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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text appears as a scrambled header line with stray words about phane phonics and editorial room notes. The readable portion offers no clear event, date, person, or organization to anchor a proper summary.
District court actions include final account approval in the Wright estate and a condemnation case for right of way by the Ogden Rapid Transit Railway. Funeral notices recall Susanna Mullen and Isaac Jeanson. Local events feature charity teas, an entry deadline for the Four State Fair, and sports notes on Stanford defeating BYU.
A written notice from manager A. Sims announces the 513 theater will be renamed and operated as the Orpheum Theater. It promises improved bills to attract audiences, vows no more subpar pictures, and pledges better treatment at all houses with a focus on upcoming features.
Fragmentary notice notes a cough remedy syrup sold by Gea Cave and Depot Drug store to relieve cold symptoms. References to whooping cough and bronchial distress appear in garbled OCR. No clear dates or places are identifiable from the text.
Fehiller counsels living a good life while tempering ambition with gentleness, urging restraint and integrity in daily conduct and public life. He emphasizes quiet service, practical wisdom, and steady virtue as enduring guides.
President McCrea of the Pennsylvania Central Railway travels with Mrs McCrea and Mr and Mrs Childs on a special train escorted by General Superintendent Davis and Division Superintendent Manson Day. The group tours Ogden and Sierra Nevada routes en route to San Francisco, planning daylight travel and a return trip east via a northern or southern California route.
A marriage license was heard for George A. Jones of Hooper and Jane C. Moberta of Larton, and for Mezander Stricker and Nellie Horch, both of Osten. Also mentions round trip excursion rates on the Pacific Coast daily data with various dates and travel details.
A historical church tale recalls last summer when a large crowd saw an Eng lob lady reveal a 40 87 ram instrument amid a Highland gathering. Elder deputies were chosen to investigate, and at a Sabbath service the same woman reappeared with the device. The leading elder confronted her firmly, ending the incident.
A flood of rats overran streets from the Crenshaw to San Pedro regions, flooding sidewalks and wells. Citizens fled at night as vermin swarmed alleys and main walks, driving fear among women and prompting men to guard routes with makeshift weapons. The unsanitary outbreak caused numerous fatalities among the rodents and attracted attention to the urban rat problem.
A distorted dialogue line appears to express indignation about actions and offerings, with a young man reacting amid murky discourse about trade and social exchange. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear event, date, or named individuals.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Prince Rupert and Prince Huyert in garbled fashion. It references drape, droga, molten content, water, a tad pole, and garden imagery. Several human names appear garbled and uncertain. The passage reads as a miscellaneous, nonsensical notice with no clear event or date.
GUS WRIGHT RETURNS FROM CALIFORNIA Gow Wright returned from a two weeks trip to San Francisco and Ocean Park where his mother Mrs Angus T. Wright has been under care. Mrs Wright has improved and is hopeful of full recovery and return home to Ordre. Angus Wright purchased a home at Ocean Park as Utah residents seek winter warmth. Wright notes San Francisco business remains poor after the earthquake but Market Street shows new grand façades and arcaded display windows. San Angeles sees better business with improved street displays and lighting.
A thief altered his method from safety chains to a silent plan. One morning he planned to abduct Binell but changed course and later, returning home, exclaimed with delight as a watch in a case exploded. The blast shattered Mrs Bands and destroyed her left eye. The criminal had filled the watch with dynamite during winding.
A fragment describes conch shells prized in India and used in temples. It notes a conch with specific markings once offered for sale in Calcutta at a lakh rupees and eventually bought for 20,000 dollars.
The fragmentary OCR text hints at a mid century editorial tone about youth and manhood, but the readable content is limited to garbled words and phrases, offering no clear event, names, places, or dates to summarize a distinct news item.
The readable section reports a patient or writer describing headaches and a request to try a treatment called Pystam or similar, with mentions of milk, remedies, and a medical trial. Names, dates, and coherent context are largely missing, yielding a fragmentary health note style item with uncertain origin.
A heavily bearded circus agent narrowly escaped danger while traveling to Milwaukee to recruit performers for a dime museum. After asking a cabman for directions, he agreed to join the operation, but the tale notes local reactions and jokes about the bearded stranger’s plan and the cabman’s lack of humor.
In a Hopkins Academy of Art scene a dancing skeleton toured the anatomy room during a class. A flirtatious maid, credited as Mongleur the Skeleton, asks to dance and exits with the skeleton while students watch. The episode ends with the master alone as the trap echoes and the walls close in on the event.
Five year old Kenneth and his aunt visit a street market as lamps glow. Kenneth asks about the word Luke and its meaning, learning about lukewarm water and a faint, distant darkness while listening to a salesman. The scene captures a child’s curiosity and a shared moment in late afternoon light.
An infant’s name chosen amid church confusion leads to debate as a clergyman asks for the name and a sponsor questions it. The name Original Story is discussed, with mixed responses from family and a nurse explaining the name origin. Later, a relative in another village adopts the name Reginald Bory.
A fragment shows a tired household in which a weary parent instructs a partner to fix the furnace and tend to a sick baby. The exchange hints at strain, miscommunication, and the hidden stress of daily labor within a cramped home.
A garbled excerpt debates warmth and illumination in philosophy, contrasting intellect with belief. It suggests those led astray by philosophy lack true faith, while those without illumination are distant from faith's divine realm, implying a tension between reason and belief.
A fragmented report discusses Lake Constance and surrounding areas including Avatria and Thres Gertratt Riatea tavarta, listing Württemberg and Valen as involved. It mentions a future fortiditen region amid finance over furvles territory, with references to Austro Germanic and Swiss connections and a tide to explore Ceastanen near Mone on the southern water.
The diary of Samuel Pepys notes a strange health episode in late 1664 as he sought remedies for an ailment affecting his foot. He records trying turpentine and other measures to relieve swelling while monitoring whether the issue was a foot problem or a reaction to clothing.
A St Nicholas excerpt describes a full grown walrus weighing up to ten pounds of blubber and muscle. Its tusks two feet long can plunge downward with great force when attacked, armor-like blubber protecting it from teeth and claws, making it a formidable antagonist.
Help wanted advertisement seeking creemaking and plain sewing work. Local job listing notes immediate openings and contact details.
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