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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1909
Page
6
In a New York Sun account a long town visit shows Aunt Mary marveling at a city women’s club. She praises the smoking room and gym while the nieces question the propriety and notice missing sewing supplies.
The Falstaff continues to host banjo and guitar duo McMillan and Mansfeld drawing large crowds. Box reservations advised as seating remains in high demand. Also notes Rev Donnellson’s Denver guest and the Presbyterians meeting. Storms delay trains across Nebraska and Wyoming with some routes hours late. Ice storage and railway work update the region's ongoing logistics.
The Potter Cafe disputes the notion of high prices at its eatery. From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. meals are 80 cents for a business lunch, with à la carte options and no table d hôte plates except on opening. A generous range from sandwiches to large orders is offered with consistent service. Special care is promised for ladies and children. Tonight Roy Wilkins and Harold Fleming of the Orpheum orchestra provide music as part of the week’s engagement.
An admonition on how climate shapes human life and the fate of nations. The speaker urges patience with the world’s misfortunes and calls for charity toward those facing hardship caused by environmental conditions.
Hans Wiggins walked into Alvord's second hand yard on Grant avenue and took galvanized pipe to front door to sell it to the owner. He pleaded guilty to petit larceny and was jailed briefly, with the judge inviting him to stay as a guest for two weeks.
The program lists films and acts titled Crack Riders The Waltz Fiend Prof s Love Tonie The Actors Baby Carriage and The Serpentine Dance Buffin Wins First Prize Where is My Wandering Boy To night, Miss Clira Fafek in Wustrated Songs. Afternoons 2 30 to Evening 11 Admission 1? for adults and children likely free.
The Interstate Commerce Commission announces clergy may be granted rail passes if they, while keeping ministerial work, engage in related religious roles such as editor, teacher, or administrator. Charitable institutions include hospitals and missions. carriers may offer free or reduced rates under current rules.
The Bible press of Oxford prints about 3,900 copies daily including Bibles and prayer books. Each year about 100,000 animals are used for the covers of Oxford Bibles.
In police court Silas Wilson and Nottingham Blackman Jr both faced vagrancy charges. Det Pender described them as undesirable citizens known for roaming town. The judge suspended 0-day sentences, ordering Nottingham to leave town or find work and holding Wilson for a short period.
Master Mechanic Malone of the Southern Pacific machine shops at Ogden declares the firm will not discriminate by race and will favor long-time white workers when layoffs occur. He says several Japanese car cleaners were among those laid off during a department reduction, but no policy will favor Japanese workers over white employees. He commits to retaining the longest-serving workers and offering vacations to those at the bottom of the payroll, asserting equal treatment for all.
Ogden Optical Co opens new offices over the Isis theater offering latest eye testing methods with no drugs. Free examinations and one year lens replacement available. Prices advertised as lowest in the state with options named Shut On and So Easy and solid gold lenses priced from five fifty to eight hundred forty six dollars.
Rev. J C Owens of Dimver Colo addressed the Ogden Christian League leading to a board of trustees for a newOgden colored church The named trustees include Geo W Bubantes Gen W Eubantes J Kh Lemme J RB Lemme Co M Barnset Allee BR Nesbit J H Perry James Thompson W H Owens and Edgar J Dorsey The mission will meet Sundays at the Elks station 2445 Washington Ave in memory of Bishop J Embry of the AME Church.
The centenary of Abraham Lincoln's birth will be observed on February 12 by the Grand Army. Capt E T Hulaniski will be master of ceremonies. Music by the High School Orchestra and Tabernacle Choir. Addresses by J K Bagley and A W Agee. Benediction by G W Larkin.
A doubleheader at the Deaf and Blind School features a basketball game between Deaf School and High School champions. Keeley and Ba con meet in a wrestling match, with Keeley the Deaf champion and Ba con the High School champion. The Deaf lineup includes W Sralth at center Ted Cuttlefeld and Roberts as guards, Pugh and Belnap as forwards. Lena referees both events for a clean, fair night of competition.
W. FR Wedell reports from Rawhide Nevada that Ogden investors own several properties with new strikes. The Marigold drift hits a vein with seven feet of ore averaging 82.10 per ton, gold stringers run high. The Murray mine shows a five foot vein with reported assays from 3000 to 10000 per ton. Mining engineer Jack Fivon calls the strike the most marvelous ledge seen, widening by four inches.
An eight gallon keg bought by Nefison and a companion was repeatedly stolen and recovered in a few hours. It was moved from a wagon to a livery stable, then to a room on Twenty week street before police located the keg and part of its contents. The case may go to Mondar's police court unless settled out of court.
Fire tore through one of Chilhowle's largest business blocks twenty miles east of Bristol Virginia. Loss estimated at $100000. The blaze damaged the structure and caused significant economic impact on local commerce. Authorities investigated the cause as residents aided firefighting efforts throughout the night.
Receiver Carl Rasmussen files first report in district court detailing lack of complete records, ownership disputes over machinery from Shaw & Co, and assets including an automobile claimed by Franklin P Johnson. Company stock inflated, funds of about 2.48 million in bank deposits, 5.27 million receivables, 66.47 thousand liabilities, total assets about 5.66 million. advisers Agee & McCracken hired to organize chaos with court approval.
Denver visitor HL Brown arrives to meet Wilks at the Elks club Sunday as the group prepares a February fundraiser. The main production The Elks Tooth will open Monday, featuring scenery by Brown and a cast of thirteen plus a chorus. The show promises wit humor tunes and pretty girls with a possible burlesque or "Hot number" to follow.
A playful line noting some people demand formal, engraved reply when opportunity arrives. The quip contrasts brisk access with ceremonial excess, highlighting meticulous politeness as a barrier to timely action.
Gamble & Rotineay of Minneapolis, a noted fruit packing firm, will build a 50 by 100 foot packing house on Twenty street in Ogden with sidetracks. WO. Kay arranged the site and a new track from the Oregon Short Line to the development. The modern packing house will expand rat shipments in the coming season.
Sacred service at the Methodist Church features soloists and ensembles performing Handel selections, hymns, arias, and anthems. Notable items include Largo Anthem Praise Ye the Lord and I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, with Welch Laird Allen and others, plus instrumental solos and a short sermon.
Dr. James E Talmsee of Salt Lake City will speak on An Up to Date Religion at the Tabernacle tomorrow. A musical program follows with organ music at 1 54, selections by the Tabernacle choir, solos and chorus Thou Art the Way by Myrtle Dallanger Delnay and choir.
New York January 20 Operator Jack Binns says he refused several lucrative vaudeville offers in this country. He states he does not want to play a tin god and plans to return to work as a wireless operator after his leave ends, believing that steady labor makes a man.
Fillanbeth City Nova Scotia January 26 Unknown steamship foundered three miles northwest of Nehtstip during a storm. No boats from the steamer or wreckage seen and crew fate unknown. Wind southwest at four miles an hour and light breeze.
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