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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1918
Page
8
Dorothy Dix cautions against breaking up a marriage for money by staying in a hotel to avoid relatives. She explains the moral value of keeping a private home despite financial strain and pressure from family. The piece notes how relatives crowd in after marriage, sparing no privacy as couples seek shelter.
The author laments family demands and intrusive visits from relatives making city life unaffordable. They describe constant guests, costly entertainment expectations, and depleted finances. A call for a closed season on visits appeals to young couples seeking privacy and frugal living, urging readers to write on the subject.
A brief note recalls the departing soldier boys who visited the bath colleges the last morning before leaving. They enjoyed a clean hot plunge and a refreshing cool shower recently installed. Pleasant dreams to the boys as they leave for new duties, with a cordial farewell from the community.
At a Monday meeting the city commissioners reviewed the largest payroll in Ogden's history. City Auditor Arthur F. Larson presented 16 1412.72 for approval due mainly to pay raises for employees amid wartime conditions. Distribution covered Auditor's office, Public Safety, Parks and Public Property, Streets and Public Improvements, Muncipal Claims, and Waterworks. An application to transfer a license for a Twenty fifth Street drink parlor was granted, named in the writ.
A Philadelphia pamphlet by Samuel Tea, head of the Pennsylvania State-led system, urges 200000 employees to support wartime food conservation. It claims cooperation with the food administration and calls for personal sacrifice to protect supply, stressing households should eat only needed amounts and produce provisions at home while conserving national resources.
Washington reports rush action on federal control of communications infrastructure. Cabinet members push Manifold resolution giving president power to seize telegraph, telephone, and radio systems, with military oversight. Debates center on necessity, scope, and permanent government involvement versus private ownership.
Veteran performer Big Bill Hart headlines The Cold Deck at the Cozy today and tomorrow with a bold turn in a brisk card trick drama and a sharp vaudeville act featuring axed humor and a fast paced finale.
The Alamo committee reported Monday that Slater villa joined county towns in increasing their subscriptions. Chairman Driggs called for 100 additional donors to raise $1,090 each to top the Alamo drive. Weber and Ogden aim to meet the $248,100 apportionment, still about $100,000 short, as the Thousand Dollar Club added Blaise G. Glexman, Dr. H. M Howe, and J. P. Ravkin.
In Ogden the Fourth of July celebration is to be observed as the "Rane" Fourth under a mayoral order. City commissioners debated the plan at their Monday meeting. The discussion referenced Sec. 254 of chapter 30, prohibiting discharge of fireworks without written mayoral permission, with Mayor Browning supporting a quiet celebration to avoid explosives concerns.
City commissioner announces that property owners have five days to remove dead trees from parkways along city streets or the city will remove them at the owners’ expense. The call stresses the obligation to keep property frontage tidy and notes trees should have been cleared long ago.
In the district court of Weber county Utah the petition of John August Jonesentet requests an order changing his name from John August deneschell to Tata August Joaness. The hearing is set before Judge A W Agee on Monday July 29 at 1 o clock in the county courthouse Ogden City. Clerk Ramby certifies the document dated June 26 3238 with deputy Julia Flygare assisting.
Ogden Petroleum Company announces delinquent stock notices listing shareholders and amounts due. Describes auction of stock at office 354 24th Street Ogden Utah on the seventh day of July at 10 a.m. with costs and expenses of sale. Reading appears as a formal public notice from secretary treasurer Glasmany.
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