Ogden Utah Post Office Notice Indicates Second Class Matter
Entered g a second class matter at the Post Office Ogden Utah under Act of Congress.
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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
3
Entered g a second class matter at the Post Office Ogden Utah under Act of Congress.
An advertisement rate card from The Standard in Ogden outlines daily per inch pricing for various positions and durations. It notes special positions, weekly or monthly contracts, and asserts The Standard’s subscription leadership versus rivals.
The piece argues Salt Lake City uses conventions to attract wealth from visitors, aided by reduced rail rates and enticing sights. Ogden is urged to counter by adopting similar strategies to prevent economic drain and maintain competitiveness against Salt Lake City.
The Call of San Francisco offers a harsh assessment of Representative Willett of New York. It portrays him as an educated yet obscure figure whose provocative remarks at the President drew attention, while noting no lasting impact or future prominence.
The Speaker, Willett and Ike Foraker exchange insults on the floor as Roosevelt faces personal malignity from critics. The public sees the epithets as meaningless and notes Roosevelt gains in esteem from the attacks. The piece argues opposition has little to offer beyond random insults.
The general staff warns in a Wright report that Japan could land 100 000 troops within months of war and up to 500 000 later, threatening San Pedro and Los Angeles. The Pacific coast is exposed to rapid occupation via Hawaii and southern California, with railways and bridges easy to destroy to hamper reinforcements. The piece stresses three defensive zones and a costly, protracted defense against an invader.
A Utah newspaper reprints a Tribune editorial urging the legislature to conduct a quiet, thorough investigation of the state insane asylum. It argues a medical director may act as a de facto dictator in emergencies and stresses the need to clear the institution of shocking charges raised by Frederic Blake. The piece cautions against rushing judgments while seeking public confidence.
The speaker argues for outside inquiry into state mental hospitals to prevent abusive treatment by keepers. They caution that inquiries should not reflect on the institution head unless abuses are found, noting past crimes by inhumane masters and seeking assurance that Utah’s homes are free from such crimes.
The bulletin notes 182 national forests across 17 states and Alaska received $2,526,008.02 for administration and protection, with $592,169.19 spent on permanent improvements including 3400 miles of trails and 250 bridges. It details timber and grazing receipts, free-use permits, personnel counts, and efforts in reforestation, investigations, and cooperative studies, plus a Missouri City river-channel change easing river traffic.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a pleasant antiseptic balsam for catarrh and inflammatory throat or nasal conditions. Buyers can purchase a complete outfit for $1.00 on the Tinley back plan, with testimonial claims of cures from 1904 and endorsements from Mrs. A. Pet of Battle Creek, Michigan.
A London Tatler writer notes Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema was knighted. A lady friend asks if the honor means he will stop painting and live as a gentleman, implying public interest in how the artist will respond to the knighthood.
The Palk Chyon magistrate, Mr. Palk, asks the commission for his own position and says suppressing insurgents is impossible. He admits ignorance of education and warns there is little to help the people but trouble. Korea Daily News.
A fragment dialogue shows Weary Walker invoking honesty to spare a woman's feelings and Thirsty Tanks agreeing, with a quip about refusing liquor to a woman. The exchange captures cautious speech and social etiquette in a colloquial, humorous tone.
A brief item notes a humorous exchange with a candidate about continuing after defeat. The dialogue uses a playful physics analogy about momentum in an election campaign and includes a German proverb about learning and unlearning.
Weber County officials release a special financial report dated January 6 outlining warrants outstanding totaling 15 402 68 and available funds for 1909 of 54 998 76 after deducting warrants. It details road expenditures infirmary costs and county farm charges with cash on hand 36 806 41 and receipts due from taxes fines licenses and state and city sources. The document notes income and expenses across road tax districts poor farm maintenance salaries and related itemized accounts.
President Albert Hil of Lebanon University Ohio asserts the institution founded 52 years ago has caused about 10000 weddings. Dr Hill endorses the system saying five women can humanize at least one hundred men. The college, founded by Alfred Holbrook, has flourished for over fifty years.
John D Rockefeller, at ninety, urges caution in business and to get money's worth. John Sullivan of Cleveland, famed for generosity, overhears a tailor debating the price of golf trousers and decides Sullivan should be charged twelve dollars instead of eight.
A literary passage by Robert Hichens on The Spell of Egypt contemplates belief in the soul after death and the sphinx. ALondon Graphic item describes Berlin’s new motor street cleaner with water jets and rotary brush for cleaner streets. The Two and One Game notes a clever pun about two making a bureau and one getting the puck.
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