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The Ashton Gazette listing shows publisher Ralph J. Dean in Ashton with no additional article text readable in the OCR fragment.
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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
2
The Ashton Gazette listing shows publisher Ralph J. Dean in Ashton with no additional article text readable in the OCR fragment.
A wide array of 1910s world events is summarized. Royal visits, photo sermons in Minneapolis, a Tulsa editor shot, deadly train wrecks, riots in Guadalajara, martial law in Barcelona, ship collisions, tariff debates, Thaw insanity remarks, aviators and Wrights records, a bank shortage in Tipton, and other global incidents are noted with dates and places.
Rioting roils Catalonia and Madrid over Spain's war policy in Morocco. King Alfonso declares martial law suspending constitutional guarantees and orders decisive action, with naval and army reinforcements to Barcelona. Reports note battles in Melilla, heavy casualties, and authorities arresting Carlist leaders amid a nationwide crisis.
An alleged club of disheartened factory workers in Cleveland is blamed for Miss Rebecca Bosewick s death in Gordon Park. Relatives fear a companion may self destruct soon as her mother overheard plans to kill themselves. The group reportedly included six girls four young men and a couple.
Comptroller of the Treasury in Washington rules that furnishing telephones for officers of the public health and marine hospital service on exclusive duty examining aliens cannot be paid this fiscal year from the immigration regulating appropriation.
Six U. S. torpedo boat destroyers Whipple Truxton Hull Pavel Jones Perry and Hopkins left Seattle to begin a voyage to Alaska. The cruise aims to acquaint officers and men with northern weather and provide fresh training maneuvers for the force.
A new $6,000,000 General Biscuit Company seeks active competition with the National Biscuit Company. Organized in Connecticut, the firm lists Summerfield as president and broker at 71 Wall Street, Ny lor as vice president, and Henry M. Haviland of Brooklyn as secretary treasurer.
A Long Island Railroad brakeman, William Robelin, returned a black leather handbag full of jewels to railroad officials. The bag had been left by Mrs. H. Schwab, wife of a New York jeweler. Mrs. Schwab and relatives offered Robelin $100 cash, two suits, two weeks vacation, and a lifelong job at $100 a month after his report to Maiden Lane.
Indian student Madarial Dhinagri was found guilty in a trial under an hour for killing Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie and Dr Lalaca in London. He refused to plead, called the sentence illegal, and vowed vengeance for India's power. Publisher A F Hossley jailed four months for incendiary articles.
A $2,500 cash prize offered by James Gordon Bennett will go to the champion of the international balloon races to be held in Zurich, Switzerland, next October. Mrs. H C Schneiter of St Louis begins a 1500 mile pedestrian trip to Boston, accompanied by her husband, planning about 35 miles daily and a 45 day journey.
Six dead and more than fifty injured after Wabash passenger train No. 4 derails into the Missouri River near Orrick Missouri thirty miles east of Kansas City. The wreck followed river currents undermining the track. many injured suffered broken bones with cars including a Pullman coach submerged.
In the Chancery Court room in Little Rock a Pine Bluff resident W Y Ellis shot Nathaniel Parker Willis of Indianapolis, a liquor cure owner, during a suit over child custody with Willis's divorced wife. Willis died soon after in the hallway as his mother rushed to help.
Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge daughter of Zachary Taylor and White House mistress during his presidency has died in Winchester Virginia at age 86. She was sister to the first wife of Jefferson Davis and to the wife of Surgeon General Wood. Betty Taylor served as mistress during her father’s administration.
The First National Bank of Tipton Indiana is closed and assistant cashier Noah R Marker is missing after a vault cash loss estimated 50 000 to 60 000. Marker reportedly set a 9 am lock on the safe and left town leaving a note claiming he took enough to cover expenses. He is 35 with a wife and two children.
Captain Quatrevaux of the French ship Thiers reports a new Pacific island near the Gambier group rising from the sea. He describes an uncanny swell drawing the vessel toward shore as it approached, with the islet appearing to consist of volcanic rock at about 24.25S 128.90W.
William Nilsson, ill and exhausted fugitive, turns himself into Kansas City police. He reveals he caused a street car crash in California leading to his wife’s injuries and child’s death. Nilsson admits forgery in Janesville Wisconsin two years earlier while employed as a shipping clerk for a dairy company. he fled to Germany before returning to the United States.
Mrs. BE H Bailey of Harrisburg a mother of five drowned her 2 year old in a rain barrel then hanged herself on the back porch. Found at sunrise by her husband she had recently lost her mind to illness. She was 45 years old. In another incident James H Walker 25 drowned after saving Mrs F D Christian of Sydney Ohio in the Little Tennessee river.
Mr. Rawson questions Pomp after the mule strays and is found on Prospect Hill. Pomp explains he climbed to survey the countryside so he could approach the mule safely from the front end, a method he believes protects Mr. Rawson.
An advertisement touts Doan’s Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney irregularities. It cites Mrs. John B. Whittaker of Madison Indiana praising relief from headaches backaches weakness mood swings and ankle swelling after using the product. The ad notes price at 65 cents a box and lists Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York as the maker.
A young lawyer nominated for county attorney is elected by a large majority. On learning the news he asks Si for reaction. Si responds with a rustic quip about using a corn cob as a stopper when cork is missing.
A traveling salesman inspects Mrs Dolan's third floor back and agrees to a two month stay. He offers to pay as he goes, but Dolan declines stating boarders pay on arrival and she may not be home at all times.
In Yonkers Statesman style dialogue, Patience says she married to reform him and remains unconvinced she has accomplished that goal. He calls himself a fool for marrying her, while Patience stands by her belief that no reform occurred.
A Richmond woman credits giving up coffee with restoring health. She reports headaches and nervousness resolved after stopping coffee, improved vision, weight gain, and better walking and memory after adding Postum and Grape-Nuts to her diet. She invites publication of her testimonial to help others.
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