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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1919
Page
5
A Shell Gasoline Company unit in Oakland, California reports each Goodrich De Luxe Tire on a heavy S-ton truck achieving 52,000 miles of service with potential for more. The advertisement touts exceptional durability versus a standard 10,000 mile expectation and urges renewals at local service stations.
Despondent over ill health from influenza aftereffects, Joseph La Font, a French sheepherder, sprinkled strychnine on ice cream yesterday and ate some himself. He fell ill within minutes and died en route to hospital. A partially filled bottle of strychnine was found. police report the dose was in the dish at the National Hotel ice cream parlor. La Font had recently returned from Los Angeles seeking health.
The prominent businessman and fortune captain of the army plans a nonstop flight from Denver to San Francisco in about 16 hours. Upon return he expects to land at the Vitch Hot Springs flying field to collect oil and minerals. He will be accompanied by Treddie Ishin, a Phila sports star and naval air service veteran.
Private Peat, famed for wartime writings and films with the Players' corporation, is scheduled to pass through Ogden Wednesday on his way to New York City. He is acclaimed as a survivor of major battles including the Argonne and the Meuse sections, and will be joined by his wife and public tributes are anticipated.
Ogden Chapter No 2 Royal Arch Masons schedules a regular meeting on Paraday evening at 1 o clock with secretary Nichols noted for contact and record of 2005.
Mrs. Warren of Sacramento recounts her recovery from nerve weakness, stomach trouble, and fatigue after using Tanlac. She notes rapid improvement after three bottles, then a full meal for twelve, and says she now feels strong, gains weight, and no longer suffers the prior weariness.
Clara Barton Division 237 schedules regular meeting on September 3 at 2 30 p m in hall 0. The notice lists attendance and venue details based on the readable text.
Ogden welcomes a large circus season with Carl Hagenbeck acts and the Hagenbeck Wallaces featuring 12 acrobats from Amsterdam and 200 more acts. The show includes lions tigers leopards polar bears and other wilds in a grand arena. Doors open early at 10 am with performances starting at 2 pm.
A construction tower at Sperry Moor company site will be dismantled this week after earlier erection to facilitate handling of materials for the Witw grain elevator project. Company officials announced the planned removal.
The towerless structure nears finish with interior details pending. The Maryland elevator is expected ready for general use in early October with a capacity of 729,060 bushels. Carmel Myers in The Marriage Lie headlines the Lyceum show today alongside a Lyons-Morgan comedy and The Red Glove. Tomorrow Big BillHart in Blue Blazes Rawden and Harold Lloyd comedy follow as ads urge readers to check the classifieds for great values.
The Alhambra Theatre reports record attendance and rapid growth on Hudson Avenue as management credits audience demand and improved wages for health and fire safety. The coming week showcases The Wires of Faith with OBrien Rover Calvert and de Beamer, a seven reel silver sheet program, and later, Fromage production We The Year Command will feature. Prices drop to twenty cents from two dollars. more big acts are planned to maintain value.
Fragmentary notice references Alhambra and a phage operation causing public delays. Readable fragments indicate a scheduled action with unspecified timing and impact on local patrons and services. Further details unclear in the OCR excerpt.
Sept 1 report from Taubes states Moujdeb Bey, prominent Bedouin chief once allied with the Temne, was arrested by Syria as British authorities accused him of seeking to foment rebellion. The Temps French commissioner urged his release, citing protection for France amid tensions.
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