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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1919
Page
8
Readers are urged that nuxated iron strengthens blood by boosting red cell production, rebuilding nerves, and restoring energy. The ad claims successful men and women gained stamina after two weeks of iron tablets, with eager exhortations to test strength and endurance through daily activity.
Police and sheriff reports describe a $256 loss and a gold watch after William Kent of Lincoln Avenue was robbed by a man in dark clothing with red hair and a gas pipe. A prisoner answering the description escaped near Rock Springs last night, with a $100 reward offered for recapture. The escape and freight train arrival at Ogden suggest the suspect may have reached Odlen and targeted Kent.
The preliminary hearing in the state of Utah against John Jefferson for assault with a deadly weapon was postponed due to lack of eye witnesses. Terrell testified that Jefferson approached and stabbed him multiple times, leaving a bloodstained coat with knife marks as evidence.
The city commission voted to raise the Martha Society Home allowance from $30 to $50 monthly after a committee appeal. The group urged greater county and state support, noting disparities with Salt Lake and Salt Lake Orphans’ Home funding, and announced a field day at Graycliff on July 14 hosted by Mrs Thomas D. Dee.
The federal employment service office in Ogden, run by H. W. Deckett Sr., shut down by order from Utah headquarters in Salt Lake City. After two years of helping hundreds find work, lack of federal funding led to the closure, with Beckett directing storage of office furniture in the federal building.
Weber County and Ogden City commissions form a committee to study solutions to the Route water shortage. Members from Weber County Farm Bureau include J. McGay, J. R. Reus, and J. L. Robson. Ogden Valley, south west, and Weber sections are represented by McGay, Reus, and Hobson. Weber County Commission names M. P. Brown and Ogden names A. T. Wright and City Recorder Joseph Tracy. First meeting time to be set this afternoon or tomorrow morning. aims include selecting a chair and starting preliminary business. Proposed options include conveying water from Wear river through canals and building reservoirs to store water for drought periods.
Postmaster General announces Order 5209 guiding telephone companies under wartime control. Workers may bargain individually or through elected reps, with designated officials to bargain within five days. Protection against discrimination for union membership, with reinstatement or compensation if unjustly dismissed or demoted. Disciplinary action for noncompliance by officials.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers announces a labor resolution ordering full pay for time lost and reimbursement for losses, with telephone firms to designate officials to handle grievances and wage discussions. Employees remote from headquarters are advised to use official channels or contact George F. Kollis in Ogden or the IBEW headquarters for representation.
Five-cent carfare will start in Denver next Saturday after a council approved ordinance repealing the six-cent tramway fare. Street car workers threaten a wage cut response as the system plans to resume 12-16 dollar wages. Meanwhile in Sydney Nova Scotia journeymen return after 23 days on strike, settling at 65 cents an hour for eight hours.
Toledo July 1 Tex Rickard promoter of the Willard Dempsey heavyweight championship paid 30000 as an advance on the promised 7 percent of gross gate receipts to Toledo charities. The money was a float payment to C F Wall chief of the Toledo boxing commission and director of public wel fare. Willard will box again Wednesday afternoon after light workouts today.
Neighbor Aikens funeral announced for Thursday at 1:30 PM at WW hall. Guardian Alice Smalley of Burleson informs neighbors of Windsor Canada postal workers receiving double pay for holiday work and a 44 hour work week with a half day each week.
Washington July 1 The judiciary committee plans to report next Wednesday on wartime prohibition enforcement to halt beer sales. Leaders say if reported earlier the bill would pass the house and go to the senate. Also noted a new Portland pact sets a minimum weekly wage of 240 for bakers and confectionery salesmen earning under 300.
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