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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1917
Page
2
A cryptic historic note from The Standard describes a routine publication schedule with routine evenings and odd wording, implying an old local newspaper practice without further context or details.
A wartime column notes soldiers seek wives as loneliness rises. A Honolulu letter from June 17 appeals for correspondents while a soldier plans marriage before deployment. Nostalgia, home comforts, and wartime sentiment drive bids for companionship beside enlistment.
John J. Ingalls of Kanvas penned a poem in prose praising nature and springtime beauty. While visiting Ogden, he proclaimed a vivid scene of valleys and buttercups, imagining grass turning into a blanket for the dead as markets fade and the earth embraces the living.
A Utah Agricultural College bulletin outlines wartime food needs and urges using school-age children for harvest, plus a fruit-drying program led by K Cr Hammond and Professor Mark T. Greene. Meetings across plateau counties will organize efforts to preserve crops, aid Europe, and support canneries with evaporated fruits.
A Utah farmers and canners group urges delaying the start of the school year to October 13 for eighth grade and up. They warn labor scarcity in canning, tomato and other perishable crops and ask the Davis County and Ogden school boards to support a later opening to secure enough help.
Huntsville Homecoming events announced for July 2 to 4, 1917 include travel and scheduling notes. Advertisement fragment lists departure times and party movements with unclear car counts and destinations. אחרות
July 4 report states President Yuan fled the palace in Peking during a coup attempt. Dispatches say Yuan Jung, implicated in General Chang Man’s effort to restore the Manchu dynasty, was captured in Beijing and then released or moved to a foreign irrigation post per Telegraph.
The article describes a Cuba Fourth of July celebration aligned with American independence day. It outlines ceremonies at the Tropicana theater, attendance by Cuban officials and Americans, and participation by military members and bands to honor the alliance and the entrance of Jo nta into the war.
The Havana Red Cross branch led by Mrs. John Draper organized a patriotic stage program featuring songs of both republics and Red Cross imagery on European battlefields. The effort aims to strengthen people to people ties between Cuba and the United States in a shared purpose.
A brief note highlights Hermitage Park as a cool clean place for a relaxing afternoon with varied amusements.
Paris July 4. The Lafayette arm ta corps, composed of Americans, will shortly be transferred from the French to the American army. Arrangements to that effect have just been completed.
London reports limited front activity with heavy artillery duels ongoing at multiple points on the Franco Allied line. No major breakthroughs or changes in positions disclosed by officials.
A dense crowd gathers at Hermitage Park signaling a planned event or public gathering. The note implies collective movement toward the park but provides no further details on purpose, time, or organizers.
Dr Tern Waid Dertbers, a German propaganda figure, addressed a May New York audience urging annexation terms. He advocated restoring German colonies and partition effects as part of a broader demand linked to the Paris negotiations and conservative faction at a hypothetical party convention in New York.
A translated OCR fragment reports that a German official named Hollweg will give a significant address. The notice mentions preparations and a press report by a telegraph service, with reference to Bychinge Delegraph and Pethagen, but the text is garbled and lacks clear dates or locations.
London marks the Fourth of July with flags on Parliament buildings and private structures. Lloyd George supports festivities. Welsh Guards perform American songs and military bands play nationwide. Ambassador and guests attend receptions as American societies host banquets and toasts to King George and President Wilson.
Alfredo Cocchi, implicated as the killer of Ruth Cruger, denies any secret ties to New York police. His statement follows a fresh inquiry by the royal prosecutor, asserting he acted alone and had no police collusion in the exit rumor or investigation.
Advertisement outlines party and homecoming car service for Huntsville from Ogden with multiple departure times on July 2 3 and 4. It lists early morning and evening shuttles, including 7 90 am and 10 30 pm last trains, urging readers to use the service for travel to Ogden and Huntaville.
Annual speedway race offers 19250 in prize money with a 160 mile feature and a consolation event. Most entrants exceed 109 mph in eliminations on the mile and a quarter track. Damioesta won last year at 99 mph. Louis Chevrolet, Charles Kirk, Thomas, Lewin and Mullard are among top contenders for poles and the feature.
Tyrin Cobb of the Detroit Americans extended his hitting streak to thirty three games, driving a two base hit off Cicotte as his first hit of the game. The feat marks his ongoing, remarkable run of safe hits.
Advertisement for Troso Catalans Enerotor work and loose seat components offered by New Century Printing Company. Includes references to vlank hocks and related printing services.
The United States shows a 43 percent rise in motor vehicle registrations from 1915 to 1916, including commercial cars and trucks. Total certified licenses and fees collected amount to 25,965 dollars, used for road maintenance and public works.
Over the past three years motor car registrations and revenues rose sharply. In 1906 about 45,000 cars yielded $190,000 in fees. By 1916 registrations reached 425,865,369.75 totaling nearly 9 percent of rural road and bridge revenues, with about 26 million spent under state highway departments directly.
HH Head, Ogden inventor, was struck in the right eye by steel splinters while working an emery wheel at Ogden Iron Works. Four fragments were removed this morning. He remains unable to open the eye but recovery is expected after splinters are cleared.
London July 4 Emperor Charles of Austria grants amnesty to civilians convicted of distress and other offenses. Dr Benes, arriving from Prague, says the move follows the Turian offensive and will not improve Austria’s political atmosphere. He warns the emperor aims to win broad support but Czechs see the underlying issue and will not be trapped.
Work to tabulate registrations for a draft is carried on in the city hall under City Attorney Jack Littlefield. Extra men added to speed processing as records reach Washington for selections. Officials anticipate trouble identifying those who failed to register and plan government and Secret Service tracing. Dodging the draft will be harshly dealt with.
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