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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
2
A truncated OCR item from Ogden mentions a matter at the post office under Act of Congress. It references Punished Deity and arapt Sessays by the standard Popiienics Co. The readable bits imply a legal or administrative notice.
The Evening Standard advertises in force rates starting February 1, 1905 with per inch charges for various positions including special positions in both header and top of column areas. It promotes weekly or postweekly contracts, emphasizes wide readership, and asserts superior circulation compared to Oxdes papers.
A dubious narrative traces John D. Rockefeller from modest beginnings to leading the Standard Oil empire. It touts borrowed capital fueling rapid growth, notes control of oil lands and refining, and claims the financier’s strategy shaped the business world while expanding monetary power and influence.
A fragmented 19th century newspaper opinion piece extols strong local figures in Ogden as candidates for the Board of Education. It praises Hyrum Mogree of Opden Furniture, J. G Nye, CE. Coulter, and James Macktna as potential leaders, urging GOP supporters to back reform. It critiques tariff and mining policies affecting local industry and urges unity among Democrats for educational improvement.
The piece argues life on the farm faces tension between traditional farming and new efficient schemes. It links soil care, veterinary data, profitability per acre, and transportation factors to practical farm improvements. A commission seeks funding for a broader dissemination of agricultural insights to boost farm viability.
The passage argues that despite phonographs, libraries, almanacs, telephones, and cars transforming rural life, farmers still face temptations seen in Rome's decline. It urges better schools, interurban transit, sanitary conditions, and opportunities to improve the farmer’s happiness and prospects, claiming progress will be noticed by the American father.
The president of the Board of Education in Columbus urges expansion of industrial and technical schooling to counteract unemployment and national backwardness. He cites that only about 4 percent of graduates enter skilled professions while 96 percent would benefit from such training, noting many workers are trained overseas or in foreign systems. He warns American theory without practice hampers progress.
The forest service sets new rules for depositing timber sale proceeds into national banks. Deposits will be forwarded to the Treasury and credited to the U.S. Treasurer. Forest supervisors issue letters of transmission and remit via national banks or post money orders. All remittances are checked daily and credited to a single deposit certificate. The plan aims to speed receipts and improve circulation through western banks.
Chicago tragedy reports a bomb blast at 4 a gn alley near James O Leary's Halateat street saloon. The explosion shook surrounding buildings, shattered windows, and caused occupants to spill into the street. Police swarmed the scene as investigators pursued leads tying the attack to gamblers whose establishments had been shut down.
In Loult rile Kentucky on November 18, a major contract closes the pooling arrangement between the American and Ditley Tobacco companies for the 1996 crop and part of the 1997 tobacco. The agreed price averages about 212 cents per pound for the 1996 crop and 17 cents per pound for the 1997 product, totaling roughly 260 million dollars for about 9,000,000 pounds held by the Burley Tobacco Society. The sale is seen as ending mig a t ion pressures in central Kentucky as most producers move to tobacco farming elsewhere. The arrangement excludes western Kentucky and northern Tennessee areas.
Nov. 19 An edict calls for the late dowager empress to search for the aged ruler’s reforms and outlines the program of changes under the infant emperor Pa V4. The decrees urge purification of offices and obedience to former edicts while urging study to prepare a constitution for the state.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Coluicta University, spoke at the Kansas City Commercial Club dinner on banking, currency, and transportation regulation. He urged nonpartisan, intelligent action by business interests to address these big questions for national prosperity, cautioning against partisan exploitation. Senator A. J. Berdtge of Indiana and Dr. Butler were guests at the John Jay treaty commemorative dinner held at the Baltimore hotel, where issues of tariffs, sectionalism, and national unity were debated amid calls for modernization of tariffs and a focus on national rather than local concerns.
Hot Springs Virginia November 19 President elect William H Taft declares he will push a thorough tariff revision, in good faith, aligned with party pledges. He discusses coordinating with Congress and the executive to ensure harmony and prompts consultation with party leaders on tariff policy, including the speaker ship question and related reforms.
Helena Nov. 1 The official count for Montana was completed with the governorship race largely settled. Minor party votes remain to be tabulated and other state totals are in progress as the election results stabilize.
At the Waldorf Astoria a New York Chamber of Commerce banquet featured dignitaries from the United States and Canada. Speakers urged closer Canada United States trade, endorsing freer commerce and projecting wheat demand growth as a pillar of future food supply. Letters of regret were read from President Hoover, Governor Hall, and Lord Gery.
Beattie Nov 19 Arrests today through Secret Zer the Agent Miller Caplan Cawley former master of the Sound steamers Etna and Advance and Kalaysma Japanese Interpreser charged with export of Japanese women at the Dalleg Staten. A shake-up in the state or the local offices on the British Columbia sea migration officesly expected. A few months ago Washington department aided a woman decoy to Seattle upon arrival.
A man linked to a sex trafficking ring was arrested after investigators traced a scheme to lure women from Japan into the United States. The operation, run by Captain Gee and associates, paid bribes and involved a network including the Mosquito Fleet. Authorities seized the suspect as he planned to flee to avoid arrest.
Evidences of an extensive plot to smuggle opium from Chios were found. Workmen at Camp Stat centers chipped cement to reveal opium, later turned over to customs. Government investigations follow. Separate notes mention a New Orleans passenger rate dispute and a fatal wreck at Cannce Pall.
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