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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
5
A brief newsroom telephones log records two ring lines for editorial rooms and one ring lines for business office with Bell exchanges. The fragment notes a small price or cost entry indicating 55 56 and eight dollars in relation to the line items.
The finest mens collar display is shown in the C D Iven & Co windows at the Broom hotel on Washington Avenue. The shop touts exclusive Lions Prand collars and introduces the Capitol collar on Inauguration Day with images of President Taft. Field Bond-Cora Miller becomes guardian of Theodore Arthur Miller. Storage of goods offered by John Scowcroft & Sons Co. Mrs Elna Guetin named deputy county recorder. Advertisers reminded to submit copy the day before publication. Summary lists estate distribution.
The column records a mix of local business items and personal notices. It notes a late probate matter for Marie Cotte, officials and directors of Inter state Realty, coal companies in Rock Springs Castle Gate and more, plus a grand ball by Weber academy band and a city happenings list including court actions and social visits.
The funeral for Mrs Eliza S Purdy was held at the Second Ward meeting house with Bishop Robert McQuarrie presiding. The ward choir and soloists Miss Ellen Thomas and Mrs Elora Purdy Howell performed, speakers included John G Ellis T B Browning L W Shurttift Mathias Hinchcliff and George Shorten. Interment followed at Ogden City cemetery.
The Right of Way at the Grand last evening, led by Guy Standing and Theodore Roberts, proved a strong season attraction. Parker's drama follows a husband misled, an estranged wife, and a returning memory that reunites them after trials, with Stagecraft praised for the Cote Dorion scene and overall staging. Standing, a New York veteran, showed versatility as Charley Steele, while Roberts, as Joe Portugais, delivered a standout performance honored by applause. The cast and production drew glowing notes for artful interpretation and historical theater prowess.
Mrs Wiggs the celebrated philosopher of the Cabbage Patch performs tonight offering humorous and philosophical views on life. The run notes high attendance over five years while readers recall the books Mrs Wiggs and Lovey Mary that inspired the dramatization.
A theatre notice describes Mrs Wiggs and her circle in a lively production titled Mrs Wiggs here. The cast features Bren Cuby as FIC horse and PhoLoRrApple In their movelly with the Kindly Kents, presenting a wholesome philosophy and relatable characters from a successful Australian tour.
Agents will meet farmers at named settlements to sign sugar beet contracts for 1909. Meetings in Syracuse on Feb 23 at 11 am, Hooper at 2 pm, Roy on Feb 24 at 2 pm, Kanesville on Feb 26 at 2 pm, Warren on Feb 26 at 11 am, Plain City on Feb 26 at 2 pm. If unable to attend, farmers may sign Saturdays through March 15, 1909 at the Ogden City sugar company office.
Judge Frank Crowe cites pickpockets as highly elusive to conviction. He blames circumstances beyond police and courts, noting outsiders are targeted and witnesses often out of town. He says only vigilance committees could drive pockets from the city, which would itself be unlawful.
Barrow's Commission Co offers pure bred chickens for sale and purchase. Incubators brooders and men for hatching are available. Both phones 777.
New York March 4 Efforts are to be made to recover the body of Mrs Eugene Lynch of Boston from the White Star liner Republic which sank after the collision with the Florida. Mrs Lynch was killed in the crash and her body in a lead coffin lies in the hold at a depth of 180 to 240 feet off the Massachusetts coast. Relatives have conferred with a dredging company and divers will undertake the task if feasible, with special pulits required to offset pressure at depth.
George Kreamer a well known motorcyclist who had just arrived from the east was seriously injured at the new saucer track last night when his machine bickled and turned turtle throwing him across the track. He suffered a fracture of the left leg near the ankle, a split knee and dislocated joint. Surgeons fear he may never regain full use of his leg.
An Oklahoma woman nearly resigned due to chronic stomach burning and insomnia from improper food. After trying Grape-Nuts with cream three times daily, her symptoms vanished, she kept working, and she gained 26 pounds in three months. The letter, attributed to Postum Co, is presented as a genuine reader note.
Cincinnati marked the life of William Howard Taft with a morning citywide tribute. Factories blew whistles and churches tolled as the executive proclamation prompted pauses in business and public displays of respect by residents and local groups.
Train service from Salt Lake departs Saturday at 11 30 p m on the Romberger Line with a singable train song offered for one dollar. Availability advertised through phone inquiries.
Sir Robert Bond announces Newfound land will host a Commercial Cable Co. extension to New York City. Clarence Mackay confirms a plan to cut the Flemish Cap cable and attach a new segment to Europe, creating a direct Ireland to New York route with faster, more reliable service. The project involves laying seventeen hundred miles of new cable and repurposing nine hundred miles from the Flemish Cap to Canso.
The Lombardi Grand Opera Company of Milan presents a Salt Lake excursion for 100 people from the Colonial Theater. Faro tickets are 1.10 for round trip with sales from March 4 to March 5 and again March 6 to March 7, return dates.
Two young women in Harlem nearly died from fumes claimed to be formaldehyde but police say proseic acid from a below apartment extermination. Ruth Higgins, an invalid, fainted, then sister Regina grew ill. a family dog died as the fumes spread through the ceiling. Police investigate vermin treatment in the lower flat. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup ad promotes mild laxative remedy for children and general coughs.
A saloon operated by an Italian in Jamaica was wrecked by a bomb blast on March 4. No further details on casualties or suspects were provided in the readable text.
A blast ripped through the front of a Middeht billiing hall, likely sparing the owner who closed early for the night. Two men were arrested after being ejected from the premises earlier. An excursion ticket shows a Salt Lake City trip set for March 4, priced at $1.10 round trip.
Chicago March 4. The women of today blame city congestion fences doctors and hospitals for losing the art of neighborliness once common. Mrs George D Broomell a New England native and Mrs James L Rowe from the west argue in communications to the Chicago Woman's club that cordial exchanges of mince pies recipes and standard home cures have faded from daily life.
San Francisco reports that a new steamship line has been organized in Portland to run fast freight and passenger service to this port. Two vessels, possibly the Vale and Warward, are expected to be ready in ninety days, with plans to operate with the North Bank Railway and connect with larger lines, signaling new competition from James J. Hill and Harriman.
Glenwood Springs Colorado March 4 If President Roosevelt travels to Africa he may not return alive says Jake Borah the guide who piloted him on a Colorado hunting trip Borah claims Roosevelt has malaria in his system and would be struck with fever within 24 hours of reaching Africa He says the president had malaria for four days while in Colorado and remains ill
A Canton River disaster near Victoria BC reports the loss of over 1,000 lives after a kerosene lamp on a flower boat overturned. The steamer Akima Meru reached port, but the fire rapidly spread to other vessels, with no time to escape due to the dense line of stationary boats and swift flames.
Professor W B Durand of Stanford University presents an improvement to the seismograph. The device would measure the exact destructive force of an earthquake at any point, aiding engineers in computing foundation strengths for coastal buildings in quake zones.
Washington, March 4. One of the late acts of President Roosevelt was the signing of proclamations creating additions to thirteen national forests in Nevada, California, New Mexico, and Arizona.
The government adds 4,980,736 acres to the national forest system bringing the total to 195,013,980 acres The Jani will be manned under the movement’s forestry principles and standards advancing conservation practices nationwide.
News comes from Vienna of the death of Baroness Lucille Vonall, formerly Lucille Younger of San Francisco. Daughter of Dr. Younger of Paria, she spent her youth in the city where her brothers and sisters remain. One sister, Miss Mandy Younger, is a noted magazine writer on sociological topics and an official of the Waltresses' union.
Washington March 1 a young girl will be honored March 18 for saving the lives of nine children during the sinking of the steamer General Slocum on June 15 1904 Miss Mary McGann who is set to graduate from the Florence Crittenton training school in Washington will receive the gold medal for her brave act amid the disaster.
El Paso reports new Mexican immigration laws are now in force and resemble U S policies. The changes are expected to aid United States border officers who previously faced trouble from undesirable foreigners at the Rio Grande border via Mexican ports.
Carson March 4 Governor Dickerson said in an interview he would sign the anti gambling bill under proper conditions though he did not specify them. The senate Judiciary committee holds the bill and has not indicated a reporting date.
Chicago dispatch notes graves of over 800 American sailors captured in the war of 1812 buried near St Michael s church at Dartmore Devon.
The United Daughters of 1812 announce plans to mark shire graves with headstones and identify them where possible. They also intend placing a stained glass window in a church near ruin and to have it rebuilt in its original pattern.
A Sloat advises routines for kitchen and home care. Sprinkling flour during frying reduces sputtering fat. Raw potato patches remove mud from tan leather shoes. Kerosene lifted paint marks with a white cloth, then wood wiped clean. Muslin curtains can be washed and hung without ironing. Linens should be folded with hems toward the wall for neater shelves. Small holes in hot water bags or gloves fix with patched mending tissue dissolved by chloroform.
Rev Gertrude von Petzold pastor of Free Christian Church of Leicester England accepts call to Unitarian Church of Streator Missouri. A 32 year old born in Prussia she studied at Edinburgh University and Oxford and was ordained in 1904.
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