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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1916
Page
5
Residents of Farr West invite nearby communities to a July Fourth program starting at 10 30 a m with patriotic entertainment including musical numbers dramatic readings and speeches. A noon feed and a carnival of sports follow, featuring a Pal City vs Warrissile baseball game at 1 p m and various events for adults and children.
The Ogden week program features daily attractions across Oracle Lyceum and Alhambra listings with Francis Yord, Grace Cunard, Antonio Moreno, Charlie Chaplin, Marguerite Courtain, and Myrna Steadman among others. Feature days include Thursday and Friday at Oracle, with varied films and comedies, wedding drama, and adventures across multiple venues.
Lyceum listings include Hin Masterpiece and The World's Great Snare at 11, plus vaudeville acts and at the Utah venue Chaplin announced. PROMINENT CITIZEN OF SALT LAKE DIES Georen Canning, mining and wool interests leader, born Windsor England 1845, long active in civic duties, death noted with details of Masonry event pending.
A giant farm show travels by line and features hundreds of performers and exotic animals. White Cloud with the Acbingon and John Robinson’s Tents promise a grand street parade with four bands and ornate chariots. The big tent performances include elegant elephants acrobats trained riders and clowns. Special acts list the famed $25,000 Arabian stallion and Major Littlefinger with wife among other attractions.
A scenic photo play adaptation titled Nathaniel Hawthorne's Pretty Story promises a lively two reel comedy with Babel and Fatty. The Utah theater features this sensational love tale alongside Fourth of Duty and Charlie Chaplin in fret knockout comedy today and tomorrow.
About fifteen cars are arranged to join the Motorists excursion to the Grand Canyon on August 6. Sidney Smith and ER Cannady plan to accompany the party with options to camp out along the way. The route includes Kanab Hurricane Virgin Little Zion Canon and a return via Hurricane with potential side trips to St. George for the famed Zion scenery.
The people of June will celebrate the Fourth of July in the county. A morning program of music and speeches is planned, starting at 1 p.m. A baseball game is mentioned following the events.
Hoy and Slinton teams will play a game and a track program labeled y2rara will fill the afternoon. Other features include a please luncheon and a dance to close the program.
Ogden City announces a prohibited district for discharging firecrackers bounded by 27th Street, 2nd Street, Adaimy Avenue, and Wall Avenue. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law per Chief T. E. Browning.
Fagle Pass Texas July 2 Curtailment of traffic between the United States and Mexico due to the present situation is already causing the pinch of hunger throughout the southern republic. Late arrivals from Mexico say men close to Mexican affairs believe General Carranza cannot feed his troops longer than three months if the United States blocks the porte and stops food shipments across the border. In six months the country would be in famine according to estimates widely circulated.
San Diego radio reports Buffalo with over 300 American refugees aboard from west Mexican ports nearing San Diego and due to dock before night. The Buffalo's last port was Mazatlan. Admiral Winslow is aboard at Mazatlan with other ships in the harbor. The remaining evacuees are distributed among west coast Mexican ports.
A fragmentary report notes a message from West Branch claiming welcoming of Mexican forces after initial refusals and alleging unpatriotic opposition to Captain MacGregor. The note, attributed to the West Branch Commercial Club, mentions armed men and a warning about wartime mobilization.
In the first six months of the year there were 25 lynchings nationwide with 2 whites and 73 Negroes involved in mob acts. Eight victims died in Georgia. Charges were brought for attacks on women as discussions from Tuskegee Institute and Montgomery, Alabama, context.
Datdport Iowa July 2 Captain J MacGregor of the Iowa National Guard urged members to take the federal oath. Notice of sale of personal property estate of William Slater deceased lists shares in Huntevilla Irrigation Company and a promissory note, mortgage on six acres in Davis County Utah, sale terms cash with 6 percent interest, date June 26 1916, sole administrator Joseph H. Smite, attorney SC Richards.
A week of costly assaults on Russian lines between the Stokhed and Styr rivers yields limited gains for Austro German forces, advancing at most five miles eastward in some sectors toward the Biyr as Russians hold firm awaiting Letchitsky’s Bukowina sweep. Russians meanwhile progress southwestward about 16 miles while Austrians retreat toward the Carpathians.
Washington reports two encounters near San Diego and Monts Crists as American marines clash with revolutionist bands. Private Mills of the Thirty first company was killed at Old Camino Steal during an advance on Santiago. Lieutenant D C Rober and Trumpeter Julius Goldsmith were wounded, and First Sergeant Fernando Harrier was seriously wounded. A marine detachment clashed with revolutionaries twenty five miles from Santiago. many killed or wounded at Monte Crist.
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