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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1919
Page
2
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Ogden’s grain trade has grown so rapidly that government officials consider an inspection force here and railroads arrange special trackage to gather and inspect grain cars. Last year 3000 carloads were inspected. two large elevators open soon with storage in the millions of bushels, boosting expected shipments and tonnage for local railroad terminals.
The article extols Ogden rose cultivation and shipping to Pasadena and Portland, asserting June blooms perfume yards and enrich the city. It notes The Standard's earlier campaign to promote roses, arguing roses have both commercial and aesthetic value, and compares Utah fruit quality to California, attributing rich color and flavor to Utah climate and irrigation.
Berlin crowds rail at forced peace while Americans in the Hotel Acton lobby watch. An orator proclaims ejecting the entente victors as Germany grapples with Wilsons fourteen points and the reckoning for wartime outrages. The scene recalls how mercy arrived late after brutal acts and failed alliances.
Ogden's Methodist church shows strong support for a $14,000 centenary pledge, with Sunday totals reaching $18,000 thanks to Pastor C R Garver and a cooperative lay group. The article lauds pastoral leadership, notes active church programs including a home for girls at Twenty fifth Street and Adams Avenue, and highlights area churches as a powerful force for community uplift and moral decency.
Report describes a troubling spread of illness across regions with reference to medical concerns and large crowds. Mentions Siberian contexts and political tensions without clear concrete events or names.
The article argues Bolshevik power persists in Russia while armies control Siberia and Kolchak rules. It notes a Russian assembly, elected by tens of millions, abolishing private land ownership within the Aunsley republic. It warns Germany may shift toward Russia for support and trade, hinting at a future spread of socialist ideas eastward past the Rhine into Germany and beyond.
President Wilson calls for swift action on wartime laws and a revision of war taxes to ease national finances and foster industrial reorganization. He urges federal agencies to coordinate conciliation and reform, expand employment programs, and promote foreign trade while simplifying taxes and preserving key revenue sources. He also endorses extending suffrage to women and addresses postal, rail, and communications reforms.
A local recruiting office lists the call for volunteers to relieve U S troops on the Rhine. The appeal highlights roles such as reaching France, serving in the trenches, firing on the enemy, risking casualties, capturing prisoners, repelling German raids, manning independent sectors, and recapturing towns under Major General A W Greeley.
The Weber senior class presented a dramatic program titled A Strenuous Life in the school auditorium of Wabar Normal College. Mrs Bliga McKay directed the production, guiding the students through a display of small dramatic talent and stagecraft.
April reports from Constantinople describe Allied sanitation work as urgent. American sanitary engineers and medical staff are urged to overhaul water systems, eliminate disease, and relocate refugees as war aims to restore order and health across the devastated city and surrounding regions.
J. J. Brummil of 2417 Heeson Avenue appears in a May report on Liberty bond purchases. The piece notes increased rates proposed by ABK and mentions the American Railway Express Company and a Commerce Commission action.
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