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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1917
Page
8
Kansas City clubs led by Clif ford Lockborn and R A Wester defeated Fred Jostlea and Theodore Drewes in the Missouri Valley Sectional Tennis finals 63 61 75. The patriotic tournament was hosted by Triple A club St Louis with no ties recorded.
Globe Tire Manufacturing of Trenton New Jersey promotes a 6000 mile guarantee on every tire with reports of wear up to 8000 10000 and even more. J B Ulnerd remarks on traction and long life while detailing the tire’s hand rolled rubber saturated fabric and copper tin reinforced strands forming a resilient cable. The article discusses the 13 inch head and the high engineering standard behind the product.
George A. Barry and wife transferred part of the northeast quarter to section 5 township 5 north range 1 west to Myron F. Wade for 1300 dollars in the recorders office, the only real estate transfer noted today.
State officers of the Grand lodge of Utah F O F will visit Oxden Lodge No 5 on Tuesday evening July 3. Odd Fellows are invited to attend. Refraabenenta 18h.
Plans for the annual state convention of the Retail Merchants Association of Utah will be perfected at a July meeting of local members in the First National Bank building Ogden. Fred E Williams of Orden will preside. The day will begin with business sessions in Orden City and close with dinner and an outing at the Hermitage. Jimmy Dale alias the Grey Seal at the Lyceum today.
The Orpheum July 4 card is selling fast with promoter Dilly Glasmann saying demand may exceed capacity. Orders pour in from outside towns as Ogden fans anticipate the best card yet with reduced prices across the house.
The Utah Mineral Paint Company of 2425 Hudson Avenue, backed by Ogden businessmen, opened its new Salt Lake City plant. Initial output includes long barrels of high quality mineral paint priced at $25 per barrel. Joseph Checketts of Ogden built and installed the plant machinery, with the operation touted as one of the west’s few such facilities.
Wartime note reports that Liberty Defender badges for all registered men and National Guard members are arriving from badge makers and will be handed out Wednesday morning to participants in the Big Fourth of July parade. The blue and red pins bear Liberty Defender Weber County Utah July 4 1917. Distributors include Opden’s young women.
Contests set at the Orpheum for July 4 at 3 p.m. featuring White versus Young and Johns’ versus Giher. Tickets are now available for the double bill of youth and local talent.
Wellsville hosts a Fourth of July baseball game pitting the Orden Package and Provision team against the South Cache aggregation. A $75 purse funds the stakes with no admission, aiming to be a feature of the Wellaville celebration. The Mountain Drandera boast a 60 percent win rate this season and are expected to provide a strong challenge in Wellstille.
Color printing catalogs and fine color printing services offered by New Century Printing Co in Provo Utah. Stationery and book making also advertised in this periodical notice.
Everfresh Foods company in this city began its first run of the season with a large batch of peas treated by its special preserving process. W. J. Parker and W. A. Smith stated optimism for the season, noting government food conservation aims and plans to market dried vegetables and reserves. Officials expect record output despite labor and immigration issues, as Utah industrial authorities prepare to coordinate labor and mining regulation.
Ogden will register young women for Home Guard service tomorrow at headquarters Utah National Bank Building between 10 and 2 and 1:30 to 4. Following French example, women expected to sign up en masse to support US war efforts. Mrs Georgiana Marriott notes volunteers will assist as the Young Women's Home Guard aboard. inquiries directed to Mrs Canze or Mrs Nartiott and committee members.
July 2 report from Amterdam notes Dusseldorf unrest with enemy nationals among rioters. Shops were looted and damaged. Police, aided by troops, arrested many as authorities order early closing of saloons and amusements except for city quarter and opera house. Arrests were forbidden in next days.
The state Industrial Commission becomes official under the recent legislature with effect from July 1. It absorbs duties from the former coal mine inspector, immigration and labor, and statistics boards, and gains authority for arbitration and wage dispute settlements. William M Kaerr receives notable credit for guiding settlements during the transition period.
Petrograd witnessed a mass parade as thousands of armed soldiers and delegates marched to the Marsovoe Field. The crowd carried banners denouncing the imperial regime, the duma, and capitalist ministers while advocating for peace and unity among revolutionary factions.
Special care service offered for Glenwood Park every evening from 5 30 to 11 30 with dancing every afternoon and evening.
A New York detective connected to Alfredo Cocchi, the murderer of Muth Cruger, has been warned he may meet a fate similar to Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, murdered in Palermo in 1909. Petrosino headed the Hallan bureau before his assassination and justice followed for his killers.
Virril G. Hinahar, chairman of the national committee of the prohibition party, denounces President Wilson for delaying nationwide prohibition by resisting wine provisions in the food control bill. He predicts national prohibition within thirty days if Wilson’s stance shifts. The garbled text shows publication errors but conveys the protest over prohibition policy and political timelines.
Washington July 2 The country’s housewives begin enrollment as members of the food administration via state defense councils and the national council women’s committee. Dr Ray Lee Wilbur says enrollment should finish in two weeks with each housewife signing and mailing a pledge to follow food economy directives. A reader asks if it is a food dictatorship while a Pittsburgh Post reader comments on Gertrude Atherton.
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