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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
3
The document lists a full Republican ticket led by President Taft with Ames Schoolcraft Sheamus as VP candidate, plus electors and candidates for local offices including Garfield County, Lafayetter, Sat Lake, and Jub counties. It names Joseph Howell for Congress and a wide slate across state and judicial offices, with Republican headquarters at 2352 Washington Ave and contact details.
A garbled report details a conflict between the Chamber of Commerce and a Velp association over prize distribution and business regulation. It mentions leadership concerns, public notices, and calls for liberty and fair advertising, citing various local groups and officials in a disrupted narrative.
Tonight at the Opera House a public gathering celebrates faith and unity. Senator Deliver will speak, urging restraint and harmony, praising the square deal and denouncing religious intolerance while urging support for sober democratic progress.
The piece discusses Britain's stance on Turkey and the Dardanelles amid ongoing conflict, with Britain urged to act as protector as Turkish sovereignty tensions rise. It also highlights a Chicago pension proposal for mothers supporting families, citing 16,500 hungry or malnourished residents and calls for pensions to aid widows and single mothers, funded by charity and municipal measures.
A garbled inquiry questions whether a board has the authority to appropriate property for free and asks if there are any busy bodies or agencies in Ogden. The fragment suggests concern over municipal power and local oversight in a disputed asset.
In a New York library scene Mr William Dean Howells becomes a local draw as readers and townspeople linger hoping for a glimpse. Attendants report crowds gathering when he is seen there and the habit of visiting grows among those who enjoy his writings.
A New York school teacher explains the unique criterion by which students assess each other’s work. A pupil praises a pie in playful dialect, comparing it to a band of friends walking around the place eating it, noting it wouldn’t break.
New York October 15 A federal jury is seated to try Charles W Moree banker and promoter and Altres H Carthes former president of the National Bank of North America on charges of violating national banking laws and conspiracy The court ordered the jury kept in custody during the trial with marshals assigned to guard them The prosecution contends moree used a pool to manipulate stock of the American Tee company and moved funds through the North America bank to conceal transactions The defense denies these charges and asserts improper influence over the bank and its books Witnesses for the government will be watched by a team of operative agents
Political trip by William J. Bryan across Nebraska draws large crowds and strong demonstrations at each station. He predicts a bigger Democratic majority than in 1896, cites Roosevelt and Taft policies, and condemns Republicans and corporate influence while urging continued support for his reform agenda.
An explosion at Ingleside Lime quarry near Fort Collins yesterday afternoon killed two Japanese workers and four men, with foreman James McPherson fatally injured. Seventeen others were hurt, many from flying debris, as dynamite charges partially exploded. Injured were rushed to the Fort Collins hospital. investigators seek the cause while workers and families react with shock. Names reported: N. Tabata, Grogor Mangora, Pedro Hernandez, Jesus Lopez, Pedro Arale, and Jose Sanchez among the dead and wounded.
A jury in Judea Unephy yesterday awarded W. W. Wagner the full $162.60 in cash and $25 value for a gold watch and chain. The suit claimed Utah Saintsrium's Hot Springs Bathinerium acted as a public bath. Hawking, a waiter, allegedly had no authority to receive valuables. The defense, by Hawkings and the company, plans appeal as the case unfolds in Lake City law circles.
A query to the Secretary of State from the Home Department discussed anaesthetic deaths in 1906 and 1907 across England and Wales. Figures for 1907 were incomplete. 44 deaths in Scotland and 119 in England and Wales were cited for anaesthetics used in operations, with doubts raised about certificates and a plan for further inquiry.
The readable fragment mentions a person described as a teut phalog raphe for Moir yeere and an unreadable morning peel. The text is garbled with missing letters and nonstandard phrasing, providing no clear event, place, or verifiable details.
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