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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1907
Page
6
Public notice announces Shoom Restaurant opening hours from noon to around 3 pm and 4 pm with private select dinner parties and oysters in various styles. It advertises ladies private dialog parlor and emphasizes specialty seafood offerings by owners Foon & Leo at twenty fourth street Ogden Utah.
A public notice from Ogden Utah dated January 18 1907 describes a meeting of the Board of Certora and the Bike Gellpse company appointing a special assessment of one cent per acre on unspecified lands. The notice details payment due February 28 1907 with sale if unpaid by March 10 1907 to satisfy debt plus advertising costs. Also announces bids for city hospital building lot at 28th Street Hulda and Wotory Streets with concrete work and basement, requiring cash bids with certified check equal to five percent of bid. Signed by W B Wilfon city recorder.
Trade avenues show widespread activity and improving spring demand. Wheat prices rise with sour and flour exports. copper demand remains strong. Week's U S and Canadian wheat exports total 2,228,000 bushels with earnings down from last year. Canadian failures stand at 34 for the week ending January 14. Overall clearings in New York and Canada surpass last year, while weekly earnings dip from the prior week.
Fragmentary OCR reports describe a wreck in Erie with one man remaining amid chaos. Names and specifics are unclear, but the scene centers on rescue and recovery efforts as authorities assess damage.
A muddled report from Emery Park outlines the mile race where Jockey Hareer, from Albia, escaped injury after a collision with spectators during the fourth race. Winners include Firat rite cthree foricage Lilley Myerwon and Rhineniome acceed with Irish Mike placing third. Times vary per race with Crowntale taking the fourth race in 1 49 1 2 and Turtonge Gateway winning the sixth in 3 32 1 5.
In Thermopolis Wyoming from January 2 to 4 a Burlington group and contractors maneuver to obstruct a railroad cut through Big Horn Canyon. They aim to block the Northwestern’s path and defend a single road through the cleft for priority access to the canyon, while The Diglhce Company is portrayed as a key trade link to northern Wyoming.
A government panel has forwarded a report that Dr Hae thy Duges, head of the hospital for contagious diseases, may have found a cure for leprosy. Earlier tests produced no external traces of the disease, and Duges’s experiments with the so called Hed Macgrote tree are described as progressing toward a cure for the ailment affecting the patient.
The Dakota Blizzard sweeping Thursday paralyzed train service with no usable rail travel for weeks. Winds 30 to 43 mph destroyed branches and left rail lines, depots, and engines inoperative across Horta North Dakota and surrounding areas. Snow plows are frozen, and power lines and infrastructure suffer extensive damage.
Washington January 23 reports that W C Tristol is nominated by the president to the district attorney post for Oregon. The nomination has stirred opposition from a Senate committee. The confirmation will wait until land fraud investigations are completed, with a recess appointment possible after Congress adjourns to allow him to work on the case.
A derailed freight incident occurred near Topeka today involving a Mississippi California bound train. Several cars left the rails at Stratford causing track damage and minor injuries to one crew member reported as serious in the initial dispatch. Local authorities opened an investigation into the derailment and traffic in the area was briefly halted for safety inspections.
Local column lists numerous fraternal orders and lodge meetings with names such as NORTHERN LIGHTS EAGLES and KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Regular gatherings scheduled on evenings, with addresses, dates, and officers named. Community notices invite members to attend, noting degrees, halls, and recurrences.
Ascot Park results list Jon Afieles on Pantoute winning the owners handicap in a popular upset. In the first race running eight furlongs Major Matscan second with Hontle Meg third. Second race saw Amiotto win by a nose with Common Bor second and Time 1 07. Third race featured Brock's Osuran Jack Ly Ne taking gold with Gold Spry runner-up and Kettotsa near third. Fourth and fifth races included Pantoufle victory and Tatiguga Helenle with Cas Nat baro third in 1 35. Sixth race Tresmure Seeker won as Mald placed third in 1 24.
In this January 23 report from Fair Ground, race results are listed for six races. Winners include Lauilce a in race one, Impertinence in race two, Mortizor in race three, Gamara in race four, Dowretin in race five, and Deleterome in race six, with second and third place finishers noted and times partially recorded.
An auto racing event ends fatally as Fred Marriott loses control on a sand ridge near Daytona Beach. The front wheels collapse, the car tumbles, and Marriott is trapped under wreckage with serious injuries. Officials blame high speed and riding conditions. Marriott later dies from the crash.
Beell defeats Demetral in Chicago amid a tense wrestling bout. The match ended with Demetral scoring 23 points, while Beell leveraged a strong defense to secure the win.
Unclear text fragment mentions suspects and a scene with a trestle and warning, plus names or initials. Some words resemble a crime or incident report but the passage is garbled with scattered letters and missing context. No clear event, date, or location is determinable from the readable lines.
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