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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1919
Page
2
The article outlines the upcoming city election scheduled for next Tuesday. Voters will select the mayor, city council members, and other officials in a full citywide balloting process starting at 7 a.m. in fifty four districts, with ballots cast openly and publicly.
In a view by Mevinne a writer argues teachers are underpaid and many have left for business. Colleges seek ways to attract instructors with higher salaries, Harvard's campaign for 16 million dollars aims to fund immediate endowment increases to boost teacher pay, worsening shortages in public schools.
The article argues for stronger rural school systems with better trained teachers from the country. It calls for consolidating rural schools, governments pursuing a deliberate policy to maintain rural life, and improving home education when teachers are young and untrained. It stresses paying professional teachers well and restoring their honored position.
London report says Mrs Lloyd George, wife of the prime minister, is taking a prominent role in the prohibition drive. She addressed about 2000 women at a meeting in Oxford yesterday, urging women to aid victims of alcohol as they helped victims of drunkenness in Belgium five years ago. The dispatch notes her view that success hinges on women's participation and cites global temperance focus on Scotland if Kentland wins.
Buenos Aires dispatch says King Alfonso and Queen will stay four days in Paris before visiting London. The report notes the visit may be used to push a friendly solution to the Tangier problem.
Elias Con way Ashton was fatally injured in a tunnel accident at Bingham Utah Apex Mine while aiding a tram. He died en route to a local home. Ashton, a lawyer and former Utah legislator, leaves a widow and two sons. Funeral arrangements follow.
Belgian royalty arrived in San Francisco as crowds greeted King Albert and Queen Elisabeth. The royal party toured the city aboard the battleship and received honorary citizen status amid speeches praising Belgian resilience and Western aid led by Herbert Hoover.
Delegates representing France, Poland, Italy and Czecho-Slovakia are en route to the international congress of working women. The gathering opens October 28 in Washington with five women already sailing from Europe. Nations include France, Poland, Italy, and Czecho-Slovakia.
A garbled report alleges an overpayment case where a recipient claimed a check while not receiving funds. The decision cites disqualification for a prior impropriety and a state law violation, with actions traced to the state auditor and treasurer.
Drand Whitlock and Hoover accompany Queen and Belgian relief workers at the palace. Albert admires a cigar as the royal party tours Belin city streets. Admiral Rodman hosts a dinner with a war tribute praising the American navy. Federal troops guard Gary mills after brick and horseshoe damage reports.
Military authorities and federal investigators traced an anarchistic plot tied to Gary Indiana to destroy property and strike at government targets. They pursued Anton Gore as a claimed ringleader linked to the 1918 Chicago blasts. officers hunted Alexander Ivangftf and others while guarding key facilities and studying radical propaganda.
Fragmented text describes an entente over the Versailles settlement with commissions including British, French, American, and Belgian members. It notes the need for all four nations to agree before the commission can function and mentions military government in occupied territory and interwar governance debates for American influence.
Paris reports Pierpont B. Noyes and Frank L. Polk discussed the status of the occupied area of Germany. They considered whether it may be governed by civilian or military authorities after the Allied occupation.
If you seek hay corn oats or potatoes in carload lots contact G. C. McPeek at 513 National Bank Building. Phone numbers listed day 442 night 1654 for inquiries.
Police report a bank in Dayton Oregon was blown open on Friday night. The blast damaged the vault area and thieves took about 1500 in cash. The investigation targets unknown suspects as officers review the scene and interview witnesses.
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