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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1916
Page
2
The She Standard proclaims a reestablished independent newspaper format published each evening except Sunday without a muzzle or a club, signaling renewed editorial freedom and daily local coverage.
A boy injured by a dynamite cap after playing with explosive caps Sunday, highlighting the many youngsters maimed or killed by such toys. The piece urges adults, miners, and quarry workers to keep explosives out of reach and mind children's curiosity.
Prosperity and hosoes cites rail line labor needs and crowded city jail. Many out of work men seek jobs while the good people of Ogden aid wanderers. Women urge reform while The Standard favors a large government farm to deter tramping.
The passage argues for directing wayward individuals toward productive work rather than letting them drift into public idleways. It laments wasted potential and calls on government to assume responsibility, steering the unemployed toward industrious self-sufficiency through disciplined reform.
Oregon shows strong Republican backing for Hughes for president. The piece notes Roosevelt talk in the East but says Hughes appeals to both parties and would be free from corrupting influences. It references Wilson and Minghes on opposite tickets and suggests the race offers a chance for forecasters.
A Geographic Society writer describes Cyrenaica on Africa’s northern coast, once a prosperous Greek colony with Cyrene as its ancient capital. The region, now sparsely populated and largely nomadic, has seen restricted exploration due to Arab sectarian tensions and Turkish officials limiting European travel.
A fragment from an Ottoman era chronicle notes English visitors twelve years ago who skipped overnight amid dust heaps of departed grandeur. The mighty rock tombs and towering columns marked the entrance to the last resting places of a once vast city, where fifty poor nomad families now claim inheritance from a population of about a hundred thousand.
The piece argues for military preparedness by comparing World War I era nations. It cites army sizes from Germany to Belgium and Serbia, then contrasts national wealth in francs and pounds to suggest the United States could build a stronger war machine than Germany and England.
Reports from Nevada detail a rabies spread with a mad coyote attack on a boy at the Dory Ranch in Reese River Valley. James Litsler ferried the boy to Reno for treatment while trains ferry Nevadans bitten by coyotes or dogs. Experts warn rabies could reach Utah and Wyoming within a year, prompting calls for aggressive coyote control and stricter campaigns.
A fragmented article warns that the United States must prepare defense plans in the Intermountain region to deter a German invasion. It argues controlling the New England coast would allow seizure of ordnance works and impede mobilization, stressing reinforced national security and war plant protection.
The speaker denies a bid for governor or any political post, pledging full devotion to Oxden interests and Salt Lake City newspaper work. He says rumors of Herald-Republican fabrications are absolutely false and that those behind them know the truth.
In Ogden the Golf and Country Club members turned a clubhouse fire into action. They held a Friday banquet, raised funds and materials, and planned a bigger, better building. Leaders view obstacles as prompts for renewed effort, showing community spirit.
CARD OF THANKS The family expresses heartfelt thanks to those who assisted during bereavement for the beloved husband and father William Glasmann and family. The note gratefully acknowledges friends and Sirs for support and gestures of kindness during their hour of need.
Salt Lake Herald Republican reports J F Eldredge general manager of The Examiner will move to Balt Like City to oversee Gov Spry campaign. Eldredge denies the claim saying the story is entirely false and not prompted by any Republican source.
The page lists showings at Orpheum and Alhambra venues with mixed odds for films such as Blazing Love and The Aryan, plus Clara Kimball Young in The Yellow Massport. Also noted are Lyceum Damaged Goods and Man and Els Angel, along with various fraternal society items and meetings including Knights of Columbus and Knights of Pythias.
New York May 22 Chief Tnepees tor Alfred Ward and an assistant from Scotland Yard arrived from Liverpool to take back to England the German spy and former British MP Ignatios T Lincoln wanted in England for forgery. Lincoln was extradited after appealing to the U S Supreme Court. he had been arrested here last August and escaped in November before being rearrested in February. Edna May stars in Salvation Joan at The Ogden tomorrow.
May Simbel’s libel suit against Edwin A. Emerson, now in Berlin, stems from an Associated Press report alleging Conger and Ambrendor Gerard betrayed Sir Roger Casement to the British. The piece ties Conger to Casement’s plans and a Washington transmittal, while noting Emerson’s alleged involvement.
A Continental Times report notes that the subject learned of an impending outbreak in Ireland two days after initial knowledge, marking a delayed awareness of the developing crisis. The article underscores the timing in relation to the broader events and the awareness gap among officials.
New York on May 22 delegates to the General Federation of Women's clubs Biennial convention welcomed West and South clubwomen. About 5,000 are present with 15,000 expected. Delegations from Texas Utah and Oregon arrived by special trains at Albany. More than 1,060 husbands registered with the Commission on Husbands.
A notice states that the supply of pink tickets printed for the convention conference has been exhausted. Tickets admit the bearer to a single session and the convention.
Theodore Roosevelt will testify in Washington tomorrow at the Riggs National Bank case. He is expected to appear as a witness for C. C. Glover, the bank president, amid perjury charges against several officers.
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