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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1917
Page
2
The Standard presents standard Associated Press content with local items and notices. Readable text confirms AP credit and a generic newswire basis, reflecting typical late era newspaper practice and staffing for the edition.
The Standard reports Theodore Roosevelt and Nicholas Murray Butler urging expulsion of Senator Robert M. La Follette. Butler, speaking at the American Bankers Association, defended a constitutional two thirds vote to oust a senator and warned against treason and sedition while praising peace efforts and warning that German diplomacy seeks to weaken the United States. The call to action targets La Follette for his political stance and alleged German ties.
An Ogden plant proposal aims to build a major aeroplane factory with six capable workers ready to back the project. The U S government seeks national plant sites to produce all airplanes, offering contracts to financially solid parties. Ogden Iron Works could spearhead the effort, enabling machinery procurement for an expected 160,600 aircraft.
The text notes Ogden near spruce forests of Oregon and rain material available cheaply like Pacific coast prices. It claims favorable physical conditions and a profile attractive enough to justify investment, even if equipment becomes obsolete after the war. The overall aim is to support war effort with aero plane production.
Lord Northcliffe, visiting Britain, predicts a one third waste of daily newspaper paper in the United States. He argues Sunday editions overrun with illustrations and padding deliver little factual value and urges more concise articles.
A editorial urging nationwide commitment to health and physical culture. It cites draft findings on physical weakness, advocates daily exercise, and endorses public figures promoting morning calisthenics and walking. It warns against treating fitness as a passing fad and urges sustained personal and club activity.
The article urges outdoor clubbing and team work to boost sociability and effort. It notes walking as the best exercise, advocates regular outdoor activity for confined indoor workers, and stresses habit and system to build health, strength, energy, and graceful carriage.
An Army colonel from Toledo cites a new term for conscription dodgers as a contemptible fellow. The piece describes a mob pressuring city hall steps with a mix of socialists anarchists and various groups, noting no Irish present except one cep.
Atlantic City reports Secretary of Agriculture Carl Vrooman urges a national mobilization of food producers, a women's food preservation corps, and a patriotic business and political alliance to curb disloyal greed and counter famine fears as nations face shortages amid wartime strain.
Los Angeles Sept 26 A record fifty years in women’s education across the United States and Argentina ends with the death of Clare J Armstrong aged 70. A prodigious educator, she taught from age 20 in New York and Indiana, led schools in Argentina, Buenos Aires normals, and Cuba annex work, leaving a Clara J Armstrong club in Indianapolis as a tribute to her impact.
The Ochitnik, a 296 foot vessel of 615 tons built in 1905, carried two 6 inch guns and six -pounders as armament. The text notes Chicago Building Laborers’ tally exceeding the country’s WAV paid-up membership, reflecting broad labor union participation.
Washington reports cooperation between the Utah Agricultural College and the National Emergency Food Garden Commission to allocate two thousand prizes and merit certificates for Utah’s exhibit in Salt Lake City from September 29 to October 6. Leaders Hogenson and Pack announce $5060 in prizes for best canned vegetables, with a thousand $5 prizes and national merit certificates. First $5 prize went to Helen Tew of Washington, a girl scout. The program, led nationwide with Cato Sells aiding Indian affairs, aims to involve all reservations.
Washington Sept 1 Members of the special commission headed by Secretary Whison and appointed by the president to investigate labor unrest in the west were completing financial arrangements for the trip. The study will cover Arizona Idaho Utah Montana Colorado California Oregon and New Mexico with conferences to reveal direct causes of industrial troubles hindering the nation's war program.
Exports at the port of New York fell by more than 35 million dollars in August 1916 compared with August 1914, while imports rose by over 14 million dollars. August 1916 exports totaled 178 million, with imports at 123 million. A beet growers meeting in Denver discusses government production plans and their impact on rural beet crops and prices for next year.
The article warns that erosion and soil washing reduce fertility, costing millions annually in the United States. It stresses the need to keep land timbered or in pasture, as tree roots and vegetation hold soil, absorb water, and prevent further washing on rolling crops in the South.
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