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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
7
Fifteen new suits offered with half price savings for matching sizes. Selection includes Fine Broadcloth with Persian Vest in black and red, Fine all wool Cheriot in black, and Fine Grey Suiting. Values range up to $97, with sale prices from $17.50 to $18.50. Alterations extra.
Deo T Hellewell, formerly of Oslen, now residing in Heyburn, has been hired as a committee clerk for the Idaho legislature earning 54 per day. The article also reports a derailment delay at Hafed Nevada when a fast mall train left the tracks, causing a two to three hour delay with no major damage.
Police say Cochran will face burglary charges after allegedly breaking into a room at the Enro join hotel and stealing a watch, with the timepiece later recovered as evidence. The case involves a Malad youth in the alleged forged check scheme.
Local residents from Kansas in Ogden gather at the Carnegie Library to plan observance activities as part of Kansas Day. News notes cover river flooding risk, a brakeman injury on the Overland Limited, a divorce by default, a major pipe break in Ogden Canyon and other city notices.
An wartime note on nitro compounds used in explosives. The piece explains stability is crucial for cordite and lyddite based powders, warning that heat or climate can trigger spontaneous decomposition. It cites naval disasters from unstable propellants and notes the peril amid wars and peace debates.
In police court this morning several intoxicated individuals faced charges. Jane Doe released on bail for drunkenness forfeited the $5 bail by absenting herself. J H W Chandler forfeited $5 for disturbing the peace. George Wilson forfeited $5 for drunkenness. NOP Young held for investigation forfeited $10.00 bail. David Hass pleaded guilty to drunkenness and received five dollars or five days. Thomas Burns charged with vacancy pleaded not guilty. case to be investigated. Joseph Baker pleaded guilty to drunkenness and paid $5 and five days. Frank Morgans and Thomas Deeds pled guilty to trespass and paid $5 or five days. A watchman noted men in a room at the freight station. Margant and Deede were found with coats and shoes removed and arrested for trespassing after a warm place for a "snanze."
A Young Men's Christian Association official recalls a multimillionaire cousin tale about a Westport farmer famed for miserliness. The farmer, expecting a bequest of land, smiles until the will reveals a gray mare is bequeathed to a nephew, prompting outraged quips.
A wanderer asks a kind housewife for work. she questions his occupation. Weary declines the offer citing that Ty would interfere with his work, revealing a brief, distressed exchange from a Harper’s Weekly fragment.
A lament on the pitiful mindset of men who believe everyone they deal with is trying to cheat them. The speaker critiques cynicism and calls for fairness in interactions.
In a Salt Lake City police court a man named Fred Richards was arraigned on charges of Yag ney and admitted associating with shoe thieves. Police officers Burke Chambers and Detective Pender testified Richards had ties to thieves and refused to cooperate with them. Richards claimed he had only been in town 22 hours and had worked on and off in several states, but the court sentenced him to 30 days on the rock pile for general principles.
A Devonshire coast tale reports Alfred Sommerlad and Edgar Bateman fishing when a crab snatched bait and later returned a bounty. The pair found their basket filled with fine fish after a conger eel appeared in the crab’s claws and the crab offered the catch as thanks for sparing its life.
Dr Delos J L Parker 48 identifies a crystalline substance named richotoxin as an active agent in baldness detected in breath and exhaled air. The study notes women breathe more fully and are less affected, suggesting breathing exercises for hair loss. It also claims turpentine outperforms naval remedies as a food application.
A report warns that repeated cultivation of the same crops depletes soil and creates plant specific poisons. Steam distillation of exhausted wheat soil produced a crystalline toxin harmful to wheat, while cowpea exhausted soil yielded a crystalline substance toxic to cowpeas but not to wheat.
Sheriff Wilson escorted six criminals to district court for arraignment this morning. John Thomas Joseph Collins and Jink Wilson pleaded guilty to burglary at Vineree Bros. store valued at 60 dollars. August Shrader admitted burglary third degree in the A. D. Young residence case valued at 95 dollars. Kirk and Walter Davis confessed to burglary third degree in a Southern Pacific caboose theft. F F Geteer to be arraigned Monday for failure to provide for family. Andrew Lorenzo Montgomery and Ruby Stanford to be arraigned Monday for a statutory offense. Ralph Dean had a prior sentence of ten years for robbery after a dismissed attempted robbery charge.
Pinewles for the Kidneys are described as little golden globules acting on the kidneys. A 30 days trial costs $1.00 and they claim to relieve backache rheumatism lumbago and tired worn-out feelings. Purifies the blood and marketed by Geo. F. Cave's and Depot Drug Stores.
A quaint Fiji plant, panidinus or panddous, appears as a grotesque screwlike shoot in its early days. It twists as if a hand manipulated its swordlike leaves, then straightens to grow tall wooden shoots. The drooping mops beneath bear inedible fruit resembling a pineapple with hard red and yellow kernels.
The Rev Ne Poon Chow told an Interdenominational Missionary conference crowd that China is raising a standing army of one million men. He then quipped that China never had a standing army, only running or sitting ones.
The late Bishop Potter was a keen humorist and storyteller. At gatherings with Joseph H. Ghote he recounted a famosa tale about Mrs. Ruggles visiting an art gallery and seeing a copy of the Apollo Belvedere. She reportedly quipped in measured tones that if that is the Apollo Belvedere then give me Ruggles.
The preliminary hearing for McGuire Hramlett and Garrett on mobbing Frank Goff continued at noon with more witnesses tested. Mrs. Loveless testified about events at the Apex saloon while Chief Browning described Goff’s tale and police investigations.
In a comic banking incident a German farmer seeks cash but is told money is only issued by cashier’s checks. After talk from officers and the bank president, the man finally grasps the system saying in effect he needs a milk ticket for his baby, illustrating confusion with the bank’s policy.
The fragment hints at social notions about marriage and trust, suggesting some people wed to avoid disbelief. It reflects unsettled attitudes rather than a clear event, with no specific names, places, or dates.
An air reservoir exploded during setup of a new air compressor at the Southern Pacific power house. A Japanese worker named T Koehinzu was crushed by a casting, bruised but not severely injured. He was treated at a local hospital and later moved to the general hospital, expected to recover in a week to ten days. The explosion caused shaking but little other damage and briefly delayed work.
A historical note extols hummingbirds as fearless, entering open house windows to reach flowers and even tasting sugar from lips. They are described as frail and prone to injury in rooms, with captivity deemed futile outside a greenhouse.
An extraordinary committee in Parle investigates the Legion of Tloner founded by Napoleon as a merit mark for service to the state. The order’s original purpose has shifted, with the crowes awarded for ordinary and often political reasons.
Ogden City Utah announces redemption of one hundred bonds of 1898 series nine of one thousand dollars each. Bonds numbered 1 to 100 will be paid at Ohio National Bank New York City or Ogden City Treasurer office March 1 1899. Bonds may be presented at Rokline Sons Chicago Denver or San Francisco for payment. Interest ceases after March 1 1909. Dated January 14 1909. City Recorder Er Brown. Publication dates January 14 and February 13 1909.
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