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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1917
Page
5
The text claims Ogden grocers inflated prices by buying in bulk when prices fell and charging customers when markets rose. It cites soap and sugar examples, noting soap once $3.35 per box in stock vs $6.25 charged, with promotions offering four bars for 25 cents. The piece alleges price manipulation by local dealers and promotes Skaggs store pricing as fair.
Caldwell Des at 67, a well known cattle man and pioneer resident of Idebo, died after a brief illness at Tre hospital of uretole palnentse following an attack Monday. He lived in Ogden recently at the National hotel. Survived by Major Caldwell and three sisters and another brother. Body to be taken to Poratello for funeral services.
John Finley Fite, the sole Wilson youth bound for American Lake, is noted as the fourth Fife to bear the name in generations. His father R. Fife and uncle Alex Fife, county clerk, lead a lineage of soldiers tracing back to Waterloo. A farewell party in Wilson included tributes from Mrs. Alexander Fife and other locals celebrating the family’s martial tradition.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and aid after the death of Virginia, citing families A C, Febwertner, Weber, Thomas, and others. The note appears in a local obituary-like section with family members named. A separate dispatch notes typhus concerns in Mexico City, reporting reduced headaches due to vaccination and ongoing public health efforts.
Fragmentary notice states the Cozy theater will open from 12 noon to 11 pm today. References Doug Fairbanks among patrons and mentions theater occupants and prison imagery in unclear context.
Brigham City hosts the fourteenth annual Peach Day festivities with crowds from Ogden, Logan, and Salt Lake, trains and electric lines delivering visitors. A morning parade, free peach distribution, horse riding, a Fort Douglas baseball game, racing, wild animal act, and horticultural displays fill the day as city streets glow with holiday decor and band concerts.
Bapt H C Johnson of city schools meets with high, junior high teachers this afternoon. Agenda includes special subjects for grades, freshman clan elections soon, and overall bright prospects for athletics. Enrollment census hindered by pupil movement amid school changes.
Walter Holbrook, formerly a resident of Ogden, plans to settle back in the city after more than eight years away. He will join Hurt and Brothers Dry Goods in Ogden, with his family to follow in a few days. He praised Ogden as a superb intermountain home and noted significant improvements since leaving.
More than 200 students are enrolled at Weber College with expectations of 600 once enrollment is complete. Upperclass absences lengthen the process while lowerclass enrollment is strong. The Weber Herald debuted with editor Dale Philipps, published every two weeks. New teachers were introduced at opening exercises and Student Body President H. Wilkinson welcomed attendees. Board president D O McKey gave a remarks and Douglas Brish sung solos with accompanist Miss Dertha Farley. Regular care periods start today and twenty minute periods were held yesterday.
Ada L. Young transfers seven to twenty three Bi lots and 1043 dollars in Lakerten addition, price 350. Robert C. Mitchell and wife deed to Christopher Mitchell partial lot seven block 55 1 Sas A price 31. Ekjof and wife deed to John J. Drueseh lots ten block 1 Stephens first addition price 1600. Richard Irobias and wife deed all lots seven eight thirteen fourteen block 6 Nicklyn addition price 1. Anita Gibby and wife deed part lots seventeen thirty eight nineteen twenty one block 2 West Ogden height deed price unknown. TP Farr and wife deed part x in Bees 18 T Bon 1 Wy price 1. Commercial National Bank to Safe Sessions and wife chattels price 300. Marginal release Frank Warren and wife to Daniel Dyram all lots 58 and part 59 Kis corks subdivision price 0. Mortgage Preferred Investment Company to Ida C Hinckley part 8 Eta Bee 17 T 68 1 W price 300. Warranty deed.
German mining companies push into northern Mexico seizing control of silver copper coal and other mines. The Mines & Metals company based in Isburg plans to open properties near Chi huahua City and Sierra Mojeda while Pinoles in Cusihuitiachic targets Larne dand Voldings 45 rich districts. The German holdings rival American Smelting and Refining, signaling a postwar commercial push rather than wartime needs. Meanwhile Santa Fe Railway faces labor shortages as six hundred women join telegraph service and workers seek higher pay amid war
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