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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1919
Page
2
Rail yard whistles stirred Ogden at 0:29 this morning marking the May 10 1869 celebration. The city honors the completion of the first transcontinental railroad and the linked rails at Promontory that spurred regional progress and development.
A parade segment honors the United States fighting forces. It recalls the end of the great war and fifty years of peace that followed. Today the voices of children added meaning as veterans of the last war marched again, answering past sneers with a double echo.
AOgden plans mark fifty years since the first transcontinental railroad opened, recalling May 10 1869 at Promontory. The Salt Lake Tribune notes rapid postwar rail expansion, naming lines from Grand Trunk Pacific to Western Pacific and routes reaching Oregon, California, and Utah, with global examples like the trans-Siberian and Cape to Cairo.
Lorin Farr a Utah pioneer and key organizer of early railroad work in Ogden is described as central to the Central Pacific project. He helped survey and push the northern route, formed partnerships with Chauncy West and E Z. Besson, and oversaw roadbed and rail laying while initially mayor of Ogden. Farr's efforts contributed to the June 1869 railroad arrival celebration, with Farr receiving recognition from Stanford and Huntington and a portrait hung in Golden Gate Park.
National Mather to Mother and Son's Day name change aims to spotlight unemployment among demobilized sailors and mothers. Mrs Addin A Roper leads the observance in this state urging employers and congregations to help the unemployed. The campaign runs through the week with a final push next Sunday.
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