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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
3
The column lists varied local items from Ogden including dance tickets at Hermitage Grove, military enlistments and postings at Marine and Navy offices, moves of residents such as Mr. Singermann and Miss Erwin, a photographer and floral ads, a Royal Cafe hours listing, a barnyard and grazing report, a police ball arrest, a Tremonton wedding, stock movements, tax actions, and city officials processing notices amid wartime updates.
A fragmented notice advertises yellow ice cream buckets and directs readers to contact Brown Tee Cream Company via phone for more details. The message is garbled but centers on obtaining or ordering yellow ice cream buckets and arranging a call.
Twelve dogs killed. Leater G. Faulkner reports safe arrival in France after training at Kelly Field. Evelyn Giasmaan and George Daker departed for Los Angeles to visit uncles at Camp Kearny. Marriage notice: George E. Mumphrey and Lilian R. Moore wed at Moonsant View courthouse by Justice Pelerran.
An American patrol squadron engaged a German patrol of equal strength and shot down four of the enemy. The action occurred Monday and Tuesday during a night raid against troop and munition movements near Hamidon as Allied planes pursued a key highway, with American pilots leading the dive and returning for ammunition.
Salt Lake City July 17. A past commander of Utah GA R who remains active in the United States Army has kept a wartime garden with notable success. His plot won second prize in the city community war gardens contest. He grew a 275 by 65 foot garden this summer with vegetables thriving. A flag ceremony attended by GA R and Retired corps members acknowledged the effort. He credited consistent work after planting as key to victory and praised perseverance over age and hardship.
London dispatch says the Bolshevik government refused permission for any foreign troops to enter Moscow, after Germany sought to move a battalion toward the capital. The embassy reported the reply barred entry to Moscow.
A large crowd in Saratoga Springs gathers to greet Colonel Roosevelt at a convention hall. Cheers erupt as a band plays The Star Spangled Banner while Roosevelt moves toward the rostrum amid mounting excitement.
Draft examining physicians departed with lists of selectees for general military service. Names include Fletcher Haws Tour Walter J. Armstrong George W. Tearien Jawreore Willi Riehweda and Herman J. Swanson. One registrant trained for Fort Riley Kan. Addresses cited: Irving at 2231 Grant Avenue and Contest at 268 Twenty MT street.
Prof Marcellin Smith of the Ogden school has been notified to report in San Francisco on July 22 after enlisting in the naval reserves as a second class musician. He will travel from London to arrive by 9 PM on the 22nd, receiving transport and meal allowances, and will remain briefly before joining her husband in the city.
Representatives of nearly twenty Weber county Daughters of the Pioneers gathered at Tagdon for an outing and reunion. About 500 members and friends were expected, with a program including speeches by Samuel G. Dye and the Farley sisters, patriotic music, and a Salt Lake visit. Excursionists rode the 1340 and 230 electric cars, with Hamburger Co special excursion rates and a rebate on purchases above a set amount.
Italian escapees from Austrian press into Allied lines arrive in San Francisco under U S War Department care. The group led by Baron Affotth of Italy includes Czecho Slovaks Lithuanians and Hungarians seeking the Italian front, with a portion destined for Taute home.
PAMS July 18 reports a morning attack by General Mangin with infantry and tanks. The front was pushed without artillery preparation, supported by a burrage fire, breaching enemy lines and rapidly advancing. Villers-Colterots is reported as virtually cleared.
Three enemy aircraft were shot down this morning by American fliers in the Toul sector. Pilot Eugene Jones of Chicago and A O Tobin of San Antonio, Texas, reported six German planes destroyed. First Lieutenant Maeld Taghant of Newton, Massachusetts, assisted with confirmed victories.
A Maui paper reports widespread use of thousands of school boys from Miuwani drafted to farm labor during summer vacation. The government orders and plantation demands push youth to work on Mangatons and other plantations, amid labor shortages and calls for a royal branch to oversee reform.
The Madison school summer program closes tomorrow after six weeks. About 100 students enrolled, many needing to improve failed grades. Principal Underwood supervised the session held at the Madison building.
Manager Christensen announces the Lagoon continuous dance program postponed from Tuesday night due to the 145th Artillery Band Concert will be held this week on Pris Way. Wilzell's Jazzy Band and the Ogden Municipal Band will furnish the music and an extended program is promised.
The article warns of a smooth tongued solicitor scam in Ogden promoting a charity sub scription drive for the Morning Breeze. A boy claims to support a widowed mother and promises prizes up to 135 dollars plus per new subscriber, questioning who profits and noting the charity appeal may be a ruse.
Society items note a cradle roll entertainment at the church parlors from 2:20 to when the program and refreshments will be served. The Ladies Auxiliary to the Order of Red Cross meets at 7:30. Members with children in cradle roll age invited. Mrs. Wytiner presiding at Salt Lake City meeting. Ogden affiliates plan attendance. Walter Page, Misericay ambassador, returns to London after months away. health improved. New York bell orders for Bastiane celebration of Allied advance on French front.
In New York City at 2 30 in the afternoon church bells rang out to announce a great American and French victory. Khan whistles and other signals joined the cheers creating a genuine awakening of the American spirit in Gatien with a wide celebration.
Amalgamated Sugar Company manager T C King asked the city commission for a franchise to erect an automatic loading platform and machine on West Second Street. The request was sent to Commissioner Chris Flygare for investigation amid questions of whether the city has authority to grant such a franchise and concerns about sidewalk obstruction. Officials noted the proposed dump site is lightly used and may allow a workaround to permit erection without public inconvenience.
Logan boys and girls organize a garden club drive to feed soldiers in training at Utah Agricultural College. Surplus Logan vegetables are sent twice weekly to Calder Smith, club supervisor, then to the college. First shipment weighed 180 pounds of string beans 100 pounds turnips 90 pounds beets 15 pounds carrots. Over 300 gardens are cared for with prizes and an upcoming garden display featuring squash corn tomatoes sugar beets cauliflower and cabbage.
Weber club members and Masons will attend the funeral for William Van Alen, with services Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Ma sonic lodge. Interment follows at Ogden City Cemetery in Ogden canyon district. Van Alen died at his Ogden home after a paralysis Wednesday evening.
Men drafted into service today by the army recruiting office include John J Grandin an engineer in Ogle and Charles P L Connor from the miscellaneous corps. Jack B West of Ogden joined after turning the year with his enlistment.
TL. W. Deckett Sr of the United States employment services received an order for the crews. Four machinists, thirteen moulders, one coppersmith, eight riveters, eight chippers and coughers to be sent to the shipyards in San Francisco Thursday night.
Four Chinese restaurant proprietors Morris Wong John Dee Lee Wong Keo and Lye Young arraigned in police court on a new amended city ordinance prohibiting booths in eating places. Attorney AL G Horm defends them as prior ruling by Judge A G Pratt denied the action. Protests during a city commission session, with remarks by John Spargo owner of Vienna cafe building, about perceived persecution of Chinese. Judge Reed cautions equal enforcement for other violations, while officials discuss investigations into booth presence and possible further arrests. Bail set at 100 dollars each. hearings scheduled for Monday.
The K C K Club of Ogden, founded in 1910, sent 40 of 60 members to active duty during World War I. By September 1, most will be gone, leaving five. Members serve in all branches, including the 145th Utah Field Artillery and aviation, with leaders noting the club will reopen postwar as a stronger youth organization. The group was dissolved, with furniture stored for homecoming. Officers listed.
Allied forces under General Foch launch a wide attack from Belleau on the Aisne to the Marne front. French mosquito tanks support the offense, aiming to break the German salient with rapid advances of up to two miles and prisoners reported. American troops are among those engaged along the forested front near Soissons and Chateau Thierry.
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