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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
3
A 1906 claim describes relief from a widespread facial and bodily eczema after using Cuticura Remedies for six months, ending three years ago with no symptoms since. The account, from Mrs. Li Le of Selma Alabama, cites failed treatments by two physicians prior to the remedy.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a speaker asking how much money was earned from the latest graft scheme. The reply asserts a clean million, with clarification that the figure might be a million rather than more.
Practical guidance on handling parental objection offering compliments, encouraging a shy suitor, addressing jealousy, and proposing marriage. Clear steps for communication, respect, and timing within social expectations.
Thousands become dry as last election’s will takes effect, with Edwards Johnson Massac Pope Union Wabash and Williamson counties now dry. Cities like Jacksonville Duquoin Herrin Carterville Marion Mound City Tamaroa lose dozens of saloons while Williamson County totals fifty closures. Nearby Golconda and border towns see stock liquidations as booze trade collapses amid the prohibition wave.
Judge Charles T. Moore in Perry County Circuit Court rules in the Bibey v Bibey divorce case that Mary C. Bibey remains legally married to William C. Bibey, after she wed Eleania Felts in St Louis six days after a May divorce. The ruling, if carried out, could affect hundreds of Illinois couples married under similar circumstances.
Williamson County ends saloon business as prohibition stance prevails after a 1500 vote margin. Illinois Central Railroad fined 100 for shipping beer into the territory. draymen and others face 50 penalties in Herrin and surrounding precincts. M E College Heads to Meet in Jacksonville January 9 and 10 with Chancellor Day of Syracuse presiding.
Lieutenant General Stoessel faces a court martial in St. Petersburg over the fall of Port Arthur. The hearing, before officers of rank, drew 200 veterans in full dress and featured prominent Russo Japanese War leaders as judges and witnesses. Stoessel wore civilian clothes and the St George order during proceedings.
Chronicle of global happenings and notable political actions. Includes Columbus discovery, Henry VIII office, Chester meeting, Lissa battle, Quebec entry, Turlington newspaper, Greene command, Washington farewell, Delaware ratification, Napoleon coronation, Mauritius capture, New Orleans command, Suttee abolition, Vera Cruz evacuation, Kossuth arrival, Hamilton Toronto rail link, John Brown, Queensland, treasury reforms, Knoxville siege, Mexico occupation protest, London reform demonstrations, Disraeli resignation, and Grant riots.
A summary of scattered Illinois items includes a Wabash River ferry killing sparking arrest in Carmi, anti liquor organizers forming in Kane county, a fatal mine accident in Duquoin, a horse theft case in Carmi, poor apple barrels warned by a University of Illinois expert, a marriage and a violent quarrel in Mount Pulaski, an oil pipeline break near Chillicothe, mastodon teeth found in Mason county, a near Paris shooting incident with a fine, a Jackson church salary dispute, confession of six robberies in Pana, a Waterloo wedding, new college buildings in Kankakee, a long-practiced birth physician claim, navigability bill for the Sangamon river, a streetcar collision in Chicago, a Peoria and Pekin Union Rail meeting, and the opening of the Dan Abash bridge.
A pharmacy ad touts Sloan's Liniment and Veterinary Remedies as superior for horses and livestock. It cites Dr Earl Sloan's background, offers a free treatise, and mentions related medical and ethnographic notes from varied sources.
A quip from a girl described as wealthier in money than beauty ends a tale where another friend notes Jack would remain a bachelor if poor. The exchange reveals contrasts among three women about love and fortune and Jack's possible fate.
A collation of health claims and consumer ads appears listing Down's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble with a 50 cent price and a Buffalo NY seller. It also includes unrelated notes about chocolate pies, a neck stitch complaint, and various patent medicine lines along with generic product pitches and child teething syrup.
The Well Informed world demands a simple pleasant liquid laxative. California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a known value remedy. Buyers urged to seek genuine manufacture for safety and efficacy with a 50 cent bottle price.
A medical note explains that intestines absorb nutrients as food passes through. If transit is slow, decay occurs, producing poison and gas. Nourishment depends on how long food stays in the system, with delays causing toxic effects.
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