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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1917
Page
2
News from Salt Lake City reports the death of a local boy serving with Allied forces in France. The article notes war dispatches extend to every region where modern communications reach, describing the global impact of casualties as unfathomably severe.
The article argues against a seizure clause in a Young Prohibition bill, claiming it harms liberty traditions. It defends search and seizure limits as necessary but criticizes critics who cry foul, saying true liberty requires tolerating lawful safeguards and resisting alarmist rhetoric.
A clipped discussion of immigration and literacy tests with references to congressional action and presidential vetoes. The Salt Lake Tribune and The Standard are cited as part of the evolving public argument. The piece notes opposition to the Wilson veto and the complexities of evaluating literacy and eligibility for immigration.
An editorial in the New York World is cited by the Butte Miner, noting how outsiders describe New York as the nation’s biggest hick town while insiders reveal a more complex view. The piece argues New Yorkers themselves can be provincial, ignorant of the West, and overly self-satisfied despite pride in their metropolis.
The president argues literacy tests would mostly penalize lack of opportunity while shaping immigration from southern Europe. He cites education as a key motive for settlers and warns the tests could admit the worst elements, contrasting humanitarian ideals with practical nation-building concerns.
Date from Owaha January 77 states E E Calvin president of the Union Pacific railroad presents the memorandum to Standard with figures for 197. The plan calls for over 25 million dollars in annual outlays including 9.3 million for new rail and fittings 4 million for new double track 3 million for shops roundhouses and machinery and 1.6 million for miscellaneous improvements. In the states Nebraska Wyoming Utah Missouri Kansas Colorado total 17 million will be spent with 23 million for improvements and betterments plus operating costs. The report argues large railroad systems following this example could ease trade congestion and provide work for laborers even if the war ends soon.
The fragmentary text from Weeninkon Star hints at a dialogue with an anxious young AI and a cautious father in law. A second source, the Hasion Transcript, mentions a First Girl and a puzzled biology query about shopping and beyond.
New York stock market showed a partial rebound to 142 1-5 in early trading amid uneven strength and fading after the Ulric movement, with renewed interest in alcohol and copper sectors and weaker bond activity on foreign restive sales. In Omaha, hogs rose with receipts at 32,000. cattle and sheep also higher with varied prices across native steers, cows, westerns, yearlings, lambs and feeders. additional monthly quotes appear for midsize livestock values.
The session saw 66,600 shares traded on the mining exchange with generally steady prices. Notable moves include Blossom at 1.30, Paloma strong at 1 1 2, Tintle Standard near 1 1 2, Sella around 32 1-2 to 33 cents, and Tab Baby as the day’s heaviest with 7000 shares. Numerous issues across Antelope Star to Deseret National varied in small lots, with several bids and asks recorded throughout the morning and early trades.
A jumble of commodity bids and asks across firms such as Acasigamated Sugar Cement Src and Utah Power shows numerous figures like 232 aaked 118 asked and 513.50 bid. Intermixed are stray phrases and a quoted literary line about proposing marriage, including a question about her father and shaking a hand, with no clear narrative.
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