The Standard Rate Card for The Evening Standard
The Evening Standard publishes its 1908 rate card with ad charges by inch. Special positions cost extra, including pages 5 6 two cents per inch and top of column two cents per inch. First page fifty cents per inch daily on the lower half. Special contracts offered for weekly or monthly runs. The Standard asserts higher bona fide subscribers than Ogden rivals and invites advertiser comparison.
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Utah
Ogden
Evening Standard
THE
Standard Publishing CO
Petaluma Moves to Ban Sunday Noise Makers
Sunday legislation in Petaluma California bans playing phonographs and other noise making machines on Sunday. The debate questions how far regulating Sunday observance should extend and recalls historic bans on work and even kissing on the Lord’s day.
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Petaluma
California
Edison
He Nwill
Ibe
Feasen
Moving pictures show Sheridan ride and changing warfare style
The article compares Civil War bayonet charges and close combat with modern warfare seen in moving pictures. It notes Mauser rifles at Santiago killing unseen soldiers and Kuropatkin’s retreat as Japanese forces advance. It mentions Sheridan’s drawn sword and veterans recalling artillery range.
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Sheridan
Winichester
Santiago
Mukilen
Kuropatkin
The Civil War Battle Scene and Modern War Illusion
The article contrasts Civil War battles with modern warfare noting that the depicted scene misleads by showing close artillery action. It argues long range firepower and logistics now decide outcomes, diminishing individual command influence like Sheridan's.
Senator Nixon Opposes Sectional TariffPolicy Says West Deserves Protection
Senator Geo Nixon of Nevada voices a broad view on tariffs opposing discrimination against the West. He argues hides and leather deserve protection equal to eastern products and warns the Republican party against endorsing a tariff that favors the East while burdening the West. The interview frames a unified national tariff as essential to Republican principles.
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Geo. Nixon
Nevada
Calle
Republican Party
Council revolt over water bill secrecy in Ogden
Four Ogden councilmen revolt over a water commission bill read first in the Standard with rushed behind closed door meetings. Critics fault leadership for excluding members and question the bill’s authorship while constituents push back. The Monday vote showed two opposing tally as debate continues.
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Water Commission Bt
DeVine
Salt Lake
Ogden
Learning Languages by Simple Anglicized Pronunciation
The passage argues that borrowed non English terms should be spoken in their original language or converted to a familiar English form. It claims the safe method is to adopt the native pronunciation as heard from contemporaries and classical sources, rather than approximate it phonetically in English.
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Ming Muleback
Batty
World Gold Output Grows With South Africa Leading
The Financial Chronicle reports 1908 world gold production at 16,778,016 ounces valued at 326,159,991 dollars, up to 434,872,667 dollars overall with South Africa supplying 40 percent. United States and Australia share decline while Alaska Colorado and Canada show varied results. High gold stocks and unknown metal disposition influence industrial activity and prices.
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Financial Chronicle of New York
South Africa
South Afrrican
Australia
California
United States
Dominion
Canada
Alaska
Colorado
Opin
Chicago Dispatch Reports Unprecedented Travel Surge
A Chicago dispatch notes the wartime transport boom breaks all records for travel with trains and routes running at full capacity and crowds flocking to stations across the city during peak hours.
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Chicago
Sarn the Wort
Inauguration Rush and Presidential Salary Comparisons
Telegraph reports from Washington and Chicago describe an unprecedented inauguration crowd and heavy rail traffic with extra trains and sleeping car demand. The article compares salaries of Presidents Washington and Roosevelt, noting Washington asked for no salary while Roosevelt received 60,000 plus travel and 50,000 for White House maintenance.
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Washington
Chicago
West
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Uncle Sam
Bill Introduced to Penalize Clergy for Misrepresented Marriages
Chicago lawmakers consider a bill to fine or imprison divorced individuals who mislead ministers into marrying them. The measure targets cases where ministers cannot verify facts beyond a couple’s statements and seeks to protect clergy and couples from fraudulent arrangements. Church leaders from Catholic and Protestant groups support tighter safeguards.
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Chicago
E M. Dunne
Costly Chinese Delicacies At Banquet In San Francisco
San Francisco March 3 at a banquet for a Chinese chamber of commerce fifty Americans attended. English speeches accompanied a menu costing 25 dollars per plate. Courses included snow fungus priced high, sharks fins birds nests preserved ears water lily seeds brains of yellow fish and other delicacies across seventeen courses.
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San Francisco
Dyspepsia Pills Promoted by Ogden Drug Store
The T H Carr Drug Co markets Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets with a money back guarantee if they fail to cure indigestion. A twenty five cent box promises fifteen days of treatment and is sold exclusively in Ogden by the same store. The ad links dyspepsia to consumption and urges trial of the new remedy.
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New York
T. H Carr Drug Co
T H Carr Drug Co
Ogden
T. H. Carr Drug Co
Secret Service Committee Urges Permanent Authority for Forces
A House select committee reports the secret service forces lack permanent legal authority and should be permanently provided for under law. The panel notes total employees across all services rose by one hundred since 1908 and calls for clear duties and unified control, possibly under the attorney general.
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Washington
Congress
House
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Currier
New Hampshire
Yount
Michigan
Brantley
Georgia
Bowers
Mississippi
Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Secret Service
City considers harsher speed ordinance after street dept death
The council may pass a second offense penalty including the longest term on the chain gang for speeding violators. The move follows the death of W. J. Thomas of the street department killed by a car last week and hinges on the city attorney confirming authority.
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W. J Thomas
Canadian club dinner menu and Buffalo Jones speech
New York reports the Canadian club dinner featuring exotic dishes such as broiled Pacific whale and African sorbet. Colonel C. J. Buffalo Jones was guest of honor and gave a nature challenge speech illustrated with stereopticon pictures, including animal cries.
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New York
Nootka
New Foundland
Vancouver
C. J
Buffalo) Jones
Bhuffalo’ Jonce
Hunter pursues cougar preying on Seattle pigs
Seattle on March 1 United States government hunter P C Peterson seeks a cougar preying on ranchers pigs in Seattle's Fourteenth ward. Peterson spent yesterday with his hawkads and tracked the animal but did not catch its trail.
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Seattle
Wash
P. C. Peterson
United States
Washington
Peterson
Violators of Speed Law May Work on Chain Gang
A Los Angeles report notes speed violators may face chain gang labor as punishment. The article mentions penalties including a fifty dollar fine for a first offense.
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Los Angeles
Cal
City ward sees deer cougar visit amid 7000 residents
Report notes unusual wildlife activity as a deer, cougar, and multiple coyotes roam a city ward housing about 7 000 people. Residents have previously observed black boars foxes and other animals within city limits but the presence of deer and a cougar marks a first for the area.
Tips Restore or Waiters Will Strike in Chicago
Chicago on March 3 reports a crisis as waiters demand tip restoration or higher wages. The Chicago Athletic Association faced a tipping order from its board of directors that failed to raise wages, prompting threats of a weeklong strike if gratuities are withheld.
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Chicago
Chicago Athletic
Hyomel Inhaler Sold With Full Cure Guarantee
Reader confidence is built in a Hyomel pitch offering an inhaler and bottle with instructions for 1 and a money back guarantee if it fails to cure catarrh bronchitis hay fever coughs and colds. Testimonial from G F Lowe Allegan Mich September 19 1903 endorses Hyomel as reliable relief.
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Americs
W. Vadcon
Ogden
C. F Lowe
G. F. Lowe
Allegan, Mich
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