guinea each.
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