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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1920
Page
2
A discussion of a forthcoming city cleanup week touches on cleaning the city, migration limits, and wartime housing pressures. It cites rent profiteering, construction needs, and calls for building activity while warning against protection for abusive landlords within the wartime context.
The piece cites Dr Hickson of Chicago who argues that women have outpaced men, diminishing masculine vigor and virility. He claims the reform era has weakened American manhood, leaving men increasingly effeminate and behind women in mental and material productivity.
A public official notes foreign born residents are leaving the United States for home, citing prohibition and better conditions in Europe. The Chicago Tribune reports a slight rise in immigration over 1928, with Mexico, Northern Ireland, France and Scotland showing notable net gains, while more laborers depart than enter.
An old style advertisement invites readers to cut out the form and mail it to Melay & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley medicines including Honey and Tar for coughs and colds, Kidney Pills for pains, and Cathartic tablets for constipation and biliousness.
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, denounced Supreme Court rulings on stock dividends and the coal strike injunction during a hearing in New York on March 12. He argued taxation of stock dividends is improper and condemned forceful injunctions against strikers as forcing workers to work against their will.
New York reports that pictures in the pulpit may draw more worshippers as the Methodist Episcopal church plans to add motion pictures to services. A survey of 3000 pastors prompted a committee to approve using films to supplement spoken sermons, with plans for suitable titles and projection methods.
A mid morning storm near Sherman, 60 miles from Lexington, injured between thirty and forty people and caused extensive property damage including the demolition of several buildings and a schoolhouse with children inside. No deaths were reported.
A brief humor piece explores a recursive figure, titled with a playful assertion. The short item presents a chain of knowledge and perception, centering on a character who claims awareness of another aware person.
A local youth Jack Robin, portrayed as a wealthy aspirant, turns burglar to win Dorothy Maton's trust in a melodrama at the Orpheum. The plot follows his deception, a conflicted romance, and a chain of misunderstandings as Dorothy suspects his thefts and confronts him, while a stained glass theft and family ties add tension.
Shreveport dispatch reports radical agitators stirring up trouble amid market conditions. Workers urge oil field action as rail shipments of produce and cars move north toward New York while wage slavery concerns surface.
A local health spa offers crystal clear mineral baths at a Utah spring site promising healthful invigoration. Caretakers highlight clean facilities with white towels and cool rooms, inviting visitors to relax after bathing before returning home. Phone contact provided for scheduling in North Ogden.
Dubian reports police raided the residence of Mrs Eamon de Valera wife of Sinn Fein leader. Officers mistook a London-born woman for Countess Markievicz while searching for Sinn Fein figures in Dublin during St Patrick’s division operations.
The report by the committee appointed by the director of the Christian Science Church to inquire into church conditions has been completed. Jacob S. Shield of Chicago, a committee member, says the report will be presented to the mother church within two to three weeks and published for public access at that time. The Boston committee is in recess.
Fragmentary notice states San Francisco will host drug clinics amid unofficial experiments by internal revenue officials involving two women addicts. It mentions rising numbers seeking government drugs and a meeting for all interested parties scheduled for Thursday.
An advertisement offers a $100 reward for a cure to catarrh and claims Hall's Medicine can relieve symptoms through claimed internal treatment. The noisy text asserts nationwide reach and medical efficacy, urging readers to try the product despite unclear specifics.
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