Ashton Gazette Publisher Ralph J Dean Lead Editor
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Ralph J. Dean
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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
2
Illinois News Roundup From Sunday to Saturday
A sequence of notices and brief items covers international finance and policy, strikes and rate disputes, political moves, and local incidents. Topics include Rock Island and other railroads seeking injunctions against federal rate orders, Chinese railway financing, Turkish concessions, and Greek central bank talks. Also reported are the Taft administration, suffrage actions, weather disruptions, and changes in U S policing leadership.
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Crete
Monetary Committee
Turkey
Peking
Bof Yoakum
Rock Island
Oklahoma
Notes of Current Events
Misa Elsie Gusser, 18, daughter of a Cincinnati lawyer, died after an operation blamed on tight lacing per the family physician. Cunard steamships Umbria and Etruria, once Atlantic record breakers, are for sale due to outdated engines and high coal use, after leading the way with six day Atlantic crossings two decades ago.
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Misa Elsie Gusser
Cincinnati
Umbria
Etruria
Cunard Line
Two Auto Racers Die In Fatal Indianapolis Speedweek Crash
On the fifty four lap of the Prest-o-Lite trophy race at the new Indianapolis speedway a car left the track at seventy five miles per hour turned over and struck the fence killing William Bourque and his mechanician Harry Holcomb. Clifford Litterall, a third mechanic, died en route to the speedway. Robert Burman won the big race as speed records fell by Barney Oldfield and Louis Chevrolet. Twelve thousand spectators watched in horror as the tragedy halted the day’s excitement.
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New
Indianapolis Speedway
William Bourque
Harry Holcomb
Bourque
Holcomb
Clifford Litterall
New Speedway
Chevrolet
Robert Burman
Barney Oldfield
de Palma
Louis Chevrolet
Oldfield
Venezuela and New York Venezuelan Company Reach Settlement
Information from New York reports the New York-Venezuela Company will be paid 475000 dollars by the Venezuelan authorities as recompense for expenditures on concessions granted in 1901. The dispute had led to a rupture of diplomatic relations and was to be heard by The Hague tribunal next fall.
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New York
New York-Venezuela
Venezuela
W. W. Russell
State Department
Washington
Castro
Aged Millionaire Leaves Wealth to Baptist Church
Theodore Harris a Louisville banker who died recently bequeaths more than 1,000,000 dollars largely to the Baptists of Kentucky. His large family receives limited cash and life-tenured shares yielding about 150 dollars monthly. If heirs misbehave, their portions revert to the estate for church benefaction.
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Theodore Harris
Louisville
Baptists of
Kentucky
Baptist Church
Bank Robbery in Kiefer Oklahoma Ends in Murder
Two masked robbers drilling a bank safe at the State Bank in Kiefer Oklahoma killed City Marshal Inford and severely wounded Cashier Calmer Wobling as they escaped after a rapid stakeout by a vigilant cashier and pursuing posse.
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Oklahoma
Kiefer
Okla
Inford
Calmer Wobling
Wobling
Marshal Inford
Speed kills brother in law at Fulton home
George Speed shot and killed Abe Vinson at his Fulton Kentucky home where Speed’s sister and her husband were guests. Speed fired at Vinson’s wife but missed as the couple slept on a balcony due to the heat. Police investigation pending.
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Kentucky
Fulton
George Speed
Abe Vinson
Vinson
Speed
Bends and Bets Marker at State Fair Races
13 year old trotter Jay in Detroit grand circuit cuts record from 2 11 to 2 074 percent. old gelding sold for 492 in a 12 entry field. Harry G Legg wins transMississippi golf title by defeating Bernard G Guinand in final at Des Moines Golf and Country Club. Glidden party hosts Dan Patch and Minor Heir race in a dead heat at Savage stock farm. Orloff Russian racing horses to tour American fairs to gauge import interest.
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Country Jay
Trotter
Detroit
Harry G. Legg
Minikahda Club
Minneapolis
Driing
Bernard G. Guinand
V Club
Des Moines
Trains Halted by Colorado Floods and Arkansas River Overflow
Floods along the Arkansas River in Colorado disrupt rail service. Royal Gorge and railroad tracks are washed and destroyed. Trains on the Midland and Rio Grande face long detours, with routes extended by hundreds of miles as residents evacuate to higher ground.
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Colorado
Arkansas River
Royal Gorge
Colorado Midland
Denver and Rio Grande
Alamosa
Colo
Heat Wave Sweeps Midwest with record 110 degree high
Unusually intense heat driven by government weather officials produced temperatures up to 112 in Oklahoma City and 110 in Muskogee. Three deaths occurred in Kansas City and St. Joseph as crops suffered across Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Southwest.
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Government Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Southwest
Plains
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Body Hangs Three Months Near Pittsburg Road
An elderly unknown man, about 70, died by his own action and hung for three months from a tree near a public road in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Berry pickers discovered the body, but no identifying marks or clues were found on the corpse.
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Pittsburg
Berry Pickers
Court rules doctor must pay for leaving gauze in wound
Russell Johnson of Town sued a St. Louis surgeon for damages after a gauze piece, twenty four by nine inches, was found in his wound following an appendicitis operation on March 30, 1907. The US Court of Appeals upheld a $20,000 judgment.
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U. S
Russell Johnson
St. Louis
United States Court of Appeals
Johnson
Quake Felt at Capital Early Monday
A moderate earthquake was recorded early Monday by the weather bureau seismograph in Washington. It is estimated the origin was about 2,500 miles away, possibly from California or the Pacific coast of Mexico, or near the Azores.
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Capital
Weather Bureau
Washington
California
Pacific
Mexico
Azores
Egyptian Lotus Flourishes in Calumet River
The Egyptian lotus thrives three miles east of Hammond Indiana with thousands of blooms. Locals say the Nile and Calumet rivers host the flower in a natural state and doubt any importation. The bloom measures five to six inches and shows a delicate yellow tint tipped with green. it opens by day and closes at night.
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Calumet River
Nile
Hammond
Ind
Calumet
Egypt
Nile River
Explosions Hit Clermont Mine Killing Twelve Miners
In Clermont Fer rand France an underground fire damp explosion killed twelve miners. The incident halts operations as rescue teams search the wreckage and assess the mine's safety measures.
Dunns review shows improved trade and rising forward work
Dunns review notes clearer signs of healthier trade with rapid accumulation of forward work in main industries. Credit indicators stay solid as bank payments and trade defaults support strength while bank clearings rise 17.6 percent from 1908 and 1907 benchmarks.
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Dunn
Chicago
New York Markets Show Cautious Buyers and Improving Industry
From diverse markets reports indicate cautious purchasing by retailers while jobbing and manufacturing sectors show expansion as vacation season ends and harvest prospects firm up. Currency shipments grow and money stiffens. iron and steel and railway buys rise with early delivery premiums. Wheat prices rise spurring farm movement. idle cars decline and a possible year end car shortage looms. Business failures for the week ending Aug 19 total 183, compared with 219 prior week.
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Bradstreet
Market prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across major cities
The report lists bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep and grain prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Cincinnati New York with commodities such as wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and hay showing varied per-unit values. Notable figures include Chicago hogs 4.50 to 8.25 and New York corn 79 to 80 cents per bushel with creamery butter at 23 to 28 cents.
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Pittsburg
Philadel'a
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston E
Detroit
Boston
Wash'gton
Cleveland _ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Minn’'polis
St. Paul
Milw'kee
Kan
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
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