The Standard Independent Daily Evening Note
The Standard, an independent evening newspaper, publishes each weekday except Sunday, delivering concise notices and local items with no Sunday issue.
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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1917
Page
2
The Standard, an independent evening newspaper, publishes each weekday except Sunday, delivering concise notices and local items with no Sunday issue.
General Pershing and staff arrived at Doulogne and proceeded to Paris. The report describes America's planned deployment of 50,000 to 100,000 troops, their training in trench warfare, artillery barrages, and coordinated assault tactics to join Meuse-Argonne combat methods and improve with experience in France.
The War Labor Bureau in Ogden sets up headquarters in the Ute National Bank building to organize workers for the beet fields. Young city boys join the effort as part of a home army aiding the war, with paid service by the bureau to support farmers at harvest and boost national production.
After four years under sugarless storage, Deathes peaches opened near Ogden showed excellent condition. The Standard promised a story on the fruit treatment. The piece urges housewives and growers to preserve this year's crop cheaply amid high prices and sugar scarcity. A government bulletin recommends boiling the fruit briefly and sealing for preservation.
In New York City Herman P Leane a school teacher was sentenced by U S Judge Chatfield to years in the pen for felonious acts. Laula Kramer a distributor of anti conscription literature received two years in prison. The crowd applauded after the sentence given amid calls for vigorous action against enemies and traitors.
A garbled OCR notice appears to announce a union carpenters meeting in Pave Strepepeck Illinois with unclear timing. It mentions attendance and an alert to members to be present though the text is partially unreadable.
The piece argues a hundred million dollar US fund in one week to support American forces in France. It names J Pierpont Morgan, Fred D Underwood, C A Coffin, AS Wigala, John Purey Mitchel, Jacob J Schff, and Louis Hill as leaders, and stresses Red Cross needs for medical equipment, recreation, comforts, and supplies for 1,000,000 men. It notes Minnesota and Italy shares and calls for swift fundraising to support drafts and mobilized troops.
A local note urges a Fourth of July parade with young men forming a so called mighty army to cross the ocean for liberty. The editor also discusses the English sparrow, praising its ecological role against pests and arguing against a discarded bird bounty law in a lively period voice.
Irregular historic text recalls urging public effort as end of Uberty bonds nears. The piece notes Ogden residents are urged to act in last two days, with references to city churches and local officials amid election like urgency.
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