Governor names draft board in Ogden amid conscription debate
Officials in Ogden organize conscription regulation with a board led by the sheriff, county clerk, and county physician handling registration and physical exams. The piece questions civic liberty, cites misstatements on city populations, and notes a push for daylight saving with a district canvass planned by The Standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Washington
Salt Lake City
Fell Lake
Earl County
East Lake City
Storing Food During a Shortage in Wartime Debate
An Osden wholesaler urges fair sharing of scarce food during World War I. He cautions against hoarding and warns that households with large stores worsen shortages for the poor. The speaker calls for sacrifice and brotherly duty to support the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osden
Farally
Curaéites
Cura
Destruction of Property Mentioned in Reise Narrative
A fragmentary report describes widespread calm and vandalism avoidance in California and Oregon, noting shelter stations undamaged and gardens secure while Ogden Canyon cottages show seasonal window breakage and malice as real estate owners complain of vacant houses with broken windows occurring each summer.
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Man
Orden
California
Oregon
Gariens
Viattora
Wheat Crop Poorer, U.S. Anticipates Record Lows
Government May 1 reports show a further decline in winter wheat condition with a thirty day loss of 64 million bushels. The prospective crop is the smallest since 1889, though officials note May 1 1888 forecast preceded a historic high yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Winter Wheat Crop Shortage Pressures Farms and Nation
In a world food scare the winter wheat crop faces its lowest May condition since 1868 and a much smaller yield than recent years. The Agriculture Department cites 27.65 million harvested acres amid drought, with May 11 condition at 73.2 percent of normal, forecasting around 60.7 million bushels for the year and noting large contrasts with prior years while urging continued wartime farming discipline.
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Wallington
Dlewater
Department of Agriculture
Department of Aericulure
Burglars Break Into Thomas Home on Twenty-Seventh Street
Thieves entered the J. E. Thomas residence at 632 Twenty-seventh Street while the family attended a theatre. They forced a bedroom window, ransacked rooms, and stole Mrs. Thomas's Swiss gold watch, opal and diamond rings, a baby ring and bracelet chain, a locket, neck chain, $820 in cash, a suit of Madeira wear, and a necklace. The crime was reported to police and investigated by Sergeant T. H. Blackburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Thomas
Orpheum Theatre
Ser. Seant
T. H. Dackburn
The The Brand Foot Remedy Ad That Promises Comfort
An old time ad touts a foot product, claiming to cure sore tired aching feet. It promises removal of corns callouses and bunions, claims quick relief and comfortable shoes, urging purchase at any drug or department store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Recall Abuses of War Privilege in Censorship Clash
An Ogden veteran who served as a government censor in Jacksonville during the Spanish American War defends wartime press censorship while condemning yellow journalism. He recalls reports from Cuba and Florida being suppressed, praises censorship in war, and attacks editors opposing it. Also includes a New York market update with raw sugar and futures data.
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America
Glenwoot Park
Peterron
Enim
Salt Lake Tribune
Jin
Oxien
Weber
Florda
Aub. Condon
Ogden
Jacksonville
Fla
Navara
Santiago
Cervera
Strategic Polnia
Florida
Caribbean
Ftorida
New York
Behley
Standard, c
Government boosts coal mine miners bonus in Britain
The first result of government control of coal mines raises miners bonus from 13.8 percent to 48 percent. The increase affects 350,000 workers in England and North Wales and adds about 10 million dollars annually to the wage bill.
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Earland
North Wales
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Cgden
Paral Defense Board
Izet
Balfour
George A. Lows Company
Almarta
Hostetter
Chicago
May
Atsodards
Newa
Bugar
Ogden Furniture & Carpet Company
Horlick
Ingersoll
Ansco
Marshall's Fountain
Waterman
Parker
Nyal
Madruco
Madraco
Wasie
Méseud Ool
Wasi
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