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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1917
Page
8
A 1920s style Woman's Page urges readers to stay cool during July heat. It warns mental and physical hurry worsens heat effects, advises loose clothing, shaded walks, light diets, and avoiding heated weather talk. It emphasizes regular meals, avoiding red meat, and staying mentally diverted.
A historical guide describes a simple home canning setup including a lathe-made false bottom, a cheese square to hold produce, and a kettle. Steps cover washing, blanching, cooling, packing hot jars with syrup or water, submerging in boiling water, and sealing tops. It notes sugar is not necessary for preserving and that results vary little in taste or texture.
In Salt Lake on July 31 Mrs J L Rawlins urges conserving fuel by drying vegetables and fruits rather than cooking. She describes air drying sliced produce on platters, turning them daily, and rehydrating before cooking, listing peas beans carrots turnips cabbage oats squash spinach parsley and more as suitable dried items.
The Evergreen highway party traveling from Victoria to Bangor by way of the south has been delayed about forty nights due to bad roads in the Ydaha area. They will arrive in Ogden Thursday evening. a Weber club dinner to honor the travelers is postponed to Thursday. The party includes state officials, motion picture and newspaper men, and lecturers.
An old advertisement discusses a home hair treatment used by actresses to enhance natural beauty. It claims dissolving dandruff oil and dirt with a simple mixture of cat throx, hot water, and shampoo liquid, massaged with a teaspoon until the hair dries fluffy and evenly colored.
A Yeomen gathering is planned at the lagoon on a late summer afternoon in August. The event invites members to discuss town matters and socialize, with attendees expected to share updates and activities.
Washington July 20 Women land house conserves on the food control bill faced a single issue to resolve at their renewed meeting. They debated creating a congressional committee on war expenditures and aimed for a final verdict by night. The food board plan shifts from three members to none, and the war expenditures committee may be dropped. President Wilson had urged both provisions be removed.
Excursions north every Saturday in July and August via Oregon Short Line. Limited round trip fares to northern Idaho points. For tickets and details call the city ticket office, Orpheum deck, or phone 2500.
Paris July 9 The French army chief General Petain supervises a home garden at a simple villa headquarters. He has arranged enough vegetables to supply the entire general staff, inspecting crops at dawn and directing gardeners. Roses are replaced by beans cabbage tomatoes and potatoes for the war effort.
Washington report notes a large surplus of perishable fruits and vegetables menacing loss. Secretary Houston Laday urges women nationwide to answer President Wilson and act promptly to prevent waste. States named include Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin and others.
The Western Union Telegraph Company plans a new branch station at the Orden Packing & Provision Company plant to handle telegraph and cable business for the packing firm, livestock brokers, buyers and shippers. A spectator room will be erected on the packing company property adjacent to the office building, marking the first commercial establishment of its kind in the region.
Ogden prepares a new unit of 1x impro acres for the Union Stock Yards to house the Great Horse Market. Fifty sale pens, an inspection shed for government officials, and an auction theater will enable rapid government and private sales with over 2,000 horses processable at once. Otto Merk of the Ogden Horse Sales company will move offices to the new yard complex, which will start receiving additional horses as shipments increase, with sales every three weeks.
Senator William C Craig was named manager of the food conservation department of Ogden. His appointment was confirmed at a council meeting that night. Warren L Wattis was named director of the library board to succeed Ralph E Hoag. John J Hertick Heber Bennion and German Elleworth were named Ogden representatives to the American Civic association convention in St Louis October 22 to 24. W N Hawkins was confirmed as city official. Hepfield, an early Standard Oil founder, is noted for his role in oil development and later retirement.
A brief note highlights Hermitage Park as a cool clean place for the afternoon with various amusements. It mentions Winnineg, Canada laborers asking 40 cents an hour for building work.
Berlin officials dispute Erzberger's Zurich interview remarks and any plan to meet Lloyd George for a peace conference. The Foreign Office says Erzberger is traveling in private capacity and not speaking for the German government.
The Cologne Gazette notes Balfour's timeframe for a peace process and criticizes German leadership. A city commission reviews a list of committee members including Mrs. Elizabeth Barrows and Mrs. Volney C. Gannell, who will choose a chairman and secretary to plan the organization’s future steps.
Mayor Shey Wood announced twelve women from Omten to serve on a new conservation committee. The appointees include prominent local figures and community leaders, reflecting a push for broader female representation in municipal environmental efforts.
Butte Montana July 21 radical element in the electricians union voted to repudiate the new contract offered by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. A walkout erased mining work as 350 more men were at work yesterday than the day before, while an executive board member claimed the action illegal and said the International union would protect those at work.
Copenhagen authorities vow expulsion of all strangers resident four weeks or more as shortages deepen. Bread rations for Foesis doubled while meat and butter allotments are cut to one third for natives, prompting unrest amid lumber resorters’ demands.
Oakland California July 1 D D Scofield former president of the Slachard OM company and later chairman of the board of Sirectore shot and killed himself at his home. Cause cited is grief over his wife’s death four years ago. He was 14 years old.
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