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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
3
A Boston reader recalls severe hand eczema lasting three months with intense itching and cracking. After using Cuticura Remedies, the condition cleared in a month. The ad cites Walter H. Cox of 16 Somerset St and Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. as Cuticura’s sole proprietors.
An old advertisement promises a $100 reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo and endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists. The note extols internal use and provides prices and distribution details.
Major General James Sherman Bell, chief of staff, labels the army inadequate and antiquated in his annual report. The veteran plains and Philippines officer, born 1856 in Shelbyville Kentucky, rose from West Point 1878 and earned a gallantry medal in the Philippines.
The South sees a wave of prohibition with Alabama Mississippi and North Carolina becoming dry at midnight. Liquor interests vow court challenges while Tennessee may seek statewide prohibition and Georgia nears full prohibition. Legal actions loom as Leon Weil and Mobile lawyers prepare to test the new laws.
A compilation of Peruna endorsement letters from Mrs. Joseph Hall Chase and Mrs. A L Wetzel, plus unrelated light anecdotes about Easter eggs and a dog bite, ending with a humorous court remark about a Thanksgiving dinner invitation.
United States mining reports show 1907 gold output valued at $90 485 700 and silver at $37 299 700. Compared with 1906 gold output fell about $4 000 000 and silver about $1 000 000. Colorado Alaska California Nevada Utah South Dakota Montana and Arizona led gold production. silver came from 27 states and territories.
A government report shows the United States increasing imports of tropical and subtropical products. Current annual value approaches 600 million dollars, up from 200 million in 1875 and about 300 million in 1895, making tropical goods roughly half of total imports.
Anthony Comstock, famed vice crusader, was knocked down in a New York street while supervising the unloading of pamphlets he had seized earlier. The assailant, whom Comstock jostled, struck him with a blow that landed on his law. Bomb Follows Money Demand. A bomb exploded under a tenement house in Gillis Street Kansas City injuring none of Antonio Armenio’s family. Armenio had received an anonymous letter demanding $5,000 which he did not pay.
The worst blizzard in North Dakota and Minnesota history since 1896 swept the eastern part of North Dakota and western Minnesota Wednesday, blocking rail lines and delaying nearly every train in the area.
Captain Harvey C. Daly of the Freddie W. Alton schooner and Philip M. Springer of Boston were found guilty in U S District Court of conspiracy to smuggle Chinese into the United States. Sentencing to follow.
Following black hand letters to area merchants a bomb was thrown from a Second Avenue L train in front of 1166 Second Avenue New York injuring one woman and two men. An unidentified person committed the act and fled the scene.
The business section of Ravia in Johnston county with about 1200 residents was wiped out by fire. Loss estimated at around 55000 dollars. The blaze largely destroyed the town center and ruined most shops.
W Massingale aged 50 from Valentine Nebraska was robbed of about 200 dollars and killed in Colorado Arkansas. His body was found near a school building. Farmer Lee L Combs is held in connection with the killing.
A Louisville woman recalls nine years of coffee related illness. After quitting coffee and tea and using Postum and Grape-Nuts, she reports full recovery and a healthy family, with Postum touted by the Postum Co. as a reason for wellness.
The Richmond stone house, oldest in the city, hosted notable figures such as Washington Lafayette and Monroe. In 1802 Henry Henfrey built an octagonal brick tower, generating gas to light the area, claiming Richmond as America’s first gas lighting city. The lighthouse failed to illuminate the whole city and was abandoned, with gas later becoming widespread.
The text notes Thomas Gray kept the elegy for nine years before publication. He labored on it like a lapidary refining a gem, resulting in a highly polished work. When asked why he wrote little, Gray answered that composition requires great exertion.
William White of Three Rivers Michigan describes long illness after a railroad collision with kidney injury and painful urination. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for a dramatic recovery after seven years of doctoring, detailing four boxes as the key.
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