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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1916
Page
1
Balt Leake reports Cliff s Men 10 begin training two weeks ago as Utes prepare workouts on the second Monday of March. O Connor and Curt Blankeeship were involved after doors were secured.
A formal plea calls for Aberdeen to act on coal procurement. The appeal stresses supply needs and urges timely action by the Aberdeen authorities or company executives to secure coal shipments.
The article recounts superstition about the 13th in baseball, lists players and managers arriving for spring training including O Connor and Wobertos, notes Navin promising a pitcher for the Tigers, and mentions trades like Chabek by Oakland and Houck by Portland, with mixed results and former star expectations for 1916.
Freddie Welsh defeated Ad Wolgast by outpointing him over ten rounds in Milwaukee. Reports say the opening rounds favored Welsh with the fourth the only round Wolgast won. Welsh weighed 129 3 4 pounds. Wolgast 137. A separate Milwaukee light heavyweight posted $2500 for a potential meeting with Welsh at the lightweight world championship.
Fragmentary ad noting a stage show titled Eachanted Forest featuring a group of performers and elaborate scenery presented this week at IHppodrome. Details are unclear due to OCR corruption but advertising language emphasizes spectacle and attractions.
Frank Brigge sues Marie J. Driggs seeking dissolution of marital bonds. Defendants must answer within twenty days of service, or within thirty days if served outside the county. Case filed with court clerk. Attorney T. St. O'Connet. address Ogden. Public notices ran February 8, 1916 and March 5, 1916.
Joe Stecher, 22, 200 pounds, heads a wrestling push in Salt Lake City era as Nelson and Yokel begin training for a one hour handicap match at the Auditorium Friday night. Promoter Crabbe plans 2500-seat crowd as Stecher aims to defend world-renowned grip against rivals in a clash hailed by followers.
The article describes magpies destroying eggs to deter game birds, cites observers noting higher losses from magpie depredations than other hunters, and recounts methods using poisoned bait near water. It notes poisoned bait failing to poison fish and mentions a bull trout found with a fish in its stomach, with ranger Williams commenting on otter predation.
Advertisement for Bell & pire fertilizer offering weed weed prevention at 32.00 per cwt. Coverage ten pounds per hundred square feet. Apply in early spring by broadcasting and watering after application. Claims to yield a velvet green lawn superior to manure. Cash on delivery. Delivery Mondays and Thursdays. Ogden Packing & Provision Co.
In Weber County Utah a district court sale notice lists Orden Medicinal Sortoga company and Utah Light & Railway company as plaintiffs. The property, Southwest quarter of Section 23 township 6? north range 1 west Salt Lake meridian, is to be sold March 30 1916 at noon at the county courthouse front door Ogden City. Terms are cash and taxes for 1916 apply. Davis is referee. First publication March 7 1916. Last publication March 25 1916. Read the Classified Ads.
An OCR fragment mentions Mae Sek Davey and Barnum and Dalley, salacious dialogue about engagements and dancing partners, and a note about a neighbor and advertising for peace. The readable text is garbled and lacks clear events or dates but signals a social or stage context with names and implied relationships.
The Progressive party in Utah calls a state convention at the Grand Theatre East Lake City on April 0 1916 at 11 am for 484 delegates apportioned by county for Myra M Des Wolfe and for delegates to the National and Congressional conventions. Each county gets at least one delegate and votes are allocated by vote totals. districts elect delegates and alternates to the national convention in Chicago June 7 1916. Delegates from counties form the district conventions and counties may send as many as voters allow.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw appears at the Orpheum Theatre in Salt Lake City in a lavish costumed dancing routine. The vaudeville show runs daily with 4:30 and 10:30 starts, matching Bamberger train schedules for Ogden residents returning after performances.
The call directs county delegates for the Progressive party with selection under county organizations or by noted delegates from unorganized counties. Progressives to meet and report to the State Committee. lists due by April 6, 1916, at Salt Lake City. Credentials prepared and filed before convention. dated February 12, 1916.
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