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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1917
Page
2
A historical page features patriotic quotes from Wilson Carter Gage McAdoo Roosevelt and Taft praising Liberty Loan bonds. The text underscores civic duty and national finance as the United States enters global conflict, urging citizen support through bond subscriptions.
Ogden forms a strong Red Cross committee to organize knitted wear for Americans and Allied affairs. The project will produce one sweater muffler two pairs of woolen socks and other items, using yarn supplied by the American Red Cross. Local chapter expects a busy week as a national worker visits to explain and start the effort.
Five patriotic sayings urge Americans to uphold principles through strength and resolve. The text presents a compact list of civic maxims emphasizing duty, liberty, and national identity framed as guiding statements for citizens.
An old advertisement praises a constitutional remedy for catarrh and related nose throat ailments. It claims Mill's Catarrh Medicine by P J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is systemic and effective, offering one hundred dollars for proof of failure to cure. It mentions testimonials and availability through druggists.
The Intermountain Press clipping service offers a rate for blue candidates and notes the approaching election. It urges timely ordering and states it reads most major papers, promising efficient service and prompt returns, with emphasis on early subscription and value.
A fragmentary notice discusses an early candidacy and editor decisions. It notes a bureau offering to print clippings and monitor public print for candidates, with a suggested fee and concerns about primaries and public scrutiny. The text reflects caution about running and the value of a censorship-like service.
Ogden's district near the viaduct sees rapid development with stockyards, a packing plant, flour mill, and grain elevators expanding. Hansen Livestock plans an alfalfa meal plant, feeding yards, and barns for cattle and sheep, enabling substantial employment and a regional trade shift. The Standard supports these improvements as foundational, signaling a major industrial shift for the city.
A high court to try former ministers and army chiefs is to be formed in Greece after the Dalkans misadventure. The court will have twelve judges from supreme and appellate courts and will hear impeachment trials once parliament petitions, with trials expected to begin soon.
The War Department orders reallocation of drafted soldiers from southern and eastern camps to fill National Guard divisions in the South, Midwest, and East. Drafted men from Camp Jackson, Camp Gordon, and Camp Pike will join new national army divisions. surplus white draftees from Camp Devens, Camp Upton, Camp Dix, Camp Meade, and Camp Lee will mobilize at Camp Gordon to form a supplementary national army division of far eastern origin.
Mrs Anna Velzer of Omaha Nebraska praises Foley's Honey and Tar as a reliable family remedy for coughs colds and croup. She cites improvements in her daughter and reports neighbors recommending it for relief. The advertisement credits A A Mintyre Drug Co. as the supplier.
The decree requires French citizens to declare property real or personal held in countries at war with France. Officials say the move helps determine measures for citizens in enemy territory and informs peace negotiations. It mirrors German practice but stops short of confiscation and targets assets of Germans in occupied France with notable exceptions.
Washington reports homesickness among American troops in France has become rare. Ambassador Harp bins told the state department that outdoor life, exercise, and acclimation to new surroundings have improved health. He noted it may be difficult to find better conditions for the camps.
Washington Oct 9 The Council of National Defense moved toward government community house building for war industries by creating a board to gauge local capital cooperation in postwar housing. Members will include reps from War and Navy, the Shipping Board, and other departments. Names to be announced today with a likely report within two weeks.
Social notice invites attendees to a bio lecture and card party Wednesday at eight o'clock sharp. Woodmen are urged to bring their wives and neighbors are encouraged to attend.
Report describes a heavy rain turning the front into a thick mud fields, with Honnebeke waterways turned to marsh and shell holes flooded. British troops still fight steadily amid drenched, cold conditions, soldiers and officers maintaining cheer and resilience despite the brutal terrain.
President Wilson issued commissions elevating Tasker Bliss and John J. Pershing to generals. Bliss becomes directing head of the army, while Pershing remains commander in the field in France. The general rank includes $20,000 annual pay, up from $15,000. Congress revived lieutenant general to command army corps.
The War Department stated today there is no plan to create any lieutenants, eenetala, or army corps in the United States. The divisional training system will continue. Major General Sibert, commander of the first troops sent to Europe, is a leading candidate for lieutenant general if a small corps forms in France. The president has signed commissions for army chief positions and nominations for major and brigadier generals, confirmed by the Senate in Congress’s final hours.
News from the Irish coast reports the destruction of the Norwegian steamship Majoren by a German submarine on September 3. The 300 ton vessel left Philadelphia August 29 bound for Glasgow with twenty eight crew members rescued thirty six hours after abandoning ship. Read the Classified Ad.
A young Canadian farmer, with many relatives in the war, told Lt. H. E Mitchell that he would serve in the Canadian army if drafted but sought exemption to run a 185 acre wheat ranch and care for his wife's parents.
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