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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
5
Fifteen new suits offered at deep discounts with bright cuts in broadcloth and cheviot fabrics. Widespread price cuts include a Persian vest ensemble at 95 dollar value reduced to 17.50, and fine all wool options from 18.50 to 15.00 with alterations available.
Reports include court cases of two drunks with Riley and Mathews, a withdrawn charge against Emil Knocke, a snowstorm with six inches of snow and plows at work, Borax Chips advertised for wash day, up-town rail office proposal, a tax bill on property exemption, sheriff fees bill activity, California violets, paydays for Southern Pacific staff, a theatre donation to Martha Society, automobile shipments, and pay clerks at the Union depot. Local officials, Edison-like mentions, and civic notes appear throughout.
The county reduced Deputy Sheriff Hutchens salary to 90 dollars monthly, cutting from the prior deputy Clark’s 110 dollars. Night Deputy Morrisey’s duties are reassigned, trimming monthly sheriff’s office expenses by 35 dollars. The article notes Clark’s previous earnings from county and state and details bank director appointments and a new local physician opening in Ogden.
At a January 20 1908 meeting the Inter-Mountain Fair Association of Ogden Utah levied assessment No 2 of 50 cents per share on outstanding capital stock payable to D T Tracy secretary. Unpaid shares after March 18 1909 become delinquent and will be sold at public auction May 15 1909 at 2 PM at the Weber County courthouse front door to cover the delinquent assessment and sale costs.
Workmen uncovered a vault of more than 4,000 human skeletons stacked to the ceiling behind the sacristy of Carlentini monastery. Monks allegedly took payment for burial in the church but, lacking space, dumped bodies into adjacent rooms and pavilions, later buried in the Campo Santo.
An advertisement touts lead pencils with 17 degrees of black ness claiming versatility. The reader asks whether it includes uses like fishing through stairs on the floor of an electric car for a dropped fare.
William F. Fielding, freed in district court then rearrested on a Seattle forgery charge. Salt Lake prosecutors obtain habeas corpus to bring him to answer a felony charge for failing to support his wife and minor child in destitution. Sheriff Wilson accompanies Fielding to Ogden and awaits further actions by authorities before Seattle officers.
James P Yerger fourteen year old son of William and Josephine Yerger died at the family home 365 Third street at midnight He was born in Ogden July 19 1894 A fall at age six caused a fractured skull and brain injury after which he endured pain A hospital operation a month ago failed to save him The funeral is set for 2 pm Sunday at Lynne Ward meeting house with viewing at home 10 to 1 Interment will follow at Ogden City Cemetery
An old advertisement touts Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a cure for infants croup and daily ailments of Willie and Mama including sore throat and grandma’s lameness. It presents a broad household cure-all claim from a medical preparer.
The stub train will carry passengers from Ogden to Omaha without waiting for westbound trains. Union Pacific rail cars arrive on time despite weather in Wyoming and Nebraska. Eastbound passengers on the Overland Limited were sent east aboard the Los Angeles Overland Limited. Due to uncertain arrival of No 4 from the west, a seven forty evening stub train will depart Ogden to Omaha and operate daily while normal Southern Pacific service is interrupted. All north Short Line and east Rio Grande routes reach Ogden on time.
Heavy rains and six inches of snow in the Sacramento region disrupt rail traffic. Despite good track in the Salt Lake division, Nos. 2 and 4 are ten hours late, held by floods and a landslide east of Applegate, with telegraph lines down between Reno and San Francisco and no detours via the San Pedro road.
Motorman Peterson on Washington Avenue prevented a derailment as Snow Plow No 1 of Ogden Rapid Transit tipped into the roadbed. The nose stuck between the tracks and a windlass tore free, but the crew stopped power in time and towed the plow to the barns without further damage.
While staying in London Voltaire faced a crowd that mobbed him for being French. He stood on a stone and spoke declaring his sorrow at not being born English, a bold appeal that moved the mob to carry him to his lodgings.
D. F. Smith, an inmate of the county infirmary for a year, died this morning. With no immediate family or friends in the area, the deceased will be handled by county authorities for burial as a transient indigent.
A marriage license was issued this morning to James Thompson and Mary Warren both of Ogden.
The text notes promises of equal pay for Norwegian postal clerks with men upon gaining equal political rights. It recalls seventeenth century England where Elizabeth Bartlett cast a bell at St Martin in the Fields and women received equal pay for the same work. It also cites a Fleet Prison record where a female warden earned the same as her late husband’s allowance.
Herr Gutzah of Berlin uses a standard parlor stove as a receptacle for an electric radiator made of a resistant wire or carbon. The system heats efficiently with rapid air circulation, provides ventilation, and avoids excessive air drying. In an average room the large stove consumes current for about an hour, retaining heat for a long period at modest cost.
Ruth Bryan Leavitt filed for divorce from William A. Leavitt in Lincoln Nebraska on January 22. The petition was withdrawn immediately to limit public knowledge of the charges. Attorney T S Allen, brother-in-law of Bryan, represents the plaintiff. Notice will be by publication.
Italian proverb highlights the need to shed mistaken beliefs about wine. The saying suggests a mindset shift toward openness and better tasting through fresh perspectives.
A Washington woman creates an Omar Khayyam room patterned after a Persian living room. The walls display Time and draperies with rustic frames holding quotes from The Rubaiyat. An idealized sketch of the poet and a lizard decorates the space as part of the collection.
Rev Hiram Bingham who arrived from Honolulu on the Inner Alameda is noted as a picturesque figure in South Seas history. His life centers on Gilbert Islands work since 1857, a place where natives once knew no writing and where early missionary materials were misused and eaten by locals.
The piece traces fables from Hindustan through Sanskrit origins to China Tibet and Persia and notes their passage to Greece. It argues fable as a universal human expression and links Aesop’s tales with eastern sources, reflecting on myth and literature. It cites the New York American as the source.
A Kanson school mistress faced trouble teaching a pupil arithmetic and complained to the father. He replied that the boy Jimmie “comes by it honestly” and that his mother was a fine grammatist though a poor arithmeticker.
A depiction of China's emperor living under strict etiquette with meals highly regulated by statute. Court physicians monitor appetite and even when new dishes are desired a special decree is required before tasting. If a court favorite appears, officials may persuade restraint for health reasons.
During demolition at Norwich Norfolk England workers uncovered a long stretch of the medieval city wall. The wall dates to the fourteenth century and includes about twenty Norman arches.
A young man claimed his father died of starvation and telegrammed for cash to cover funeral expenses, asserting urgent need for funds after failed appeals for money. The note suggests a request for financial help amid family hardship.
A unique dining table serves as an altar in Wolferton Parish Church Norfolk. Once a hall pride, the table now supports communion vessels and remains a valued church possession near Sandringham.
Dialogue shows Mr Jolly claiming obedience to the Bible when neighbors and a pretty girl are near. Miss Nexdore counters that the command is to love thy neighbor as thyself, not just others.
A Cairo study by Dr Lipa Rey reports 22 of 26 patients in his group show nicotine poisoning symptoms amid an estimated 12 million Egyptians with half smoking about ten cigarettes daily totaling 60 million cigarettes daily.
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