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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1909
Page
7
A partial OCR fragment references telephone service and an office sphere with unclear details. The readable bits mention phones and an office context, but specifics such as names, places, or dates are missing.
A stream of notices covers funeral services for Mrs Lettin Hancock and Mrs Sophia Kammeyer plus Ernest Brown and Mrs Della Kayte Cald te Reat, with speakers named and burials at City cemetery. The piece also mentions cattle purchases for Habo markets, racing delays, and a detailed report on local police testing, court cases involving M N Wolff, and a First Ward meeting house event.
The page records a charity event with Dr. A. S. Jures as master of ceremonies and details a spade presentation by A. S. Condom to Mrs Dee, plus moral support remarks. It lists several doctors, nurses, and city professionals attending, and notes plans for a race event and a divorce filing involving Mrs Neal Atka.
A Wheeling inquiry hears Lt Osterman describe Sutton shot in a camp during a confrontation. Witnesses recount Button opening fire, Sutton threatening to kill all before sunrise, and Sutton’s body found after Button appears to reach for Sutton’s brain. Multiple officers, including Adams and Devan, testify to events surrounding Sutton’s death.
Police court proceedings describe W. A. Van Camp facing charge of driving while intoxicated after a chair and beer beat are presented as property in evidence. A bicycle incident and a passenger disruption are noted while witnesses were not impeded, with Van Camp pleading not guilty.
An advertorial notice calls a July 21 gathering of local residents from Warren County to celebrate Pioneer Day. Plan includes a formal initiation for Kan Deaple and social activities starting at 4 o clock with fireworks later, plus cautions about alcohol. Organizers include Walter Richey and Q A Kennedy. J F Bagley presides.
Plans for Bowhere Paette yards at Ogden reveal separate racks on the west side for arriving passenger trains, freight cars, and mail cars. Concrete dividers will separate tracks with a future umbrella cover over passenger tracks. Orders expected this week will start enlarging and rearranging the yards and constructing new pastes for through tracks.
The funeral for J A Beltzer who died Saturday will be held at 2 o clock Thursday afternoon. Beltzer, born in Boonwarouch Md in 137, served as a Civil War soldier in Company Eighteenth Iowa and held ranks from second sergeant to captain. He participated in battles at Newtonia Springfield Cross Timbers Prairie du Cheene Moscow Dolson Springs and Salloe River. He was a member of the A BR Ogden for twenty years. Survived by wife, brother, and a daughter.
Agnes Teone threeweeksold daughter of Mr and Mrs William Gat s Tisk died at her family residence 674 River Avenue. Funeral services were held at 2 Wednesday afternoon at Larkin and Sons funeral chapel with Bishop Robert MedQuartte of the second ward officiating. Interment followed in City Cemetery.
Marriage notices list August entries for K Wallenbach of Chiraz Jang Einmna and Medrich of Clay, along with Martin J Toole of Ondes and Jean A Fant of Culpeper Virginia. The fragmented record confirms two couples tied in wedlock with names and locales.
A fierce electrical storm across North and Norman counties caused washouts on Great Northern lines and the Northern Pacific routes. A Pacific freight train collided with a work train at Stelvin, injuring several laborers. A Great Northern passenger train en route to Duluth derailed with minor injuries to some passengers.
A reader recounts an experiment with coffee cessation and later reintroduction using a 10 dose test to verify if coffee caused headaches, aches, and illness. After stopping coffee, headaches faded. reintroducing coffee reportedly restored health and reduced sickness days.
Ogden Kayla Teaselt company will delay building Astine on Trentrfourth street to connect with Wall arenas One this season while Washington avenue work next year is postponed. The streetcar campus office said the delay stems from late pavement bids and a postponed rail line order. Rapid Transit notified it cannot proceed with rail work in June due to the late approvals.
Residents report a man posing as a sewing machine repairer named Metlerry who visits homes, inspects machines, and overcharges for dubious repairs. Victims describe exorbitant hourly rates and lack of receipts while police search for the suspect. The case has drawn several complaints to the Bürger Office and the Unger representatives.
Washington July 2. Amid labor shortages in harvest fields U S farm sectors seek workers. Department of Commerce and Labor aims to place throngs of workers nationwide to pick crops. reports of demand and shortages echo through agricultural districts.
A chaotic report describes John William Henry Clifters a colored entertainer known as a song and dancer and part of a carnival show facing vagrancy charges after police call a halt to his wandering with a cane and swagger. The account notes his past performances and tensions with theater circles and a local audience.
Washington July 20 The Senate debated a joint resolution to transmit to state governors copies of a revenue act authorizing a tax log. Objections by Senator Kean and ally Smoot delayed action. After procedural fights the session adjourned at 12 36 p m with no business completed.
The court of common pleas in July considered actions against the United States Steel Corp affiliates restraining orders. Judge Fort and Sheriff Brown discussed arbitration, while workers at McKees Rocks and the Standard Steel Car plant faced plant protests. Several workers reportedly returned to duty as negotiations continued for a double formation process.
A fragmentary report from Fort Leavenseith Kandaly notes Private Charlee O'Neal of the Thirteenth Infantry, 23 years old, was wounded by a shot entering a doorway. The incident occurred amid a tense drill area with officers and their spouses nearby, no tragedy confirmed beyond the injury.
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