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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
2
The text critiques professional politicians who fuel an atmosphere of politics to serve party success. It argues their rhetoric is a form of persuasion and that officials act as preachers, revealing a weakness in the government system.
The article notes a steady rise in exports to Europe with February figures showing bread and cereals at $64,000,000 and meat and dairy at $42,951,000. Cotton shipments totaled 162,414,000 pounds and mineral oils reached 231,578,000. Over a billion dollars annually leave the country in bread, meat, and dairy, excluding supplies sent to the army.
A fragmentary squib condemns Lenroot and other politicians over loyalty and patriotism. It argues Americans must reject weak-kneed leaders courting enemy opinion, and calls for decisive votes against favored figures across states. The piece mocks Berger and Lemont and warns against half measures.
A speech by Clarence Ousley, assistant secretary of agriculture, warned that Allied failure without U S aid would burden the nation. A woman in the South told of her son in France and a neighbor who ignores food conservation, prompting a personal appeal to change farming and kitchen habits. The account illustrates wartime food duty tensions and domestic resistance to conservation efforts.
An old ad promotes Musterole as a topical remedy for headaches and various ailments. It touts external use only, no stomach or heart effects, and compares it favorably to plasters. The product price listed is $2.60.
A speaker urges a neighbor to rethink wartime conduct and the burden of sacrifice on their son. The citizen explains the need to limit harm and criticizes greed while describing a change in a neighbor's stance about food and cotton planting.
Letter from Standard urges pretest against allowing chickens near gardens. City ordinance requires chicken keepers to stop fowls from encroaching on Nelabbora gardens to protect seedlings and prevent scratching. Authors criticize growers and urge enforcement of the law.
The government seeks higher meat output but recognizes gardens as essential to the food program for wartime aims. Citizens are urged to keep fowls within gardens and avoid letting hens scratch outside as gardens provide the backbone of wartime nourishment.
The French counterattack at Noyon and British advances west of Bray suggest a possible strategic reversal against Germany. Analysts speculate a deep strategy behind retreats, potentially luring Germans into a decisive trap. A wartime column by Caroline Ticknor notes heatless and meatless days as part of a wartime diet poem.
D N Decoase a Camp Lewis soldier drafted last fall asks his family to come to Tacoma Wash to live with him as he serves at the government shoe factory there Mrs Decossa and their two children depart from 346 Twenty first street to join him for a hoped reunion and relief from separation The note closes with cheer up lines and a reference to the classified ads
The dog tax collector John Hughes reported to the city commission that many roaming canines have been removed from streets. The police health and fire departments collaborated to curb canine nuisances, killing fortyone dogs for the week. Weather favors ongoing hunts and Sanitary Inspector George Shotten says the city is moving toward safety from rabies.
Manufacturers and wholesalers in Ogden are urged to attend a noon meeting at Weber club rooms to discuss reduced deliveries. The call comes at the request of State Commissioner of Commercial Economy W F Jensen, with S B Jensen of Ogden Packing & Provision Co coordinating. Salt Lake firms already adjusted their delivery systems. Expected attendees include wholesale grocers druggists meat packers ice cream makers bakers hardware dealers bottlers flour millers and other direct-to-retail sellers.
The article argues catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by ear applications and promotes a constitutional remedy from a specific medicine company. It describes the Eustachian tube issues and potential total hearing loss if untreated, then offers free samples via a drug firm at 764 Cree & Co.
The Tabernacle choir rehearses tonight for the Sunday performance of The Seven Last Words of Christ by Theo Dubois. The oratorio, a feature of a spring program, is described as highly characteristic and beautiful with Bible-based text. Apostle David O. McKay will speak and outline the theme.
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Washington March 28 the senate military committee summoned Major General Squier head of the signal corps Colonel Deeds and Howard E B Coffin chairman of the aircraft board to explain photographs for airplane production and captions used in public information releases. A committee aide said captions on four pictures sent for March 30 publication were withdrawn and based parts of the captions on statements by Secretary Baker.
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