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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
3
Robert Ward faces ruin and prepares a note to his wife Ruth. She pursues him to the train, where they reunite with a vow to “start over” in the West, embracing struggle and shared dreams from the old days.
A small boy hoes corn by the roadside. A passerby jokes that the crop is small and yellow, and the boy answers that they planted the galler kind on halves. The excerpt ends with a call to personal contribution toward a higher and nobler life.
A train passenger jokes about his dusty condition and offers payment to a porter who responds that about fifty cents is owed. The brief vignette captures a humorous street‑level exchange between traveler and staff.
In Washington the Hawaiian delegate's wife, Princess Kalanianaole, stands as a striking social figure. Born Elizabeth Kahanu Kaauwai of Maui, she married Prince Cupid on October 8, 1896 and has since become a noted patron of Hawaiian music, art, and jewelry. She maintains elegant Massachusetts Avenue residences and hosts guests with regal poise. Former Queen Liliuokalani visits her clan, reflecting the princess's prominent position in social circuits.
Dr Alfred Cleveland Cotton, newly elected president of the Illinois State Medical Association, has thirty two years of practice in Chicago. He has led Jackson Park Sanitarium for Babies for three years and served eighteen years as physician at Presbyterian Hospital, where he is professor of pediatrics. He was born in Griggsville in 1847, graduated Rush Medical College in 1878, and served as a drummer in the Civil War.
A Hibernian Verdict features a New Yorker employed by an aged Irishman who laments Ireland’s troubles. The boss jokes about King George’s death, while the man vows to watch George. Another panel titled Wrong Angle stages a doctor patient quip about amputation and a hinted bright side.
A collage of 19th century advertisements touts Dr Martel's Female Pills as a standard female remedy for ailments with promises of quick, permanent results. Other items promote Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Lewis' Single Binder cigars, and pithy quips about happiness and delivery of kisses.
An advertisement urges readers to enjoy Coca-Cola at fountains or in bottles with claims of cooling fatigue relief and quenching thirst. It promotes a free booklet The Truth About Coca-Cola and a 1910 Baseball Record Book, plus a comic farm vignette and light humor about palmistry and cigars.
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