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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1904
Page
6
Busy Ogden pages report court actions in Crocker v Warner and Farr v Lawrence, coal and grocery ads, poll tax suits, business openings at Wilcox Grocery and Hess bakery, furniture and gallery ads, and social events from the Modern Woodmen ball to L A to B of R T gatherings.
An advertisement extols Crescent Flour 13 as made from the best wheat with the latest machinery. It emphasizes thorough inspection of wheat before milling to ensure quality.
Peery Bros Milling Company invites critical judges to test Crescent flour claiming uniform quality and superior baking results. The notice asserts Crescent makes more of the best quality flour than any other brand and encourages households to switch for reliability.
A Berlin art notice reports a dispute over the German art exhibit at St Louis. Impressionists refused to exhibit under the old school, the general jury sought works from public galleries against painters will, but regulations require painters consent to exhibit.
Tommy Ryan and Jack O'Brien discuss a 20 round or 1 percent stake match to decide superiority after their six round Philadelphia bout. The Yosemite Athletic Club of San Francisco has reportedly made an offer to stage the fight.
Indianapolis detectives continue the Schaefer murder inquiry turning on the man linked to Bliss Love, Schaeffer's roommate, and a fashionable city resident who met with officials. A physician is alleged to have treated a girl named as a Bedford case witness during Indianapolis activity last week.
Utah tomato contracts for next year will be set within three weeks amid overproduction of canned goods last year. Growers may face lower prices, though Utah plants currently pay about twenty-five cents more per bushel than eastern and California factories. Ogden cannery talks on price reduction are not finalized, but last season's price may remain in effect this season. Factories statewide are overstocked with last season's tomato lots.
J Te Rushmer the optician plans a large expansion in Ogden. After three years, demand requires in house lens manufacturing and a wholesale operation for opticians and oculists in the Inter-mountain country. Additional help will be hired to handle the increased workload.
Real estate transfers filed with the Ellis County Recorder list: Heber J. Purdy and wife to Sami Bauford a parcel in section 30 township 6 north range 1 west for 1000 dollars. William Gampton and wife to Robert Gowan parcels in section 7 township 6 north range 1 west for 1200 dollars. Joseph Harrop and wife to William A. Harrop southeast quarter section 17 township 6 north range west. Ernest 8 Bertrem to Eccles Lumber Company lots 48 49 and 50 block 1 Valley View addition for 300 dollars.
Two Ogden business men P Mortensen and Willard Lund have bought the grocery business of J S Carver Sons at 277 25th Street. Six young men with experience join with a stock of staple and fancy groceries. A trial order is requested, then you become a regular customer. Address 270 25th Street.
H A Code announced his resignation from the baggage agent post in Ogden effective February 1 after twenty years in the job. George F Brown may act temporarily. Union Pacific controls the position from Council Bluffs. Code plans a ten day vacation then to start a new business in the city.
J A Manderfield of CircaED and Northwestern, and Watter Hancock of Southern Pacific, are in Ogden and Pocatello respectively. Former Union Pacific president Burt travels west through Ogden en route worldwide trip. W H Sarawite and son return from California while Chevers improves and will return to duties. John Y Callahan notes Dowl¢s church leaders in Ogden tomorrow for recital and choir after Tabernacle services.
Senor Luis Benjamin Cisneros, a noted Peruvian poet, has died, according to a Herald dispatch from Lima Peru. The report notes his literary influence and mentions the circumstances of his death as reported from the Peruvian capital.
Bedford Indiana January 30 a witness in the Schaeffer Investigation says after school closed Miss Schaeffer ran to her room for mail read letters and immediately destroyed them citing the practice repeatedly.
Mr. H T Allen canvasses Chicago for the first comprehensive Iroquois Theatre fire narrative. The book compiles survivors accounts and flashlight sketches of incidents linked to the blaze. He invites readers to contact via Reed Hotel to arrange a viewing.
The first fatal duel in what is now the United States occurred on Boston Common on July 3 1728 between Benjamin Woodbridge and Henry Phillips after a card dispute at the Royal Exchange tavern. Woodbridge died that night. Phillips died within a year in France.
A brief musing on simplicity as the crowning virtue that clarifies great truths and events. The text contrasts simplicity with obscurity and references innocence, childhood, and Maxwell's Tale as examples of clarity and radiance.
The narrative recalls early English canal roots with the Foss dike in Lincolnshire and the Caer dike, and notes Henry I building the first British canal in 1134 joining the Trent to the Witham. It highlights the late eighteenth century boom led by the Duke of Bridgewater and engineer James Brindley amid a canal mania of the era.
An ancient tale recounts Emperor Nicholas I of Russia interrupting Liszt mid performance after a casual talk with an aide. Liszt resumed playing when the czar, smiling, asked what happened and the audience awaited the outcome.
Col. H. S. Hall of Oakland California is missing after last contact while en route from Denver to Sacramento. He is 58, five feet five inches, 175 pounds, gray hair, mustache with a third finger amputation, wearing a dark suit and brown hat. Brownsville? No, 1611 Brush Street Oakland listed for informants.
A widow seeks a sincere, honest husband with no kin. She is worth $45,000 and lists address at 291 Clinton St, Chicago. The notice emphasizes a matching proposal and financial standing in a quiet matrimonial advertisement.
Incoherent dialogue featuring mentions of marriage and world names with unclear context. Phrases include three marriages and cryptic questions about knowledge of seven Monde. The text lacks a clear event, participants, or date to anchor a concise news item.
On a Colorado ranch a sixteen year old girl tames a wild stallion that defied men. She explains that horse castor, oil of cumin, and oil of rhodium on her clothes and in her mouth calm the animal. The tale claims these scents guide horses and prove women can handle horses better than men.
A compact collection presents maxims about virtue. It cautions against evil, urges balanced reproof with kindness, warns that excessive talk leads to folly, and suggests silence as a form of safety.
A tarnished excerpt offers scattered maxims on ignorance, self- restraint, and judging others. It contemplates inner anger, bitterness, and the impact of fear on behavior, urging forgetfulness of others faults and caution toward future consequences.
A fragment describes the spectroscope’s power to reveal trace metals, noting chemists can detect a substance’s presence at about one in three million. The passage links spectroscopic refinement to chemistry and material analysis.
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