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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
2
A fragment notes a publication schedule stating daily evenings except Sunday with no club meeting. Names or locations are unclear, preserving a period tone. The readable detail highlights routine publication without a weekly club gathering.
A feature in Saturdays Megazine tells of an I Hools priest forced to buy and farm who becomes wealthy after oil is discovered at Carlyle, Clinton county. The illustrated piece is described as an entertaining chapter on a country parish and human nature under strain.
A fragment urges staging a westward history pageant tied to the 1869 completion of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads at Promontory. It proposes preserving the organizing body to spotlight early settlement themes and celebrate western pioneer heritage in a continuing community event.
At the Southern Pacific pension reunion in San Francisco two weeks ago Ogden men attended. General Manager W H Scott spoke, delivering remarks on railroad labor and company history.
The speech honors the railroad worker's life, noting perpetual duty at Southern Pacific and the value of evenings when railway men can be at home. It emphasizes loyalty, energy, and shared devotion across the 24 hour cycle, highlighting the quiet glow of sunset and family time.
The Parents-Teachers Organization of Ogden will screen children’s films at the Alhambra tomorrow 2:30 PM to steer youth away from violent content. Evening shows feature emotion and tragedy, but the town seeks morally wholesome, educational cinema for kids and urges parental support.
A graduation quip recalling advice to graduates about self discipline and responsibility. The speaker notes that many successful people credit steady effort and personal mastery, urging graduates to avoid lax study and to embrace long term commitment.
A fragmented editorial discusses the value of steady work for youth, urging gradual entry to employment to cultivate love of service. It warns against evading labor, arguing that most parents insist on training children in productive work while still in school, lest a restless youth become a tramp.
Nine thousand Americans in training in Canada were to join Allied forces by July, carrying Stars and Stripes with no clear consent to fight under American command. The plan risks violating neutrality as U S ships and flags could be used in combat against Germany, prompting warnings against such use.
Two unnamed European sources say immediate peace is unlikely as Britain France and Russia gain influence and demand strong terms. Allies fear German victory and a future balance of power could crown Germany master of the world if negotiations begin now.
A statue in Washington is unveiled, its unveiling noted amid sweeping references to mass mobilization and immense financial stakes as nations press for global supremacy.
A letter to the editor denounces boxelder trees as a nuisance in Oxden, arguing for keeping elm shade while limiting boxelders. The writer warns of boxelder bugs, leaf damage, and spreading offspring, urging local authorities to regulate planting and preserve urban beauty.
Nescret News reports the Democrate anxiety and strategic pressure guiding the Brandeis Supreme Court nomination. Key figures in party leadership weigh action, while propriety and probability frame the administration’s push amid internal debate and public sentiment.
The article recalls how party leaders used judicial moves to influence a presidential contest. It details how a Supreme Court justice was courted for a Senate seat, risking vacancy, and how a political deal surrounding the Hayes Tilden electoral commission reshaped power.
The Ogden theater presents Brand New Keystone Campus in the same program as Owen Moore and Dorothy Gish. Now playing.
Salt Lake City May 16 Judge F J Milne ordered cancellation of all dependent mothers pensions in Salt Lake County to halt misallocation of funds from the 20 000 pension pool. Only cases of dire need are now rechecked and granted upon proof after investigation or by court attache reports. Unclaimed warrants and mislaid claimants were returned to the fund to preserve next winter's provision.
Large crowds attended the Orpheum yesterday with Pantages vaudeville top billing. Dream of the Orient with Madame Makarenko and Mr Kota featured a seven chorus ballet and elaborate costumes, plus a two scene musical sketch with exotic settings. The Dancing La Wars and other acts received high praise for artistry and stagecraft.
Relved central encore calls feature De Michele brothers, a guitarist and violinist, whose restraint from flaying drew audience disappointment. Minnie Water and Joe Faber perform a street sketch titled Nitty Nonsense while Edward Farrell and Lawerence Grattan present a one act farce Alter the Wedding, with the Australian Creightons delivering juggling and acrobatics to close the curtain with brisk pace.
The Ogden shows the Keystone comedy His Last Laugh on the same program as Meena's Romance featuring Dorothy Gish and Owen Moore. A brief, stray aside mentions a Sunday morning collection plate and gambling slang as a mock critique of vice.
In Little Rock on May 6 Mrs Mary Gabbert, 70, walked 11 miles to seek a pardon for her son jailed three years for grand larceny. Gov. Hays promised release and immediate reunion. Accompanied by an eight year old grandson, she planned a further 5 mile walk to the pardon site but was advised to stop. The tale unfolds amid a friend’s kindness and a scattered, fragmentary report.
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