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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1917
Page
5
A faded ad copy touts Foley’s Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs and colds for both children and adults. The note urges nightly use for relief, linking the product to quiet sleep and steady relief amid winter ailments.
London report notes Russian line growing worse amid German naval gains in the Gulf of Riga and suggests fear of revising financial and other commitments with the eastern ally. Berne commentary adds Switzerland must curb foreign dependence by promoting home manufacturing through annual Swiss goods exhibitions nationwide.
London reports a raid in the North Sea left many dead as German raiders sank two British destroyers, Mary Rose and Alrengbow, while convoying merchants. Christiania tallies Norwegian and Swedish losses with hundreds feared dead, including women, as crews from several ships perished or were saved.
In Copensagen on October 21 a strongly censored Prussian committee report on food conditions finds a generally poor situation aside from a potentially satisfactory potato crop. The summary notes the overall food outlook is far from favorable.
Copy of candidates for mayor commissioner four year term auditor and municipal judge for Ogden City primary election on October 23, 1917. Voters mark a cross in the square before preferred names for each office.
Official primary ballot lists candidates for nomination to Mayor Commissioner four year term Auditor and Municipal Judge. Ballot details were published for voter selection and election procedure.
Government reports a fragile grain situation with bread quality likely to decline as milling efficiency stays low. Ration focus shifts to bread making, tread and potatoes the main staples, with meat scarce and milk butter scarce or limited. Cabinet reform bill faces delay due to Count Ardraasy’s memorial to the king, placing Wekerle’s government in a precarious position.
Altes Vernierluna of Ogden a naturalized American of Belgian origin, will depart Wednesday for San Antonio Texas to join the aviation training program. He recently secured naturalization papers, passed the enlistment exam, and will report to Fort Sam Houston. He hopes to become an aviator and drop bombs on Germany, with six other youths from Fort Douglas slated for San Antonio training.
Old era ad urging weight loss with Marmola Prescription Tablets from Marmola Co at 64 Woodward Ave Detroit Michigan. Claims quick weekly loss without dieting or exercise and promotes mail order option.
A government study compares weekly food costs for a five person family across major U.S. cities. Ohio shows the highest relative cost, while New York City records the highest weekly food bill at $9.67. The national average across 24 cities is $9.43, with bread and meat priced higher in New York. The report suggests cutting meat consumption to save money.
Semudar Tremlir Retensky opened the Vissatan preliminary parliament in the Marinsky palace with a speech urging peace while warning against bowing to farce. He pressed that the country must be saved and criticized land forces in contrast to sailors. Meenler Kerensky praised the Russian sailors while declining to support Rag fan Troune on land. Ubaltauin, as executive head of the peasants debate, was elected president of the Pattlay Sment by 265 votes.
The central executive committee of the Council of Workmen and Soldiers delegates drafts a twelve item peace program to M Khobotlef for the Paris conference. It calls for moralization of the Panama Canal, restitution of colonies to Germany, and autonomy arrangements for Hungary Poland Armenia Lithuania and Alsace Lorraine plebiscite under civil authority with troop removal.
Proposals outline autonomous regions in several territories including Irfatia and Dobrudja with plebiscites and equal rights for Jews. It foresees German colonial reversion, Greek and Persian restoration, straits neutralization, and freedom of navigation. U.S. war casualty insurance details set automatic coverage at 25 dollars per month with 25 dollar pay, plus varying dependent compensation. totals and beneficiaries awaiting identity confirmation.
Washington October 22 All hands of the military and naval service who perished when the American transport Antilles was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine October 17 came within the scope of the new war insurance law, the treasury department announced.
First Lieutenant P. G. Hamlin of the medical reserve corps was wounded on October 5 while engaged with Huntled forces. His home is in Richmond, Virginia.
An advertisement touts Vinol as the sole strength builder for weak, run-down, and nervous individuals including women and children. It offers a money-back guarantee if a trial fails, cites Culley Drug Co Ogden as a distributor, and ends with a wartime joke about a new recruit.
Voting precinct list for the primary on Tuesday October 23 with district by district locations and contact numbers. Entries include Marcia A Layne Lula Wiggins City Hall Addie Fellows M 8 Richardson A B C Taxi Co C W Chase Ninth and Washington Fire Station David M Shaw County Court House Adeline Greenwell Mrs Jos Harrigan Cheesman Auto Co Bishop Hall Amusement Seventeenth District at 451 Twenty ninth Street.
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