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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1909
Page
4
Ogden Utah edition notes second class matter status at the Postoffice under Congress authority. Published daily except Sundays by The Standard Publishing Co.
Special position rates two cents per inch extra on pages six and seven plus one cent for other positions. First page lower half fifty cents per inch daily. Special contracts offered for weekly or monthly ads. The Standard claims superior bonafide subscriber numbers in Ogden.
A turbulent account describes ongoing earthquakes around Messina and Reggio with Mt Etna threatening eastern Sicily. Refugees yearn to return to ruined homes, while some imagine using aeroplanes or dirigible balloons to sleep safely above the tremors and witness the city’s destruction from the air.
The New York jury acquitted Thornton Hains after an emotional insanity defense in the Harry Thaw trial era debate. The verdict challenges Eastern versus Western views of justice on crimes of passion and adultery, implying juries sanction murder under provocation.
The passage warns that men driven by imagined grief and green-eyed jealousy may misuse power if the law is handed to sedate rulers. It argues that without strong restraint the passions of envy and hatred will go uncountered, eroding justice for the vulnerable.
A Friday Standard piece questions Salvation Army shelters for the poor, noting sulfur baths and suds processes used on travelers. The writeup warns of unknown origins among guests and praises officers for acting on suspicions to prevent disruptions in the refuges.
A Denver writer notes the Harvard president is a son of Augustus Lowell founder of Lowell Institute and brother to Percival Lowell. He cites James Russell Lowell relative and a judge brother, arguing American heredity mirrors European patterns and highlighting the Adams lineage and a Colorado branch as examples of lasting American families.
The Literacy Gest notes meteorology leads in prediction while geology lags in forecasting earth crust movements. Prof Jaggar cites Perret of Vesuvius and a World’s Work piece predicting a Mount Etna eruption and noting Messina’s earthquake link to volcanic upheaval.
The terrestrial maximum of gravitational stress was plotted in advance by Mr Perret in 1908. He, devoted to studies though lacking a observatory and funding, received crucial support from a few Springfield businessmen last year whose foresight is praised.
Chief clerk Hale of Idaho's Immigration Department summarizes an official agri cultural report on dry farming. He notes millions of acres suitable, with southeastern counties yielding 15 to 50 bushels per acre and specific counties like Oneida and Bannock showing strong dry land production without irrigation. The broader arid region totals about 276 600 acres dry and 1 200 000 acres humid belt farming without irrigation, with Rexburg district leases and Downey American Falls figures cited.
City considers building three four track subways to relieve Downtown congestion. Estimated cost 5000000 annual financing tapering as sections proceed. City Engineer Ericson urges plan as sole solution, with routes not connecting north south sides and extending to West Side. Subways to be funded by fares and city credit, owned by the city in time.
A poultry plant uses pneumatic machines to pluck chickens wholesale. After the fowl is killed it enters a receptacle where electrical fans spinning at 6000 rpm strip feathers in seconds, leaving only the skin and yielding a ready bird for processing.
The passage lists sermons songs and services across Fitet Presbyterian First Congregational and First Methodist churches. It notes 11am morning worship and 7:30pm evening services with various themes including Youth as Prophecy of Mature Life Transcendent Christ and The Balm of Gilead. It also mentions Sunday school Junior Society and Epworth League activities and introduces new individual communion glasses to prevent contagion during the sacrament.
The Methodist Brotherhood plans a regular social meeting next Tuesday night with Judge V C Gunnell delivering an address on The Juvenile Court and Its Arms. An invitation extends to all city men. A new Men's Bible class begins at the church Sunday school, joining large eastern classes in spirit. Meet 10:00 a m every Sunday morning.
The First Church of Christ Scientist holds an 11 a.m. service in the new Masonic Temple on Washington avenue between Twenty fifth and Twenty sixth Streets with the subject Life. Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m. and Wednesday testimonial meetings are at 7 p.m. Free reading rooms operate daily from 2 to 6 p.m., except Sundays and holidays, in the same building.
The First Baptist Church on Grant Avenue announces worship services for January 17. Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11 with sermon The Ghost at the Door part one, evening service at 7 50 featuring The Guest at the Door part two. Evangelistic preaching and prayer meetings are planned. ladies meet January 22 at 5 30. strangers invited.
A painter's study of a Washington senator figure ends with the model worn and penniless after three hours of pose. The artist, pleased with the dignified likeness, notes the model is broke and hungry, while the final drawing exudes grand self-satisfaction.
London Tit-Bits reports a horse named Coachman once valued by a former patient. The animal has died after stopping at the coachman’s house, with terse dialogue implying the horse’s end. No further details are provided.
In Pangulteb Utah Garfield County panic spreads as quarantine officers seal gates and seven houses face dec oration. Ex Mayor Ira W Hatch and Bishop J B Weywood are among the named cases with Weywood reported ill. Authorities vow stricter rules and future cases will be cared for while all meetings and schools remain suspended.
Salt Lake on January 16 hosted a large crowd at the Western Association of the Blind annual reception in Eagles hall. Governor Spry presided and pledged support for industrial education. many lawmakers praised the governor and Republican Party while speakers urged backing for bills aiding the blind.
Salt Lake January 16 the board of pardons will hear Henry Johnson a full blood In Hin serving seven years for criminal assault on a young girl while intoxicated evidence shows he did not assault the girl nor was he intoxicated at the time Fort Duchesne is his hoped return location after a likely full pardon is granted at today’s meeting
Provo January meeting of the State Mental Hospital board elected officers: Governor William Spry as president, Z W Jewkes as vice president, and Dr D H Calder reappointed medical superintendent. Secretary position abolished with Millis Teale Miller handling stenography. Planned future appointments include Paxman MelLain Homer Hoysen Clift. Claims approved total 8,?86.
An old-fashioned observer notes hymns seem scarce in New York apartments and streets, except for Salvation Army choirs or street singing. He recalls hearing a woman sing “Loud Kindly Light” via an aircraft, reflecting on how hymn singing has largely vanished from daily life.
A new Irish project plans a central station on the Grand canal 24 miles from Dublin to turn peat into gas and drive large gas engines that will power electric generators for Kings County and Kildare. The German inventor’s method, already tested near Munich, uses peat moisture to aid water gas production and yield by products like sulphate and tar oil.
Joseph H. Barr, Bruceville Republican committeeman from the Second district, is described as sober and industrious. In Indianapolis he recounts a late night ride home with a neighbor who had been drinking, joking how his good deed turned into a humorous domestic mix up as his family heard he needed to be taken home.
A dramatic rail tale from early English railway history describes a runaway on the Stockton and Darlington line. The lead driver pursued at top speed, climbed to the front, chained the fleeing engine, and braked to a stop near Darlington station with a crowded platform nearby.
A merchant rejects an applicant seeking a post citing a need for a discontented hustle driven temperament. The exchange highlights demand for drive over contentment in fit for the place.
An extra session of the Georgia legislature, urged by Governor Hoke Smith, approves a new convict law to end leasing after March 31. The prison commission with governor approval may use remaining convicts for state needs, counties may supervise own convict labor on roads, and felony convicts may be allocated to counties. The commission plans to purchase or lease farms to employ them, aiming to supersede the county plan. Four inspectors, in addition to the prison commission, will oversee the system.
Mayor Speer recalls two aging men who offered their bodies for dissection to a New York medical college dean. The spokesman claimed they were starving and near death, asking for a price. The dean hesitated but suggested possible arrangement, with the men stating Philadelphia paid $40.
The text traces pet dogs as status symbols from ancient Greece and Rome to later eras. It cites Roman examples of nobles and foreigners walking dogs publicly, and Plutarch notes Julius Caesar’s astonishment at such displays. It also mentions Tartas departure scene linked to her dog Porgy’s death.
A reflection on comfort and longing, contrasting worldly unease with the indispensable goal of happiness and peace as the ultimate value. The author questions what truly matters beyond defense, unrest, and expectation.
A large electric power station is to be built in Lapenda soon. The plant will likely use either Norr or Soderland falls for water power. It will be located near Brunland railway station about ten miles from the sea, with an estimated output of 88,000 horsepower.
A humorous exchange notes two pairs of shoes that fit poorly for a husband and wife. The wife complains the first pair pinches and feels tight, while the husband insists the second pair looks comfortable though Mrs. Whig jokes about comfort.
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