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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
4
The notice lists subscription options for Delly Standard with carrier delivery in-city at city rates for one month and mail delivery outside Ogden at annual rates. It specifies advance payment terms and prices indicating 73 and 75 cents equivalents.
The notice states communications to the paper are limited to 200 words and that authors' full names must appear in full. It emphasizes adherence to submission length and proper attribution, outlining the requirement for complete author identifications and concise prose to be published in full.
The Standard announces a shift for all advertisers to conduct business directly with the advertising office. It states there are 70 outside advertising agents now operating and directs engagement through the central agency.
The note directs all correspondence to The Btandara Publishing Co. in Ogden Utah.
Farmers from Cache Valley plan a strong delegation to the Irrigation Congress held Saturday at the court house. They urge all towns and organizations to appoint delegates to represent the valley and press for Bear Lake reservoir and pro visitations. A special train will bring delegates for a brief inspection and to show readiness to support irrigation projects.
August tied or beat records for heat with minimal precipitation and unusually clear skies. The intermountain area enjoyed almost cloudless days, a feature highlighted by 22 days with no clouds and a year with intense sunshine and healthy, invigorating air.
The Bank of England raised its discount rate signaling liquidity but not fear of shortage as gold stocks rise worldwide. Analysts note abundant gold and increasing supply from the United States Transvaal Klondike Australasia and Australia, with output projected near 530 million this year.
The piece argues that large gold production, estimated near fifty million dollars annually, underpins continued U S prosperity. It asserts the quantitative theory of money, claiming increased gold supplies boost commerce and offset fears of a downturn, ensuring sustained industrial activity and wealth expansion.
The New York opening sessions show small scale dealings with declines dominating. Reading stock offers push price below 54 while Missouri Pacific St Paul and Rock Island slide a point each and other rails fall modestly. Metropolitan group weakens before partial recovery.
Chicago market report lists receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle steer prices range from 4.10 to 7.00 with specific grades included, hog prices from 3.25 to 5.85, and sheep and lamb prices between 2.25 and 6.00, reflecting steady activity for today and expected tomorrow.
Cattle receipts reach 15000 with market steady. native steers 4.00 to 5.00, cows 4.50 to 4.65, stockers 2.25 to 4.25, bulls 2.25 to 3.50, calves 2.45 to 5.45, western steers 3.75 to 4.00, western cows 2.15 to 2.95. Hog receipts 5000. market opened strong, then weak. hams 5.30 to 5.55, mediums 5.62 to 5.87, light 5.70 to 5.85, sows 5.00 to 5.50. Sheep receipts 10000. lambs 2.00 to 5.30, range wethers 2.50 to 4.00, ewes 2.50 to 3.85.
Omaha stockyard report dated Sept 3 shows cattle receipts about 3000 with demand strong for native steers cows and heifers and western cattle. Hogs receipts about 5500 with prices rising across heavy mixed and light hogs and bulk sales around 6205 dollars. Sheep receipts about 500 with fed mutton yearlings and lambs priced from 3 to 4.75 per unit.
Casis Wheat quoted in Chicago market with No 2 red at 82 1 2 to 83, No 3 red 81 83, No 2 hard winter 81 83, No 3 hard winter 78 82 1 8, No 1 northern spring 82, No 2 spring 82, No 3 spring 82.
Sugar and coffee prices listed from New York on Sept 3 show raw sugar trading firm with 3 3 8 to 3 7 8 for centrifugal tests and refined sugar around 5.00 to 5.10 per unit. Coffee quotes capriole quiet with Rio No 7 at 5 1 8.
Chicago produce prices and futures for wheat corn and oats listed for Sept. with Sept Oct and May contracts. Market details include close figures for wheat futures and various old and new prices across commodities.
Money on call fell at 11 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper rose to 61 2 per cent. Sterling exchange showed irregular activity with actual business noted.
Readable lines accuse the First National Bank Ogden Brokerage Co at 2483 Washington Ave of cash sales tied to margins and continuous quotations. The fragment labels the outfit as phony and signs off with a casual phone reference.
Bankers bills quoted at 4.8630 to 4.8633 for demand and 4.8310 to 4.8320 for sixty days. Vested rates listed at 4.84 and 4.87. Commercial bills at 4.83. Mexican dollars noted at 46. Bar Silver price 57 3-8.
Copper at 4.77, Atchison common 64 5 8, preferred 91 1 4, Smelter 90 and 44. Baltimore & Ohio 21 2, Brooklyn 44 3 4, Canadian Pacific 21 4, Metropolitan 1 32. Chesapeake & Ohio 33 1 2, Gas 93 3 4, Illinois Central 133 1 4, Manhattan 1 35, Missouri Pacific 93 1 4, Reading 54, Southern Pacific 45 1 2, Western Union 83, Steel common 23 1 4, Steel preferred 71 1 3, Wabash 33.
Frank J. Hearne is placed in full control as president and chairman of the board at Colorado Fuel and Iron. The executive committee includes Hearne Rockefeller Gould Gates and Osgood. Welborne becomes vice president with Beeman as secretary. two other vice presidential posts remain vacant.
A head end collision on the St. Louis division near McBain involving a Missouri Kansas and Texas stock train and four freight trains left three men injured. A. Waller of Wichita Falls Texas suffered leg and ankle injuries, J A Avis another Wichita Falls man broke a thigh and leg, and Edward Tureyville a fireman endured a back injury and internal hurts. All injured were taken to the company hospital. both trains were wrecked.
San Francisco reports the inquest into Martin L. Bowers death by arsenic poison will open Friday. Chemist Morgan finished analysis showing enough poison to cause death, with the poison identified as a sulfuric acid compound. Witnesses include John Cunningham and John K. Schnorr who described reactions at the lodging house and street activity after the death as Mrs Bowers and others await legal guidance.
The passage describes early living spaces where rugs or mats served as floor coverings, the floor was cleaned, and shoes stayed off indoors. A low three foot wide bench circled the room as daytime seating and a nighttime sleeping area, sometimes becoming a movable settee.
Victoria British Columbia police arrested Alfred G. Lyford alias Miller last night after a Rock Island Illinois telegram identified him as the ex deputy county treasurer who absconded July 5 and 12 with twelve thousand dollars of county funds. He will waive extradition.
Andrew W. Gorstline, a Long Island City manufacturer, chose death by inhaling illuminating gas in his Queens County jail cell rather than face a serious charge. A will found in the cell leaves all property to his nephew, who had reported the complaint leading to Gorstline’s arrest.
Manila dispatch reports Jolo constabulary in conflict with insurgents in Cavite province near Laguna de Bay. Twenty insurgents killed, one constabulary member killed. Reinforcements sent from Manila to subdue militants who hold a strong position in the surrounding mountains.
The Government report shows an 81.2 reading signaling a 24 percent improvement and 181 percent above last year, triggering a liquidation rush that pushed prices lower after an early decline. Sept sold at 12.33, Oct at 10.20, Dec 9.90, and Jan 9.92, with losses of 12 to 16 points in minutes.
Columbus Ohio September 3 J Bryan was the guest of the state board of agriculture at the state fair grounds and endorsed Clarke for United States senator After talking with him Bryan said Clarke’s sympathies are with the people in their fight against organized wealth He praised Clarke for supporting direct election of senators opposed to government by injunction and in favor of income tax He aligned Clarke with Democratic platform on imperialism tariff and money questions while noting differences on metallic money Since Clarke backs reform and would aid state legislation Bryan urged supporting Clarke over a Republican ally in the legislature and home rule cheaper rail fares and fair taxation He argued Clarke would advance Democratic causes even if his 1896 actions drew scrutiny.
Fragmentary verse from a 19th century women’s magazine expresses longing and devotion. The speaker writes of morning dawn, twilight, and sleep, pledging to dream of a beloved despite hardship, loneliness, and distance.
A military correspondent sketches the Somali as a non elite fighter fond of drill and uniform but effeminate by nature. He is vain about hair and finery, chatty, greedy for food, timid before Europeans, and prone to dancing. Female Somalis are described as cowed. religious rites are punctilious yet hypocritical. London Express.
A violin dealer discusses the lost art of varnish making and the debate over oils gum resin and spirit as base components. Charles Reade proposed specific bases, debates persist, and famous instruments suffer from varnish analyses revealing amber powder.
The Amos or bear idolaters inhabit Japanese islands including Korriles Sahkali no and Yezo. They number over 18 000 and are rapidly disappearing. They have broad hose and oblique eyes resembling Asiatic peoples. The Ain0 are a large, straight people who claim descent from a Great White Dog bear and a southern princess, with the bear as their chief god.
A Duluth reader asks why oil from flaxseed is called linseed oil. The reply explains flaxseed and linseed are the same term. flaxseed used in the United States while linseed is common abroad. The shift reflects commercial usage by a small number of mill owners controlling seed and oil distribution.
It is learned Lipton offered Captain Wringe 50000 dollars plus 2500 annually for life and a home for 500 to each crew member if Shamrock wins the next three races. List of crew sponsors and supporters follows from San Francisco to Salt Lake with multiple names and cities.
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