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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1903
Page
7
A jumble of ads and notices runs through the page with references to Weatherbys selling goods and services, a Yale BA candidate, a Sacramento exhibit building, and various trades. Other items note weddings, funerals, and family announcements, plus furniture offers and home goods listings with prices and contact details. A broad mix shows a small town classified page with personal notices and commercial pitches.
A vintage advertisement touts Hamilton Brown Shoes as affordable for families. It claims the brand is made by the largest shoe houses in the world and offers a wide range for ladies, gents, and children with style and quality at a good price.
The community reports events from Ogden and nearby areas. A district school exercises program is planned at the Baptist church Wednesday night. Local items note a parade of goods, including hats from various shops, with sales and promotions.
Rio Grande Western posts a new time card effective Sunday. Ogden gains two train crews from Salt Lake, boosting city population by about thirty. The Sanpete Express will run through to Ogden, no longer stopping at Salt Lake. Schedule changes include No 5, No 7, No 8, No 10 and related arrivals and departures through Ogden and Salt Lake City.
Citizens of Ogden allege a misprinted city name on posters for a June event defames the town and prompts calls for a public apology from the show organizers. Local response highlights importance of correct place spelling and civic pride.
A dated notice describes alleged deafness cures via catarrh remedies. It claims deafness results from inflammation of the mucous membrane of the auditory tubes and that removing inflammation restores function. The piece promotes a product named Catarrh Gora and lists Henry & Co Toledo as distributors.
City Engineer warns tubelines and street paving delay unless telephone companies bury underground conduits now. Rocky Mountain Bell deposits 782 to cover pavement work. council discusses spring tank repairs, water shares, and street widening. Public safety and road work dominate agenda as ordinances, finances, and utility matters move through committees.
A garbled OCR item mentions a colonial era schedule concept with a date February 24 and a Montreal or Island location. It references a person or entity A. CATIN and a street or area name Tronrle Siiriente. The text is fragmentary and unclear.
Minutes reveal repairs for sprinklers and mossing sheet leveller approved. City debates bids for 1,000 s perch of Mine rake for tee in macadamizing Twenty-fourth and Twenty-first streets, with re advertisement for 3,000 perches. O'Neil contract questioned due to outside-city payments. union versus non union teamsters spar over bids. Consent to re advertise north half of Twenty-fifth and Twenty-fourth segments.
A fragment notes evening dances at a pavilion with admission set at five dollars. The readable text is truncated and lacks dates or location details, but indicates recurring social events with paid entry. Entities include no clear person or organization names.
A Salt Lake Tribune report on the First Methodist Church in Ogden prompts Rev. Warner to say the Salt Lake City and Philadelphia based Church Extension Society involvement is a muddle of truth and error. Judge Maloney has not taken possession, and a powerful adjustment between the church and the House of Extension is expected to settle the differences.
Before Judge Chidester Lenora Love was granted a decree of divorce from Zadock Love. She received custody of their child, $5 per month support, and restoration of her maiden name Lonura Twin. The couple wed in the city on September 1 1808, with alleged cruel treatment cited.
A new cigar firm, Red Ribbon Cigar Manufactory, owned by ND. McDonald, opens in Ogden after touring several states. The business, located on the third floor of the First National Bank building, pledges strictly high grade products and regional growth to draw local and visiting smokers.
Tickets for Miss Ram bey presented at Ogden Tabernacle Friday night went on sale this morning at 5 cents general admission with limited reserved seats offered. Rowe's book store has tickets and the program features Miss Ram bey, aided by Prof. A J Mc Clellag and Prof. Anthon Poilerson with violinist Arthur Pederson anticipated to draw a large crowd.
A small town ad promotes Tamalies McCardle’s Genuine Mexican Tamaligs for sale with shalesale and retail out of town orders. It notes a red lunch car at the corner of 25th and Grant Avenue and lists a high price claim Yelophena 348 percent.
Gordon Whiteside, a Belfast native employed as a grader at Camp 13 on the Ogden Lucin cut-off, was found drowned in the lake. Authorities say he likely fell while attempting to cross the trestle in rough water. The body, badly decomposed, drifted for days before washing ashore and was identified by officials. An inquest ruled accidental drowning. burial planned in Ogden at Boxelder County’s expense.
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