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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
3
Random references describe a Fourth of July event with a ball game at 10 am, a drawing for prizes, music by local acts, and community plans. It notes officials and traffic arrangements, a wholesale trip, and a marriage license issued for Frederick Patin and Marty Loner along with general town happenings and attractions.
Fragmentary OCR text covers Ogden items from fashion to theater and notices. It mentions hats and millinery sales at Wrights, legal notices including divorce actions, dances and public events, Chamber of Commerce day at Sylvan Park, and local court proceedings including embezzlement and child protection issues. Names and places include Wright's millinery, Sylvan Park, and local officials. dates reference July and July 4 events, with community ads and notices intermixed with fragmented quotes.
Readable facts include a court hearing fragment with Hattie Ingen and references to testimony, adjournment until 2 30, plus scattered names like Weber and Met Workington. Also visible are old ads showing rent, office space, and various goods, creating a garbled market and legal notice page.
A lively advert tells of My Joe Wright's sale offering garments to youngsters who return Wright's tokens. The piece notes daily deliveries and a rush on goods as prices drop. buyers are urged to act before the sale ends with all stock deeply reduced.
A chaotic ad for an Electric Theater showing Spirit of 76 features a dramatic gunboom rolling drums and martial music. It urges viewers to feel at home in America and to follow the Blond aus as they respond to the patriotic scene.
A Farmington court heard a defamation dispute over a claim involving a Western Bottling Company. The case centered on $2.75 worth of bottles allegedly shipped by Bimmwettle Lagoon and claims of moss contamination. Twelve witnesses testifies supported the defense that Western Bottling never used another company’s bottles at Logan.
A fragmented notice announces a grand drawing at Greamland on Monday June 6th. It mentions tickets for the event and the upcoming feature but the text is incomplete and several details are unreadable.
Ogden July 1 1908 Board of Education proposes bonds of 75000 for a new high school. The plan includes a modern building with departments in business training domestic science biology gymnasium and laboratories plus an addition to Pingry School with sanitary updates and new sewer connections. A new school in the northeastern town area and remodeling of Brant and Madison rooms are also planned with a swing sanitary condition for all schools. Voters urged to approve bonds in Ogden City.
The Big Four County Fair Legon event promotes road improvement with W J Macerton urging Salt Lake Automobile Club members to attend Lagoon on July 3 to discuss cooperation. Automobiles, wagons, and vehicles will receive placards announcing the Lagoon meeting to rally Ogden Salt Lake motorists for action.
In a police court session several defendants faced charges from trespass to assault. Smith paid a $10 fine after being punished for an incident involving a grip and a dispute over ownership. Harvey Ankinson pled guilty to a related charge. J Van Zweden was alleged to have attacked a young man. he was accused of striking and injuring him. Proceedings noted postponed sentences and a general call for restraint while arrest counts were watched.
Washington dates a treasury notice seeks a loan between 2.0 and 2.5 million dollars of reserve stone held in depository banks with a maturity of July 15. The call comes from the secretary of the treasury and indicates a funding need for governmental operations.
At Harriman system headquarters in Ogden officials deny claims that heavy reductions are coming this month across Southern Pacific lines. They insist all departments have operated below cost recently but will not cut staff at Ogden or major Pacific Coast hubs. Traffic increases east west and north south require more workers to handle shipments efficiently.
Myron Herrick received Sherman at the station after an illness en route from Cincinnati to Cleveland. Sherman, ill with gall stones, was moved to Lakeside hospital and briefly considered for surgery but improved temporarily with drugs. Attending lawyer Halstead, long in poor health, died after a day of family hopes.
Special Officer FH Stone and Brown, aided by Conlon, captured two suspects on the Southern Pacific last night. The pair hid in a shallow dug hole and left telltale clues above ground before their arrest near Jackson. Police recovered most loot, valued around $60, and noted the thieves had dug into the desert to elude detection.
Notice states grocery stores will close at day and meat markets will open Saturday the Fourth. Merchants Association urges shoppers to do trading Friday as all stores will be open late.
The following real cattle transfers have been recorded in the County Recorder Wallace, Hans Peter Borg and also to Reith 8 Turham, the north half of the darkweat quarter of the southeast quarter of section 28, township 5, range 1 west. Consideration, $0. Weber County to O A Roemer and client to park at tat 7, block 0a Gylen City sites. Consideration, 7. Bi.
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