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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
12
A feature by Miss Young offers a moral tale for the rich with self sacrifice. The piece blends heavy drama with sharp comedy and high dramatic tension retained throughout. Critics at a private preview predicted big things for the subject, not yet widely shown in Ogden Utah today and for the remainder of the week.
Enthusiastic praise for Southern Pacific railroad hospitality when pensioners of the Southern Pacific Pensioners association held their May 10 banquet at the Palace hotel in San Francisco. Veterans from Ogden and beyond recount trips on the Shasta route to Portland and Seattle and back over the Oregon- Washington and Navigation lines.
Fatty Arbuckle and Doug Fairbanks star in two of the year’s greatest pictures at the Alhambra Theatre on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
An eight hour day has been legally granted policemen in Ranras.
Washington May 4 Congress faces more work as the war tax bill moves from the House toward the Senate. The measure, originally 1.6 billion, was altered mainly on income taxes above 10,000, second class mail rates, advertising tax, and exemptions for print paper pulp gold and silver.
At Utshidabo Sugar company offices clerks are preparing new stock certificates exchanged for old ones at two and a half new shares per old share. Georges Wingfield, Nevada mining man, met Utah-Idaho Sugar officials to discuss beet scrap linked to Fallon factory and Nevada farmers have planted full acreage for the Nevada factory.
Dr Arthur Waite faces execution within three days of his first anniversary in life for murdering his wealthy father in law John Peck of Grand Rapids Michigan. A New York jury found him guilty on May 27 1918 after he described anesthetizing Peck and smothering him with a pillow. The report also mentions a vaudeville act about germ warfare and a sensational globe stunt at the Orpheum theatre advertisement.
Omaha May 24 William G. Me, secretary of the treasury, was the prominent figure at today's Nebraska food conservation congress session in the municipal auditorium. His 2:20 PM liberty loan address was one of three speeches planned. He was also set for a 11 AM talk at a luncheon by the Omaha Commercial club and a 4 PM address to the Boy Scouts on the topic Every Scout Bears a Banner.
An old advertisement claims a long proven treatment for kidney and urinary troubles. It touts rapid relief and promises money back if not satisfied. The copy urges readers to visit stores, noting multiple sizes and a dramatic recovery claim.
Amsterdam via London reports a fresh peace initiative tied to Pope Benedicts accord. The Austrian court and Tyd newspaper imply movement toward a war-ending settlement. In New York an AP meeting approved shifting 3.2 million from emergency reserves to Liberty Loan bonds as part of financial support.
Washington May 22. Secretary of Labor Wilson ordered admitting aliens from Mexico to relieve probable farm labor shortages. The action follows the perceived impact of restrictions on contract labor and aims to secure agricultural workforce.
May 23 dispatches describe extensive damage in Lisbon and Vigo with shops looted in Beatorete and Forcobisco, hundreds arrested and held aboard harbor vessels. Rumors attribute the disorder to Entente interference as German plots blamed. Britain and America discuss war cabinet decisions on factory plans amid the conflict.
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