Annual Meeting and Various Local News Bits
The Ogden Daily notes the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting tonight for reports and officer elections. Meantime a Fourth Ward drama Higbee at Harvard was staged by amateurs. Other items include a formal answer in a real estate suit, a real estate transfer in Huntsville, and a weather note of snow with 30 degree highs.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fourth Ward
William Morgan
David Morsan
Agnes Morrison
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Miary
Elizabeth Belt
Oscar Geortsen
Heen
Huntsville
Stenger Projected for Western Pacific Railroad Role
Denver January 27. Ernest Stenger former general superintendent of the Denver and Rio Grande in Salt Lake City and traffic head for Utah is rumored to join Western Pacific as general manager in charge of traffic or general superintendent. Stenger denied knowledge of such plans and said he has no future commitments.
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Denver
Ernest Stenger
Denver & Filo Grande
Salt Lake City
Utah
Western Pacific
Gould
San Francisco
Stenger
Harrison
Fireworks and Calcium Plant Destroyed in LA Blast
Exploding chemicals at the Los Angeles Fireworks and Calcium Company plant likely fatally injured worker Fredde. The explosion shook buildings within two blocks and caused a fire that destroyed the facility in Los Angeles on January 25.
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Los Angles
Los Angeles
Wreck blamed on Japanese section crew and foreman
Report claims a U P wreck was caused by Japanese track workers with an incompetent foreman. Passengers and onlookers feared mob violence as casualties were treated at Cheyenne hospital and officials considered replacing the crew with white foremen.
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Cheyenne
Little Brown
Wyoming
Utah
Colds Relieved by Bees Laxative Cough Syrup Sold Nearby
Be es Laxative Cough Syrup advertised as a pleasant laxative remedy for colds coughs croup and whooping cough. Available at Geo F Cave s and Depot Drug Stores for children and adults.
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Geo. F. Cave's
Depot Drug
Leaps From Window to Escape Husband
Mrs. Gertrude Myers jumped from a second story window at 472 West Second South Street in Salt Lake City to flee an angry husband. She badly sprained both ankles and bruised her body after landing on the sidewalk twenty feet below, narrowly missing a passerby. She was taken to a friend's home by carriage.
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Salt Lake
Jan
Gertrude Myers
Colorado House
West Second South Street
Forelock
Card of Thanks for condolences and memorial
We express gratitude to neighbors and friends for condolences and aid after the death of a husband and father. May they be surrounded by consoling influences in their sorrow. Remembrances will honor the memory of the deceased. Signed Annie E. Madson and Family.
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Annie E. Madson
Death at station after Germany trip to see children
Mrs. Johanna Wellhacher aged about 28 or 30 clasped her two year old son as she died in a Chicago railway station shortly after arriving from Germany. She had recently returned from a trip abroad seeking to improve a failing health and died two minutes after arrival.
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Chicago
Johanna Wellhacher
Germany
Addition to Moapa National Forest Nevada
The January proclamation adds about 45 000 acres to Moapa National Forest in Nevada at the northwest corner of the Charleston division. Timber is mainly yellow pine with some fir and als, with up to 600 000 feet of saw timber and 600 000 cords of cord wood. Grazing will be regulated to maximize forage while preventing overgrazing. Acting Supervisor H E Mathews oversees. district No 4 is centered at Ogden.
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Charleston
Moupa
Nevada
Rhyolite
Johnny
Monpa Forest
Department of Agriculture
Mospa Foreat le
H. E. Mathews
Meapp
Ogden
Illinois Legislature Still in Deadlock in Senate Contest
Springfield delegates opened a joint session amid a protracted deadlock over a United States Senate vote. Seventeen inconclusive ballots fueled forecasts of weeks or months before resolution. Hopkins forces oppose anti Hopkins factions as lawmakers consider continuous rolling ballots until a decision emerges.
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Springfield
United States
Minola
Shadrach Boas
Hopkins
Chicago Named Smokiest City by Health Inspector
Chicago is described as the smokiest city in the world by the city health department, with fresh air diseases rising while others fall. The inspector says smoke penetrates stores warehouses and bargain counters, causing enormous loss estimated at fifty million dollars to manufactured goods.
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Chicago
Health Department
Society woman seeks Los Angeles pound mistress post
Los Angeles Jan 28 Helen Hathewson a society woman and president of the Humane Animal League seeks appointment as pound mistress for the city. The council will consider the request at its next session Monday morning.
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Loss Angeles
Cal
Mise Helen Hathewson
Los Angeles
Misa Mathewson
Humane Animal League
Familiar Chicago street figure dies on State Street
The Little Old Woman of State Street died after being found unconscious on her soap box where she sold gum and papers for over a dozen years. She was a familiar sight to thousands, but her real name was unknown.
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Chicago
State Street
Wadeworth boy dies in canal riding accident
Wadeworth Nev Jan 28. Robert Baden twelve son of the company president was thrown from his horse while riding the canal route. The horse kicked, brains dashed against a tree trunk, the youth’s body found along the ditch as the horse stood nearby.
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Wadeworth, Nev
Wadeworth Light & Power Company
Robert Baden
Western Fraternal Congress Elects Leaders in Kansas City
The Western Fraternal Congress, uniting 26 western fraternal groups representing about 2,000,000 people, closed its session in Kansas City yesterday. C B Gardner of Dallas Texas was elected president and William Kock of Des Moines Iowa named secretary.
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Kansas City
Western Fraternal Congress
C B. Gardner
Dallas
Texas
William Kock
Des Moines
Iowa
Nevada Judge Batters Attorney With Statutes
A Nevada judge, accused of insulting a lawyer, reportedly struck the attorney’s face with legal statutes. The incident followed a claim the judge was not a gentleman, prompting a formal inquiry into judicial conduct.
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Nevada
Changes on Oregon Short Line Upset Local Rail Ranks
The Oregon Short Line announces major staffing shifts with G H Olmstead moving from Idaho to Montana division HQ at Pocatello, W R Armstrong reassigned, and W H Jones promoted to Idaho division superintendent. Olmstead recovers from illness as the Idaho run stretches from Granger to Pocatello and to Huntington Oregon.
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Oregon
Pocatello
Olmstead
Montana
Idaho
Granger
Huntington
Diamonds Consignment Report Denied By Local Buyer
Benjamin Schwab of Los Angeles disputes a El Paso seizure report claiming customs men seized diamonds valued at 1000 pounds sent from Mexico. He says he bought 300 dollars of gems in Tucson and sent them to Mexico City, and that an empty box through El Paso triggered officials. Pendleton of the customs service refuses to comment.
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Los Angeles
Benjamin Schwab
al Rl Paso
Mexico
el Paso
Schwab
Tucson
Arts
Mexico City
C. W. Pendleton
We are ruined not by what we really want
The quote argues that false desires mislead, urging broad searches only for true wants. If Wants are real they will come to you. buying what one does not want leads to later wanting what cannot be bought. The saying attributes the idea to Cuthbert Hall.
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C. Cuthbert Hall
Gossip in Flat Block Sparks Wife and Husband Clash
Mrs Uppson accuses the new neighbor of deceit while Mr Uppson muses on women’s nature, glancing at his wife. The exchange reveals tensions over appearances and character in a shared building.
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Mrs. Uppson
Upppson
ISIS THEATER PROGRAM PROMOTIONS AND SHOW TIMINGS
The program lists acts including Crack Riders The Wally Mond Professor Love Tonic The Actor's Baby Carriage The Serpentine Dance and Bustin Wines First Prize with Miss Clara Fafek. Afternoon shows run 2:30 to 5 and evenings to 11 with admission 1d for adults and 5d for children.
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Wally
Clara Fafek
Iron rings used by Ivory Coast women stretch necks long
Ivory Coast women wear iron neck rings that are lengthened yearly. Each new ring adds to the circumference, and it is common to see rings extending so far that they exceed the face.
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Ivory Coast
Africa
Tax on Corporate Earnings Bill Proposed in Salem
Salem Oregon January 27. Lawmakers prepare a bill to reenact state chapters that impose a tax on corporate gross earnings. The measure aims to cover taxation even if the U S Supreme Court rules Oregon's initiative and referendum unconstitutional, in response to a public service corporation challenge.
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Salem
Ore
Ehlet Public Service
Paole Coast
Supreme Court of the United States
Oregon
Windmill Agent Probes Auto Noise Complaint
An exchange between a windmill agent and a farmer centers on noisy passing automobiles. The farmer adds strong complaints about siren horns and their effect, insisting the noise spoils the dairy milking process.
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Wal
Right handedness and symmetry in ancient sculpture
Authorities claim 85 to 95 percent of men in civilized lands are right handed and have developed the low right shoulder. The observation dates back to ancient Greek sculptors who posed subjects to appear more symmetrical.
Massachusetts Work Hours Law Heads Toward 1910 Enactment
A Massachusetts reform would raise the weekly limit for women to 56 hours from 14, with the law not taking effect until 1910. Clubwomen plan to press for a faster change to improve conditions for women and children in the interim.
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Massachusetts
Needle industry center of Redditch crowds workers
In Redditch England about 3 000 men and women form comfortable wages as needlemakers. They work about 60 hours a week in model factories. Redditch yearly output of needles is in excess of 2 000 000 000.
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Redditch
DIED Eldridge and Patterson obituaries in Ogden City
In Ogden Susan Amanda Eldridge died January 26 1909 from paralysis at 963 Twenty third street Funeral at Richeys chapel at 2 PM Remains viewable at Richeys chapel forenoon Interment in Ogden City cemetery Magdalene Patterson died January 24 1909 in Wilson wife of Hans Petterson Funeral services held at Wilson ward meeting house noon Interment in Ogden City cemetery
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Eldridge
Twenty-third Street
Susan Amanda Eldridge
William
Richey's Chapel
Ogden City Cemetery
Petterson
Wilson
Magdalene Patterson
Hans Petterson
Wilson Ward
Ogden City
Marriages Licenses Issued to Multiple Couples
Licenses were issued yesterday to Armand L. Roos of New Orleans Louisiana and Marguerite Lee of Salt Lake, Albert Wayment of Warren and Alice Urry of Ogden, Jim Robins of Saltillo and Irene Volkman of Plato City.
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Armand L. Roos
New Orleans
Marguerite Lee
Salt Laka
Albert Wayment
Warren
Alice Urry
Ogden
Iim Robins
Selplo
Irene Volkman
Plato City
Military and Civil Authorities in Conflict in North Dakota
In Bismarck on January 27 conflict arose over the court martial of General Poole ex adjutant general. Poole's attorney sought a writ of prohibition from the supreme court to stop the court martial, contending the governor's orders were unconstitutional. The court refused to issue the writ but asked the attorneys to appear tomorrow to argue the case.
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Bismarck
N. D
Atata
Poole
Lato
Supreme Court
Senator McCumber Explains Homestead Patent Bill
Senator McCumber explains a measure directing the Interior to issue patents to entrymen under the homestead laws in North Dakota despite coal in the land. He argues the coal is often the farmers' only salvation within a hundred miles and not worth shipping.
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Washington
McCumber
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
North Dakota
Power Rises From Interests Arising Over People
Quoted sentiment from John C. Calhoun warns that a unified mass of varied powerful interests has risen above the common people, held together by the vast surplus in banks and government.
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John C. Calhoun
Poet Jake Spars With Editor Over Life's Tone
The Philadelphia Record reports a clash between poet Jake and an editor who quarrels over perspectives on life. The exchange centers on how seriously to treat existence and art.
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Jake
Philadelphia Record
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