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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
3
More than 400 rose varieties, grown in the department of agriculture experimental gardens at Arlington Virginia, were formally presented to the United States government. Dr W A Taylor accepted on behalf of the secretary of agriculture. Wallace Pierson presided for the National Rose Society.
A National Museum exhibit shows silkworms feeding on mulberry leaves and spinning cocoons. It traces silk from worm to gown, exposing fabrics, dyed silks, and the life cycle from egg to chrysalis to moth. One cocoon yields a long thread. six ply silk can span about 180 miles.
An exhibit shows a three month course for disciplinary prisoners to qualify for restoration to the army. It details sand table trench modeling, overhead shelter work, barbed wire entanglements, and field-scale reenactments. Restored men have earned promotions and some lecture on NCO duties.
The Naval Observatory reveals a curious machine to study polar drift led by Prof. F. B. Ross. The pole’s axis allegedly moves in a spiral, varying about 60 miles from its true station, with swings lasting seven years. The current outward phase began and will extend over a year.
Governor Dunne signs broad bills boosting salaries and creating a central labor exchange. The legislature approves increased school and good roads funds, unemployment measures, and various local government acts while preparing for a flood of remaining bills as sessions wrap up.
Mrs Dolly Getz was struck and killed by a Big Four freight train while seated on a railroad inspector's speeder on the Q route from Nokomis to Barrington. Henry Johnson, a farmer, was fined two cents by Judge Kenesaw Landis for infringing on the peace and dignity of the United States with a double barreled shotgun, with no costs.
A veterinarian warns against soaking overheated horses with cold water. A quick bath can shock the kidney region and kill the animal. Cool gradually: sponge the mouth, bathe the four legs, then the head and neck, while keeping the kidney area dry, or risk death.
In a sharp exchange from the Kansas City Star, the Torpidville Tocsin editor laments townsfolk claiming they can run a paper, while Mortimer Morose retorts that many could indeed run one, highlighting local newspaper rivalries.
A reporter notes a conversación about a 12 inch gun, quoting T explaining shells cost $500 each. The other person, Titewad, says he would not fire such shells at his worst enemy, revealing hesitancy about using heavy artillery.
The saying notes that many old bachelors demand a girl be sixteen before considering her marriageable, reflecting a strict, outdated standard of female age and worth.
The fragmentary text promotes Denison's Coffee with lines about work endurance and in trench imagery. It includes quotations about blankets, coverage with glory, air, and an unnamed clerk described as important. The content reads like ad copy or local wartime filler with scattered dialogue cues.
The applicant for summer board expresses hopes for no mosquitoes, constant chicken and fresh vegetables, and cool nights. Farmer Countessel replies in exasperation, asking what place the applicant is seeking, jokingly asking if it is heaven.
Jim Sullivan a typical American tramp was arrested in Red Wing Minnesota after carrying a kitchen cabinet under his coat. Police found eight large raw potatoes weighing seven pounds one quart bottle of sweet milk one ten cent loaf of wheat bread one half dozen tea biscuits one half dozen rolls two one pound packages of ground coffee two aluminum salt and pepper shakers a glass cruet filled with vinegar one raw onion and two Japanese paper napkins.
A reflective piece notes a sinner's luck and a healer's contradictions. It contrasts a unscrupulous man who skims by while doctors tormented with care for hearts. A woman grants desires before danger, while love seeks closeness and safety amid cure and curses.
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