Ashton Gazette Publisher and City Origin
The Ashton Gazette notes Ralph J. Dean as publisher in Ashton. The brief entry identifies the paper and its local publishing leadership with minimal context.
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Ralph J. Dean
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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
2
Illinois Sunday News Reel of 1910s World Events
A rapid digest of global and national items includes Charles Morse headed for prison, Agnes Booth’s death, New York milk trust probe, Gaynor’s New York City Hall changes, a Chicago fire at 261 Wabash, and Milwaukee fire losses. Reports cover kidnapper Alma Kellner, Pinchot Ballinger probe plans, four Milwaukee firefighters killed, Darius Mills’ death, Walsh fortune, J Pierpont Morgan banking mergers, and U.S. farm value surge. Other notes cite Aurora Borealis theory, Canadian crop gains, Taft’s expectations, tariff debates, rail rate power, San Francisco car system vote, anti trust boycotts, Ray Lamphere’s penitentiary silence, Wickersham’s tobacco case, Great Northern fraud, Knox and Brazil on Mexico, Rock Island wreck near Trenton, Illinois charity reform, Lloyd George remarks on U.S. unemployment, Canadian labor fears, Tom Waggoner gifts, English budget mood, Gaynor as mayor, Ridder parks post, O Connor Liberals, railroad improvements, Cummins’ dinner pledge, Canadian fishermen, and U.S. boundary regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Milk Trust
New York
Chicago
Gaynor
New York City
Charles F. Murphy
Wabash Avenue
Alma Kellner
Pinchot-Ballinger
Milwaukee
Darius O. Mills
San Francisco
John R. Walsh
J. Pierpont Morgan
Tom Waggoner
Fort Worth
England
William J. Gaynor
Herman Ridder
T. P. O'Connor
Cummins
Canada
United States
Lamphere dies at Michigan City prison after Gunness case
Ray Lamphere, 38, longtime hired hand on Mrs. Belle Gunness murder farm near La Porte, Indiana, died of tuberculosis in the state penitentiary. He refused to confess, maintaining he knew nothing more about the ten murders tied to Gunness, whose fate remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Laporte
State Penitentiary
Michigan City
Ind
Ralph Smith
Lamphere
Chicago
Ohio River Ice Binds Downstream to Cincinnati Halted Coal Shipments
Ohio River from Pittsburg to Cincinnati is closed to navigation due to heavy ice. Reports warn the river will be ice choked for weeks as ice gorges cause a rapid rise and threaten property along bridges. Coal operators and shippers fear millions of bushels await passage after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Ohio River
New Martinsville
W. Va
Wheeling
Ohio
Fire Tragedy Claims Two Children in Santa Claus Village
In Santa Claus Indiana two children aged about two and one burned to death in a room where their mother left them playing an hour earlier. Mrs. Fred Keller returned from the barn to find the house filled with smoke and the children screaming. She dragged them to a doorway but both died from the fire near the stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Ind
Fred Keller
Montreal Depot Explosion Kills and Maims Dozens
A Quebec bound gas plant explosion at Place Viger station of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Montreal injuries exceed twenty with many victims badly mangled. The crowd gathered to bid farewell to friends as the 11:30 p m train was about to depart when the blast ripped the platform and buried numerous people in debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Place Viger
Canadian Pacific Railway
Quebec
Frisco Votes for Municipal Ownership of Streetcars
San Francisco voters approve a 2.02 million bond to finance a municipal electric street railway from Geary Street to the ocean beach, nine miles, ending private cable operations. The issue, defeated thrice before, reflects dissatisfaction with United Railroads and the current private monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Geary Street
6Th
Ocean Beach
United Rairoads
Uder
Presidential boom boosts Harnon in Washington visit
The two day D.C. stay of Ohio Governor NOR boosts Harnon in favor as a potential presidential candidate. Carnegie and Knox clash over foreign policy during a Washington dinner, with Knox accusing Carnegie of meddling in affairs. Ballinger-Pinchot probe gains momentum as Senate moves to obtain Interior and Forest Service papers, with Senator Jones signaling a post holiday inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harnon
Washington
Ohio
United States
Andrew Carne
Knox
John Bi
South
Carnegie
Eni
Congress
Interior Department
Forest Service
Flint
California
Senate
Glovis
Ballinger
Jones
Wallinger
Mr. Ballinger
Gore
Aldrich
Mob Hangs Virginia Slayer After Morley Killing
A mob of about 100 seized Henry Pennington in Morley Virginia and hanged him to a steam pipe following the shooting of Samuel Baker and wounding of his widow and two children. Pennington was captured after a pursuit by a posse on the town’s outskirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Morley
Samuel Baker
Henry Pennington
Pennington
Baker
Wyatt Meadows
Meadows
Girl Slain Suitor Sought After Toledo Shooting
Carol Hunt, 18, was killed at the Hunt home in Toledo while her parents Mr and Mrs Stephen Hunt were wounded. Suspect Joseph Mackley, 338, a railroader with a wife and child in Mansfield, is being sought after allegedly entering the home and firing at the family. He reportedly reloaded after exhausting his revolver and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Carol Hunt
Stephen Hunt
Joseph Mackley
Hunt Home
Mackley
Mansfield
Hunt
Children Die In Pratt House Fire
Mrs Henry Blanton visiting a neighbor left her Pratt Kansas home unattended and flames consumed the house. Three children aged 5, 3, and 2 were trapped in bed and perished as the building collapsed burying them. Blanton and a neighbor aided by bystanders summoned help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Blanton
Pratt
Kas
Roseby
Myrtle
Margaret
Five Trainmen Die In Head On Wreck Near Seymour Indiana
Five Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad workers were killed and two fatally injured in a head-on collision on a sharp curve between freight trains Nos 51 and 98, twenty miles west of Seymour near Fort Ritner. Misunderstanding of orders appeared to cause the crash. Wreckage was heavy and a relief train arrived but survivors endured severe cold before aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Seymour
Ind
Fort Ritner
Boycott as a Food Price Cure Seeks National Impact
Washington hosts launch of the National Anti Trust League proposing a boycott strategy to curb rising living costs. Lawmakers show interest and plan to organize state chapters to halt or resume supply of price gouging commodities, citing a German precedent where a coffee combine boosted bean prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Anti-Trust League
Congress
League
Germany
Steel man shoots family then dies in self inflicting gunshot
Winfield Gibson a 48 year old former Carnegie Steel officer in Munhall Pittsburg suburb returns home after drinking. He shoots his wife at the top of the stairs killing her, wounds his 15 year old son Howard seriously, fires at his 14 year old Grace missing her by inches, and then fatally shoots himself. A 3 year old child nearby is unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Gibson
Munhall
Pittsburg
Gibson
Carnegie Steel Company
Howard
Grace
Trainmen Warn Wages Rise Demand Across Railroads
Officials of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen with 75,000 members announce a January 3 wage demand ranging from 5 to 40 percent across 75 railroads east of the Mississippi. They will wait for a reply until January 20, with no strike expected unless demands are denied. The Block Signal and Train Control Board reports to the Commerce Commission criticizing signal systems and operator reliability, noting many inexperienced or too young personnel. The board reviewed 328 protectives devices, deeming only twelve worthy of government testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Cleveland
Mississippi River
Brotherhood
Lee
Block Signal and Train Control Board
Congress
Commerce Commission
Iit
Chicago Trade Review Sees Year End In Strong Position
R G Dun and Co reports year end business in Chicago remains robust with forward orders encouraging. Weather aided absorption of goods while storms slowed freight and outdoor work. Banking deposits rise. money market firm at 5 to 4 1 2 percent. Bank clearings reach 225,970,822, up 4.8 percent from 1908. Failures total 19 in Chicago district, with four liabilities over 5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
New York Retail Trade Ends Year With Record Volume
Quiet after a busy week in retail lines as wholesalers inventory 15 general. Data from Bradstreet's shows a record volume of business in the year just closed with optimistic outlook for the coming year. Business failures for the week reached 256, up from last week but lower than several prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Bradstreet's
Borington Market Figures Show Wide Price Ranges Across Regions
A compendium of regional price quotes for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and more from Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo markets. The piece notes a meeting of directors in Pittsburg where most independent window glass manufacturers agreed to consolidate creating a potential monopoly valued at six million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Pittsburg
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Ashton Gazette
Ashton
Illinois
Charles W. Morse
Agnes Booth
Edwin Forrest
Taft
United
French Chamber of Deputies
Anti-Trust League
Gunness
Wickersham
Tobacco Trust
Supreme Court
St. Paul
Great Northern Railway
Brazil
Mexico
Rock Island
Trenton
Board of Administration
Deneen
Lloyd George
London
America
Iray Lamphere
Archmurderess
Indiana
Frisco
MOB
Virginia Slayer
Steel Man
Ponte Ruan
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