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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
2
The paper pledges ongoing progress and reform, denounces injustice and corruption, fights demagogues and plunderers, and vows sympathy for the poor. It commits to staunch independence and to vigorously attack wrong, regardless of who commits it or which side they belong to.
The piece portrays Taft as wavering between reform and Roosevelt loyalist instincts. It notes his opposition to recall or impeachment of judges, condemns recall as appealing to ignorance, and portrays him as self-assured with misgivings about popular rule.
President Wilson’s policy is criticized as weak while Huerta rallies Mexicans against American intervention. The piece argues American warships should move to enforce restrictions and protect U S interests, portraying naval power as the sole credible force in Mexican waters amid anti American sentiment.
The Standard urges vaccination to prevent typhoid fever amid outbreaks and notes broad medical support for preventive shots. The piece argues immunity can reduce the disease’s spread and cites recent medical demonstrations as proof. It emphasizes public health benefit and safety of typhoid vaccines.
The article extols typhoid vaccination as a major medical discovery and credits it with dramatically reducing typhoid cases in the U S Army from 1902 to 1912. It cites examples from 1909 and 1910, notes vaccination became compulsory for military personnel, and reports extensive protection with over 200 000 vaccinated without deaths. It urges physicians to advise vaccinating and monitor symptoms at home.
A reported interview with Dr. Laure Muller outlines Brazil’s potential for American investors. He argues a young, cash‑rich American could seize fortunes with modest capital, citing growing opportunities and American cooperation as key to Brazil’s development amid regional revolutions.
Local business leaders urged cooperation to strengthen the community economy. The message stressed mutual support, honest dealings, and active involvement in civic affairs to spur growth and resilience.
A local appeal calls for a boycott of merchants who fail to support the community and importers. It urges Ogden residents to patronize only commercial men who back the city, condemns outsiders who visit Salt Lake hotels and Ogden hotels during meals, and stresses a united business effort to make the stand effective.
In Kent on September 17 a suffragette "Vunga squad" attempted arson at Penshurst Place, the Kent country seat of Lord De S'tele and Dudley. Fire damaged windows but was extinguished by staff. Suffrage literature scattered around grounds. intruders fled with antiques and tapestries once housed by Queen Elizabeth.
A run of local obituaries notes Mary Christengen’s service in the seventh ward chapel with Bishop M. L. Jones and speakers Jobeah Nydo Bor and Bishop Jane. Florence Olson’s memorial includes songs Count Your Many Blessings and Beautiful Isle. Infant Clyde G. Thatcher’s funeral was held at Lark Yard yesterday afternoon. William Amidan’s body arrived at Hindoust’s chapel with survivors listed across several towns. Godlalb Layman, Layman funeral details and interment planned at Ogden City cemetery. William Penrod died at home in Liberty of heart trouble. funeral at Liberty meeting house tomorrow.
New York dispatch reports the Lusitania steaming toward New York with Mayor Gaynor aboard. The ship, currently 1,027 miles east of Sandy Hook, is in conjunction with the wireless station at Cape Race. It is expected to dock Friday morning or Friday night, with arrival around 7 o'clock.
Report of a hotel blaze at Mee mich awopl near Mnore reveals no loss of life. Early today the fire caused damage to the Hroearh hotel and two guests fled to safety as dawn broke. Authorities count the recovery of a single body and estimate potential losses around $500,000.
Advertises Hercules School Shoes for boys and girls with no new pair yet this year. Promises entire satisfaction and adds a free pencil box with every pair, urging readers to call in now and buy.
A Ogden resident Mrs Eckardt reports relief from stomach pain constipation and nervousness after using Plant Juice a vegetable tonic marketed to aid digestion liver kidneys or blood. The ad claims benefits for dyspepsia sluggish liver nervous issues and rheumatic ailments. Available at McIntyre drug store 242 East Washington Avenue.
Rehearsals are postponed due to a chair repair at the Ogden Tabernacle. The building will be ready for rehearsals on Thursday September 25. Professor Ballantyne, back from New York, has prepared a new male section and expects to begin work immediately for the Panama Pacific exposition trip. Choir members will receive letters next week with meeting times.
Sheriff D. H. Kerfoot of Wide Ore arrived last evening to take Clarence Poor back to his wife and child. In Oregon the offense of abandoning a family is a felony. Poor may face penitentiary if he does not return and fulfill his duties as a husband. Kerfoot plans to visit Ogden briefly before escorting Poor toward Vale to reunite with his family.
A series of letters and notes discuss Utah peaches shipped in fine condition, with claims of superior quality and potential for market development. References to a reception in Butte and a correspondent Mrs. CW Rowman describe the fruit as the best and prompt further attention to a market approach.
The excerpt notes Montana's preference for Utah fruit, a lively London stock rally fading into a broad market retreat with Union Pacific and other rails slipping. Commodities and livestock reports follow from Kansas City and Omaha, with beef, cattle, and sheep prices showing mixed gains and losses as markets close weak.
James I. Moyes was buried after a funeral in the Third Ward meeting house. Bishop Van Dyke and Elder Shortlitt led prayers and hymns, with solos by Stella Wright, Mrs. Mary Tartey, Mrs. William Howell, and Orson Griffin. The service ended with interment at City Cemetery amid tributes from Gilbert Torgeson and James Wotherspoon Ro Wider.
An old report notes that shorthand use is not taught in several prominent institutions. It lists trials and rejections at Logan, Weber, Logan C H B at Ox City, Ogden and Salt Lake Business colleges, and Ephraim’s Soow Academy. The Smithsonian is also said to refrain from teaching shorthand.
New York September 17 reports show stocks fluctuated with gains in some issues while others declined. Traders cited mixed earnings and shifting investor sentiment as prices edged higher at midday before paring back losses.
Kansas City Kansas Sept 17 Mrs Minnie Acott of Des Moines Ind was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Judge Tatehaw for passing worthless checks at two local department stores. She claimed she forged the checks to feed her two young children amid poverty and hardship. The court heard she was charged with forgery at Wichita Kan and other cities. Her two daughters aged eleven and one were placed in the care of the juvenile court.
Reports from Saskatoon warn of severe farm labor shortages across Saskatchewan affecting harvest. The board of trade has received hundreds of letters from farmers seeking men to assist with threshing and harvest operations amid acute labor constraints.
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