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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1908
Page
7
A vintage style ad touts Scary's Crescent Plow flour with phrases about selecting hard wheat and improved flavor. It invites readers to buy the product from their grocer, claiming pure wheaty taste across baked goods like bread and biscuits.
Ogden notes visitors Hudson and wife of Ogden plan a several day stay. Adam Patterson returns from cellforde after months away. Various ads promote Rock Springs coal and seeds at local stores. Baby Evans funeral held with counselor Cannon presiding. interment at Ogden cemetery. Georgia Daley dies of bronchitis aged half a year. John Farr family returns from California after health trip. Enoch Farr accompanied, including Arizona and City of Mexico trip.
The page advertises upcoming screenings and events including shows like Angel of the Village, Britons Promise, Red Wing, and Brighton Matinee. It notes color portraits and a Sunday evening event, with multiple titles and times listed for matinees and evening performances. A call to arrive early for seating appears amid the listings.
Salt Lake City scene details Captain John Burbidge's ouster from the police department after a meeting with Mayor Crankford. The American party majority on the council backed the mayor, citing political considerations over personal loyalties. Burbidge was summoned to resign after a telephone call prior to the council session.
The state board of pardons meets next Saturday to review ten cases where paroles are sought and two where parole is granted. Among applicants are Albert Urar, jailed in Salt Lake County for a statutory offense, seeking to leave the state, and Leer Obrlatonzen of San Juan County, convicted in 1907 for forgery.
A disjointed report describes a post office ambush with Deputy Marshals White and Getawoll pursuing two robbers from the front door as Caldwell and others chased them through State streets. One robber surrendered after a pursuit. the other fled toward Murray as shots rang out and twenty shells were fired near Provo. In a separate note, Provo’s H. Paitire Company receives charter details for church tithing plans aiding the Mormon ward, with officers listed.
Fragmentary OCR text references a crowded house event in Inez Sbyes night scene. Details are unclear but imply a local gathering or screening with unspecified criteria and mood.
HUSSEY-WOODS REALTY CO lists numerous properties across Idaho's Tetab Valley including modern brick homes, farm land, and fruit land near Ogden. Prices range from 960 to 42,600 with several two and three bedroom options, water tight upgrades, and near locations. agents invite buyers to act now at 248d Wandy Ave.
Report details a violent exchange described as a desperate pistol battle at Aubray. Accounts name several figures and locations, including Murray Falls and a T. Marriott store, with investigators probing motives and parties involved in the firefight and subsequent arrests.
Kate Veraun, daughter of Howling Civein village, returns from a four year stay in a distant land. Jim Rudbourne, loving her, learns of the refined world and his own lack of culture, while Kate falls for Robart Travers. Complications ensue as Travers is revealed to be the man sought for a crime, with local intrigue and narrow escapes surrounding love and social expectations.
Des Moines Iowa reports the first mayoral primary under a new government plan. Thirteen thousand votes were cast with J Mathig and Eugens W Waterbury leading the race for mayor. The new system has one mayor and four commissioners to be chosen from the ten top vote getters. The election is set for March 30.
Washington reports Mr Bulines resigned amid an official inquiry into the government printing office. W Be Rossiter, censor’s clerk, finds no fraud or regularities, but notes some irregularities and criticizes bookkeeping. A draft of 508,388 dollars appears linked to wartime outlay.
March 16 Kansas City criminal court hears General St G Morne charged with killing H J Groves editor of the Kaufas City Post. Groves died days after being wounded in the Nov 23 incident while Woodward recovered. Morne alleges robbery and reads from a manuscript as evidence.
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