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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement extols Peery's Crescent Flour made from finest winter wheat, claiming it requires no doctoring and is the best flour for home use from start to finish, promising reliable baking results.
SARAH WEST and family express gratitude for support received during their bereavement for Marr Aon West. Thanks to the Third Ward group Hagvert Anderson Mrs Fret Clark and Ian Stasman for floral and comforting gestures. May God bless you all. Also notes Miners' Union local No 1 endorses a $1000 strike benevolent fund at federation meeting.
At the Pair grounds an 8 o clock event offers prizes valued to 759. The drawing will occur after the fair closes with tickets issued to attendees and a committee chosen from prize sponsors. Prizes include a royal typewriter, jewel range, and dozens more, with a baby contest and fireworks promised for all ages.
Fragmentary telephony item mentions editor rooms and phone rings with brief business office notes. It references multiple entities like Phare, teen rings, Sbr Del, ES BUSINESS OFFICE Ind and Ne ES Bill Phone, one ring. The readable text is sparse and lacks a clear event or outcome.
Fragmented notice reports burial services for Witlara Ward with burial in Oak City Cemetery and timing details. Mentions Panera and Bresbrterian Tuts pipe Sale. Names include W.E. Newman and A. Davin, with sparse, unclear data from damaged text.
The column blends brief mentions of manufacturers like Stover and Hot Blast Heaters, ads for a rummage sale at 235 Washington Ave, a talk by Ohio Woman Mire at a street meeting, funeral notices for Nesford Lan Woertendzhe and others, and invitations to celebratory events in Ogden, with fragmented personal updates and business notices interwoven.
In Milford a man identified as Hildebrand, from Milford, shot by Sheriff Hedge after a confrontation on the road. Hildebrand claims the shot was defensive as he fled the scene. he was wounded in the leg and treated at a hotel before being sent to a Volunteers of America facility for care. Local police questioned him, then released him after determining he was not the suspect in a recent diamond robbery.
Nellie Vance Kilpatrick sues for restoration of her maiden name and custody of their daughter Fay. She seeks alimony of 80 dollars monthly and lists the husband as an unskilled carpenter earning up to 400 dollars daily. The filing notes prior marriage in Prva Frh and references attempts to restrain or determine support and child arrangements.
At Salmon City races two grandstands nearly collapsed injuring none as 6 000 spectators crowded the outer track. Mayor Urey Ford praised the calm, while track officials and state fair leaders lauded the event. Police cleared the scene and several people aided others. In a separate action, forty grocers and retailers were fined for selling butter substitutes sold as butter.
New York stock prices opened firm with gains across several issues but soon slipped as Pacific Coast and rail stocks retraced. Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and iron and copper shares led declines, while Amalgamated Copper and American Smelting posted notable figures amid broader liquidations.
An ordinance creates Sidewalk District No 2 and 15 extension No 3 and levies a local tax on property abutting Ogden City's sidewalks. It defrays the cost of building concrete sidewalks from Madinin Avenue to ULF and tracks and roads within the new district. The measure funds improvements and related administrative costs.
The ordinance authorizes extending a contract for pavement and sidewalk work along a city street, assessment of benefits to parcels, and levying taxes with installments and interest. City officials conduct public inspection and hearing after completion, with reports and appeals to the board.
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