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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1915
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text mentions the Audit Bureau of Cas and the Associated Press. No clear event or names emerge. The readable fragment suggests a news industry note but lacks enforceable details.
A brief notice discusses changes to subscription rates, urging readers to review the new pricing and terms. It mentions deadlines and options for continuing or adjusting service, applying to current subscribers and potential new signups.
The Davenport Democrat and Leader reports a planned parade by local school officials failed after children refused to represent any nation other than Germany. The piece notes Davenport’s nickname Latte Germany and urges a more liberal, neutral civic spirit to avoid further sentiment.
A bulletin discusses the British Isles and a German submarine blockade, noting Britain’s many harbors and ports, its scattered geography, and the difficulty of cutting off English commerce. It highlights major ports from Tyemouth to London and the north and reveals the strategic challenges for any blockade.
The article surveys English, Scottish, and Irish ports noting Liverpool’s famed harbor, Cardiff’s coal imports, and Scotland’s coastline challenges. It contrasts UK harbor strength with blockade concerns, then shifts to farming notes about weed control in Huntsville and broader agricultural vigilance.
Ogden Valley residents fear the weed will overrun high cultivation areas if not controlled. Prof Paul warns the invasive species, once linked to Russia, now threatens Sand Ridge south of Ogden and is spreading statewide, endangering local farming.
The article discusses Theodote Roosevelt's August piece in Metropolitan Magazine titled Peace Insurance by Preparedness Against War. It argues that pacifists fear German power and cites Berlin's Lokal-Anzeiger on Lusitania as aiming to earn respect through force, while praising German efficiency and criticizing pacifist trepidation. The piece urges readiness, national defense, and public mobilization, urging Americans to reject pacifist sentiment and back strong action against Germany.
The piece debates how brutality in Northern France and Helium inflames American pacifists and antiwar writers. It contrasts aggressive militarism with timid international pacificism, likening war rhetoric to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in individuals and warning of the threat to disarmament advocates and universal arbitration.
Caamp Clark argues for stronger national defense at the San Francisco World’s Fair reception, opposing appeasement and large navy parity with Britain and Germany. He favors cadet bodies at West Point and Annapolis, with compulsory officer details to schools, to build a volunteer army and support a merchant fleet for a future war.
Fragmentary note argues expansion of West Point and Annapolis, suggests Western branches in Ogden. Calls readers to meet at the Alhambra after dark on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the idea.
Washington reports found rates of Southern Pacific Santa Fe and other railroads on fuel and refined oil from producing points in Kansas Texas and California to all points in Arizona and New Mexico unreasonable. New rates set about 50 cents per ton lower than old ones with additional changes prescribed. Also notes event details for a venue appearance at the Alhambra.
Milledgeville Georgia July 31 physician reports Leo M Frank grows worse in state prison after a fellow inmate cut his throat Saturday night. Delirious and feverish, his temperature spiked then fell as doctors debate need for transfer to Atlanta. Poison appears feared and prison physicians express varying degrees of alarm.
Bessie Barriscale stars in the Mutual Masterpicture The Reward at The Ogden tonight. Final showings promise a lively, polished melodrama as audiences flock to the November screens.
Puebla region reports disrupted transmission and widespread damage from a storm. Roads and 64 miles southeast of Monten City show degradation as Vera Crim and Mis Able suffer propagation issues. Telegraph and railway lines suffer destruction with station staff missing after the British owned broad gap incident.
Amid the Mexican conflict, Zapata troops threaten regions near Orizaba and Cordoba. Trains delay and civilians face danger as bandits attack and foreign property is destroyed. General Carranza posts guards at an American sugar plantation. a Cayranzymento is hanged. news from Mertra City is scarce, but reports indicate widespread disruption and civilian hardship as the rail line reaches new frontiers. Oaxaca proclaims independence and issues its own currency while pledging resistance to invaders.
Charley Chaplin and Fay Tincher headline two Keystone comedies with The Reward screening at Ogden bargain showing. Bessie Barriscale stars in The Reward in Manterpicture release alongside the silent-era duo for a night of lighthearted cinema.
Berlin reports via wireless from July 18 that an Austrian submarine torpedoed and sank the Italian armored cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi south of Ragusa. The Garibaldi, 7,234 tons, 344 feet, laid down 1898, had a 519 crew and armament of one 9.4 inch and multiple smaller guns. Ragusa is a fortified seaport.
A fragment notes the Adriatic region with Austria Hungary and Dalmatia on a peninsula, describing a point thirty eight miles northwest of Cattiro in the Adriatic Sea. The text mentions historical European geography without clear events or dates.
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