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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1915
Page
9
Bulletin of odd items including court chatter, small-town notices and personal updates. Names like Swan Tout Jones Blosser Mower and Blosser relatives appear alongside brief incidents of injuries, travels, licenses, and property transfers. A mix of marriages, births, meetings, and moralizing ads rounds out the page.
An evening program at the Ogden offers an hour of breathless drama followed by a half hour of screaming comedy. The last show is tonight with tickets priced at five and ten cents.
In Ogden police court Judge Meader fines Mrt .D. A. Lindsay 100 dollars for selling havor without a license. Sam Donson pleads guilty to stealing a chicken and pays five dollars or five days. Mike Sweenly, jailed then released on suspended sentence after a second drunken charge. Joby Doe receives a suspended sentence. Mary Burton and Mrs. Wilber have cats held for advisement. Prancia Chavez guilty of buying a stolen bicycle, 25 days in jail. George Ferguson given a suspended sentence for drunkenness. Mon Garcia, a cripple, selling pencils on the street is noted. Wun Ap released after drunkenness and vile language charge. Carl Fohnson gets five days for drunkenness. Ed Corbett and Jos Kenny receive five days as trespassers. Walter Stern faces vagrancy and possible gang ties. N. I. Brown acquitted of leaving a horse on the street. K Sberg, pedaling vegetables without permit, appears with permit and is released.
Subscriptions in Canyon may be sent to Wainh News Stand Idlewild Hermitase Cram Stand Ogden Cure Mn George Keepy Lewis Con Ysylor Stare Wildwood Camp The Brainard Film departs Ogden on the first car after 4 40 p m and papers will be addressed to the subscriber at the above names.
County commissioners met with Southern Pacific officials to discuss cooperation with the health department to prevent transporting indigent sick into the county. They offered to investigate any cited instances of transporting people to Ogden and would escalate the matter with the company. The board also reviewed finances, rock wall work, and quarterly reports showing cash on hand and outstanding warrants, with several items pending review and future consideration of local improvements.
Go to Lagoon on July 21 for an Alhambra engagement tonight and Tuesday. Tickets show continuous open hours from 2 to 1 percent? The wording indicates evening performances with Maud Allan as the featured act at the Alhambra, inviting patrons to attend both nights.
Ogden Canyon becomes a focal point for moving pictures as several firms plan shoots there. Scouts aim to capture the scenery for national release, with crews from Salt Lake City and Columbus coordinating July events and a planned August departure for a six beauty film crew. Potential gubernatorial accompaniment noted.
Tonight offers a final viewing of Bessie Barriscale in The Reward at The Ogden Now theater with gripping drama and Charley Chaplin also featured in the program.
Peter Sint, a deaf farmer, was killed at a crossing on the Rio Grande road near Wilson Lane while his wife Mrs. Sint, also deaf and dumb, was injured. The couple failed to heed warnings as train No. 6 approached at a high speed, with onlookers including Ed Bowell and others.
Pt Orth reports a fire starting in Sheephead canyon southeast of Huntsville destroying underbrush. He urges campers and hunters to extinguish all fires before breaking camp and asks sheep owners to warn herders not to start fires in dry sagebrush and shrubbery areas to prevent spread.
Professor E G Petersen told Weber County commissioners that Previon Thomas of Ogden formerly of Villa City was selected as county farm demonstrator. Thomas will work from the county building with Saturdays his busiest day and will focus on farm products, drainage, and husbandry with support from Agricultural College professors.
Professor Peterann identifies Mr Thoms Le as a student in crops and stock at the Agricultural School and highly recommended by faculty. He favors establishing a seed farm near Munthville to supply right seed for home use, noting drainage work near Plain City as crucial and mentioning county funds of 800 dollars for an Emmy demonstrator.
A clipped ad announces excursions via Orexon Short Line to northern Utah and Idaho points with very low ground rate tips. It directs readers to the ticket office for full particulars and provides a phone contact for Advartiment.
Huntsville and Middleton Ward Mutuals with Prof FH Paul of the University of Utah led a Saturday outing to Baldy Watts canyon. Nearly 900 children explored grasses, plants, and birds while Paul explained and named specimens. He urged the valley as a potential bird sanctuary under state law. Ogden valley sites praised. lunch, strolls, and bird-spotting noted. Blanche Sweet and Charley Chaplin head to the Alhambra for a two day show of A Woman with a double bill.
Judge Lewis finds all work on the South Fort dam completed under contract and compensation paid. American Construction Co and Ogden River Reservoir Co dispute outstanding sums, but the court concludes no further doom on the reservoir property.
Clerks in Ye Southern Pacific offices hobble about desks in a morning to stage a game of baseball at Lagoon. The annual plente of the Southern Pacific forces was held Saturday with clerks providing entertainment using picked-bean players. The score was reported as 12 to 0 though exact totals are disputed.
Ogden stake lays plans for annual outing at Ogden Hakeat Lagoon with music by Deehive group and contests in head, cake, and craft making, plus a washing and needlework exhibits. Also city case: trial for Savilie, protest over intoxicating liquor sale. jury list for July term. local residents named.
Firefighters were alerted to several small blazes, including near the old Union Pacific pump house and at 2444 Adam Avenue. The earliest call came at 4 12 p m with a fire in wood and lumber that burned for hours but was eventually controlled without major damage. A switch engine helped dampen the blaze and the crews prevented further spread.
Sheriff DeVinn telephoned county attorney Evans at Umcaga to take the case against Eda Butler and bring her to Gien to face embesslement charges. Attorney Bvane is in Chicago attending his wife who spoke of poisoning. Tim claimed Mrs. Butler embezzled more than 20 from Pickett Grocery when sent to the bank with AbAC Amount Tor deportt. Pickett says no deportt was made. Mrs. Butler was cashier at Hickett etaro.
A quirky item notes a horse and buggy setup tied to a local standard event. Mentions include Hamiltoniar Lorne and a rubber tire hawner as notable details. The fragment references slate industry and Pibiwic, suggesting a regional trade or showcase context.
Miss Carrie V. Knapp will oversee art instruction at the Ogden High School as supervisor of the art department. Her term includes duties tied to the University of Utah connection, with a temporary assignment during Professor Eve Ana’s absence. She departs Wednesday for a teaching trip via the Western Pacific to Monterey, California, to join a canvas sketching work at the coast.
The judge granted several naturalization petitions while noting forged checks linked to others. applications approved include Elno Kap, Bane Cordon, Gust Pepa... Peterson, John Visser, Niele Peter Peterson, Peter Roury Visner, Alfred Edward Trewton, with remaining requests for Clire A. Lorne and Miner Alexander Kirudacy pending as sugar markets report steady early prices.
The Weber Stake held its quarterly conference at the Oyden tabernacle with President John Watson presiding. The Ninth Ward choir directed by Adams supplied music while the California touring Tabernacle choir was on the road. Reports from department heads noted high priest quorum progress, stake-wide visitation rates, and attendance by President Francis M. Lyman at ball sessions with addressed remarks.
Society circles report brides and guests from Ogden and Salt Lake City. Mrs. Wee Anderson and daughter Misa Killen Nave return from Totaa Ide with hosting duties for a Spanish War veteran’s anniversary. Mrs. Fitzgerald and family host at 2842 Jefferson Avenue as visitors travel through Ogden and Salt Lake. Paine Humphris wedding at Hotel Wah in Salathe marks a social highlight.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a man thought dead who survived an incident near a back street and a patrol station. The report references a laborer, age, and unclear events including a possible drowning or near drowning, with conflicted details about revival or medical aid.
In a chaotic scene the patient collapsed before the emergency box unit arrived. Ambulance staff and patrol officers acted quickly as life signs faded and then revived, with transport to the hospital where doctors noted a slight hemorrhage and eventual stabilization before moving to a local residence.
A historical fashion piece discusses summer housewear for women, highlighting holiday-like outfits suitable for home life and city work. It notes white pique and cottons as practical fabrics, detachable buttons, and white footwear with brick soles to stay clean in urban heat.
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