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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1903
Page
5
The Standard notes subscription terms with pricing for in city carrier daily and mail outside Ogden. The advance rate details include one month in city and one year by mail outside Ogden totaling six dollars. WM Glasmann is editor and manager.
A brief note states communications to the paper are limited to 200 words and that the authors must be published in fall. The item clarifies submission rules for letters and commentary, citing editorial policy and publication scheduling.
The Standard states no special advertising agent outside Utah and all advertisers should deal directly with the Ogden office or through a reputable advertising agency located there. The note emphasizes direct handling for all advertising business.
The notice directs all correspondence to The Standard Publishing Co. in Ogden Utah. It outlines where inquiries should be sent and specifies the formal channel for official communication with the company.
The article lists Republican candidates for mayor municipal judge city attorney treasurer recorder auditor and council seats. It names William Glasmann jJ Howell John E Bagley Robert A Moyes Mrs Hattie L Brown and ward candidates including Robert Paine Menander Moyes William Craig Harvey Randall Fred W Chambers J Hendershot William Driver and J C Nye with four and two year terms.
The Mayor announced yesterday that if current measures fail to keep order he will convene a mass meeting of citizens to devise steps to clear the city of the yougl[e] element. He says current precautions prevented disturbances last night and no further action is needed, though he encourages public turnout to show service in danger.
The piece argues Democrats are weaponizing the presence of a tough element for political gain. It claims the claim about each hold-up as six incidents is unfair and threatens public calm. It notes Idaho penitentiary released criminals now operating locally, as shown by a jail confession from the captured robber.
An alleged confession by a captured hold up claims associates were freed by a district court jury after a prior arrest by Chief Browning and officers. The article cites mayoral action to empower a special police force amid alleged juror leniency and calls for tougher justice to deter criminals.
The Frontier Monthly from Denver features Ogden in its October issue with prominent coverage of the Irrigation Congress. The edition highlights Senator Clark's roving cup on the cover and fills pages with Westward views and illustrations.
Descriptive passage extols Ogden Utah from Union Station to the Wasatch and Great Salt Lake, praising scenery, industry, and hospitality. It notes future power plants, canneries, railroad shops, and key landmarks while lauding Mayor Glasmann and merchant Kiesel for cabinet hospitality during the National Irrigation Congress visit.
The piece reports calm from the Bankers Association in San Francisco and a NY financier who see no panic. It argues the stock market will recover once confidence returns, noting amateur speculators misused funds and that high finance mixed with low morality fractured deals and trust.
The writing argues that Wall Street’s current state is unsafe for betting on others' gains. It defends a young informer’s honesty over pompous financiers and asserts that exposed financial figures reveal enduring character rather than lost wealth.
Vincent Cody, long haunted by his feud with Boss William M. Tweed, has died as a Rapid Transit watchman. A Civil War veteran, Cody spent 33 years in state prison after an alleged biased trial linked to Tweed’s influence, with his sentence later commuted by Governor Roosevelt, though he opposed leaving prison.
The bulk of the Philippine exhibit for the St. Louis exposition arrived in San Francisco aboard the steamer Coptic. The shipment includes logs and native farming implements, with the rest to come by army transport.
Charles Hanan a 26 year old bookkeeper and clerk for a wholesale clothing firm in New York shot himself at his father’s home after colleagues accused him of stealing 43 dollars. He had been ill and hoped to prove the shortage with a book at home. He was to marry soon a wealthy young woman.
About thirty one thousand people packed Madison Square Garden to hear John Alexander Dowie. When doors closed at eight, a mass crush ensued as twenty thousand were shut out, injuring several and drawing police reserves. Dowie ended the meeting after nine prompting the crowd to disperse amid chaotic scenes and insults from the preacher toward reporters. Grace George, and Mrs. William J. Buckley of Newark were among those affected.
A Pittsburg Dispatch writer notes a victim’s claim about a laundryman in the “fron and steal” trade as slander, while asserting he faced the “mangle and lose” business.
Berlin dispatch quotes President Koch of the Reichsbank advocating flexible money to match business needs. He cautions about a central bank or coordinated system but supports elastic circulation and notes Secretary Shaw’s favorable German system reference. Market figures for cattle, hogs, and sheep follow in later lines.
The Denver cruiser built by Neasle and Leavy of Philadelphia left Boston for an official trial along the Cape Cod Boon Island course. Timed legs show speeds from about 16.3 to 17.58 knots with observers noting the mark visibility and timing difficulties.
A Cosmopolitan description explains field sized at an acre with 120 hills by 30 rows, using isolated plots and selective harvesting. Each row comes from a separate ear, and barren or undesirable stalks are removed before tasseling. Fall husking selects top yielding ears to advance the next year’s crop, enabling focused selection of individual stalks and ears.
Opening dealings show limited scale and mixed results with gains led by Saint Paul stock rising 23 8, Union Pacific, B & C, Wabash preferred, Northwestern, Rock Island, Louisville and New Jersey Central, Metropolitan Street Railway, People's Gas and General Electric. Amalgamated Copper and Amex dragged by mixed offerings. prices slip back later as market stalls at last night levels amid light demand and dull turnover.
New York on Oct 22 reports call money steady at 13 4 2162 per cent. Prime mercantile paper at 1 2 to 3 4 per cent. Sterling exchange firm with bankers bills at 4 8575 4 8580 for demand and 4 8235 4 8240 for sixty days. Posted rates 4 83 and 4 801 2. Commercial bills 4 82 to 4 82 td. Mexican dollars 46 1 4. Bar silver 61 3 3.
Chicago cattle receipts reach 19 000 with steady tone on good to prime piers price 5 90. poor to medium 3 60 to 4 73. Stockers and feeders around 4 10, cows 1 30 to 4 40, heifers at 2 00.
Ontario stock market notes cattle receipts 4 000 steady to stronger native steers 3.75 to 5.50 cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.23 western steers 3.25 to 4.40 range cattle 2.25 to 3.40 canners 1.50 to 2.25 stockers 2.75 to 4.10 calves 3.00 to 5.25 bulls 1.15 to 2.75 hog receipts 2 000 higher 5.03 to 5.20 heavy 5.03 to 5.20 mixed 5.10 to 5.20 lights 5.25 to 5.30 pigs 4.75 to 5.20 bulk 5.10 to 5.20 sheep receipts 8 000 steady western yearlings 3.40 to 3.75 wethers 3.25 to 3.60 ewes 2.73 to 3.25 common and stockers 2.00 to 3.50 lambs 4.00 to 5.00.
Cattle receipts around 10 000 with steady ranges for native steers 4.25 to 4.33 and cows 3.10 to 4.00. Hogs receipts about 4 000 with prices from 5.05 to 5.30 for various grades. Sheep receipts near 1 000 with native lambs 2.60 to 3.93 and range withers 2.10 to 3.25.
Chicago price report lists Wheat futures for Oct Dec May at 80 1 4 to 78 1 2 5 8 cents. Corn Oct Dec May July at 43 3 4 to 42 7 8 cents. Pork Oct Jan May around 11.10 to 11.97. Rye Flax Timothy Clover and Barley prices noted.
Chicago market update lists bids for wheat types with No 2 red street prices at 80 to 82 cents, No 3 red 80 to 82, No 2 hard winter 80, No 3 hard winter 76 to 79, No 1 northern spring 85 to 87, No 2 northern spring 82, and No 3 spring 77 to 61.
A dated market brief lists sugar prices for raw refined and molasses with refined and powdered grades, and sugar sales at 5.35 to 4.70 per unit. It also records coffee futures for No 7 Rio at 5 7-8 and wool prices in St Louis with ranges for nominal, territory, western mediums, fine mediums, and fine grades.
Opening wire service stock quotes dated October 22, 1903 list copper at 361.8, Atchison common 64.38, Atchison preferred 9, Smelter common 42.14, Baltimore and Ohio 74.14, with other listed rail and industrial shares.
A dense OCR listing shows various railroad and steel stocks with prices and shares such as Canadian Pacific, Erie, Illinois Central, Reading, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Kansas & Texas. The fragment includes numerous numbers indicating prices or shares and regional references like Brooklyn, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Saint Paul.
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