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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
10
A government controlled telephone service notes rising costs from materials wages and taxes, leading to rate changes effective May 1 1919. Despite stagnant past rates, new charges aim to cover operating expenses and maintain reliable service under Postmaster General oversight.
Salt Lake May 1 The Utah Light Traction company awarded wage gains totaling 60 000 for motormen conductors and brakemen 7 000 for shop and barn workers and 6 000 for track men by the city board of arbitration after a three week dispute The new rates raise hourly pay to 39 cents first nine months 43 cents second year and 47 cents third year plus modest per hour and per day increases for other classifications The unanimous decision was signed by arbitrators Culbert Olion Frank Fisher and Oscar Carlsson.
Readers ask about V 0 3 meaning in a prescription and whether Epsom salt is a drug. The column confirms Arborong Tabletets aid weight and laxative use, Ace Sulpherb Tablets suit children over 2, Cadomone Tablets act as a tonic for nervous debility, Minyod remedy claimed harmless, and Gasea Royal Pilla bean market history noted.
Louis Metzel of Magna Utah, alleged treasurer of Utah Copper company, was arrested in Los Angeles while dining with two women, accused of fleeing Magna with thirty thousand dollars in pay checks. Seventy five wounded troops of capital detachments bound for Fort Douglas hospital passed Ogden yesterday, served at the canteen by workers at the union depot. they were with the 91st division.
The New York stock market opened broadly higher after yesterday's rally with gains in shipping motors oils and equipment. Early trading showed several indices up about one to two percent as investors digested mixed economic signals.
Wall Street activity mixed with United States Steel under pressure while oils and some food shares rise. Atlantic Gulf, Texas company, Pan-American Petroleum, Mexican Petroleum, and General Motors among leaders. corn futures surge on tighter supplies and no wheat import licenses.
Chicago grain markets edged higher on improving shipping conditions for corn amid late season delays and labor shortages. Oats gained, and hogs and pork led a general upward trend in prices across grain, flour, and related commodities, with Liberty bonds and currency data also reported.
Receipts at Omaha 15 600 hogs with steady to strong trade. top 20.36 per cwt. Cattle receipts 3 700 with steady to firm prices for steers and veals. Sheep receipts 600 with steady to strong lamb and yearling quotes. Chicago market dull with broad price declines and mixed ranges across hogs and cattle.
Mrs Ida T Blatr and family express heartfelt gratitude for the kind acts words sympathy and beautiful floral offerings during their sad bereavement.
Market notes from Kansas City and St Joseph on May 1 show cattle receipts around 6 000 to 8 000 with steadier beef steers and higher heifers, calves slow but edging up, stockers mixed. hogs steady to lower with top around 20.40, sheep market steady with lambs and ewes moving between 9.60 and 19.25. Potatoes in Chicago remain steady with deliveries and price ranges noted.
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