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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1906
Page
3
Random references describe a busy Ogden scene with Grand Opera tickets, a Voltaire lecture by Elmer Goshen at the Congregational Church, and a Parker Coat Company display. Community notes cover a dance at Toller’s Academy, a Knights of Columbus trip to Park City, a marriage in North Ogden, plus local crime and weather chatter.
Fragments describe a local event at Toller's Academy with admittance for men and women, a private letter from Cheyenne to Portland, and lectures at the Congregational church by Elmer J. Goeben on Voltaire. Police beamed at a horse beating. planners discuss moving offices and consolidating equipment.
A Memorial Day program at the School for the Deaf featured a committee led event including Mr Woodbury Miss DeLong and Miss Maughan praising the plan and its execution. Dr A S Condon delivered the principal address translated for the deaf by Supt Driggs. The occasion showcased two orchestra numbers under Prof Ford and a remarkable drill by the deaf students. Miss DeLong taught the class with notable skill and the festive chapel setting reflected careful decoration.
The article highlights Mr. Warman, praised as a premier entertainer and educator, known for his Poe studies and eloquence. It notes his Chicago base and plans to perform in Ogden starting Monday evening, with endorsements from critics like the New York Sun.
The city gears up for a large electrical display along Twenty fourth Street to light the routes and sidewalks for the UC T convention. Strings from street poles will illuminate the avenue as merchants prepare their storefronts and committees coordinate decorations to attract attendees from Logan and distant towns. Over 60,000 strings of lights will create carnival like brightness, with voters and residents showing strong support and active ticket sales reaching 600 from Logan and more from the valley and interior settlements.
Carrie an Automobile will make connections and go through to Ely. Assistant Superintendent C H Bratty of the Nevada Northern railroad says that effective next Saturday a mixed freight and passenger train will run from Cobre to Currie sixty miles apart. The present schedule has trains leaving Cobre for Currie at 6:30 a m and arriving Currie at 11:30 a m, with return departures at 1:30 p m or 4:30 a m. This will run on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. A Currie to Ely auto line will be established, allowing travelers from Quitman to reach Ely the same day if the train is on time. A large group of Osdualles Lok will visit Brigham for the crop ball and the Well’s stake academy students attend a show tonight. An excursion train left Ogden at 12:30 p m and will return at midnight. The Park City line delayed the Oregon Short Line passenger service, causing a late arrival to Salt Lake. Yard workers enjoy a holiday as machine-shop crews stay idle while essential shifts continue. J H Payne arrives from San Francisco to take up duties in Ogden.
A Berkeley woman Miss Dolly Trescott and Lin Shen Yu, a Chinese student sent to study in the United States, applied for a marriage license in Utah but authorities said white and Mongolian races could not wed there. The couple, who fled to Ogden, Utah, plan to marry there with the blessing of Chinese officials in Pekin, while the bride’s family and the Chinese diplomat community watch the union closely.
Heavy rains halt work on the Baraberge line extending toward Ogden canyon. If clear weather holds, about thirty teams and as many men will resume tomorrow or the next day. Workers face swampy ground near Ay river due to springs along the banks. The goal is to finish the west end first to allow track layers to follow quickly, aiming for completion as soon as possible.
A 16 year old woman from Ogden will be deported to France within days after immigration authorities learned she was brought to the United States for immoral purposes. The case followed her landing at Ellis Island New York and arrival in Ogden, with the finding sent to Washington and an order issued for removal. The girl, fourteenth deportation for Winn since January, will be escorted to Alam land for transport with Longley aiding aboard the trip.
Fragmentary text mentions Los Angeles return from Salt Lake City with tangled dates and names, unclear action or event. No coherent report or identifiable entities beyond cities and sporadic strings.
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