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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1909
Page
5
Classified style notice lists telephone numbers for editorial rooms and business office. It specifies two rings for the editorial line and one ring for the business line with numbers 56 and 66. The text is a small historical telephony directory fragment.
The funeral for William Mickel is set for this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Larkin & Sons funeral chapel, followed by interment at the city cemetery. The service will include remarks by relatives and friends, with mourners attending from the community.
Salt Lake City March 22 Mrs Mary McKay Smith 85 wife of John Y Smith died Sunday at the family residence 603 Second East Street She was born December 26 1822 and joined the Mormon church in Scotland after moving there in 1840 She crossed the plains in 1859 with Captain Rowleys hand cart She is survived by her husband one sister Esther Stoehman of Wellsville and brother James B McKay of Malad City Idaho
Salt Lake says John Byron and wife of Murray have buried seven children in fourteen years after losses in January February and March. The family suffered repeated deaths, including four this year, two at ages ten and two, all within a span of months.
Mrs Mary Wilmot of Allentown Pennsylvania accompanied by her family and Private Detective John Reese is in Los Angeles pursuing former Allentown Detective George Brown accused of stealing diamonds and papers valued at £15,000 from her bank safe. Her son Russell C Wilmot aged 21 reportedly became insane today. Brown previously held a police post in Allentown and fled after securing the key to the safety deposit box.
Washington March 21 Public interest grows as Payne and Dalzell with Broussard prepare to defend the Payne tariff bill. Democrats under Clark Williams unite to oppose protective duties unless revenue producing. Joint action may form on some duties while Payne and Clark clash on others. Senate scrutiny focuses on wording to clarify ambiguous phrasing, advised by Treasury aide Dougherty.
A letter from Postum Co. presents multiple families citing health benefits after quitting coffee eight years ago. They report relief from headaches sleeplessness stomach troubles and heart palpitations and praise Postum for its color flavor and compatibility with their routines.
The draft tariff bill under Major Herbert M. and the War Committee introduces duties on metals and alloys including chrome and ferro alloys and restricts plates used for construction. Synthetic camphor gains a six cent per pound duty, olive oil import questions arise, and rice wine taxation seeks clarity to avoid court disputes.
Cleveland report details the failed ransom for Willie Whitla as J P Whitla deposits $10,000 in Flatiron Park under police watch. Detectives and state officers tracked the plan, but the money remained untouched. The attempt halted with no contact from kidnappers and the boy still missing.
A boy abducted earlier was found today in Cleveland and sent home. Officials and family remain anxious with limited new information as public interest persists. physicians restrict the mother’s visitors while a 23 member constabulary awaits cross state rules.
Secretary Arthur Francis announces the twentieth annual Trans Mississippi Commercial congress to meet August 16 to 21 in Denver. President Taft plans to attend. Delegates from states cities organizations urged. topics include national defense waterway improvements irrigation and reclamation and trade with Latin America.
Federal officers search for a man known as Montana Kid who is implicated as the third participant in the February 18 Denver Rio Grande train robbery at Military Junction. He was last seen with Frank Potts at Fort Collins about three weeks ago.
The body found a week ago in a box car at Melrose Station near Oakland California is identified as Cyrus Foster a prosperous farmer from Springfield Massachusetts Identification was made by George R B Ferguson husband of a niece of the deceased
Tescher Now, Tommy claims he borrowed money from his father and asks how much would be owed after a year. Tommy says fifty dollars. The teacher questions the calculation while Tommy asserts understanding of human nature.
A Wyoming will dated shortly before death from Mrs. Mary E. Ryan bequeaths most of her estate to her two sons Eugene Clouser and Franklin Clouser and her daughter’s portion to her husband John Posey Ryan after she and her daughter were shot by him. The will leaves only one dollar to Ryan, potentially hampering his murder defense.
Washington reports the red man is vanishing due to tuberculosis. Bureau of Indian Affairs officials aim to save the race and adopt sanitation measures to curb disease as Sioux in South Dakota suffer high infection rates amid unsanitary living conditions. About a thousand Indians die yearly.
Washington March 21 ex planation forthcoming on democrats opposing Minority Leader Clark by voting for Fitzgerald amendments to house rules. Keliher Peters of Massachusetts Harrison of New York defend amendments as curtailing speaker's power. They claim Clark blocked debate and moved previous question, silencing democrats.
In Spokane on March 21, A. Lew endoekl, a cabinet maker, was found shot in the head and dressed as for a wedding. The body lay in a secluded spot on Fort Wright military reservation. Clothing soaked with kerosene had been set ablaze to erase identification. The overcoat contained two hundred dollars, suggesting the victim was killed elsewhere and moved to the scene. No money or jewelry on the person was taken.
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