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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
7
A terse OCR fragment names a Furless office at 67 One Ting and rooms at 64 Two with a telephone reference. The readable items suggest a dated business directory or building label. No clear events, dates, or organizations emerge.
Fragmented notices and ads from Ogden area papers list trades, sales, court mentions, weddings, and public notices. Entries reference Weatherby’s fish sales, furniture for sale, a court case against Sohn I Tybee, and wedding pictures in June. Local names include Paul Ziegenhirt and Earl Dunghée with various addresses and phone numbers.
A merchants note promotes Hamilton Brow Shoes made by the world’s largest stitch house for ladies and children. It claims high quality and style at low price, urging customers to try once and stay loyal, touting millinery and furnishings.
Ogden readers saw a mix of events from a July public bull fight at Glenwood Park to legal notices in District Court. Reports include a divorce filing by E Wood vs Horns, a Western Union case, and local society notes. Also listed are ads for groceries, refrigerators, trimmed hats, and a Spanish Bull Fight reel at Glenwood Park with related proceedings and a dance night after the event.
A Green Forest Arkansas woman recounts ten years of stomach trouble and failed doctors before quitting coffee and adopting Postum. She reports better sleep, reduced pain, and renewed health after removing coffee, noting previous headaches and nervousness eased as she continued Postum. The testimony cites a physician’s warning about coffee’s effects and claims immediate, magical improvement after the switch.
Under priced sale at Ge o W Snow and Christen son Shoe Store offers $4 men s guaranteed patent colt kid shoes for 2 95 and sixty five pairs of ladies high grade shoes at 2 25 while boys shoes $2 25 are advertised in a local newspaper sale.
The Board of Control of the Irrigation Congress met at the irrigation headquarters last evening in Ogden. Judge L. W. Schurhilil was elected president, William Ghismagn vice president, and Willie Beardaley was named secretary. McKay of Huntsville was named chairman of the irrigation exhibit committee. Sub-finance committees were formed to solicit contributions from liquor dealers, and regular meetings are set for Tuesday evenings. The body approved financial reports, authorized disbursement signatories, and tasked officials with securing funds and exhibit quality ahead of the September congress.
In police court this morning M. J. Contin was found guilty of vagrancy and warned to leave the city. At the Assembly Club saloon a mix up led to Dave Miller and William Aureed receiving disturbances of the peace findings. Miller discharged, Aureed to serve ten days. Compton and Paompson, vagrants, were allowed to leave the city on conditions. Other sentences included Ludvig Nelson forfeiting 30 dollars, Mary Rivers and Laush Smith ordered to pay 25 dollars and serve 28 days, and Tred Payne jailed for attempting to separate the girls. Arvis Barkshire, a mondicand, got thirty days.
Engineer C Jenkins fled Ogden to Winnemucca and Bakersfield while Fireman Ya idly of Los Angeles died and Engineer D L Dazen was badly scalded in an early morning boiler explosion on a Southern Pacific freight train. The line from Salina to Reno operates at night with thirty miles driven. Clarks station and the Thompson Tides company are referenced in ongoing work on Southern Pacific expansion and bridge construction.
Andrew George Upoth, a prominent Republican figure in San Francisco, died after an illness described as a struggle with a serious abdominal condition. He was a native of New Hampshire and a graduate of Massachusetts college, noted for his local influence and standing.
Ogden won a hard fought game at Glenwood grounds as Mahoney, Christie and Fulmer led a late rally. Ogden scored in the third sixth and ninth innings while Ogden’s defense stemmed Maroons’ rallies with key putouts and an errant throw by Tottes. After the game, Glenwood hosted a feature match between Balt, Lake and Ogden as amateur Blaze Imague prepared a game Sunday.
Culley Drug Co launches a modern storefront on Washington Avenue with a full prescription department, fresh stock, and expert staff. Proprietor John Gulley, a Philadelphia College of Pharmacy graduate, leads a team of licensed pharmacists in a new, fully fitted shop aiming for top quality and quick service.
Thieves entered Tulbe's Wholesale Liquor House on Washington Avenue last night or early this morning, pried open a window, used a pocket knife and chisel to jab at slot machines, and stole about 15 to 16 dollars in coins from two machines and a five cent machine. A knife found on the premises may aid identification. no one was apprehended as investigators seek suspects.
Ben J Rich, once a Ogden High School student, graduates with high honors from Columbian University in Washington D C. He won the prize debate title and has since earned numerous honors while serving as a clerk in the office of the secretary of the U S Senate. Rich was an early founder of the High School Chessium and its first tutor, a role he held for three years. The class includes other prominent young men with national and international reputations.
Five Five Points residents from Ogden were ambushed near the Oregon Short Line yard about 2 a.m. as they sought a freight train northward. Four men robbed them of money. Fred Carlson, the youngest, fired a shot that missed. Carlson escaped with 83 on him. the mother appealed to police for help. A Philadelphia storm report followed with two inches of rain in thirty years.
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