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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1909
Page
13
The notice details second class matter at Ogden Post Office under federal act. It lists publishing daily except Sundays by Wm. Glasmann and subscription rates: one month 75 cents, six months 4.00, twelve months 8.00, with Sunday Morning Examiner Free included.
The Standard Publishing Co presents daily rate changes for advertising in The Evening Standard Ogden. Rates include flat per inch charges for various positions such as special pages top of column and first page. Special contracts offered for weekly or monthly runs and a claim of guaranteed bonafide subscribers.
Harvard's William H. Pickering counters Percival Lowell's doom scenario, noting a dark body in space could momentarily disturb orbital motions but remains highly remote. He argues the solar system's forces keep planets stable, and only an unimaginably vast dark body could alter paths, so public alarm is unnecessary.
Clyde Leavitt district forester Ogden writes to Salt Lake Tribune criticizing the March 7 editorial Enlarged Homestead Law. He states the piece predicts loss of lands to dishonest parties and contests with forest reserve officials, noting the forestry bureau will actively oppose land acquisition to prevent development.
District Forester Clyde Leavitt defends Forest Service policy on unreserved lands and National Forest resources. He argues the agency acts in good faith for the public good despite inevitable criticism from predatory interests and urges perseverance toward lasting conservation.
The Utah legislature hears Representative McCracken charged with aiding Belle London’s political influence in Ogden. The dialogue probes whether London controls success in local politics and racks of ward heelers, with sharp irony about the “machine” and the city’s elite.
The London Medical Journal and New York papers warn that boys engage in marathon style running can lead to exhaustion and permanent harm. Authorities including Sir Lauder Brunton and Sir Alfred Fripp say school and cross country races over one mile are unsuitable for boys under nineteen due to risk of lasting heart and organ damage.
A long column argues against blanket bans on cross country for boys, contending healthy youths endure exertion while urging medical inspections for unfit pupils. It stresses training, physique, and joy in sport over victory, and calls for a return to the true spirit of sport.
A Literary Digest piece reproduces Rev Livingston Smith’s critique of B H Roberts and the mechanical translation theory of the Book of Mormon. It notes Roberts’ congressional service and three wives, and discusses Smith’s summary of the now-abandoned Seer Stone and Urim and Thummim translation theory and its witnesses.
An old ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve sore feet from nails bunions and sweating. It claims instant relief from sting and “greatest comfort discovery,” with shipping details and a trial package offer.
WCHUACHES A First Church of Christ, Scientist holds service at 11 a m in the new Masonry Temple on Washington avenue. Central Park Presbyterian Church at Washington ave and Thirtyfirst led by Rev. S C Hickman offers 11 am service and 12:20 Sunday school with midweek prayer and Bible study at 7:39. First Methodist Episcopal Church at 448 Twenty-fourth street led by G W McCreery has 10 am worship, 11 am morn class, 6:20 pm Epworth League, and 7:30 pm Gospel service with special music and multiple solos and choruses.
First Baptist Church on Grant Avenue near government building invites all to Sunday school at 10 look, morning worship at 11:15 with sermon The Consecrated Hand and the Discovery of Unrealized Forces. Evening service 7:30 features What Are Our Liquor Laws and How Are They Enforced led by Leslie Brooks. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:20 features The Lord of Life and Death. Ladies' Kensington noted.
A collage of church announcements lists meeting times at First Unitarian, Swedish Lutheran, German Evangelical, and First Presbyterian congregations. Services include sermons on biblical themes, special music by local soloists, Sunday schools, and upcoming business meetings.
The State treasurer calls all county treasurers to file inheritance and state tax statements for 1908. Traveling auditors will inspect recounts and compare with the State treasurer’s books to uncover any further shortages in the state’s funds.
James Christiansen, former Utah state treasurer, handed over a check for 870625.14 to his successor and returned to jail to await legal action. He admitted embezzling funds from the former office for Nevada mining interests and confessed to a dummy transaction. Prosecution timing was unclear as county attorneys had not filed a complaint yet.
A statement notes that with which he made good the losses and looked over as partial reimbursement the realty and other property relinquished by the delinquent Omolal and his wife.
The article notes Fanny Burney, famed eighteenth century novelist, suffered from an extreme dislike of washing and water. It cites Sir Henry Holland as her physician who cared for her in the final year of life and records she had not washed for fifteen years.
A woman recalls entering an office and finding men crowding the mirrors in the elevator area. She intended to primp but could not fix her hat or hair due to the men's positioning. The ad line at the end emphasizes that want ads bring big results.
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