Local Publisher Ralph J. Dean Heads Ashton Gazette
The Ashton Gazette announces publisher Ralph J. Dean leading the newspaper in Ashton. Details on staff changes or publication plans are not provided in the brief notice.
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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
2
Million for Kind Niece of Ohio Hermit
C S Navarre left $972 000 to his Toledo niece Mrs J Itheades for kindness to him when relatives forsook him. She kept the fortune secret, worked as a stenographer, and avoided notoriety while the family reported other crimes and political turmoil across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Navarre
J. ©.Itheades
Toledo
Ohio
Rhoades
Navarre
Monroe
Mich
Davis Brothers Wholesale Dry Goons Company
President Roosevelt Backs Reform Spelling
President Roosevelt endorses simplified spelling and orders the White House printer to use the 800-word reform list headed by Brander Matthews. Secretary Loeb will oversee the president’s correspondence and official communications, with further words added as reforms evolve. Critics like William Maud Browne weigh in on language heritage and practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willse Neo
Roosevelt
White House
Brander Matthews
Columbia University
Loeb
Washington
William Maud Browne
Johns Hopkins University
London
George Bernard Shaw
Mahomet
Terrorist Terror in Russia Escalates With Assassinations
Unrest deepens in Russia as General Vouliarski, Warsaw military governor, is shot dead in a cab. General Min of the Leunovsky Guard is killed by a young woman in Teternhof. A girl bombs Odessa governor Kaulbars as a bomb threat spreads. Authorities fear a military dictatorship amid renewed Red activity and prior Stolypin plot damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Vouliarski
Warsaw
Fifth Army Corps
Min
Leunovsky Guard
Teterhof
Stolypin
Kaulbars
Odessa
Nicholas Boulevard
Miki
Sie
Reda
Vamarilla
Peterhof
Moscow
Labor leaders campaign and party stalemates page in 1908 era
President Samuel Compers leads a Maine stump against Littlefield’s re election while union printers reject a Hearst endorsement. Roosevelt avoids taking sides in New York GOP faction fights and Justice Brewer predicts Taft and Bryan as future leaders. District 7 UMW nomination shifts to Socialist party amid wage concerns. Democratic convention endorses both Roosevelt and Bryan, a rare political display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Compers
American Federation of Labor
Maine
Littlefield
Compers
W. R. Hearst
Colorado Springs
Roosevelt
New York
New York Republican Committee
Justice Brewer
United States Supreme Court
St. Louis
Taft
Bryan
Dettrey
District 7
United Mine Workers
Socialist Party
Luzerne County
I’a
Labor Party
Ohio
Record crop prospects lift 1906 yields to near all time highs
The Department of Agriculture reports 1906 corn at about 2.698 billion bushels, missing the 1905 peak by 14 million but with 1905 surpassed in none years except that. Wheat totals reach 759 million bushels, with 492 million in winter and 267 million in spring. oats, rye, barley, buckwheat and potatoes also high. hay down slightly. Population growth and high prices promise big farmer returns as wealth accumulates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Department of Agrilture
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Death Rates Show Chicago Best Health Record 1900 04
The 1900 to 1904 mortality report ranks Chicago as the healthiest large city with an average death rate of 14.6 per 1000, while St Joseph Missouri records 7.6 and Charleston South Carolina the highest at 31.18. Other cities like St Louis New York Milwaukee Minneapolis Cleveland and Cincinnati follow in varying rankings. The South exhibits notably higher mortality in the period. A separate note describes a Berlin Swedish device a water kite lowering depth readings and triggering an on deck alarm when encountering shallow water or obstructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Chicago
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Boston
W. Il
Detroit
Phil'delphia
Washington
Cleveland
American Association
L. Tolambus
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Louisville
Toledo
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Des Moiines
Lincoln
Omaha
Denver
GOL Bionx City
Pueblo
St. Joseph
Buffalo
San Francisco
Charleston
South
Richmond
Atlanta
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Memphis
Nashville
Berlin
Notable Death and Naval Training Growth Report
S. E. McClintock of the Standard Oil Company in Oakland died of heart disease in a New York hotel. In the first six months of the year the navy's three training stations enrolled 5,300 apprentice seamen. The University of Virginia reports the medicine and engineering teaching staff has more than doubled over the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. McClintock
Standard Oil Company
Oakland
Cal
New York
Naval
Navy
University of Virginia
Plan to Crush Rebels Marked Cuban Crisis Warning
President Palma vows no compromise with rebels and will use arms to reestablish peace at Savana. U S anxiously watches Cuba as de facto regime asserts authority under the Platt amendment while insurgents fight and rumor of amnesty stirs in Ta yana and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palma
Savana
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Washington
Cuba
War Departments
Republic
Pula
United States
Guerra
Tayana
Chicago Industry and Trade Show Broad Prosperity
The Chicago area reports strong manufacturing and distribution across sectors with rising activity in construction and transport. Bank clearings exceed 1905 by 11.2 percent, grain and provisions prices ease, railroads expand rolling stock, and August earnings rise 11.7 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Street
Dun
Commodity price list across multiple markets
The report consolidates bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Buffalo New York and Toledo. It lists prices for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and seed values with varied quality grades and market regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
New York
Toledo
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Ashton Gazette
Ralph J. Dean
Ashton
Illinois
Ames
Sheti
Michael Mody
Dover Township
Cody
Wil
Stolypiin
Be. Vetersburg
Quantrell
J. Frank Gregg
Jo Shelby
Tawaenee
Kay
Grain Valley
Oak Grove
Arhtabula
Iron Works
W. S. McKinnon
Ashtabula Harbor
Lrbor
Lake Erie
Grne
Sayere
Etendard Oil Company
Tes Federal
Marion
Mario Railway and Light Company
Geneho
von Siarlarski
Wethers High
John Mitchell
Dyereburg
Tenn
Mose Wedel
Childers
Nowata
I. T
Sally
Ralma
Orhent
Armstrong
Henry BE. Armstrong
Lord Kelvin
British Association
Amherst
British Royal Institution
William Henry Perkin
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