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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1903
Page
4
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The Standard announces advertising agents are not to operate outside Utah and urges all advertisers to deal directly with the Ogden office or via any reputable advertising agency.
The notice directs all correspondence to The Standard Publishing Co based in Ogden Utah. It specifies the address for official communications and references the publication's contact details.
Salt Lake City reports four new typhoid fever cases yesterday, bringing August total to 76. Authorities urge boiling water for domestic use and fly control, noting contamination can spread from excreta through unsanitary vaults and open areas.
In Salt Lake Senator Cullom voices a plan to divide Turkey among European powers. He argues Europe should intervene, cites past committee reports, and condemns Turkish conduct as causing massacre and bloodshed. He also notes warships on the ground and links to consular incident, reflecting the era's push for intervention.
The New York Sun under J. Pierpont Morgan is blamed for reflecting Morgan’s view as it questions Roosevelt’s trust policy. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle cites railroad earnings up 10 percent in July and Great Lakes shipping up five percent, arguing the public finances and trade show an expanding economy despite Sun critiques.
The piece envisions a breakthrough for arid America with irrigation efforts as experts study reclamation. It suggests a future where thirsty travelers in Brigham Young country will experience relief as a figurative stream flows through their experiences, signaling optimism.
An editorial notes a donation of wine valued at about one thousand dollars from importers for the Irrigation Congress reception and banquet. The piece defends expense use, calls the banquet a brilliant feature, and predicts the event will be the year’s great arid-region gathering.
The San Francisco Chronicle urges California agriculturists to enter displays of fruits barley sugar beets and hops at the National Irrigation Congress in Ogden from September 15 to 18. Prizes include four grand silver loving cups and larger gold medals. entries must be in by September 15. California aims to outpace Nebraska and Washington in arid-land crops and sugar beets.
Dr Thomas Tedrie Qil advertises a permanent cure for diphtheria sore throat and croup with instant relief available at any drug store.
A flying laboratory in Isorelly's comet may yield lessons on matter. The comet displays multiple tails whose shapes and directions reflect particle weights from hydrogen to metals. Observations support a Bredechin theory explaining several tails by differing chemical elements, with tail behavior changing as the sun's radiation acts on approaching or receding comets.
A short note discusses how a comet's tail shape differs before and after apparent pause in the sun's influence. It notes the tail's appearance changes with solar conditions and considers what this reveals about cometary activity.
Negotiations between the Illinois Central railway and the telegraphers, pending since May 1, were concluded. Telegraphers win concessions including reduced hours and pay increases totaling over 100,000 dollars annually, with an average salary rise of about fifteen percent after careful, individual review of over 1,500 price schedules.
Samuel J. Parks, the walking delegate convicted of extortion, was released from Sing Sing prison today on a certificate of reasonable doubt. He was taken to New York by a deputy sheriff.
In a morning event at Fort Sheridan soldiers from the cavalry and infantry vied in a pistol shoot. Sergeant Howe of the Eighth cavalry scored 274 points while Sergeant White of the First Infantry tallied 271. The contest was open to officers and men of the army.
The Butte group of Horace Winchell Capt. D s Guy Stivers and others returned from a three month Copper River expedition from June 17 to August 1. They faced treacherous rivers scarce meat and high costs with discoveries of native copper and gold camps at Nazina Gold Canyon and Chittitu.
The Boston Globe argues that a continuous urban belt from Boston to Washington is approaching as trolley networks link cities. It envisions a 450 mile long city, possibly 75 million people, with political and social risks from rapid municipal amalgamation and the need for balanced extension for commerce and healthy growth.
In a scene from the Chicago Tribune, Miss Higgaworthy questions Mr Apponamore about motives tied to a $25,000 legacy. He responds with emotional insistence that the sum is far from the only lure, hinting at deeper motives and passion.
Denver Sept 1 cattle receipts 150, market steady with varied beef and stocker prices. Beef steers 3.76 to 4.75, cows 2.50 to 3.25, feeders 3.00 to 3.75, hogs 3.65 to 5.70, light packers 5.60 to 5.65. Sheep receipts 800, market steady with best ewes 3.00 to 4.00 and lambs 4.00 to 5.00.
Cattle receipts around 6 000 with varied classes from prime to cows and calves. Texas fed steers at 32.55 to 35.00. mixed Western steers 1.95 to 4.45. sheep and lambs decline with good to choice wethers 3.10 to 3.75 and Western sheep 2.75 to 4.00. receipts today 11 000 and 28 000 for cattle and sheep respectively, with mixed activity expected tomorrow.
New York stocks opened higher for many listings but key issues fell. Stetson Street Railway slid 11-2, Southern Pacific and flees preferred slipped, and Met Street Railway dropped 31-4. Major gains faded through the second hour as declines spread to St Paul Missouri Pacific B&C N V Central R I and Manhattan. Metropolitan Street Railway edged to 113 4-4 and Anaconda fell 4.
Omaha cattle receipts total 4 500 with steady market. native steers 41.40 to 46.00. cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.25. western steers 53.00. can ners 150 to 2.25. stockers and feeders 2.75 to 4.10. calves 3.00 to 5.00. bulls and stags 2.00 to 4.00. Koga receipts 8 000 with market 10 cents lower. heavy 85.10 to 5.25. mixed 5.15 to 5.25. light 5.30 to 5.50. pigs 5.50. bunk of sales 5.15 to 5.30. Sheep receipts 2 000 with market steady to lower. western 3.20 to 3.50. wethers 2 900 at 3.30. ewes 2.40 to 2.85. lambs 4.00 to 5.00.
Kansas City stockyards report September 1 cattle receipts about 15 000 with steady to firm prices for native steers cows and heifers stockers and feeders bulls and calves. Hoose market about 7 000 with most sales 5 45 to 5 65 and packers 5 42 to 5 50. Sheep receipts 7 000 with a strong market for lambs range of 2 40 to 6 40 and ewes around 3 50 to 3 90.
Chicago produce notes wheat futures Sept 508 8 1 2 old 805 8 1 2 Dec 17 8 old 817 8 May 837 8 Dec SL1 2. Cotton and flax prices cited with Sept Oct May quotes. Timothy price 2. Clowrs 2.50, Larley 45 a7.
Cash wheat values listed for Chicago on September 1 show No. 3 red 11 2482 and No. 3 red 1 811 2, No. 2 hard winter 81, No. 3 hard winter 80, No. 4 northern spring 92, No. 2 northern spring 88, and No. 3 spring 85.
Sugar and coffiee prices in New York on September 1 show raw sugar refining at 3 3 8 to 96 cents. molasses sugar 3 1 8. refined sugar values 35.60 for fern crushed 5.50 for powdered 5.60 or 5.50. granulated 3.00. coffee quiet at No 7 tip 5 1 8.
Money on call already at 13 and 21 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 0 61 2 per cent. Sterling rates shown in early New York market updates.
The report tracks bid and posted exchange rates and bullion prices with figures in the four fourteenths to four and three quarter ranges. It lists demand quotes 4 86 halves 15 to 20 and sixty day rates 4 83 35 to 4 94 40. Silver and Mexican dollars appear with fractional quotes.
Sept 1 1903 Ogden Brokerage Co issue shows New York stock quotes copper and rail and utility stocks with prices listed for Atchison Brooklyn Canadian Pacific Metropolitan Erie Great Western Manhattan Kansas Texas Southern Pacific Southern Railway St Paul Union Pacific and others with fractional quotes and a trailing fragment.
A brief item notes steel figures with figures 22 3 42 and 36 1 2. The text includes references to welled terms and quantities, with a focus on steel measurements and related notation.
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