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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1915
Page
2
Publication details announce daily editions in Ogden City with monthly and yearly rates and a policy that subscribers can discontinue at end of paid period by notifying the publisher. The notice explains how to stop delivery and cautions against resentment when a paper is continued beyond a reader’s wish.
Salt Lake mining men begin to get interested in the mine fields west of Ogden at Promontory Point, a promising site noted by Promontory Point promoters and local prospectors.
The era’s financial and strategic notes discuss a new district industrial base with a smelter near Promontory Point and possible rail links, plus US moves to bolster war readiness by hiring experts for submarine screens and gun factories. An unrelated migration study links rodent behavior to plague spread, noting trapping results and recapture rates in New Orleans.
The piece urges forcibly ending miners’ strikes in Wales under the Munitions War Act as essential to Britain’s war mobilization. It compares Britain to Germany’s wartime unity under the Kaiser and argues for total national sacrifice, including enforcement against strong drink, to aid France and the war effort.
A New York financier warns the war devastates world finances and upends the credit order. The yearly cost nears twenty million dollars with Europe unable to pay in merchandise, prompting schemes to settle debts and shifting capital flows toward the United States. Britain faces heavy obligations, war orders swell, and foreign exchange pressures reshape trade and investment as autumn shipments loom.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a Vitagraph night at the Alhambra with garbled names and apparent references to a front-gainer and trolley, but the readable facts are limited and unclear.
Evangelist Booth speaks on a modern prophecy at Washington avenue and Twenty-fifth street, urging belief in the truth of Revelation and the gospel as the path to the end times. He warns against worship of the beast and calls for reverence to God, with an invitation for a study titled The United States in Prophecy. The Ogden NOW reports a dramatic setting described as a train wreck and a thousand thrills.
The Weber County clerk reported a June 1 balance of 8 480.06 and total receipts of 10 298 19. General fund 577 31 poor fund 2llBB salary fund 1 216 27 Mothers fund 4 816 08. Disbursements include general fund 4 5 39 42 poor fund 12h 0 0 and salary fund 270 08. Balance on hand June 8 9 dd 2010 286 12. A cinema listing follows for Alhambra tonight with a four subject three reel feature.
The city board reports protests against opening Butler Avenue between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets and recommends an ordinance authorizing a tax levy for the expense. A unanimous vote supports passage. The city auditor approves warrants totaling 1953.82 for street lighting for the month. Waterworks extension petition on Thirtyeth Street is referred to the water superintendent. A fire hydrant petition for Stephens between Thirty-seventh and Montague streets is noted.
July 12 report notes Illness of Chirag head of the Chetett En Heitor union kept from attending the convention. Telegram from Sagamore Beach Maine to Hon. Van Meter mentions Mr Clark and fever subsiding briefly before another complication deepened concerns.
Fragmentary notes describe a Vitagraph program showing at Ashambra tonight including a stinging insect mockup and various comedies. The text mixes stray phrases about remedies and performances with unclear names and actions, rendering parts unreadable.
Ogden NOW promotes Earle Williams and Anne Stewart in their acclaimed railroad drama The Juggernaut. A standout production, the show headlines tonight at the Ogden with admission 5 cents and 1 cent concession.
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