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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
5
The University of Utrecht reports a room designed by a waardemaker that achieves a noseeless environment. This innovation is described as potentially opening new avenues for physical research and experimentation reliant on unobstructed olfactory conditions.
Lost mink neck piece last night at Isis Theater. Return to Miss Teggethoff of the Forest Service at First National Bank. Reward offered. January 29, 1909.
Readable items note Weber Academy will organize higher course classes in mathematics elocution physics and more for mid winter eighth grade graduates. Other items mention Red Cross stamps to combat tuberculosis lectures at Baptist church and local notices on estate petitions and local commerce.
The article discusses holding an encampment in late August for favorable weather and scenic beauty, arguing that visitors to Yellowstone National Park would find it optimal before returning home. It notes timing as more propitious than other seasons and mentions appealing to travelers from the state.
Salt Lake City police and doctors report Ford Whalen survived a morphine overdose after hours of electric stimulation and blows, administered during a non suicidal attempt to ease pain from rheumatism tonsillitis and a hand infection. Whalen, lodging at the Lincoln House, gave varying personal details and aliases, saying he arrived from Ogden and worked as a switchman for the Southern Pacific. He recalled service in the Fifteenth United States infantry but left no full enlistment record. He was hospitalized in stable condition with continued medical care sought.
Salt Lake City must pay damages after a jury found bungling of city grades caused loss to Fritch Investment. Judgment totals 1,841.60 with 216.67 interest. jury awarded 1,825 damages plus interest.
A local company sued after a series of street works on Main Street between Mint North Street and Hillside Avenue. The property owner alleges repeated grade changes and wall repairs damaged their land, first seeking 200 dollars from the council, then pursuing 20 thousand dollars in district court after prior delays.
Howell sues San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railway for 10000 damages from a wreck near Caliente Nevada on February 26, 1907. The central issue is whether Howell was a passenger or a licensee on the railway train when injured. He traveled by handcar to near Caliente then rode a construction train to Salt Lake City. the railroad argues he was not a passenger, reducing duty of care owed.
W C Phillips of the Pacific Fruit Express reports an artificial ice plant to serve the San Pedro route. Trucks from Truckee will feed Carlin station with 15 000 tons. the Carlin ice house costs 66000 dollars and can ice twenty cars at once, up to 800 cars daily. Ice harvest at Truckee runs 35000 to 46000 tons daily. Donner Lake site to add a new ice house of 36000 tons. Las Vegas Nevada to get an artificial ice plant of 126 tons daily at cost 260000 dollars to move California fruit and Moapa melons south. Thickness target is 15 inches with automatic shaving for storage elevators.
A $100 reward is offered by J. H. Emmett for information leading to the conviction of the person responsible for poisoning a valuable dog the night of the incident.
An early morning appeal links proper meals to daily labor and well being. It touts Grape-Nuts as nourishing daily fare with testimonials and hints at the book The Road to Wellville found in every package.
Mary Ann Hornsby died at her son-in-law F C Larsen's home in Salt Lake. Funeral at South Bountiful meeting house Sunday noon. interment in Ogden city cemetery. Remains may be viewed in Salt Lake Saturday evening and Sunday morning. A baby of Mr and Mrs Frederick Gunnarson died at Green River Iona. Funeral at Lindquist's chapel noon today. burial in Ogden city cemetery.
A Salt Lake company led by G Sumner of Reno announced the opening of a vast slate quarry on Blue Mountain twenty miles west of Winnemucca. Surveyor H H Sheldon reports work underway to establish 38 locations of 160 acres each covering nine and a half square miles. The slate is described as the finest for building and roofing, with the mountain largely composed of slate.
Ore was struck in the Montgomery Mountain shaft about ten days ago at eighteen feet depth, near surface. Superintendent Kilker anticipated seventy five feet of sinking before results, and the near surface ore signals a promising outlook with the potential for a wide ore body and a third shift added to the crew.
A Good Hint quotes a Free Lance of Wellington saying the successful person is one who keeps working while he wilts, emphasizing steady effort in adversity.
Nashville January 28 The trial of Colonel Duncan Cooper Robin Cooper and John D Sharpe resumes with juror Leigh accused of perjury and Jackson removed for habitual drunkenness. Judge Hart orders Leigh bound over to the grand jury while Whitworth may be excused for health reasons leaving seven jurors remaining.
Chicago January 28 Christian Runowicz freed from jail after Secretary Root ruled the Rivelan government charge against the prisoner political in character, sparing extradition to Russia.
A composite of quotations on spelling reform practicality in legislation, tact and kindness in social conduct, and fashion ethics. Includes remarks on commissions with high salaried heads, a note on women’s hats as virtuous yet monstrous millinery, and a British view linking drinking habits to social harm.
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