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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
4
The Standard states there is no special advertising agent outside Utah and all advertisers should deal directly with the Ogden office or through a reputable agency.
The item directs correspondences to The Standard Publishing Co for Ogden Utah. It appears as a formal notice or instruction likely from a newspaper or publishing house regarding contact details. The text is brief and lacks broader context or events.
The Ogden post office shows the highest percent increase among large intermountain offices except Boise. Last fiscal year receipts were 844201 versus 839249 the year before, a 16 percent rise, while Salt Lake’s rise was just over 8 percent. Ogden now leads in volume of business transacted.
A historical recap traces pacing records from post Civil War times through late 19th century, noting horses like Little Brown Jung Direct Als Mointer Mascot Flying Jib Robert J Jenn K Gentry Pointer and Alert as they chased mile times from 2:41 1 2 down to 1:57. The piece highlights repeated breakthroughs and anticipated attempts to breach the two minute mile mark.
The Varifie Coast papers honor Mrs Elizabeth Shields who was killed in Sacramento. A longtime director of the State Board of Trade she promoted rural interests and horticulture, guiding fruit production and interstate exhibits. She recently attended the Irrigation Congress at Ogden as a delegate, enriching her knowledge and earning recognition from horticulturists and Agriculture Department officers. Her death is a heavy loss to her household and to California's commons wealth.
Wall Street staged a notable rebound with stocks rising decisively as traders reversed from a rattling market mood. Analysts called the movement a sign of renewed confidence for business despite prior price declines.
The piece notes a dramatic stock decline across railroads and industries from September 2002 to the week of reporting, citing large losses in Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Union Pacific Southern Pacific United States Steel Amalgamated Copper and others. It warns that billions of dollars vanished, with prices dropping sharply despite efforts by financial interests. the downtrend risks broader ruin unless a bottom is found.
In Sault Ste Marie the Canadian Sea faces distress as workers lured by financier schemes suffer aftergoing forest labor under winter looming. They fear hunger while the Consolidated Lake Superior project and its vast mills railroads and power plants lie idle, with no buyers for power and no work to sustain them.
Report from New York Navy Yard says two strangers gained entry with visitor passes and were surprised taking notes on the battleship Connecticut under construction. One watched through a glass and dictated to a companion before they were asked to leave the yard.
Colonel R. T. Jacob died September 13 at his Louisville home aged seventy eight. He was famed as a saver of Hertuchy from secession and as captor of General John Mof fat. His career began with a 1846 plains crossing to join John C. Fremont in the Mexican War. He later served in Kentucky politics as a Democrat and organized the Ninth Kentucky Union Cavalry at the start of hostilities.
A St. Louis Republic dispatch summarizes bureau of statistics figures on imports rising from 860 million to 1.023 billion and exports from 847 million to 1.42 billion from 1893 to 1903. Regional gains include Europe 92 million in imports and 346.7 million in exports, Asia 45 million imports and 31 million exports, Oceania adjustments due to Hawaii, and small changes for other regions.
Poultney Bigelow in the London Morning Post argues there is no genuine hostility between Canadians and Americans. He notes newspaper talk stems from rival commercial interests and cites Canada as better governed with less corruption and stronger legal respect. He quips that Americans would cheerfully accept annexation by Canada.
A statistician from the Postoffice department calculates that Washington clerks lose about 368 hours yearly waiting to draw pay. With 1,100 clerks, total time lost reaches over 1,176 days annually, costing roughly 1500 to 3000 dollars per clerk in salaries and travel, totaling a significant annual loss.
An elderly Braymer resident Daniel Brucks attempted to shoot a man with the breech of a loaded gun amid a violent dispute. The assailant claimed a struggle over a “swake” while the victim, Mr. Stucka, had just been buried and sustained a hip wound described as teacup-sized.
Opening prices rose on moderate volume led by Amalgamated Copper and Steel preferred while Pennsylvania slipped below its start. Gains spread to Reading Erie and others before a later wave of buying pushed many stocks higher. The market weakened as bears covered but top prices remained in place with several issues trading above prior close.
Chicago market data dated Oct 1 shows cattle receipts around 12,000 with ranges for steers and cows, hog receipts near 15,000 with price bands from 5.60 to 6.40, and sheep receipts about 16,000 with mixed grades and native to western lambs priced up to 5.00. Prices vary by weight and quality across cattle hogs and sheep categories.
OMAI LA a Omaha October 1 cattle 5000 slow native steers 4 5 60 cows 3 4 western steers 3 2 4 25 range cows and heifers 2 25 3 00 canners 1 50 2 25 stockers and feeders 2 50 4 15 calves 3 00 5 00 bulls 1 75 2 60 MOGS 5500 5G 10e lower heavy 5 505 60 mixed 4 60 5 63 light 5 70 6 10 pigs 5 00 65 60 bulk of sales 5 60 5 05 sheep 8500 western yearlings 2 40 20 45 eve 2 75 3 25 common and stockers 2 25 3 50 lambs 4 5 00
Ochs reports cattle prices steady to lower with varying weights and grades. Steers and heifers range from around 3.30 to 4.20 in the 9000 head tally, bulls and calves at mixed prices, hogs steady with sales 5.05 to 6.03, sows and gilts uneven, muttons lambs and range sheep prices listed in subreport figures.
Market notes show raw sugar futures at 33-8, refined sugar steady around 5.50 to 5.80 per unit, centrifugal testing 96 with 3 percent. molasses prices at 33-32 and refined dull. Coffee maintains firm tone with No.7 Rio at 5 1-2.
Chicago market report lists cash wheat prices for various grades on October 3. No. 2 red settles at 79 to 80 cents, No. 3 red at 78 to 79, No. 2 hard winter at 74 38 8 4, No. 3 hard winter at 72 77 34, No. 1 northern spring at 83, No. 2 northern spring at 82 87, No. 3 spring at 72 85.
Denver market report shows cattle receipts at 400 with steady market for beef steers at 3.00 to 3.75 per unit and cows 2.00 to 3.00, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 3.65, bulls 2.00. Cattle totals include 1,200 on feed. light packers 5.95 to 6.00 and mixed/heavy 5.00 to 5.95. Sheep receipts 1,600 with fat muttons 3.00 to 4.00 and lambs 4.00 to 4.50.
The chamber of deputies passed a bill to hold the International Steerable Balloon competition in Rio Janeiro in 2004 with a prize of $100,000. The action follows discussions on Wool territory and western mediums with various rate figures cited in the record.
Report says George B. Harris, president of the Burlington, might succeed C. C. Mellen as president of the Northern Pacific. If true, Darine Miller would be promoted from first vice president of the Burlington. Burlington officials could not confirm or deny the report.
Pearson's Weekly discusses how inventors often experience a surge of similar ideas simultaneously. The piece notes a kind of mental synchronisation among researchers and cites electricity as a field where multiple inventors publish similar self same inventions within days of each other. It references a London pigeons anecdote connected to horse waste but does not finish the point.
The passage traces seasonal bursts of invention from indoor lighting devices and reading aids to indoor games and outdoor cycling improvements. It notes many ideas stay in the Patent Office while others reach real use, and highlights the rarity of novice inventors achieving lasting wealth.
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