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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1917
Page
2
A partial line notes that Arabs afterward became wealthiest and most influential in the world, claiming nearly two million inhabitants in its early, flourishing days. The text is garbled and lacks clear dates or names.
The passage reflects on Emerson's essays about gratitude and tempering expectations. It contrasts two outlooks: one demanding full universe perfection and the other savoring moderate goods. It suggests that by asking many questions about what we have, we gain proportion and find benefits even in adversity.
Citizens of Ogden urged to vote in the primaries by seven o'clock this evening. The piece emphasizes voting as a duty, criticizes machine politics, and notes the absence of paid workers or transportation. Voters are reminded that primaries eliminate candidates and shape November outcomes.
An English traveler who lived in Baghdad writes on Mesopotamia noting its historic battles between Turks and British, the Garden of Eden site, and ruins. The pamphlet copies describe Mesopotamia as a cradle of early sea routes by Persian culture and early explorers.
A historical survey details Mesopotamia's pivotal role in early civilization. It traces Phoenician contributions to writing and weights, migrations to Syria, and the birth of Nimrod legends. It notes Babylon, Nineveh, and Nebuchadnezzar’s ruins, Mesopotamian astronomy, Hammurabi’s laws, and later Persian influence shaping cultures across the region.
From the W S food administration in Utah comes storage advice for potatoes. It lists causes of loss including sweating and rot from poor ventilation, wetting, frost injury, disease, and sprouting, and offers measures like proper ventilation, preventing moisture, dry handling after digging, limiting pile size, and storing seed tubers separately at 34 to 40 degrees with some air.
The National Tribune readers are drawn into World War I analysis comparing General Haig’s Ypres actions with Civil War era tactics. The piece argues Grant delayed Petersburg and Richmond for strategic reasons, contends Haig avoided risky breakthroughs, and notes the broader impact of supply lines and terrain on campaign decisions.
The piece argues Haig may avoid a Grant like attrition, aiming to press the Germans onto the Belgian plains before winter storms. It notes British gains at Paschendaele ridge and Lens, the coal region prize, and contemplates use of American troops in spring to intensify pressure.
Morrissey faces Corry in a 15 round battle at Armory Hall tonight with ringside seats priced at 1 1 50 and 2 dollars. Also showing at Cozy Theatre Doug Fairbanks stars in The Habit of Happiness and The Fighting Trail tomorrow.
In Zatuch Switzerland on Monday October, newspapers claim four airships were destroyed in a Fractice strike. They describe the latest Zeppelins as 76 feet long with 73 diameter, eight engines delivering 16,001 horsepower and a crew of about twenty, carrying a heavy load.
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