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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1906
Page
3
Random references describe merchants from Bramwell Grocery Wish Stationery and Burton Implement Co offering wagons buggies and hardware. Edits note visits from Oklahoma, New York, and Utah firms, sales events and contests, hotel and restaurant promotions, and social gatherings with several named local residents and businesses in Ogden.
A garbled OCR page reports multiple items from Ogden and surrounding areas. Mentions a marriage license jailed case for Preston A. Blait and Julia C. Nash son of Ogden, a damage suit involving Fred L. Kelver and Oregon Short Line Railroad over a loaned horse, a case of Kamnett Emmerion vs Marinus Johanson, a military department party chaperoned by Mrs. Kvesheth Skelter, a trip of T. Dy Jolngon to Tennessee, a forecast of good midwestern crop yields, an injunction against stock brokers, a man named John O’Holmke injured after a fall from a window, a Mormon church case before Leon 4 Hatt Lake, a Sergeant Chambert returning from Weber canyon, and John V. Nelson receiving a certification to aid Commanders Tanner.
A switch engine derailed in the railroad yards around 9 this morning near Fosoliing, tearing up rails and damaging property. Engineer Innes Brown and Fireman Walter Clark were shaken but not seriously hurt. the Allman car occupants escaped injury as repairs began with a crane to place the engine back on track.
In Faymington, Judge Howell sentenced James Burns and another man to fifteen years apiece in the penitentiary for violent crimes. Burns pleaded not guilty to the charge, while an accomplice pled guilty after a failed leniency hope. Samuel E. Daman was found guilty of an aggravated assault on a cousin. The sentenced prisoners were taken by Sheriff James Ware to the penitentiary.
A blaze from the power house at the canyon mouth summoned the department at 12 3b. by arrival the shed had burned, a barn and part of the engineer's residence were damaged. Several chickens and a load of bay were lost. Origin undetermined. workers unable to locate a pezz r, employed at the tower house, to halt the emergency hose. Damage estimated at 237.
Prof Langdell Obad Langdell of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, died suddenly at his home from heart disease. Born in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, in 1826, he held the title and was a noted professor in the field related to genee ruin.
Mrs. Jane E Rankin sues Ogden Rapid Transit for 5000 claiming a car stop caused her to fall on Washington avenue. She alleges the conductor signaled a man causing the car to move suddenly, throwing her to the ground and injuring her. Rankin is listed as president of the company. An excursion notice to Salt Lake via Grande Western is included.
A plan by Madan Worthwestern and WII to build a model village for smelter workers at its Fal Springs plant. About 300 men will be employed. cottages will be provided, and Ogden Northwestern will electrify transit with a half hour schedule. Work on the plant progresses rapidly with heavy machinery being installed in July.
Ogden Rapid Transit denies an immediate canyon road plan and says work may start in winter with spring aims. President Eccles cites need for extended service, more motive power, and weatherless progress as risks, while winter trials and rock work dominate the schedule.
The report notes substitutions in drivers and Teazer winning the fourth heat. Ed Loose offered a $82,000 wager at $1,000 that Vesta G would win three straight heats against Teazer within a week, but no one bet. Heat results include Teazer at 2:26, Vesta 2:??, and Teazer 2:25. A mile pace match between Onward F and Rick saw Onward F win two heats. A quarter mile dash gave Lite Phil first, Mary Breed, Chapple took the fresh race, Weldon third.
In Ogden a July Fourth showcase featured Birch Twig racing to 2:19 1-2 in the feature event. He led the first quarter in 31 seconds and the half in 1:20.4, with Tarver clocking 1:45 in a strong effort. Read, guiding his horse, steadied the sulky and finished 2:44 for the final stretch. The crowd cheered wildly as Vesta C and Teeter paced the field in later heats before the result was disputed.
Arrests for shooting precrackers during Fourth of July celebration lead to court appearances. Judge Murphy reads names of boys Leary Deveney Anderson, charged for firing in restricted area. they are discharged after brief detentions. Adults Mack and Terrington, disabled, receive sentences. Venat pleads poker, fined. Henry Lent confesses to white men violence on schooner Wilmington. presidential clemency discussed for others connected to the case.
Fragmented OCR item reports a sensational trial with a Black coachman as key figure. Names and places are garbled, but reference to a national trial and a banker manufacturer appears. The readable parts suggest courtroom drama and political tension within a distant locale.
Court records show a divorce action against Mary Hertle and a conspiracy claim involving her husband. Detective Hetington filed informations before Alderman King on April 18. Warrants for the case have not yet been tried and no action was taken by the District Attorney, while the co respondent a colored coachman is awaiting trial on perjury charges connected to the proceedings.
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