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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
3
A lyrically charged meditation on love and heartbreak. The speaker recalls loving a maiden whose eyes defined heaven, and how her betrayal shattered his spirit. With grief beyond the sunset and love beyond the stars, he becomes king of the world only after the heart’s cleft frees the imprisoned god.
Basil Raymond, a Canadian roadmaker, wins the favor of Miss Constance Blaketon and the respect of Lord Winstead through bold work and quiet courage. Constance confronts social expectations as Raymond reveals he would relinquish his claim to dukedom for her happiness, proposing a life together away from title and scandal.
A Delineator piece portrays John Ruskin as a pampered only son whose wealthy upbringing shielded him from poverty and toil. It argues his sheltered life shaped a radical reformer who attacked modern commerce while remaining a child at home, under parental dictates. A quirky anecdote with a Dickens misreading by a child closes the sketch.
On Bel fast estate a ruin once held as O Neill stronghold was reportedly razed. Lord Dufferin marked a line for a protective wall, left for India, and returned to find the castle gone. steward Dan Mulligan claimed to have pulled it down to build the wall. Also a woman finds pleasure in bargain sales by buying unnecessary items.
After eight years in Henderson County courts, Sheriff Truman Allen is cleared of embezzlement charges over public and tax funds. Trials were repeatedly postponed until this fall when he was absolved. The county meanwhile owes the sheriff $500 for uncollected salary, though official records state he owes nothing.
Judge Waggoner in the Circuit Court at Galesburg upheld a city ordinance forcing the McKinley street car company to run its cars with two men. The court ruled the ordinance within police power to protect passengers, though the company had resisted as unreasonable. Fines were sought in thousands but fixed at 500 dollars.
Charles Johnson and his wife Mi nerva were found guilty of murder and sentenced to ninety-nine years in the penitentiary. Johnson shot John Browder during a quarrel last September. he was captured after escaping to Des Moines. His wife was later arrested as an accessory. Johnson will be sent to Chester and she to Joliet.
Detective Hogan of Englewood Station discovers Frank Kort 74 year old Civil War veteran living in a cave at West th and South Whipple streets Chicago. He is weak and shivering, gnawing a fried chicken while a small ground fire provides minimal heat. He will be sent to a daughter Jim Duluth.
Margaret Bredinski of Kewanee, who lost two brothers in the Cherry mine disaster, has disappeared after a weeklong search. Relatives fear she is unsettled by misfortune and wandering between Kewanee and Cherry, with six years of savings entrusted to a lost brother.
Jacob Young, a Columbia area farmer, reported a black hand letter demanding $3,000. A second note threatened his life if the money was not left in a designated goat enclosure. Neighbors stood guard while a decoy package was used. no one appeared. A detective was hired to search for the sender.
Henry Lane, top boss at the White Ash mines, was killed when disarmed by workers Lewis Pike and Butts after Lane fired at them. Pike and Butts, both jailed in Marion, face homicide charges.
Dr. W. W. Krape, once in the General Assembly, sold the Freeport Everting Standard to W. T. Rawleigh, Freeport mayor and wealthy medicine magnate. Krape had bought the paper five years ago from F. Charles Donohue, renamed it and shifted politics, with plans to continue as a Republican paper.
The burned section of the central hospital for the insane in Jacksonville will be rebuilt at once. Trustees and the State architect met with Dr. Carriel to approve plans. Estimated loss runs between 9000 and 30000 dollars. Fire began at 8 o clock in the north annex storage room for brooms and mops. Three wards were burned. No lives lost and all inmates accounted for. Some women suffered exposure but none will die.
A shot was fired through a Cairo Bulletin window narrowly missing editor E. W. Thielecke. The Bulletin, critical of city police graft, offered a $500 reward for the shooter's arrest and conviction. No arrests were made. New Sheriff Fred D. Nellis took office after Governor Deneen appointed him to replace Frank Davis. Nellis demanded Coroner McManus resign and sought the removal of jailed appointee Abernathie. Leroy Clifton received an $8,000 Chicago and Northwestern Railroad life pass and a lifelong position after losing both legs in an accident two months ago.
A string of brief notes reports multiple fatalities including Rudolph Desens choking on a saloon sandwich in Kankakee two miners killed in a Cen tralia dust explosion and a hunter found frozen near Rock River. Also noted are deaths of Thomas Williams Carmi Bernard Brumm and Mrs Sarah J Saul plus a rabbit deal in Charleston and railway shifts to longer workdays along with legal suits and game feeding advisories.
The fifty seventh annual Illinois State Teachers Association convention began in Springfield with 1200 attendees. Governor Deneen and F. G. Blair spoke, A. E. Winship delivered the principal address, while county superintendents elected officers and heard reports on manual training outdoor classrooms and the textbook price law.
Charles W. Morse the former ice king banker loses bid for a new trial in U S Court New York. Judge Hough denies the motion citing jury intoxication during trial, vacates the stay, and signals Morse will soon begin a fifteen year sentence in Atlanta Georgia.
In Chicago, eight Italians stand trial for conspiring with 17 year old Angelina Schiavone to rob her banker father. Assistant State's Attorney Fleming says Angelina was urged by her uncle Francisco Schiavone to take money from the bank, with plans to place funds with the uncle for later marriage to his son Michael.
The State Civil Service Commission held an investigation in Peoria into the death of John McNulty, a patient at the Peoria State Hospital for the Insane, who died November 13 from kicks received two weeks earlier. Attendants Clyde Stookey and Mary Hogan were discharged after the coroner's inquiry found gross negligence.
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