Ashton Gazette publisher profile note
The Ashton Gazette lists Ralph J. Dean as publisher in Ashton. The brief entry records the paper’s masthead and local publication details.
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Ralph J. Dean
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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
2
Wealthy physician in Altoona commits suicide over fake ashes scheme
Dr. TW K Hoy a prominent Altoona eye and ear specialist and Pennsylvania figure, valued at about a quarter million, killed himself with carbolic acid after backing John Ellmore’s fake ashes burning project. He endured mockery from friends about the scheme and died six months after lending support.
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TW. K. Hoy
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Ife
Dr. Moy
John Ellmore
Dr. Toy
Elmore
Dr. May
Irrigation Jubilee in Carlsbad Draws New Mexico Hundreds
Eight thousand people from across New Mexico gathered in Carlsbad for a three day celebration marking the completion of the Hondo Carlsbad irrigation projects. The schemes cost the government nearly one million dollars and irrigate about ninety miles of Pecos valley land totaling 20 000 acres. A night watchman William Reynolds aged 51 died after inhaling flames and Michael Seroinder suffered injuries from falling glass in a Pittsburg barber shop fire on the South Side. Miss Ethel Bish of Findlay Ohio received 20000 dollars from Mrs Kendall of Oswego New York for befriending her in Toledo Ohio. Mrs Kendall promised a reward.
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New Mexico
Carlsbad
N. M
Pecos Valley
William Reynolds
Michael Serosinder
Carson Street
Pittsburg
Ethel Bish
Findlay
Ohio
Mary M. Kendall
Oswego
N. Y
Toledo
Railroad Passengers Rush Illinois Iowa Line for 2 Cent Fare
Rail travelers from Illinois and Iowa are forced to alight at the state line and swarm ticket offices in a frantic scramble to secure transport at the new 2 cent rate. Fireworks stock caused a four story Minneapolis blaze at 247 249 Nicollet avenue, destroying W K Morison hardware. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars. Spontaneous combustion believed to have started the fire.
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Illinois
Iowa
Towa State Line
Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis
W. KX. Morison
Bank teller arrested after betrayal and theft recovered
A New York bank teller who daubed lavish funds on a woman’s behalf was arrested in a city flat. Police recovered $54,000 of the stolen money and charged him with defaulting from the bank.
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New York
Auto crash injures several near Evansville Indiana
Hurt in an excit ing automobile accident near Evansville Indiana left Will J Davis George W Lederer and Joseph Leiter of Chicago slightly injured. The report notes ongoing traffic hazards and minor injuries with no fatalities or extensive damage cited.
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Will J. Davis
George W. Lederer
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Evansville
Ind
War on Sparrows Aids Cotton, Nascent Bird Conservation
Government urges nationwide campaign against the English sparrow to protect cotton and boll weevil control. It endorses humane measures like sparrow suppression and installing bird houses to support swallows, whose insect diet helps farmers and foresters. Poisoned grain is among recommended methods.
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United States
Santos-Dumont’s dirigible aeroplane fails in Paris test
A cigar shaped balloon twenty three yards long and three and a half feet in diameter attached to two aeroplanes with a fifty horsepower motor collapsed after the rear plane lifted. The craft, weighing fifty kilograms more than its air displacement, skimmed briefly over the grass before the front end struck and caused a complete destruction.
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Santos-Dumont
Paris
Great Wall Street Melon Cutting Reveals Record Dividends
Wall Street reports a record July dividend and interest payout totaling 180 million 881 thousand 849 dollars as corporations resume and increase payments. Railroads lead with 86 million 750 thousand in dividends while banks and trusts, industrials, and traction firms share the rest.
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Wall Street
New York
Bank and Trust Companies
Vanderbilt Lines
Chicago & Northwestern
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Doctor Treves Forecasts Fewer Medicines for All
Sir Frederick Treves, physician to the King, opened a London hospital and predicted doctors will stock few medicines. He urged simple living, proper diet, sun and air to prevent illness. He argued deaths from scarlet fever, typhoid, cholera and diphtheria could become as rare as a wolf bite in England, with bacteriological science driving mortality toward zero.
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Frederick Treves
England
London Hospital
Union activity and labor reforms跨 globe
Led Union barbers of Cleveland monitor Sunday closings. Global labor trends show 59,718 new union members in the past year in Germany, with Cairo printers striking for better terms. Chicago elevator workers seek $10 monthly raises via arbitration. Miss Anastasia O'Meara becomes first woman officer and member of Cambridge Retail Clerks. T. V. Powderly heads new Bureau of Information under Immigration. Oregon hosts first branch of National Farmers Education and Co operation Union in Hudson Bay country. Canadian cigarmaking unsettled amid employer‑union dispute. Non unionist minors mobilisation grows in South Yorkshire. Holland reviews compulsory state sick insurance for all regular laborers.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Germany
Egypt
Cairo
Chicago
Anastasia O'Meara
Cambridge
Mass
T. V. Powderly
Knights of Labor
Bureau of Information
Bureau of Immigration
National Farmers’ Education and Co-operation Union
Oregon
Hudson Bay
South Yorkshire
England
Holland
States General
Cost of Crime Tops One Billion Dollars in U S Year
A 1907 United States expenditure study on crime shows total costs reaching 1.076 billion dollars. Greater New York, state and local authorities, and prison wages contribute major shares, while religious and humanitarian spending totals about 515 million. Parole programs in Cleveland and Minneapolis efforts cited, with 4000 pardons or paroles in six years.
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United States
Greater
New York
Greater New York
National Congress of Charities and Corrections
Minneapolis
Harris R. Cooley
Division of Charities and Corrections
Cleveland
Ohio
Tom Johnson
Johnson
House of Correction
Cooley
Cleveland House of Correction
Dearth of Farm Laborers Prompts NY State Hiring Abroad
New York state faces a farm labor shortage with 50 000 workers needed while 15 000 farms have disappeared since 1890. The state advertises in 11 foreign papers to attract agricultural laborers as the Immigration Commission studies nationwide shortages and Bennett leads a Congressional inquiry. Bolton Hall links farm decline to rising land values and large estates near cities, noting 1000 Long Island farms sold for development last year.
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New York State
New York
Bennett
Congress
Europe
Immigration Commission
United States
Bolton Hall
Long Island
New York City
The Knock-out Blow and a Medical Cure Claim
The piece touts the stomach as a key vulnerability in boxing and promotes Dr. R V Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for digestion disorders and catarrh. It urges reading a free booklet, lists alcohol free ingredients, and offers medical books mailed free from Buffalo New York.
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Corbett
Pierce
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
Tired of Fiction Married Man Inquiry
A reader asks for a book for his wife after tiring of fiction. A clerk suggests alternatives beyond novels, referencing a Yonkers Statesman exchange about preferences and reading choices.
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Yonkers Statesman
Birth skin disease cured by Cathora remedies
I have a cousin in Rockingham County who had a skin disease from birth to age six. The father spent a fortune without benefit until using Cuticura Remedies. After about two months the child was well with smooth skin and no scar. Mrs W P Ingle Burlington North Carolina June 16 1905.
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Rockingham Co
W. P. Ingle
Burlington, N. C
The Cost of a Lighthouse
An article by Wm. G. Fitzgerald in the Technical World Magazine discusses the challenges of building offshore lighthouses. It notes shore stations cost 40 000 to 60 000 dollars while offshore lights may reach 400 000 dollars, before delivering beams of about 20 000 candle power to guide ships.
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Kipling
Wm. G. Fitzgerald
Technical World Magazine
Alexander visits the fates amid conquest in jest
The Cleveland plain dealer recounts a playful mythic scene where Alexander the Great visits the fates and weird sisters warn him about his thread of life. He replies with humor and continues his world conquest.
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Conqueror
Fates
Alexander
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Grape-Nuts Becomes Fast, Ready-To-Serve Food
An advertisement hails Grape-Nuts as scientifically made, fully cooked at the factory and ready to serve with cold cream or hot milk. It boasts natural grape sugar exuding from granules and claims easy digestion, suitable for weak stomachs, urging readers to try the product from Postum Co. factories in Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Little Tealth Llassic
Wellylile
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