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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
3
Fall waists skirts and petticoats advertised with various prices and designs. Mentions special Panana Skirt with oil bands priced around 6.00, and selections including cream champagne and striped options. Includes references to FED aid 1.75 and multiple price points like 2.26 2.50 and 5.00.
The text notes Dieppe Alto Racer rerun over four days starting Thursday, with Electric Just Like Home and Best Music by Congrana Dancing Academy for summer openings. It mentions Ogden ties, local merchants, and social visits, plus a funeral notice for an Ogden resident and reminders of civic life.
A jumble of society items, transport mishaps, and campus updates outlines community life. Includes theater ads, public notices, school actions at Weber Academy, train delays and mail car fire, officials in town for meetings, and local travel reports with names and places such as Ogden, Rawhide Nevada, Weber Academy, and the Central Washington area.
A series of unreadable fragments recount funeral details and society events in Utah and Philadelphia, including JP Lunde’s funeral, Mrs. AW. Davis returning from Philadelphia, and new trainmaster H. A. Campbell taking duties on the Southern Pacific line. Also noted are a Weber Lake society conference and a health claim about chronic dyspepsia with a medicinal product advertisement, plus a public listing for Ellen Thomas and fall work at Soph LL.
Local court actions include multiple arraignments for vagrancy with several defendants pleading guilty and receiving suspended sentences. Others held for trial or continued, with some defendants released on bail and a few not appearing. A dentist case and several artists face preliminary hearings. one man held for failing to vacate a residence and another placed in hospital for observation.
The French army conducts maneuvers in Touraine near Tudre-Et-Loire with Generals MMe and Tremoni directing forces. Wireless telegraphy and field signals are used while observers including the American military attaché Parks monitor the operation and allied officers coordinate the exercise.
A large fire today destroyed a facility in Cincinnati causing extensive damage estimated at 90,000 dollars. Officials reported flames spreading quickly and burning the site before firefighters could contain the blaze. No injuries were immediately reported.
President Harriman’s private train, seven cars and a baggage car, left Sparks at 3 am and is due in Ogden at 4:20 pm. The trip includes high officials from Southern Pacific Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific, with stops only for engine exchanges. A crowd in Ogden heard reports of the journey and praised Harriman as a leading railroad figure.
A large Clearfield gathering hosted by the Weber Club celebrated a fruit district tour for Ogdenites. Attendees including A R Heywood and local officials toured Oak, apricot and orchard lands, ending with a banquet at the Clearfield meeting house filled with food, speeches, and warm community praise.
A fragment from a court page notes a plea entry in a Big Four County case. Details are sparse but indicate ongoing prosecution with upcoming actions in the docket and a push toward resolution. The readable text implies procedural steps rather than final adjudication.
Bud Goodwin of the New York Athletic Club won the one mile swim at Sheepshead Bay in the Amateur Athletic Association event. The race, held under the American Life Saving Society, saw Goodwin pull away early and maintain a clear lead to finish well ahead of rival contenders.
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