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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1903
Page
5
City engineer records show Sawyer and Young receive a permit for an addition at 289 25th St costing 300 dollars. John J. Griener gets a permit for a story and a half brick cottage on Reeves Ave costing 1600 dollars.
A jumble of local notices includes Paul W Stechert selling repair services and various shop names with prices and items. A petition for guardianship in the District court concerns Adelaide Fuller with an estate of $437.18 in cash and heirs in Eden. (Continued on Page Six.)
Articles of incorporation for the Utah State Journal company were filed late yesterday afternoon in Ogden. The firm will publish newspapers in Ogden and other Utah locations with capital stock of 30000 and ten thousand shares at 35 each.
A violent clash erupted in Chicago as Franklin Union of Press Feeders pickets attacked workers at Donnelley and Sons. Frank Lathen was badly beaten and hospitalized, while several others were injured. police detained three men Fred Reichum John Mueher and Charles Smith for injunction violations.
In a municipal hall gathering, Democratic delegates appoint committees amid Cannon’s tirade against the administration. Delegates adjourn at 11:30 to reconvene at 3:30, with reports pending and several ward selections confirmed for credential, resolutions, and organization.
Dawson reports winter pressure as several thousand tons of freight will not reach town this season freight costs soar and staple prices rise. Low water delays up river shipping while steamboats fail to reach Mayo and November routes shorten. Snow and freezing rivers push miners to fear a harsh winter with many leaving town.
Report from Sivas Turkey recounts two musicians a drummer and a piper who sought refuge in a deserted mill during a snowstorm. When wolves cornered them the drummer beat his drum and the piper played his pipe. The wolves fled or fought each other as the door closed with several torn by the fray. Government Gazette of Sivas lends credibility.
A worn Greek servant named Gurgis endures a desert trek with an old bhakdar and kavass. After a brine bath to treat epidermal abrasion, he endures screams then emerges hardened and able to continue the journey to the Black Sea without distress.
In district court Judge Henry Rolapp presided as Joseph Sullivan received three years for assault with a deadly weapon and two more for felony escape attempt, totaling five years. W H Smith was sentenced to one year for grand larceny after stealing two horses from Sam Jost and selling them in Salt Lake.
The State Board of Horticulture warns nurserymen and importers to disinfect nursery stock with hydrocyanic gas before sale or shipment and to certify fumigation for imports. It calls for post care, quarantine without certificate, and careful handling to curb peat blight. A plan for district spraying and a community power sprayer option is proposed, noting Utah’s loss of the Clark cup underscores the need for spraying. The organizers Thos Fudd and Josil Parry announce details from the Deseret News Annex in Salt Lake City.
Articles filed with the county clerk reveal Ogden Cracker and Biscuit Company capitalized at 15000 dollars in 30000 shares of 50 cents each. Officers include George A. Craig president Myrtillo Shaw vice president and treasurer C E Hoffman secretary. Incorporators listed as Y E Craig D A Shaw and A Hoffman.
An old advertisement proclaims Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry a cure for dysentery diarrhea seasickness and nausea. It touts pleasant taste and prompt action for travelers and illness.
Art Williams a Southern Pacific worker faced two would be thieves at Grant avenue between Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth streets. He struck one with a revolver causing a misfire as the pair fled, Williams escaping unharmed after the frightening incident.
Acute distress at Bury and surrounding towns due to cotton cover shortages. Mills in Moorside and eastwards largely closed with half-time work. hundreds face poverty. A relief drive has raised 43 pounds with tickets for food and soup kitchens feeding limited meals. Notable support offered by Dean Walsh and donor Wilson Barrett promising substantial bread aid.
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