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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1909
Page
4
The fragment states second class matter at the Postomice Utah under Act of Congress. It lists publication as daily except Sundays with pricing for one month prepaid and two months prepaid, noting Sunday Morning Examiner Free.
The Evening Standard advertises its 1908 rate card with per inch pricing and special positions. It highlights daily changes, special contracts for weekly or monthly runs, and claims stronger bonafide subscribers than Ogden competitors.
Oklahoma has shifted from Indian stronghold to a largely white population in ten years, making Indians a small minority easily subdued. The Grey Soake faction’s defeat and lack of local support show the drift. Western states often request federal troops, but Oklahoma handles uprisings without outside aid. The era of powerful red warriors like Crazy Snake seems past.
The Inter Mountain Fair association has faced repeated delinquent stock assessments, with 1.50 per share previously and 50 cents this year, as storms or setbacks damaged the exhibition. Despite no immediate dividends, the writer argues continued payments support future value of fair grounds and community improvements.
Stockholders vote to raise funds at annual meeting. The Fair association earns public support for its general good. A serious Union Pacific train wreck east of Ogden results from a landslide that toppled a mountain side, threatening block signal reliability. Doctors and officials respond quickly from Ogden.
The Intermountain Republican reports Ogden lacking a mayor for four weeks after Brewer’s deposing. It announces A J Anderson, former city justice, as mayor while speculation swirls over the true holder of office.
The piece from Weber Canyon to the Oregon Short Line near Farmington prompts debate. Proponents cite feasibility of tunnels or cuts while critics argue high costs and risks, urging Harriman system officers to redirect funds to better uses rather than possible interurban-like loss.
A fragmentary police sentence mentions Officer Marlin described as a tall powerful man and hints at blood loss. The text is incomplete and provides limited context about the incident.
An eyewitness recounts a police officer striking a drunken man with a club and shaking him, causing head injuries. The account urges self control, argues officers are not judges, and calls for restraint while supporting law enforcement.
Charles Hahfori and a capable company staged Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at the Grand last evening to a large appreciative audience. Hanford and Mrs. Hanford impressed as Leontes and Hermione, with strong turns by Miss Dromah and John M. Kline. The production, praised for voice, presence, and clear enunciation, offered a welcome relief from lighter entertainment.
Rear Admiral Robley D Evans warned at the Moore theater that the navy lacks ships. He urged a Pacific fleet of twenty four battleships with sixteen active and eight in reserve, plus more naval stations and better Mare Island facilities. He said political pressure from citizens is needed to secure funding and bases. A separate note announces a Ladies Aid meeting of the Swedish Lutheran church at 1903 Grant avenue at 2 40 p m Thursday afternoon.
Yuma reports a holiday crowd for the Laguna Dam opening with Governor Kibbey and California visitors attending. The 14 to 19 foot high concrete dam spans 4700 feet and includes massive diversion gates to irrigate about 150000 acres, at a total cost near 33 million dollars begun in 1906.
The Stephens Investment Company gains permits for twelve cottages on Adams Avenue between Thirty-fee and Thirty-sixth streets with eastern row priced at 3500 and western at 4000. A brick residence costs 1800 on Washington Avenue, plus frame cottages and brick houses by various builders on Lincoln Avenue Central Park Avenue Padlerton and other streets. Johnson and Sismiah also undertaking brick and frame homes with costs ranging from 400 to 4000.
Joseph E Gardiner son of a Kentucky planter and possible gubernatorial candidate stood trial in the U S circuit court of appeals for the murder of Joseph Cardoza a colored boat steerer aboard the whaler Bouhead. Witnesses testified Gardiner struck Cardoza after a dispute and again with a heavy weapon leading to Cardoza's death hours later.
New Orleans reports that Mrs. E. V. Baker wife of a grain broker went missing from her home a month earlier. She was found in New York after being drugged by a woman she met in New Orleans, and regained faculties days after arrival, informing her husband.
A critical portrayal notes India as both rich and poor, bound by caste. It argues that Sudras cannot advance while Brahmins and rulers stay superior by birth and law. The text highlights mutual prohibition on assisting each other and a resulting impulse to hoard wealth.
A fair sized crowd watched the Chicago White Sox No 2 arrive and perform as rain ruined the field. Muddy grounds limited play while Chicago players entertained the crowd with fielding and batting efforts. Gimlin and Weasler were among the exceptions to the Chicago roster. The score was not stated.
Manila reports the murder of Dr William Jones an anthropologist from the Columbia Museum of Chicago while in the Philippines two years researching wild tribes near the Cagayan river headwaters He studied the Tlongotg and lived among them The government plans a vigilante inquiry from Echague to investigate the death of the noted scientist.
An old time home remedy uses garden sage for dandruff and hair loss with a sage infusion applied to roots. Reports say wild sage or sage brush may have stronger medicinal properties due to soil conditions, though odor is a drawback.
Hyomet vaporizes eucalyptus air from Inland Australia to treat catarrh and other respiratory ailments. A complete inhaler outfit costs $1.00 with extra bottles at 59 cents, guaranteed by Badeon's Pharmacy or money back.
After three years of lab experiments a preparation free of odor is offered for curing dandruff and stopping hair loss. The tonic retains active principles of the wild sage and is sold at leading drug stores and barber shops in the city.
A special train left Santa Fe New Mexico for Chicago carrying C L Tallmadge of the Talmadge Brothers real estate house under care of Dr J A Sloan and several servants. Tallmadge fell sick in a Santa Fe hotel and physicians said his case hopeless unless he could be taken to lower altitude for specialist care. The charter cost 2000 dollars and the train will stop only to change engines.
The Brown University baseball team announced a July 1 start for a historic road trip to Seattle to play in the Pacific Yukon Exposition series. Six colleges from the East, Middle West and Pacific coast will participate, with Yale declining and Harvard undecided.
The Winnemucca Star reports a brakeman, W Dewey Woe, fired upon while ejecting hobos from a moving freight car. A man named James McCart was captured after a brief pursuit and held under guard with legal counsel arranged.
A saying by the Philosopher Folly defines a hero as one who acts spontaneously when the moment demands it, contrasting with someone who would deliberate if given time to think. It frames courage as immediate action over contemplation.
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