Ashton Gazette Publisher and Place Note
The Ashton Gazette records Ralph J. Dean as publisher based in Ashton Illinois, noting the newspaper’s local publication details.
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Ralph J. Dean
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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
2
Fire Kills Mother and Five Children in New York Tenement
Five story Columbus avenue apartment blaze leaves Mrs John Thomason and her children dead. Door latch trapped them inside. Two others injured as crowd panics. Minneapolis man David Morrill discovers gas at Elliott house and saves remaining family members after smelling gas and breaking in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Finneee
Columbus Avenue
100Th Street
New York
John Thomason
Thomason
J. W. Hiliott
Mr. Elliott
David W. Morrill
G. L. Morrill
Elliott
Women Ww C T U Members Impede Liquor Agents
Mrs A E Becktell president of the Ww c T U in Macksville Kansas led twenty members armed with buggy whips and rotten eggs against traveling liquor salesmen Myron Mooney and I B Halfpike. Mooney escaped horsewhipping by denying his identity. Halfpike was beaten and both men fled town vowing not to return to make sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Becktell
Macksville
Kan
Myron Mooney
1 B. Halfpike
Mooney
Escaped convict found working for Panama Canal
M. M. Letts, once a station agent in Princeton Kansas, who stole 70000 in railroad tickets and burned a depot to cover the crime, has been arrested in Panama where he worked under an assumed name for the canal commission after escaping from Ottawa Kansas in a dramatic fashion. Battleship Idaho was launched at Cramp yards Philadelphia with Governor Gooding’s daughter christening it. Ohio bank president O L Hayes was sentenced to seven years in prison for banking law violations. Williau McWilliams, sentenced to hang for murdering his wife and five children, with the crowd demanding the death penalty at Anamosa State penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
Panama Canal Commission
M. M. Letts
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Princeton
Kan
Panama
Canal Commission
Ottawa
Idaho
Cramp Yards
Philadelphia
Louise May Gooding
Frank KR. Gooding
Mississippi
Ohio Bank
Taylor
United States District Court
Cleveland
O. L. Hayes
Galion (Ohio) National Bank
Ohio
Blair
Independence
Iowa
Williau McWilliams
Anamosa
United States
Winter Wheat Report Indicates Rising Acreage and Good Condition
The crop reporting board reports winter wheat condition on December 1 at 41, with acreage listed at 1,341,000 acres, up from fall figures. The report notes growth in area and signals favorable prospects for the crop this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crop Reporting Board
The
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agere
Miss Roosevelt Engaged to Congressman Longworth
Announcement from Washington states Mia Alice Roosevelt is engaged to Congressman Nichales Longworth of Cincinnati. The wedding is expected in the early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Roosevelt
Uede
Washington
Miax
Alice Roosevelt
Nichales Longworth
Chacinnati
Taft Submits Annual Report on Army Strength and Fortifications
Secretary William H. Taft presents the 1905 army report noting 3,750 officers and 6,064 enlisted in the regular force as of Oct 15. He urges a 5,000 man increase in seacoast artillery, outlines fortification progress, Alaska telegraph lines, and Panama canal talks, seeking $70,170,719 for 1906. He also reports divisions by branch and regional distributions and mentions Philippine Scouts and Porto Rico regiment changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Secretary of War
William H.taft
United States
Philippine Islands
Port Aleo
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Artillery
Hospital Corps
Regular Army
Cers
Offiaro
Porto Rico Regiment
Philippine Scouts
Porto Rico
Wadicott Board
Pamele
Canadiinn
White Pass
Yukon
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Signal Corps
Panama Canal Zone
Big Appropriations Sought To Carry On Government
The Appropriations committees of the Senate and House issue estimates for the fiscal year 1907 totaling 804.206 million dollars, about 117 million more than the current year. The War Department seeks 863 thousand less than last year, river and harbor funding is dropped, and the navy and Post Office Department lead increases with 21.23 million and 12.19 million respectively. The committees’ totals exceed Secretary Shaw’s by about 200 million due to differ ing Post Office budgeting methods and subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appropriations Committees
Senate
House
Congress
War Department
Navy
Post Office Department
Shaw
Seecretary of the Treasury
Smn
Miss Marjorie Post Marries Edward B Close in New York
Miss Marjorie M. Post, heir to the C. W. Post fortune of Battle Creek, wed Edward B. Close in New York. The marriage links two prominent American families amid national news of Thanksgiving events and statehood drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie M. Post
C. W. Post
Battle Creek
Mich
New York
Edward B. Close
Kaiserhof
Berlin
H. Percival Dodge
New Mexico
Arizona
Congress
New Mexico Joint Statehood League
Nebraska
London Faces Grave Poverty Crisis As Unemployed Rise
London is alarmed as mass unemployment grows in the East End. Demonstrations erupt with red flags and the Marseillaise as thousands struggle for work and food. Authorities fear a broader social disaster and blame remains on neglect of economic conditions and ineffective policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Whitechapel
Kyrle Society
London
Pnce
British Islands
Highlands
Yorkshire
East Ender
Paris
Biggest Bird Flight Size Compared With Condor
A fragmented note examines the largest flying birds, citing weights from twenty six to twenty eight pounds for heavy birds, wing spans ranging from three to four feet less than the swan, and comparisons to the albatross. It notes the Southern Ocean giant with eleven feet four inches wingspan and a Chilean condor reported at twelve to fifteen feet in wing span. Papers for sale at this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andes
Congress opens with speeches and new members sworn in
The Senate met at noon with prayer by Edward Everett Male as 68 Senators answered roll. The House elected Joseph G. Cannon Speaker, new members were sworn, and the Fifty-eighth Congress rules were adopted. Roosevelt's message received close attention while a Russian Jew sympathy resolution passed. Executive sessions confirmed Bonaparte and Newberry for Navy posts. The Panama canal finance bill moved forward with debates and amendments before adjournment. A separate note praises Dodd’s Kidney Pills from N. R. Roberts of Dayton Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Edward Everett Male
Allison and
Morgan
House
Platt
Connecticut
Joseph G. Cannon
Ilinois
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Fifth
Anthony Michalek
United States
Committee On Judiciary
Congress
Root
Bacon
Justice
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia McComas
Panama Canal
Committee On Rules
Committee On Naval Affairs
Tillman
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Denmark
Mr. Bonynge
Colorado
Mr. Williams
Prince
Mr. Burgess
Texas
Secretary of War
Mann
National Capital Notes and House Bills Sighted in Washington
Senator Wittredge presented eighty South Dakota Press Association members to the President. Secretary Bonaparte sent to the Speaker an urgency deficiency bill for 1,000,000 for the navy. House bills include 1-cent postage by Smith of Illinois and a railways capitalization investigation commission by Murdock of Kansas. Beveridge seeks joint statehood for Oklahoma Territory New Mexico and Arizona. Hamilton’s proposal mirrors it. Frantz objects to a prohibition clause in Oklahoma statehood. Morrell proposes auto license exams under ICC for cross state driving. Winslow to command the Mayflower cruiser flagship of the Pacific squadron replacing the Chicago. Hardwick reintroduces independence for the Philippines after stable government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wittredge
South Dakota Press Association
Bonaparte
Smith
Illinois
Murdock
Kansas
Beveridge
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Arizona
Hamilton
Michigan
Frank Frantz
Oklahoma Territory
Morrell
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cameron McR. Winslow
Charleston
Pacific
Chicago
Hardwick
Georgia
United States
Philippines
Islands
Marks Pitman Dies at Choate Founder in Connecticut
Mark Pitman, head master of the Choate School founded by him in 1806 at Watlingford, Conn, died aged 75. The notice mentions the paying out of the second half of the claims of revolutionary soldiers of Cuba began December 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Mark Pitman
Choate School
Watlingford, Conn
A Man's Pocket as Much a Storehouse for Useless Things
A veteran and listener discuss how a boy's pocket holds a mix of odd items from keys and a knife to coins and dried chestnut. They note most men carry rubbish yet still know what to do with their odd collection, while the joke lies in their continued use of these trinkets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal Kingdom
T Bey
Grape Nuts Fuel for a Brain Working Writer
A brain worker praises Grape Nuts for digestibility and nourishment aiding clear thinking and sustained output. The posthumous Battle Creek source claims the product supplies essential brain and nervous-system elements, improving work quality for a hard working police writer. Read The Road to Wellville in the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postuum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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