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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1917
Page
11
A letter to the editor discusses the draft exemption for married men, arguing national interest must balance family stability. It argues exemption boards misdefine dependency, giving boards broad discretionary power. The piece cites the provost marshal general and weighs economic and social factors in home life.
Mark Huntington Wisem argues the draft exemption for married men relies on a shifting notion of dependency. He warns against penalizing wives who support homes and urges reinterpreting "dependency" to preserve family stability during prolonged war. He stresses selective service should keep husbands out until their homes require them.
Walter M. E. Wood, a Washington Military Trainer, will direct Ogden high school military drills this year. All physically able boys must enroll, uniforms may switch to cadet blue, periods run 4 to 5 pm three times weekly, with emphasis on physical training and math taught by Wood.
Adams formerly served as clerk to Walter Itchey of the city exemption board for weeks. He has taken a new role in the auditing department of John Browcroft & Rone company, starting today. Adams came from New York and moved to Ogden after arriving, joining the board staff briefly before accepting the auditing post. He will handle clerk duties for the exemption board in the evenings.
The week’s program features George Walsh in a light comedy and athletic stunts, plus a vaudeville run with Norman Hackett in a musical comedy piece Oh, Plane Mr. Detective. Thursday to Saturday showings and current events are listed by Measra.
The Orpheum theater opened its regular picture season with a William Fox feature starring athlete George Wall and the comedy Lone Boy. A current events reel accompanied the program. Tickets are ten cents for adults and five cents for children, with the first show at 7 p m tonight.
The Mc1001 family expresses appreciation to friends for their kindness in the hour of sorrow and for the beautiful flowery emblems of love given in memory and support.
Regular meetings of Orden Lodgat No.2, K. of P, will start Monday evening, September 10. All members urged to attend as matters of import will be taken up. Visiting members invited. Also note advertisement about equal pay for equal work regardless of gender at the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The piece offers luncheon and dining etiquette guidance with specifics on seating for hosts and guests, handling fish with bread when knives are unavailable, and proper attire in hotel dining rooms. It also notes how to address and direct questions to Alicia Hayt Hoyt and how to respond with a two cent stamp for personal answers.
Information for Ogden automobile tourists notes that Lincoln Highway officials seek to eliminate the Fish Springs desert section by building a new 17.3 mile desert road from Black Point to Granite Mountain. The project would shorten the crossing by about 50 miles and cost roughly 175000 dollars, with part already in Utah banks.
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