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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1909
Page
3
The notice outlines ad rates for pages 5 and 6 and other positions with per inch surcharges. It mentions first page lower half pricing, special contracts for weekly or monthly runs, and claims The Standard has superior bonafide subscribers in Ogden, Utah.
The Fri day’s Standard reports a county commission financial statement showing cost cutting across departments to solidify finances. Taxpayers gain insight into spending and the paper deems publication valuable, urging continued good record keeping and accountability. A city annual report is due, enabling a comparative review of county and city stewardship once presented.
Dr R W Allen, a leading English authority on nasal and throat diseases, calls quinine useless for colds and notes many suffer from taking it. He favors cinnamon oil and eucalyptus oil as the more useful remedies, cinnamon oil chosen for better odor and taste.
The excerpt notes a shift from quinine to cinnamon as a medicinal dosing proposal. It describes generous doses of cinnamon in milk at hourly intervals for three hours, then reduced doses at two-hour gaps, followed by several low doses at longer intervals, and questions cinnamon's efficacy as a drug.
The San Francisco Chronicle argues against a California legislature proposal targeting Oriental ownership. It warns such measures risk national treaty issues, provoke Japanese ire, hinder emigration controls, and harm long term relations with Japan while urging containment of Oriental labor immigration by other means.
An official report on the forests of the Amur and maritime provinces in eastern Siberia notes 509 000 000 acres of forest amounting to a third of the US land area and ten Utahs in size. It discusses four year concessions granted by Russia and the potential for large scale timber cutting, alongside species variety including white cedar pine larch fir spruce and hardwoods like walnut ash and oak.
The report outlines four year concession terms for Siberian timber with potential extensions. It describes auctioning areas at Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, royalty payments, and deposits. It notes immigration boosts, labour rules, and limited rail facilities, urging American interest and possible railroad ventures.
The 1908 Utah climate record notes Ogden with heavy snowfall and rain, total 22.56 inches, October 4.34 inches, 221 clear, 57 partly cloudy, 85 cloudy days, mean temperature 50. Highest 93, lowest 4 above zero. Snow depth 3 1/3 feet. Ogden elevation 4310 ft, Park City highest, St George lowest. St George sunny 349 days, 17 cloudy days. July 21 thermometer 107 in shade. Dixie climate described as mild, not extreme.
Chicago correspondent reports Robert B. Armstrong proposes tall ing machines and moving pictures to uplift rural and urban communities. He suggests town hall or city school use to curb immoral cheap shows and guide youth toward knowledge and citizenship.
Carers First Baptist on Grant Avenue outlines Sunday school at 10 morning worship at 11 15 and evening service at 7 30 with a B Y P U meeting at 6 30 led by Dr Edgar Bates Special music includes Mrs H P Zimmerman and others Also First Methodist Episcopal on Twenty fourth street east of court house lists morning worship at 11 with anthem and gospel service at 7 50 led by Pastor G W McCreery German Evangelical St Pauls Church invites all Germans to Sunday school 10 and preaching at 11 The Central Park Presbyterian Church notes evangelistic meetings with Rev Hugh W Rankin preaching both morning and evening First Church of Christ Scientist holds service at 11 with Sunday school at 9 45 Free reading rooms 2 to 5 pm daily except Sundays First Presbyterian Church lists morning worship at 11 45 and evening service at 7 30 with music and sermons The First Congregational Church at Adams Avenue and Twenty fifth street gives morning service at 11 with choir and organ music
January 24 observances include sermons titled The Cry of the Nation s Children and Some Laws That Must Be Repealed with addresses to the legislature. Sunday school at 12 15, junior society 5 pm, senior 6 40 pm, evening service 7 30 pm at First Unitarian Church with offertory by Louise Pierce and a trio of Mrs Cassidy Mrs Lunbeck and Miss Gunnell. Rev William Thurston Brown preaches at 7 20 pm on The Religion of William Morris.
Brigham City Utah January 22 The board of county commissioners in session appointed road supervisors and deputy assessors list includes John B Finn Willard Jacob Lundel Union A B Lundel Plymouth C W Robbing Curlew B W Carter Park Valley etc Also Mrs Rowe Neely named an assistant assessor The resignation of Riverside registrar of vital statistics accepted Myron J Richards appointed county physician appoints several constables and justices of the peace and reappoints or names vital statistics registrar for Groase Creek note misspellings kept for transcription context
Utah patents announced this week by C A Snow and Company patent attorneys in Washington DC. Names listed include G Ipson Huntington Station and W H Wallace Salt Lake City. A single delivery matchbox is described. Send ten cents in stamps to obtain copies of any patent.
On the world’s largest tobacco farm near Amsterdam Georgia, a 25 000 acre operation grows about one third of all Sumatra tobacco used for cigar wrappers in the United States.
A humorous line from the Somerville Journal notes that women jest about a heaven without men yet acknowledge such a heaven would not be pleasant for them. The quip uses social humor about gender roles and heaven.
A Nashville American column playfully contrasts natural homeliness with bold pompa dours worn around the body, highlighting fashion and attitude in a lighthearted social note.
The Church of England Waifs and Strays society has cared for thirteen thousand four hundred seventy six children in twenty six years of operation.
A brief note captures Phillips asserting that trade law learning science and religion are scaffolding for building a man, emphasizing social cohesion over material progress and moral development. The piece underscores the role of diverse institutions in shaping character within society.
A man may stay single due to skepticism about a woman’s ability to support him. This view reflects concerns about partner reliability and financial stability influencing marriage decisions.
New York Maine and Wisconsin lead in paper production ranking first second and third respectively highlighting regional industrial output and state-based strength in papermaking facilities and output metrics.
A large Baptist church in Santa Rosa California was constructed entirely from the wood of a single California redwood tree. The remarkable project showcases local timber and religious dedication, illustrating how one tree served all structural and decorative needs.
A reflective note argues that narrow minded men deserve wide berths and patience. The writer muses on the irony of offering tolerance to closed thinking while facing its limits and consequences.
A compact column quotes Bonar on patience and optimism as a sequence of sayings. It contrasts hardship with hope, noting that delayed rewards follow tough times, and that early effort does not guarantee advantage.
The Utah legislature heard a Reed Smoot message thanking Republicans for reelection and debated House Bill 26 exempting Ogden fair grounds from taxes. Other measures included a loan shark bill. salaries, pawnbrokers records, and a uniform weights standard. Senate actions included appointments, a birth date holiday, and bills on medical examinations and governor office furnishings.
Salt Lake dispatch notes a Boise inquiry into the Boise-Hutte rail line with a Detroit, Alton, Chicago and Aurora investors visiting Boise to study conditions. The survey aims at linking Butte via Boise toward Winnemucca, Nevada, seen as a major national railroad opening.
Salt Lake January 22 Harry Fox a Urakeman on the Denver and Tile Grain railroad had one leg cut off just above the knee Thursday night when he fell between two freight cars and wheels passed over his limb near Castle About oclock He was taken to Castle then to St Marks hospital where surgeons operated on the injured limb Fox is a well known brake man in the railroad service
Herbert Wilkes of 218 D street was stepping onto a street car at Second East and Second South Streets Thursday at about 4 pm when his right leg broke above the ankle. Police helped him home, Dr. Calder reduced the fracture, and he expects several weeks of recovery before returning to his grocery at 405 Seventh East Street.
Frank C Robinson leading man for the As Told in the Hills company died last night after stepping on a muddy spot near a telephone pole and touching a live wire in an alley behind the Salt Lake theater. His body was found after the theater had closed and he had apparently been dead for about an hour. He was 44 and the son of W J Robinson of 8 Washington Avenue. telegrams were sent for the remains to Salt Lake City.
Mrs Emma Frew McKee died by asphyxiation in her Salt Lake City apartment at 2 30 PM Friday found by her husband. Her son James died earlier of smallpox and she had recently recovered from the illness. She was released from quarantine only recently and her condition had been weakened.
For wet weather a solid leather shoe suitable for school wear. The item is sold under the Favorite Line brand targeting children and misses, emphasizing durability and practicality.
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