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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
2
Two off duty firefighters Dugan and Sythes formed a human chain from a neighboring building coping to reach George Deitz trapped in a burning tenement on Third Avenue. They swung him to safety fifty feet above the pavement as a crowd cheered the daring rescue.
Robbers forced cashier C Walterhouse and Tel Tasley into the vault at Citizens State Bank, locked them in, and escaped with about $3,000. Four posses pursue as the bandits fled into the Osage hills crossing into Oklahoma after the theft.
Louis Orlan his wife and five children are missing and believed dead after a prairie fire that destroyed their farm near Forman North Dakota. Dozens of farmers reported barns and granaries lost as flames fed by a 45 mile gale swept across twelve square miles.
Evangelist Dan Shannon caused a storm at the First Baptist Church of Hammond by denouncing the choir members and a former pastor and by sharply criticizing the church’s methods in general.
President Roosevelt sent a message urging Congress to fund four battleships of the heaviest type. He argued that building four now preserves the United States as a leading naval power, countering shifts in global arms. The House welcomed the plea while the Senate barely read it, prompting debate on pacific versus aggressive aims and the need for a navy commensurate with national power.
Washington notes show rural routes grew rapidly in 1907 with 37 728 carriers on 37 728 routes and a 28 million dollar appropriation. Illinois leads with 2771 routes followed by Ohio 2943 and Iowa 2314. 8000 post offices closed as rural service expands and road improvements rise to support travelers and merchants.
Johnsons in Denver push for Minnesota governor at Democratic convention while Socialist party to launch a New York City daily. National Democratic Club debates inviting Bryan, John Mitchell plans an Indianapolis weekly paper, Minnesota Ninth District voters back Johnson with Bryan as backup, Roosevelt support and tariff revision loom in Indiana Republican convention.
News notes report a fire at the Joy line pier in New York causing $150,000 in damage. Also, Union Pacific directors refuse stockholders’ demand to sue E H Harriman over profits from stock sales. Charles N Sims former chancellor of Syracuse University dies at 73 in Liberty Indiana. Texas issues execution against Waters Pierce Oil Co. for $1,625,108. M Saito ex Japanese cabinet minister arrives in Seattle to push for Japanese workers joining organized labor.
The Senate and House debate naval policy with talk of four battleships for next year. Hobson argues for expansion amid fears of a U shaped clash with Japan, while Burton and Kitchin favor peaceful leadership. Roosevelt's four-battleship proposal draws applause as calendars fill with public works and dockyard plans.
National Capital Notes report three items. Senator Carter introduces a bill to establish postal savings banks. The House mines committee recommends creating a bureau of mines in the Interior Department. The Pan American Congress at Santiago Chile postpones its opening date to December 25 1908.
An advertisement-like note alleges a man cured of a eight year skin ailment after a week using Cuticura Remedies costing a dollar and a half. The claimant Fritz Herschlaff from New York says he could work again after trials with doctors failed. Also includes a brief school debate quip about country life from Ladies' Home Journal.
In Sunny San Bernardino Sam Bernardino writes of fifteen years of kidney trouble relieved by Dean's Kidney Pills, a cure he proclaims twice. Also described is the autumn spider migration from London Standard with infant spiders becoming silk airships carried by warm air, and a Reynolds' Newspaper note advising a receipt file to save litigation costs.
A Oswego Montana case shows slow coffee poisoning triggering eye weakness and visual disturbances. The patient drank Postum instead, reporting eye recovery after eight months and improved nursing baby health. A friend with dyspepsia and headaches also improved after switching to Postum. The ad closes with There’s a Reason and the Postum Co. attribution.
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