Umbrella Sales Pitch: Quality Perceived At Shared Price
A vendor touts umbrellas as affordable with no price difference between good and poor options. Shoppers are urged to buy here to avoid embarrassment from using a low quality umbrella.
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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1903
Page
5
A vendor touts umbrellas as affordable with no price difference between good and poor options. Shoppers are urged to buy here to avoid embarrassment from using a low quality umbrella.
A weather notice reports scattered showers in the northern portion this afternoon, followed by a fair night and Saturday. Temperatures will drop causing frost overnight and cooler conditions overall.
Random references show money lending by Kelly and Herrick and ads for meats fish and groceries at Union market and London Market. Notices mention election supplies from Crockwell's and county clerk mailings, with travel and business updates from Ogden to Salt Lake and ongoing promotions and real estate offers.
Real estate dealer A Litz of West Virginia visits Ogden to meet with the Peery Brothers. He and his family were close friends of the late D H Peery. Stanley Stevens plans a return from a mission to Holland and will stay in London before sailing next week.
A small fire in the Ogden General Hospital cellar was put out before firefighters arrived. Wrapping paper around heating pipes ignited, but attendants doused the flames with water and no damage occurred. The incident occurred around 6 06 last evening.
Ogden resident E. Taylor, a transient, was robbed of his pocketbook and six dollars by an associate named Bob Shepherd in the railroad yards. Shepherd allegedly brandished a revolver and forced Taylor along the tracks before both men, recently seen together in Nevada, were last heard from near the depot as officers search for Shepherd.
Ernest Layton versus Oregon Short Line Railroad case in Farmington faces reinstatement after absent plaintiff attorney and defendant motion to dismiss. Farnsworth seeks calendar placement. motion to be heard next Monday.
A. A. Richter of Orden was struck on the forehead by a stray buckshot amid a disorderly opening of duck season near Weber River. Reported heavy firing from rifles and large bore shotguns left banks lined with hunters and a marsh dotted with gunfire. Dan Ogden killed by buckshot impact after another hunter’s gun discharged. Authorities note several injuries but no more fatalities.
The ministry intends to propose to the Rikdag to rebuild the great Christiansborg Palace burned twenty years ago as a gift to the aged king. A portion will house Parliament and the remainder become a royal residence.
Taya engaged the Party Tall for one night each week and will hold regular Saturday dances starting October 8. No objectionable characters will be admitted. Patrons are asked to send in complaints.
Southwell's hall will be opened next Saturday night under the management of D. Farnland. Regular dances will be given Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
Market prices in Ogden show no overall change this week with food supplies abundant. Hay and grain led shifts as alfalfa rose 50 cents while rye and corn increased. numerous staples, fruits, vegetables, and meats listed with varied per pound or per sack rates.
The Union Pacific yard office is being expanded with a north end addition. New double track and enhanced signaling on the Sherman Hill district improve safety. An emergency hospital network for miners is planned, and 3,000 workers have been on site for six months.
Jockey William Shea, injured in a Del Mar track accident on Wednesday, died early today at Missouri Baptist Sanitarium from a brain concussion. Arthur Goebel, brother of the late Governor Goebel of Kentucky, arrived in New York to inspect a $15,000 statue planned to memorialize the assassin’s victim in Frankfort cemetery. The 10 foot statue atop a 32 foot pedestal will depict Goebel with a manuscript, Fame figures, and bronze reliefs.
H Purmey of California Fruit Agency visits Ogden to promote fruit shipments and note high Idaho fruit prices on eastern markets. Idaho fruit is praised for quality and earnings, while Utah faces worm issues. Utah could export six hundred carloads of potatoes. Morgan and Trov stations plan substantial output. California shippers project 30 000 carloads. lemon shipment statistics span 1891 to 1902 with fluctuating totals.
San Francisco October 2 W. H Leake has severed ties with the Morning Call and John McNaught succeeds him as manager. McNaught has long served as an editorial writer for the Call and brings broad newspaper experience to the post.
General Corbin, adjutant general of the army, is to be assigned to the panel of the Department of the East. The move places him in a strategic role within the eastern theatre of operations. He is noted for his administrative leadership and experience.
Judge Rolapp heard probate matters including estates of Clarence McCann Ida J Coolidge Mary Elizabeth Mayenckt Nina Shaw and Dominick Becastro. Hearings on citations for letters of administration were continued to October 2 1903 with extensions granted and filings noted as completed or revoked where applicable.
A series of property transfers recorded with County Recorder include McDonald to Flora in Riverview block 3 for 1, and Older to Foster in Nob Hill lot 20 block 14 for 100, Cahill to Goodale in plat A part lot 8 block 45 3000, Bulen to Older in Nob List lot 23 block 14 6100, Dodge et al to The Ogden Heights Land Company in sections 12 and 13 township 5 north range 2 west for 1, Rice Session to The Ogden Heights in township 5 north range 2 west for 1, Geddes to The Ogden Heights in sections 12 and 23 township 5 north range 2 west for 1.
In New York on October 8 sugar markets show raw firm with fair refining at 32-8, centrifugal 96 test 399.32, molasses sugar 35-32, refined unsettled. prices for crushed 5.50, powdered 6.00, granulated 4.90. Coffea steady at No. 7 Big 91-2.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous visitors arriving at the Reed Hotel over hours. Names include Fred M. Nye and wife, J. Pringle and wife, J. D. Munlverfiuth, J. J. Grim, Mrs Elizabeth Crawford, Wm. Byrne, B. Bickle, Chas Gano, Paul A Bickle, F. Ay jenny, D. Mibills, and others from cities such as New York San Francisco St Louis Denver Omaha Salt Lake City Helena Mont City Idaho. The fragment names many individuals and spouses with assorted origins.
In the Municipal court this morning William Casner, Mike Cooney and M A Smith faced charges for fighting at the Board of Trade Station. Casner and Cooney each forfeited $10. Smith was discharged as the assaulted party. Brannan's disturbance case set for 7 PM. James Brennan, Jerry Collins and John Martin, a trio of drunks, were released under suspended sentence.
Charles Lewis of Sheridan Wyoming a member of the Wyoming legislature died here after a long illness. He had twice served as mayor of Iowa City before moving to Wyoming for his health and public service.
The Wheaton venue saw a large crowd despite a cold north wind as Miss Carpenter faced Miss Harley in the first 16 hole match at 10 AM. A sizable gallery followed the Osgood-Anthony and Carpenter-Harley games amid the threat of weather.
Furnished by the Ogden Brokerage Co copper 42, Atchison 641-2 and 885-8, Baltimore & Ohio 753-1, Canadian Pacific 1213-8, Metropolitan 1033-4, Chesapeake & Ohio 311-8, Manhattan 1311-3, Reading 477-8, St Paul 1401-4, Sugar 1121-8. Listing various stock prices and bond figures with abbreviated figures and trailing names.
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