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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1909
Page
5
Random notes detail John Saxey and Alfred Saxey Jr visiting relatives in Ogden, local business arrivals of monuments from Joseph Parry and Sons Co, and multiple community updates. Also reports Ex-Governor West Caleb H. Weat’s death in Oakland after hospitalization, storage ads, auto purchases, mining news from Rhyolite, and a railway conductor officers installation with a Kennedy’s banquet.
Yesterday in West Weber Mrs Magdeline Petterson died after a two month illness aged about 91 born Huntsville March 1570. Survived by husband Hans, two children and many siblings. Funeral services announced later. Also notes of James Yerger funeral at Lynn ward Ogden with Bishop Tornquist presiding. Burial at Ogden City cemetery. Additional notices for Hans Madeon, Wananh Rams of Plain City to be buried in Pisin City. Donn's Regulars advertised for constipation treatment.
A marriage license was issued to Stephen D. Conwell and Nellie Martin, both residents of Ogden.
German and French markets for American refined silver for Mat ani hollow ware trades are improving. Refiners report shipments aggregating 6 676 000 ounces will go out by express steamships to sail from this port next week. The bulk is for Paris Dresden Munich and Berlin for Easter wares. American refined silver shows higher lustre under steel and agate burnishers than European refined silver. Three large English silver works eye long term contracts for high grade hollow and fiat ware. The largest Sheffield electro plating firm is in the local market for several million ounces to be shipped in February Wall Street.
Cumberland January 25 Three men died and ten were injured in a Piedmont coal mine accident when two loaded cars uncoupled on an incline and plunged into cars below. Victims named include Janes Coudrey William Hamilton and an Italian. Charles Knight among the injured.
The Weber stake convention of religion classes drew strong attendance at Weber Academy Ogden with lectures on The Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon and educational work. Speakers from Salt Lake and local wards discussed school participation man training for youths and domestic science for girls. The program included morning and afternoon sessions with papers on teaching originality pupil interest prayer and home preparation.
About 200 Russians marched through Los Angeles business streets on the fourth anniversary of Red Sunday waving red flags. Police kept watch as the peaceful procession ended with a mass meeting at the Plaza.
A Salt Lake City teacher details coffee overuse during a vacation and social whirl, leading to collapse. She switched to Postum, noting immediate stomach relief and gradual overall improvement, praising Postum as a beneficial drink per directions from Pontum Co. Ads invite readers to read The Road to Wellville.
Amid tense scenes in Chicave a six foot Russian and a large American flag led a march of police refugees from Hussia. A man carried a red bag as the flag bearer advanced, narrowly avoiding interference as officials had ordered no demonstration under a rog tag.
Tokyo dispatches report Japan will spell out emigration limits in a diet speech. The minister will defend government policy to avoid international embarrassment by barring lower class Japanese from emigrating. Dispatches warn of rising jingoism in the United States and debate over land ownership by aliens.
Police at Chicago Avenue station investigate a suicide mystery after locating an overcoat a torn fifty dollar total of about forty dollars in bits a clever watch a partial telegram and a Sunday school leaflet along the Chicago River. The telegram mentions Prescott and Revelations. The theory is the items belonged to a sane person who jumped into the river.
Ephraim January 24 funeral services were held at the Gunnison meetinghouse for A G Anderson who died Thursday after a paralytic stroke last year. Born in Sweden October 29 1827 he emigrated to Utah after conversion to the Mormon faith and lived in Gunnison for thirty years leaving a widow and seven children all but one son residing in the county.
Twenty four passengers aboard the Packet from Liverpool to Cork faced a narrow escape Saturday night when fire broke out. They were safely taken to a passing ship and landed at Holyhead as the Packet was beached and burned to the water line.
Abe Attell of San Francisco will defend his featherweight title against Biddle Kelley of Chicago in New Orleans. The ten round bout is set for February 24 before the Southern Athletic Club, reestablishing Attell’s title in a rematch.
Joe Chandler Harris argues the Southern book market is expanding with greater demand for current titles and enduring works. He contends rising reading activity reflects intellectual and spiritual progress, outweighing concerns about advertising costs, and notes even mediocre books yield some value as readers assimilate the good. WANT ADS BRING BIG RESULTS
San Francisco January 25 news reports the third week of Patrick Calhoun's trial for offering a bribe to a municipal official. More than 200 citizens have been excused or rejected, with no permanent juror yet seated and only four temporarily passed.
Chicago January 24 The closing of navigation on the Great Lakes signals end of a major season. Despite a dip in tonnage, plans to deepen harbors and expand dockage, build new steamers, and extend rail terminals aim to boost lake traffic beyond previous records. The Grand Trunk system adds a Georgian Bay port with huge storage elevators and orders two giant steamers as Canada pushes a North American lake commerce expansion.
A liberal offer from T. H. Carr Drug Co in Ogden guarantees Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets will cure indigestion and dyspepsia or the buyer pays nothing. The product combines bismuth subnitrate pepsin and carminatives with Alknum subnitrate and pepsin, emphasizing a new manufacturing process and full personal guarantee. Three sizes priced 26c 45c and 89c.
The article highlights the Grand Trunk system’s push to open a year round port at Tiffin on Georgian Bay with new elevators and dredging. It notes a growing Great Lakes cargo mix of iron ore, coal, grain and lumber and the Hamonie liner as the fastest lake vessel. It mentions about 200 ports, ice closures each December, and insurance pauses until spring.
Records trace holiday mall closings since 1981, showing closure dates ranging from December 2 to December 21. The notes indicate variability by year and location, reflecting festive season schedules and local policies.
San Pedro January 24 The steamer Centralia under Captain Erickson arrived seven days from Grass Harbor via San Francisco with 605000 feet of lumber and ten passengers. A two hour hurricane forced the vessel onto her beam ends as cargo shifted but was righted and the ship brought through by calm handling. The crew steadied frightened passengers during the height of the gale.
Four major Arizona copper properties plus several smaller mines shut down yesterday citing a walking delegate dispute. The Old Dominion Globe Consolidated Copper Miami Superior and Boston operations led the closures, with more mines in the Globe Morenci district expected to follow within days as a general shutdown nears.
Portland January 20 4 A new phase in the federal government effort to recover land within the Oregon and California Railroad grant was begun when B D Townsend special assistant to the attorney general filed a 35 suit inquiry in federal court in Portland against the Oregon and California Railroad and Southern Pacific companies and more than 100 other defendants.
Whites of eleven eggs with one teaspoon vanilla and one and a half cups sugar. Sift one cup flour with cream of tartar five times. Beat egg whites to stiff froth, gradually add sugar, then flavor. Bake in an ungreased pan for about 45 minutes.
A kitchen note describes a method to bake a cake at 260 degrees Fahrenheit then invert the pan on rests to let the cake fall from its weight. It mentions resting the cake on the pan tube for finishing.
A New York Hotel now offers full dress attire rental services for patrons traveling on business or attending theater. The service supplies suits, shirts, studs, ties, and ten valet staff to fit guests in their rooms, with a ready paper suit and on-site tailoring as needed. This novelty aims to elevate hotel prestige and curb the sight of out-of-town visitors in formal wear.
A terse passage shows an editor and author debating a query with a brief affirmation and refusal tone. The exchange centers on addressing a proof and whether to answer. The dialogue is succinct and uncertain.
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