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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1917
Page
9
Questions answered by Allein Hort Miss Host will reply to etiquette letters in care of this paper with a two cent stamp. The article advises natural behavior over constant self-conscious manners and dismisses terms like inner party as quaint and outdated.
A long excerpt outlines remedies for pigeon chest, links it to rickets, and warns against cold and improper feeding. It prescribes breathing exercises, chest expansion techniques, and positional therapy to treat obstructive conditions. Advice emphasizes open air, hygiene, and careful medical guidance over devices.
Feminines fashions feature gold and emerald as season colors. Gold dominates accessories including hats and sweater trims, with blue outfits often lined in gold. Sleeves imitate twelfth century shapes in velvet and satin, while tailored boots with masculine lines, perforations, and long pointed toes gain popularity among sport wear.
Fragmentary text describes brown shade footwear and tailored boots for various outfits. Mentions white buckskin or mohair materials, face style auds, and formality of boots with high heels. Content is incomplete and lacks coherent event or person references.
Shape vagaries discuss small to medium sizes with larger brimmed bats forecast to charm as summer nears. Watteau shepherdess hats appear, plus military and Watteau plaited brims. Napoleon and tricorne styles return with back flair and feather ornament. Coral steel and jewelry motifs fade in early season while flower crowns rise in popularity.
A fragmented note outlines women preparing to take men’s places across all branches. It mentions training for labor and farm tasks before the declaration of war and hints at readiness to fill roles in industry and public life.
The article describes using natural old gold color for lamp shade decor, pasting cutout dessena from cretonne to the paper with black enamel background to make light shine through while keeping the back ground opaque. It suggests avoiding this shade with a single lamp and when heat is a concern. It also recommends mellowing light by covering outer shade with delicate gauze in cream or rose to enhance the design without altering the pattern.
Canyars of its operating force by the Associated Press, completed today, show about 900 telegraphers within its select draft age will enter the army or navy. Senior press service telegraphers wish to enlist for national defense but are barred by age, risking severe disruption to the Associated Press and Hearst services. Western Union maintains recruitment and better conditions, while railroads warn training takes five years. The government must recruit hundreds of skilled operators for army and naval wireless work without disrupting telegraph service.
A fragmented newspaper fragment mentions Foley's Honey and Tar as effective for coughs and a wartime exchange about an enemy attack. The text references a child named Houdi Lee in Wanoaska Mion and includes unrelated dialogue from a captain about an attack on the rear.
An advertisement touts a weight loss method claiming rapid fat reduction without strict dieting or strenuous exercise. It promotes breathing exercises, a small daily dosage of a herb after meals, and a Korein capsule regimen, promising quick weight loss and improved vitality with home delivery of a testing packet from Korein Company in New York.
Pratt, a young attorney from District Ridge, and Mr and Mrs Pratt will report to the Presidio San Francisco on May 12. Lieutenant Pratt will join the cadet battalion after graduation from Stanford and training at Port Cousine. Willa Smith, director of the Ogden Bik School Cadet Battalion, also receives a commission as second lieutenant and will accompany Lieutenant Pratt to the Presidio on May 3. Additional commissions are anticipated.
Attorney C, EB, Wright received an arresting letter dated April 16 from Tiryan Wrishh, OGDEN brother in Japan. The message outlines spring in Japan, hot springs, mountain climbs, bath culture, and language challenges while detailing daily life, health, and a plan to play tennis each morning.
Vintage classified style ad urges readers to mail in for a trial package claiming Foley products such as Money and Ter Campounil for coughs colds and cramp plus kidney bladder relief. It lists a Chicago address and a mail order request with buyer name and address clearly written.
An old newspaper feature quotes a drug clerk arguing most stomach remedies are ineffective and public reliance on magnesium compounds provides quick relief. The piece cites saturated magnesia as a safe option, detailing its form and dosage, and mentions a humorous restaurant anecdote about a man named McTavieh.
Mrs Elizabeth White Stewart, widow of Isaac A Stewart of Draper and mother of the late Dr William M Stewart head of the University of Utah parental school, died yesterday at 5 pm at her daughter's home. aged 80, born in London, sailed to Utah aboard the Horizon arrival Boston Nov 24 1868, crossed plains from Council Bluffs arriving Utah Nov 20 1856, lived in Draper until 1896 then Salt Lake. She was known as a quiet woman devoted to home life and education, survived by six daughters and three sons, thirty one grandchildren and forty one great grandchildren.
Tomorrow evening a demonstration of transmitting photographs by wire will be added to the program at the Alhambra. The cafe offers 5c and 10c items, and patrons are advised to order only one bottle. A quoted line shows a confrontation with McTaylor. The Globe notes the band is not playing.
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