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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1909
Page
6
A motion in district court against Continental Supply is set for January 16 with a request to relax costs in the case. The report notes other local items including theater ads, a divorce default, theater features, deputy appointments, livestock shipments, and various city notices.
A wife forgets a Bible text after church. She explains that a moth distracted her as the preacher began, and in trying to shoo it away she folded her handkerchief like a gun, causing the moth to escape and the text to be forgotten. The moment humorously captures a common distraction.
The report notes teen defendants in pony larceny cases. C W Spreckhart denied theft of a sweater after identification at Alvord's second hand store. George McCloster faced charges for attempting to take clothing from Alvord's stock and was fined ten dollars or ten days in jail.
A marriage license was issued this afternoon to Peter Christensen Jr and Georgia Jordan, both residents of Ogden, authorizing their marriage.
The eighth Utah Legislature convened at noon with Klenty Gardner named president of the senate and Edward Robinson elected speaker of the house. A list of officers and employes includes numerous names across senate and house, with committee clerks and sergeants at arms. The session will consider selecting a United States senator to succeed Reed Smoot, who faces no opposition for reelection.
A vintage ad claims torturing eczema spreads daily but Dean's Ointment quickly halts the spread and relieves itching, promising permanent cure at any drug store.
The board of education debated auditing the books with debate over whether to review four years or only since the last audit. Mr Browning supported auditing from the last audit for economy, while opponents urged a four year lookback. The paper defends Browning against editorials claiming opposition and calls for a complete audit of the board’s books.
The document states that 3,962,660 cords of wood were used in the United States for paper pulp manufacture in the cited year, with a noted rise to 628 in 1899 for a comparative measure. It reflects historical wood consumption trends in the early Canadian and American pulp industry.
Two days after confessing to killing Gideon Browning at Battle Run Methodist Church in Michigan, Rev. John H. K. Carmichael cut his throat in a Carthage Hoarding house and died at noon. He left a letter to Sheriff Port Huron claiming Browning attacked him with two knives and that hypnotic influence from his wife drove the act. He described mutilating the body with a hatchet and then continuing the assault until lapsed consciousness. Mrs. Carmichael expressed relief at the news of her husband’s death. Sheriff Bertschi relayed Carmichael’s graphic account of the murder and attack.
A man leaving his prior location took a train to Chicago where he bought new clothes, then proceeded to Quincy Mississippi and subsequently to Carthage. The sequence shows a planned relocation with travel details across several towns.
Jefferson City January 11 Herbert S Hadley is inaugurated as Missouri governor the first Republican since 1871. He vows enforcement of laws regulating saloons and breweries and notes changes from initiative and referendum while urging state control over law enforcement remains when cities gain power.
Notice to stockholders of Ogden Beach Canal and Water Company announces an annual meeting in the courthouse on Monday January 21 at 7 30 p m. to review the financial report of the secretary and treasurer for 1407 and to vote on the sale of assessment for 1909. A. D. Chambers secretary Ogden Utah December 30 190%.
The Ogden Fruit Growers Associations will hold an annual stockholders meeting January 12 to elect seven directors. Secretary J. Be Wright urged adherence to Governor Folk's prohibition stance and license measures, while Hadley supports public service oversight and Pulitpass law reforms discussed for digestion and health products.
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