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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1916
Page
9
Ogden city items include school superintendent applicant and local recruitment updates. Army enlistments and troop movements, business ads, and personal notices appear alongside births, departures, and travel plans. Extracts mention Ogden residents, local firms, and regional transport developments with brief health, cemetery, and weather notes.
Joe Achabal native of Spain died this morning in Deep Capital after several months of illness. Remains sent to Rumsedists for funeral arrangements. Artistic Funeral Designs Orden Wholesale Florists, located one half block north of seventeenth on Grant, handling arrangements. Tel. 225.
City case City vs Behu-Tadan in July trial. Jewel Tea Company owner Schumann, 2219 Washington Ave, found guilty and fined $160 for operating a business without a license. Defense argued interstate shipments, but judge upheld state jurisdiction over breaking bulk and delivery of tea and accessories. Attorneys included D. Stine.
Walter Hubbard, who called sheriff about two weeks ago asking to stay so he could communicate, leaves for Chicago for Hodgkin's disease treatment. He is in poor health, with swollen glands on his chest and body. A Chicago doctor claims a new serum may cure Hodgkin's, and Hubbard will seek treatment there to regain his health.
Prepare at home for civil service positions with data on courses. Feal Ucas furnished on request. Box 179 Ogden.
F. Ik. Stevens, a Rome New York auto enthusiast, is en route to Ogden on Lingatn highway with two crews to challenge a New York to San Francisco record. One crew travels by train while the other rides in a large Mormon automobile. The party left Omaha early this morning and plans to switch trains at Cheyenne and Evanston.
Round trip tickets at reduced rates available on gamedays and Sundays with food provided the following Monday. For rates and further particulars consult local agent.
The case of highway robbery against A H Johnson alias C J TMeeder, the Vernal youth who held up James Smith of Salt Lake on the night of July 4, was continued until August 21 on motion of Clarence E Wright, with District Attorney John C Davia. Friends and kin visited him at the county jail and urged leniency, citing drink and remorse.
Judge J A Howell was driving with three children on Twenty fourth street when he rounded the Forestry building corner and met an incoming Damberger train. He released the wheel to protect the children as the car was struck by the locomotive, skidding along the tracks before stopping.
Permits issued for W B Mewmasse to build a new front on Washington Avenue at a cost of 500 dollars. W Hobbale authorized to construct a small frame house on the west side of Vang Future Avenue between Ththird and Thirty fourth streets. project value not stated.
Captain Jack Major of Company I Third Infantry United States National Guard, now in Cheyenne, Wyoming, leaves for Salt Lake City after a week with his wife Mina John W. Scowcroft. Mrs Major accompanies him partway to Halt Lake, then remains there as the border call looms over. The unit, formerly organized at Afton, is noted for its prior training and for prizes won as the best trained company in the state.
A party of twenty five Ohio Traveling Society members passed Ogden this morning en route to Salt Lake City from Yellowstone Park. They plan to return this afternoon and spend hours in Ogden Canyon. The group is under T. T. Id. file and will be cast tonight on Union Pacific train No. 10.
LEO DOXEY WRITES FROM NOGALES ARIZONA DESCRIBING CAMP LIFE AND SOLDIERS. NOGALES GROWS TO ABOUT 16000 WITH SINGING MUSIC BOXES WRESTLING FIGHTS AND PRETTY AMERICAN GIRLS. HE NOTES SAFETY FEARS OF SCORPIONS AND CENTIPEDES, AND DESCRIBES CROSSING INTO SONORA ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS WITH A FINE AND SIX MONTHS SENTENCE FOR OTHERS.
George A. Harker answers Ida Harker's complaint for divorce alleging she left without intent to return. He claims he is able to support himself and child from a prior marriage and notes no large family from a former union. He requests the court grant the divorce sought by Ida.
Philadelphia game shows Pittsburg 56 4 000 000 100 1 10 1 Pattxnetonl 210 03 00x 7 140 Nallerica Adams Carpenter Schmidt Alexander Kiliifer Umpires Klem Emaley Brooklyn game lists Nattlesaalvs Smith Meyers Usophea Pauietes Hyon. A new wave in a union wage plan raises hourly pay from FIG to 18 dollars per week, approved by San Francisco Later Council.
Brady Wizard picture titled The Weakness of Man shown at Alhambra with a note about direct labor efficiency. A posted resolution by Mount Nugent Canty Cavan Ireland Labor calls farmers and laborers to refrain from tendering for war contracts.
The municipal court sentenced Tom O'Nvll A transiat to 30 days in jail or a $20 fine after a boy witness testified to an alcohol enticement incident. Eva Rolien and Painie Wilbur received 5 and 10 day terms for drunkenness, while Jack Hardy forfeited bail. Other defendants, including Dan Johnson and John Copepharen, were fined or jailed for drunkenness. Dorothy Jenson and Charles Brown faced vagrancy charges with bail forfeiture. Peg o' the Ring advert announced at Oracle Theatre.
A string of society items describes outings and trips from Ogden. Manager B Steck of the Lyceum theater travels with family to Yellowstone Park for several weeks, while Edmund Wattis departs for a Watts ranch vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Wattis tour Yellowstone on a ten day trip, and others head to various vacations, parlor parties, a lawn party, a golf tournament, and a parcel shower. Granley McDean returns on leave, and Hamlin is renominated by President Wilson for a federal post. Local visitors from Iowa, Massachusetts, and New England tour Ogden before continuing to Yellowstone, with readings on travel and social events interwoven through the notes.
D Rosenthal this morning was found not guilty by Municipal Judge George Harker regarding alleged attempts to obtain money by fraudulent means. The court held that a prior agreement to accept a postdated check did not prove fraud. The case was decided under advisement July 20.
E R Jenking, candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, won Ogden yesterday accompanied by Senator C A Nadzer. The pair rode toward Beigham City as Ogden appeared lively with support and hopeful prospects for Jenking.
An anonymous welter in Twentieth Street warns residents to stop firing firearms within city bounds. He notes bullets whiz past houses at night and children hear shots, urging Mr Sontinmat to curb the habit before a casualty occurs, citing danger to neighbors and picnickers.
Elmer E. Shirley and others touring Yellowstone arrived in Ogden from the park this morning. Except Shirley, the Salt Lake City group continued to Salt Lake City. Shively joined Paul Beemer at the Weber Club before heading to Omaha. The visit included talks of Yellowstone photographs for the Union Pacific pamphlet and notes on a park inspection trip by federal officials and U.S. Attorney Thompson.
Fragmentary Reuters style note indicates a proposed general revenue commission with a female-led panel of six to eleven members. The text hints at a Senate timing before a tourney and discusses tariff plans and duties amid debates on economic policy.
Summary of raw material and manufactured products, effects of ad valorem duties, Carterela Valtet Biaten and foreign countries, commercial treaties and foreign competition.
Washington July 36 Chairman of the Senate foreigh relations committee says the United States Danish West Indies treaty for 25,500,000 will be ratified promptly. Officials anticipate no difficulty and expect the treaty to be signed in a few days.
London July 34 6 p m The British Government learns today will consent to a rationing plan for civilian populations in areas held by German and Austrian armies under a neutral commission appointed by President Wilson if the central powers agree not to seize native food supplies. Details of the plan to be given Ambassador Mage in a letter from the foreign office this week.
Tattle Rock Ark July 78 Chester Gott Lallie Hook left hand pitcher sold today to the Salt Lake club of the Coast League.
London reports the British fore ten office will send a reply to the United States soon. The note concerns the detention of a document by British censors and follows Walter Hines Page’s request for expedition. Britain says it is conferring with the French government on the subject.
An interview quotes Lord Irby, former director of recruiting, now undersecretary for war, asserting the country remains hopeful and united amid the ongoing conflict. The July 26 briefing emphasizes resolve, though the exact context and details are unclear from the fragmentary text.
In Wankington the Senate, Senator Kern indicated caucus support to consider a later child bill and adjournment was set with resumed debate on the appropriations measure. No aviation provisions, and the session meets again Thursday.
Washington on July 28 reports a communication to Great Britain outlining principles involved in the blacklist against American firms. The document is nearly ready and will be sent to London within the next few days after President Wilson and Secretary Polk conferred and returned to finalize the state department report.
May build an Imperial Palace in Seoul, Korea. The note mentions plans or contemplation of a detached palace and references Emperor Yoashito.
Washington July 24 President Wilson replied to Mrs Henry Smith of Winamac Indiana regarding her son in the National Guard. He said guardsmen stay on the border to protect the country not for hell and no service the men render is a burden but a necessity to the United States. The health record on the border is exceptionally good and camps are well supervised. Applications for relief from guard service are pouring into Fort Sam Houston and hundreds have already been released
Vienna acts to limit coffee with ration cards granting adults over four a weekly half pound limit. Restaurants and coffee houses are exempt to keep serving patrons. A Coffee Central will regulate imports and distribution, with district issued, nontransferable cards controlling access.
Rainy weather in Vienna spurs a vogue for patent feather hats among women. Genuine varieties resist dampness while leather styles extend to bells, caps, collars, and other costume items. In Omaha, weather officials warn temperatures would rise but no major heatwave expected.
Fragmented report notes July 25 bombing casualties including Fan Franrtern and Joy Van Fat Ot Freane with two children among the injured. It mentions Mrs Van Levre Trae Erte Tara, feared dead, and several others injured as authorities trace the blast at a bearh qetpane der Inet Salwetey.
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