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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
3
Editors lament excessive verbose convention coverage flooding papers with pages of opinion and filler. Readers crave concise summaries from Associated Press. A few well written columns on daily happenings would be welcomed.
An analysis explains how wealthy financiers profit from war loans through a Russia bound 50 million loan at 6 ½ percent. The piece argues funds move via New York in dollars, shaping American labor and capital needs, with Russia trade imbalances expected to strain exchanges and balance only in theory.
The article analyzes Russia debt in 1915, noting $57,433,192 direct trade balance, and possible profits for banks from five year notes at around 4 percent. It explains banks’ need to lend only temporarily, the syndicate’s aim to sell above par, and how profits are distributed among the public. It also covers Ogden Chautauqua funding, entertainment value, and calls for continued local support and growth through 1917.
In Ogden a local note urges continued Chautauqua support to reach the pledge target for next year. Readers are reassured an appeal may still be possible and those who attended are encouraged to renew their subscription and enjoyment.
The New York Fast assesses naval balance in the North Sea noting Britain still holds prewar weight. Britain lists 34 dreadnoughts totalling 772,060 tons versus Germany's 20 dreadnoughts at 479,000 tons, with recent British additions narrowing the gap. Adjusted totals place Britain near parity in dreadnoughts, while battlecruiser balance shifts toward Germany.
The Great Wortham Show opens Monday at Twenty-seventh Street and Washington for a week featuring the Ree and Dore water circus with 260000 gallons of water, Neptunes Daughter, wild-animal arena acts, and the Life of Moses biblical spectacle. Other attractions include a jungle with snakes, the Filipino troupe, Pee Wee the two legged horse, and various wrestling demonstrations. The grounds will be lit with hundreds of incandescents, with arrives from Franston, Wyoming expected tomorrow.
Funeral notices from Ogden Utah list Ellinore McKay widow of Inaan McKay with services at Fourth ward meeting house and remarks by Adam L. Peterson and others. interment in city cemetery. Also William Mall Hall. infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Cole. Thomas F. Gibbons. William Hestmark services noted with interment in city cemetery. Local obituaries honor church figures and extend floral tributes.
Fragmented report describes an assassination attempt and bomb blast in Oregon aimed at Governor Spry. It details a funeral for Oscar Anderson and a murder linked to a Parker case, noting the danger faced by the governor, the suspect’s threats, and local grief at the Lindquist chapel.
Peter Zondervan died yesterday afternoon at his family home 603 Thirtieth et last after a two year illness. Born May 1, 1846 in Holland, he married Grace Blot in Holland and later moved to Utah as a Mormon convert. The family settled in Ogden about ten years ago and he is survived by his wife, four children in Holland, and several in Ogden namely Rudolph, Peter, Grace, Ida, M Rudolph, Nenstra, Anta Zondervan, Dena DeGroot, Anthonia Rawets, and Oderard, plus 24 grandchildren. The body was taken to Lindquist Mortuary for funeral arrangements. Ada Mena Enstrom Wilson Funeral Held Yesterday in the Bist ward chapel with Bishop O. M. Banderson presiding.
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