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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1903
Page
6
Mayor Glasmann offers $200 reward for any successful capture in Ogden City and grants gun permits to businesses that request them. He orders twenty special officers and urges porch lights to deter loiterers. If needed, a Spokane style mass meeting will be held to organize a 500 man patrol to root out hobos and nonresidents.
Late yesterday marriage licenses issued to Gustave Golmgen and Edith Eliza Bette of Ogden and West Weber, plus John R. Partington and Maggie M. McCloy of West Weber and Hooper. Business entries include Castle Gate Coal Co and London Market ads, plus county clerk Henry W. Staley in the city.
A. B. Chas Aver and Gerda A Webb both of Ogden obtained marriage licenses at the county clerk’s office this morning. The notice mentions birth of a son to Mrs J J Thurston, and lists local social events, ads, and notices including prices, sales, and community happenings amid a busy city page.
The best doctor in Sulphur Springs Texas Rev B C Horton writes July 19 1899 praising Ballards Snow Liniment for headache and pains and Horehound Syrup as their doctor for eight years. Sold by Cave and Carr Depot Drug Store at 50 cents and 1.00.
The Weber club manufacturers committee will meet at the Weber club room at 7:30 PM Friday October 23 to discuss erecting an iron smelter in Ogden Utah. Members listed include N Flygate D C Eccles J Humphries G H Corse N J Peery H H Spencer J A Smith T Hi Carr and William Glasmann with A as chair. Full attendance requested.
In municipal court before Judge Howell several offenders were tried. John Moore was bound over to the district court under a $500 bond on a housebreaking charge involving a gold watch and chain taken from Chas W Chasteen at the Bennet lodging house. Several drunks were given suspended sentences or fines, including Jas Dugan J Rearden Jas B Marshall Ira Fuse Thos Tracy John Dee Ben Cambridge Richard Welch John Munroe Kila Uriggs, with others facing penalties or awaiting hearings.
New phase in the Mills murder case links Mills to a companion who came west with him. Mills carried $200 when leaving Hog-Up for Ogden. the companion, who planned San Francisco travel, vanished. Dean, who boarded Mills, identified the body and relayed Mills’ wages were saved for him. Undertaker A. Larkin seeks shipping the remains to Cass City, Michigan, amid tight rates for the family.
A. C. Dingle reported a theft last evening worth about 75 from his room at Toff man house. Robbers entered around 8 PM taking clothing and valuables, with only his chogs left. Detective Pender recovered the wills from a pawnshop and a thief's description arose, suggesting an imminent arrest.
G W Writt of Macogodshes Texas touts Herhire as a remedy for his daughter’s three year chills and fever. The product, selling for 60 cents, is advertised by G F Cave at 2301 Wash Ave, Jolé Carr, Depot Drug Store.
In a district court verdict delivered yesterday afternoon, Mrs Mary A Kirwin Lindsay Barnard was found guilty of a felony involving procuring for Gee Ben, a Chinaman. The jury retired about fifteen minutes before delivering the verdict. Clifford Barnard and Dan Lindsay, the defendant’s husband and former husband, greeted her with cheers as she was led to a county jail cell.
Klaw and Erlanger present General Lew Wallace's Ben Hur at Salt Lake Theater from October 20 to 30 in a massive western tour. The company includes 130 singers and dancers, 30 principals, 43 stage workers, 12 horses and 3 camels, with eleven special train cars. Ogden pass by at 5 AM October 26.
The Elks Circus parade will form at 41 o'clock Thursday morning marching from Opera House to Twenty-fifth Street then to Union Depot, returning along Washington Avenue to Opera House. Seats are still available at the box office and all proceeds support the lodge charity fund for Ogden’s needy children at Christmas.
A new play featuring Louis James and Frederick Warde opens Friday evening. It mixes romance and history with grand scenic effects. Highlights include Alexander's siege of Mallia, the Temple of Ammon interiors, and a dramatic cloud battle with an electric storm. Over forty performers are involved, including Norman Hackett, Margaret Bourne, Wadsworth Clarris, and Thomas Coffin Cooke.
Four pile drivers remain at work on the Ogden-Lucin cut-off with two large pier caps yet to close. Completion hinges on more lake bridgings and lake-side rip-rap preparation as crews target three and a half miles of track plus twelve hundred feet of water to bridge. Officials cautiously project trains over the trestle within three weeks if favorable conditions hold.
New York October 21 George J Gould was chosen chairman of the Wabash board of directors. He had previously not held an official post beyond director. O D Ashley becomes chairman succeeds, elected vice president in charge of the New York office. Other vice presidents named are A C Bird in traffic, Edgar T Wells, Milton Knight, and Wella H Blodgett. No other officers were changed.
Gertrude E. StacDonell sues Ogden Rapid Transit in district court for 5000 dollars claiming a Twenty-fifth Street car started suddenly while she rode on the steps near Lincoln avenue, threw her to the ground, injuring her and seek costs.
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