This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1917
Page
3
A newspaper note urges respect for families with sons joining the military. Citizens should salute homes displaying Enllotment Flags as a token of gratitude for the sacrifices made. The piece calls for recognizing the front line households with patriotic acts.
In wartime Britain shops are enclosed by guards and access is restricted to those with passes and authorization. A master mechanic notes strict yard permissions while officials prepare a regulated pass system to control entry. Local workers await further instructions as measures intensify nationwide.
A hotel clerk tells a Washington guest no sightseeing beats a city car ride, while Ogden's famed canyons loom as the great draw. The piece urges stronger publicity and better publicity officials to promote Ogden's attractions to visitors.
An American correspondent cites an aviation officer forecasting a Gotha bomber raid on London within months. Experts urge rapid deployment of fast fighter aircraft from Canada and other training hubs to defend the city, warning a single raid could threaten heavy destruction.
The document stresses the need for planes to bolster the United States and replace fast training craft sent to England. It notes experts forecast the air war as decisive and calls for mobilizing every factory to become an airplane producer. One new plant will employ about 6,000 workers, with 1,200 women, and produce 66 airplanes weekly before winter, with fifty similar plants planned.
A Washington Post editorial denounces Germany as a tyrant and calls for peace enforced upon Germany by civilization rather than formal treaties. It warns that any binding agreement with Germany cannot be trusted and advocates strong terms to end the war.
Governments plan extended care for crippled war veterans with insurance, education, and retraining. Orthopedic specialists, hospital workshops, and portable facilities will aid reconstruction near front lines. Eligible men may be repatriated or retrained for new industries, with emphasis on humane treatment.
The piece notes that after the Civil War the United States did more than other nations to ease veterans distress. It argues pensions alone did not suffice, calling for renewed efforts to restore crippled veterans to usefulness and extend help beyond hospitals and exiting facilities.
An appeal urges American citizens to back the war effort from home by joining the American Defense Society. It warns of German atrocities in Belgium and France and stresses mobilization of both men at the front and citizens at home.
A fragmented verse by Alice Corbin laments a resident torn between two homelands. It portrays a person who once thrived here but now betrays local goodwill by favoring another land, signaling divided loyalty.
Alhambra to host a three day engagement of Belanick's seven reel production Entighten Thy Daughter with Zena Keith and eight stars from New York. Special 10:30 a.m. Wednesday showing for local officials and women's clubs. Drama condemns overprotective mothers and follows Lilian's downfall after her unwise romance, with Harold Winthrop and Mrs. Muth featured.
Washington Sept 17 Plans to concentrate a large number of the country's accountants for wartime service were announced at the opening session of the American Association of Accountants. Several hundred professionals have offered aid. a War Industries Board committee has already organized fourteen divisional auditors for army cantonments. The volunteer committee, with members on duty in Washington, is handling emergency contracts for munitions and other war supplies.
President Gompers of the AF of L welcomed delegates at the opening session of the drive to form a national federation of federal employees unions. Local unions from across the country attended as plans for a 15000-member national body were discussed and a resolution backed federation affiliation was approved. Joanvne Tonkin urged support for woman suffrage, noting women voters backed labor principles.
Quebec September 17 thousands watch as workers raise the central span of the cantilever bridge 160 feet above the St Lawrence. Two prior attempts failed and last year a fatal collapse killed fourteen on the longest span. Engineers expect the operation to take until Wednesday to bolt the span in place.
Anstendam reports clocks in Holland and Germany were set back one hour at three this morning marking the end of daylight saving time. England also ended summer time today at tea, aligning with continental changes. The change affects April 15 as the daylight saving start date in some regions.
A Japanese mission led by Vice Admiral Takeshita and Ambassador Salo halted at Fort Adams, the torpedo station, and the naval training station. The party included Major General Buryi Commander Ando, Lieutenant Colonel Tanikawa, and Vinceunt Ishii as head.
Mrs Melinda Harris reported a purse stolen from the domestic science department at the high school during a Saturday canning session by ladies of the patriotic food conservation committee. The purse held small items including two breast pins. A watch owned by Mrs WM Barrows on Twenty third street was also taken from a cave room about a week earlier. Women workers suspect someone with building access is responsible.
Thousands cheered 8000 soldiers from the 145th Field Artillery as they paraded through Salt Lake City streets en route to a mobilization camp at Linda Vista California. The event, overseen by Col. Alfred Hasbrouck at Fort Douglas, paused business and closed schools for two hours while Gov. Simon Bamberger and Mayor W. Mont Ferry reviewed the procession.
A Wednesday night farewell will honor Hartsville district boys Frank Stine Amos M Taylor and Cornelia Gell as they depart for American Lake on September 20 Col CA Boyd and G W McCune will speak part of an extended program including music special features and a ball dance plus a banquet to honor the soldiers and their service efforts aim to rally community support for the war training camp.
Plans for united industrial and commercial support of the war effort will be discussed by government officials and leading business figures at a special wartime convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in Atlantic City New Jersey. Preliminary sessions were held today with the event running through Friday. Ladies of the Relief Society Hartsville district are preparing a substantial feast.
Secretary McAdoo told southern congressmen there is no need for alarm over the withdrawal of 110 million dollars of funds invested in cotton and farm lands. The government will likely ask Great Britain not to call in the loans now maturing.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.