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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1917
Page
4
A reader warns that excessive meat intake raises uric acid, strains kidneys, and causes backache headaches and other ailments. The ad promotes Doon's Kidney Pills as a remedy lightly endorsed by local townspeople.
Troops in France face tobacco shortages as duties and costs surge. Each two cent piece sent by The Standard buys 45 cents worth of smoking tobacco and blarette for an American soldier, yet import duties of nearly 200 percent push the value to 1.35 dollars. With 100 percent wartime levies, the price doubles, making 2.70 dollars of tobacco per donation. Soldiers lament the high cost and slow relief amid explosive wartime conditions.
Frank Ti Clayton, former Ogden mall superintendent, left yesterday to join the army postal service at Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington. He will train to direct mail to soldiers in France. His post will be filled by Frank Lewis as Clayton enters service.
District Attorney Stuart P Dobbs and Attorney General Dan B Bbfelds received instructions to appeal the Pratt District Court ruling in a liquor case. Dobbs indicated the appeal would proceed to challenge the possession of Wynor purchased before August. The district attorney had considered appealing before the new instructions arrived.
Amsterdam reports that Germany will not guarantee the safety of ships used to transport coal to England. Dutch agriculture minister F B Pourtouts cites German notice blaming reluctance of ship owners and fears ships could be mistaken for submarine traps, prompting abandonment of requisition plans.
London dispatch reports James Teyenpet Jot Reanuxe of Virginia killed by shrapnel from German submarine fire aboard a British torpedo boat. A second American crewman died of a wound while being transported to a rescue ship. Twelve Americans were among forty four survivors at Birkleh port. The war disrupts Maritime trade as Lent begins.
Von Dey Teszee l suffered a general pull down condition appetite cough. Through my damage I heard of Viral TeaK appetite increased and cough disappeared. I gained weight and felt well again.
A new freight ruling affects roads entering Ogden, allowing iron molding industries to repurpose iron into finished articles and re ship to destinations at the same freight rate. Foundries and shops that convert fabricated iron into bridge steel and structural products can order, stop at Ogden, and reship under a single rate. Effective November 35.
Only 599 people registered yesterday in Ogden for the upcoming election, less than half the number who registered two years ago. The shortfall is blamed on many soldiers and pallors being away, with another registration day set for October 20 before the primary.
Oct 17 report states three men suspected as Deep Creek railroad bandits, who robbed a freight train near Wendover, are in custody. Christie and Dempsey arrested at Gold Hill, with Christie carrying $209 and a stolen fur coat. Smith arrested at Ely after pursuit. Authorities, led by Sheriff Adamson, recovered clues and linked all three to the robbery and shooting of a guard.
Gh Schramm was elected an acute member of the supreme council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in Washington DC. The body, reduced by deaths to twenty-two, will gain Schramm as its twenty third member, a notable Utah honor reflecting his Masonic service and business acumen. The report notes other Utahians upwardly honored and highlights Typhoid warnings issued by state health officials amid cases in Virgin City Hurricane and broader Utah concerns.
A fragmented editorial urges immediate submission to a control process noting that certain insect plates prevent disease. It identifies typhoid carriers and the fall season as peak risk and highlights urgent breeding tiers of the disease and the need for preventive measures.
The notice instructs voters to place a cross in the square before the names of the favored candidates for each position. It outlines how to indicate selections clearly and confirms spaces for each office on the ballot.
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