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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
6
Local items include court house door changes to swing outward, business notices from Armor Market and Milinery sales, stock actions for Ogden firms, a $2000 bid to enter the Pacific Northwest baseball league, and various civic and personal updates across Ogden with names, places, and ongoing trades.
The Utah mining display for the St Louis Exposition faces delays as the mining section is completed in Ogden. Don Maguire travels through southern Utah to collect iron, silver and copper from Beaver, Iron, Washington counties, aiming to finish in about two weeks. Four cars will haul the Utah exhibit with the industrial displays. a photo of the Utah building is shown at the Union Depot.
The ad lauds Crescent Flour as made from top wheat with advanced machinery. It claims stringent wheat inspections before milling. The slogan suggests high quality and careful production standards.
An advertisement touts Crescent Flour as uniform in quality and superior to competing brands. It invites critical judges to test the Crescent, claiming it makes the best bread and more from the same wheat quantity. Peery Bros Mill IgS Company promotes the product.
P cid Williams and William la Rose, self confessed burglars, received two year sentences in the penitentiary from Judge Klenry H. Rolapp for burglary in the Allen block and a shooting gallery break in. The case ties them to a possibly new West gang, with San Francisco and Alameda listed as gang headquarters and a count of about 200 organized members.
Four members of the Bechtel family including Catherine Bechtel and her sons John and Charles were placed on trial for being accessories after the fact to Mate Bechtel's murder. The District Attorney sought to try all four, but proceedings opened with Catherine Bechtel’s case.
A local paper ties John M Shockley to a Knaben Noster upbringing shared with an Ogden jewelry store employee. The two men allegedly knew each other from boyhood, with Shockley described as mischievous yet having a good reputation in their Missouri hometown.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm B B as a cure for a wide range of conditions from skin eruptions and rheumatism to cancer. It promises to purify blood, relieve ulcers and sores, and claims a money back guarantee if not cured. The text cites testimonials and lists distributors in Utah and Georgia with price details and free medical advice offers.
In Sedalia Missouri a young Shockley was noted for playful mischief as a boy. A farmer left a wagon of loose wheat at dusk and Shockley with companions stacked the wheat on a shop roof then reassembled and emptied it back into the wagon. The act was seen as a harmless prank. His family still resides in Kadben Noster and Shockley appears younger than his age of about 28.
Auburn Indiana January 4 Farmers Bank failed to open today A notice posted promised to pay one dollar for one dollar indicating a banking disruption and temporary closure residents seek details on deposits and next steps
The condition of ex Govern or Bushdell remains very low in Columbus on January 14. He is nearing death with no hopes of recovery. Doctors say his end could come at any time.
The government will file additional charges against W D Ballentine former port inspector and John T Miller former immigration inspector. Both were recently acquitted of a conspiracy to import Chinese coolies into the Philippines disguised as merchants and on false certificates.
In Middlesboro Kentucky on January 14 Major J W Campbell ordered all Confederate veterans sons of veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy in Bell County to cease work and bow heads at 10 o clock in the morning in honor of General Gordon.
New York January 4 4 The foreclosure proceedings of the New York Security and Trust company and Charles M Schwab against the U S Ship building company and Receiver Smith were adjourned today until January 20 in compliance with a stipulation entered into by all interests in the ship building litigation.
It is understood a settlement is imminent as the Catholic hierarchy abandons control demands and accepts Lord Dunraven's schema of affiliating two new Catholic colleges with Dublin University. Government expected to legislate in the coming session.
Johnstown Pennsylvania reports a near completion of the purchase of Beech Creek Coal and Cok e by Pennsylvania Coal and Coke. The transfer includes Beech Creek Railroad coal tonnage and shifts New York Central support to the Pennsylvania firm as Pennsylvania Railroad gains control of Berwind White Coal Mining Company, signaling a consolidation of soft coal interests in central Pennsylvania.
Articles of incorporation filed with the county clerk show the Ogden Knitting company born from the Ogden and Home factories merger. It will manufacture knit goods and yarns with a capital stock of 300 shares at 100 each. Incorporators and officers include D. Eccles as president and David O. McKay as vice president.
Rome announces the transfer of Msgr. Dibelmont from Brussels to Vienna and the appointment of Msgr. Caputo as papal nuncio to Bavaria. The pope also signals Faron Hertling’s likely appointment as Bavarian minister to the Holy See.
The Diamond Special on the Illinois Central avoided a wreck near Glencarbon as train wreckers failed to open the switch lock and only derailed three cars of the following freight. The fast train’s speed carried it over the open switch, preventing disaster.
New York January 14 dispatch from St Thomas reports Jiminez forces gaining control in Santo Domingo. While the capital resists, the advices suggest the provisional government is likely to capitulate soon.
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