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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1919
Page
3
Cooks and waiters local 581 schedules Friday evening January 31 at 8 30 pm. All members are expected to attend to handle important business. John J Foley secretary.
The note lists contact routing for subscriptions and advertising in Cal Phone No B44. It reads as a terse departmental directive without additional context or actions. No individuals, dates, or places are specified beyond the department names.
Random references describe marriage licenses for Charles Be. Yrance and Emma Elley Downward in Centerville and Myrtle Crouch with Dirk Van De Graal in Ogden. Court suits include mortgage foreclosures for 2600 dollars and 184.36 dollars owed, plus preclosure actions on loans totaling 3150 dollars. Additional items mention employment requests, veterans releases, property listings, and local advertisements in the Ogden area.
In the nilii of 30000 he claims his left leg was lost in an accident in the defendant yards at Turley. Wasted at the Standard office Cream Putts. Greenwall's Bakery advertises fresh cream. M. Saunders of the Sixth ward announces a fast day service with baptism following next Sunday. Ed Munsey, proprietor, was arrested for selling cigarettes to boys under 21 and faces court. The Hotel Cafe is now open to the public. Wanted two hundred women and girls for evening at a pool.
In an interview, Engineer Trogg of Ogden City staff argues Utah public improvement laws are obsolete and burdensome. He cites below market warrant rates, heavy discounts, and market illiquidity, urging a new bill to allow par or above par warrants, improve tax and interest collections, and simplify bond repayment to ensure reliable payments for funded projects.
Private Joseph Draney writes to his brother George M. Draney from a hospital in Washington state after injuries. He recalls Ogden days, Christmas plans, and wartime hardship, noting he hopes to return to Ogden soon and expressing relief the war is over for him. He arrived in New York January 24 and is on his way home.
W J Taylor chief clerk in Ogden announces tomorrow's start for a three-division Ogden to San Francisco railway mail route. The trip will be two days instead of five, with the clerk at home every third day. Routes run Ogden to Imlay Nevada, Imlay to Trecked Cal, and Trecked to San Francisco.
A large Weber Club audience hears Professor H. Clark of the university urge a League of Nations as the path to democracy and global stability. He critiques old balance of power ideas and argues economic and security benefits, warning against a return to arms and national vanity.
Investors including Francie X. McQuade and John J. Bee Graw back a vast wager on baseball’s return. The New York Giants and others reportedly commit around 8 million dollars amid a buoyant belief in the sport’s future.
In a speech at the Tabernacle, Professor Clark argues nations should pursue arbitration and cooperation through a League of Nations rather than war. He criticizes war supporters for indebting the world and promoting dispeace, urging Americans to back peaceful international action and to pressure senators and Congress to endorse such a league. He notes public sentiment across Europe supports the idea.
The state prosecutes William Hansen for assaulting his wife Elvira Hansen during a contested divorce in a Missoula court. The quarrel escalated after he snatched a telephone and knocked her against a wall as she tried to summon help. Mrs Hansen fled the home and has since feared for her safety.
A brief note records a threat to harm a woman, with Munken fined $20 by the county judge and a jail sentence of zero days if payment is not made. The entry notes no further penalties or active confinement.
Mrs Lockeyliza Hurnette 58 wife of Bishop Duramie died after cancer at home 3079 Twenty-second Street Ogden. She joined the LDS Church in 1802 in Virginia and moved to Utah in 1913. Survived by husband and six children in Virginia North Carolina Los Angeles and Ogden. Funeral Sunday 12 noon at ward meetinghouse. Burial Ogden City Cemetery.
A fragmentary account profiles Dr James Alexander Hanshall of Cincinnati known as the Apostle of the Black Bass. It notes his long habit of fishing, aging vigor, and his stance against younger anglers, highlighting his influence and experiments in bass fisheries.
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