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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
9
Fashion notes describe two hat types for women, from street toppers to social occasion styles. Velvet turbans, ostrich trim, filet mesh and brocades appear in new designs with bold shapes, decorative plumes, and paddle quilts. Accessories shift toward versatility for home use as breakfast tables or writing desks.
The piece notes end tables for divans and couches becoming indispensable. Small moveable coffee tables for the cozy corner, used for afternoon tea or service, appear in new home interiors and magazine holders, reflecting a trend toward functional elegance in furniture.
An old newspaper snippet advertises various unproven tonics and patent medicines. It claims sulfur tablets and mineral mixtures cure skin conditions, nerves, and weight loss, with testimonies and a letter-by-letter Q A format offering free advice from Dr. Lewie Taker and a mysterious “three-grain tadommens” preparation. The tone mirrors period health advertising with emphasized personal anecdotes and urged purchases from druggists.
Southern recipes describe drop muffins made from cornmeal and milk with eggs and fat, a simple breakfast bread praised for children and adults. The piece also promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy for kids, citing a Brownsville, Texas testimonial for its lack of opiates and its effectiveness against croup.
A widowed mother of three struggles to make ends meet but avoids charity. Through joint work with better off women she shares earnings for her children’s Christmas stockings and gains personal renewal via church fellowship, aided by tactful, affectionate peers who accept favors.
A period piece discusses etiquette questions answered by Alicia Hoyt and Mies Hoyt, including wedding superstition about mirrors, visiting-card titles, and proper address for women professionals. It shifts to a social issue, recounting a Christmas relief effort and family tragedy linked to alcohol, praising neighbors for intervention and urging communal support to prevent such outcomes.
September 20 report: an effort to form a people�s council led by J. P. Schultmann failed when Adjutant General Guy E. Loran and deputies dispersed the crowd. About fifteen hundred attendees watched as the meeting was called off by order of the Reverdor, with most demonstrators supporting the authorities and no arrests made.
Zurich report quotes General Baron von Freitag Loringhoven stating that trench warfare was a mistake and only an aggressive attack might have yielded gains. He argues the German offensive lacked strength to overcome the Allies and warns the war’s political and economic world situation favors enemies.
In Eureka California on Sept 19 Charles Ward proposes using specific music to increase milk output at a dairy ranch. He suggests turning off sad tunes and playing lively melodies like The Blue Danube to stimulate cows. Ward predicts an orchestra could work if the music is right.
Nervous dairy handlers report milk output drops as animals react to music and visitors. A Jersey cow from the Tuttercap line balked and milked slowly, reducing flow by ten percent. Officials suggest phonograph testing to calm cattle and restore production while noting impacts on Argentina’s neutral export stance amid tensions with Germany and potential grain and meat restrictions to neutral traders.
Washington reports show Argentina voting overwhelmingly to sever relations with Germany. Officials cite Berlin dispatches from the German minister in Buenos Aires via the Swedish foreign office and Germany's sinking of Argentine ships. The state department seeks clarification as it weighs Germany’s explanations.
Sept 20 The constitutionality of a warrantless search provision in the prohibition law is to be tested in the case of F S Stitt a Negro charged with bootlegging Attorney Samuel King represents Stitt. Police entered a bootblack stand at 135 West Second South Street without a warrant confiscating a revolver and other items. Plainclothes officers raided the stand and arrested Stitt seizing 147.50 in cash One bottle of whiskey was smashed in a fight between the Negro and Officer Blein Stitt was released on 300 bond.
A 15 year old, Dao Wood, was arrested at 229 South West Temple Street after police say he forced entry by cutting a hole in a wine drawer rear window and stole about 14 dollars in champs from a drawer. Officers Hurat and Seager made the arrest. the youth, with Ninth South and Fifth West address, is jailed on burglary charges.
Alanche Goodall a 15 year old girl employed at a soda fountain on South West Temple Street was jailed on charges of selling liquor to soldiers in Valfora. United States officers released her after Leon determined she had not sold liquor to soldiers. Investigations showed the arrest was prompted by a broken bottle incident at the soda fountain.
A report to state crop commissioner John J. Walker notes extensive damage to tomatoes aquash cucumbers and merons in Cache Halt Lake Davis and Weber counties. No damage reports from the northern part of the state. Early fruit movement from Utah County to Montana has begun.
Denver officials report war gardens across the city totaling sixty million square feet, with thirty thousand plots of twenty five by sixty feet each. Gardens are irrigated by a city water system and yield diverse crops as Denver emphasizes self sufficiency and food production during wartime.
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