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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1916
Page
8
Fire engulfed the Ogden canning factory at the foot of the North Ogden Ell destroying stored goods. Fire crews faced limited water access and fought the blaze as structural damage was extensive with no injuries reported.
Across the Somme front German counterattacks faltered as French forces gained ground from Denfecourt to Chenois. French troops captured prisoners including officers, with battles ongoing near Combles and Roye Percens seen as key points in Micheler’s drive. Despite German vigor, the last 24 hours brought relative calm on the British front in Picardy.
A London bulletin dated Sept 7 notes repeated Allied attacks along the front with British and French troops pressing near Bomme Innt. Vermiandorillera entered while attacks at other points were repulsed as British efforts remained stubborn at Glochy. French assaults resumed at their northern front, but northern Meuse sector shows limited gains as Thiaumont work defenses hold.
The Paris dispatch reports French forces and their British aerial squadrons advancing south of the Somme front. French troops captured trenches, disrupted German lines, and pressed toward Bapaume and Péronne while German counterattacks stalled. In Verdun the French reportedly held ground gained earlier in the week, with Russians pressing in Galicia near Lemberg as Austro German forces retreat toward Dirsezany and Well Near Resita.
The Vienna forces retreat before Austrians near Olax Topilta twenty miles from the Romanian border while Romanians occupy the Gyergo Ditro Orenre pass southeast of the antaneeglon.
The ad promotes Bargol as a miracle fattening agent claiming it boosts digestion to absorb fat. It asserts increased weight and plumper features, calling Bargol safe, inexpensive, and effective with guarantees. It names A. Rt. Mcintyre Drug Co. and ALR. Melotyte Drug Co. as sellers and warns to use with care if nervous digestion worsens.
Kingston Jamaica September 6. Governor San ley reports about 50 percent loss of exportable crops after the August 16 hurricane. Cocoa and bananas suffer severe damage as blossoms and fruit are blown away. Ground provisions may be spared, sugar and rum aid recovery, and development plans for the sugar industry are discussed. The government can only approve exporting sugar to help planters.
A garbled promotional text urges readers to drink hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to “cleanse” the body, cleanse the stomach and bowel tract, and rid the system of impurities. It touts skin cleansing and toxin relief, claiming benefits to blood and organs and warning against undetected ailments.
The Chicago Tribune notes humorist King W Lardner visiting Ogden with a party. The mayor guides a two hour carriage tour past a proposed city park, wells and pumping stations while discussing water supply, growth, and local plans. A banquet at Weber is described with speeches.
A British official statement dated September reports that in the preceding two days British aeroplanes conducted raids on Hoboken near Antwerp and on a town near Bruges, as part of ongoing operations over Belgium.
Ogden area delegates and county officers will be chosen at primaries on September 5 and 12 1916. Separate conventions in Ogden City and outside will nominate state legislative candidates and county officers including commissioners clerk and auditor sheriff treasurer recorder assessor surveyor and a county central committee. Voters must meet election district rules and polls open 8 p m to 9 p m for delegates to the 73rd County Convention.
An eye witness reported to Associated Press that on a Wednesday night a squadron of 15 airplanes bombarded The Hague. The attack began around 8 am local time with anti aircraft fire, hotel guests fled, and one aircraft was later said to have been shot down near Porte Louis.
New York Sept 0 Colon el toone agrees to join Republican and Progressive leaders for a Roosevelt campaign swing. A definite date fixed for a speech in Battle Creek Michigan September 30 while plans for a broader tour across Indiana Illinois Wisconsin the Dakotas and other states proceed after talks with Cox Hitchcock and Peckinpaugh. A rehearsal of the Roosevelt Progressive Republican picture is planned with managers converging at Sagamore Hill for scene work.
The text outlines ballot handling by judges with voter identification records, deadlines for balloting, and counting procedures. It states that delegates are apportioned by 2.5 votes per 1914 Howell vote, listing district allocations and 210 convention delegates. It also lists primary sites and precincts within Ogden and nearby districts, plus certification steps for county committee members and delegates.
Weber county Republican Central committee invites the parties of Lincoln Grant McKinley Hoosewell and Taft to attend and participate in the above primaries. Chairman Gavorth and Secretary J V Biasit of Ogden Utah sign the notice dated August 5, 1918.
The readable portions refer to Section for a BE or ryreves and mention printed or written sherons. It notes amendment of Article 12 and provides or saw terms, with dates around 1915.
Multiple proposed amendments to Utah constitution include taxation rules, public funds, and governance of the Auditor and Treasurer with general election timing. Also lists a long public notice of a land dispute in Weber County and a separate summons in Weber County District Court involving Chauncey Sindiock heirs and related parties.
Probate and guardianship notices from Weber County Utah list Evelyn Glas mann executrix in the estate of William Glasmann deceased with August 25 1016 dates and publication spans. Also a sheriff's sale in Weber County Ogden on September 16 1916 describes multiple parcels in section 25 township 7 north range 3 west and adjacent quarters with water rights.
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