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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
2
A wide array of items from Taft's public acts and travel to disasters, trials, and diplomatic notes fill this Sunday page. Highlights include Taft’s Newport Bay trip and Lake Champlain observance, the Jolo crackdown, and Chicago trials. Also noted are domestic political debates, a partial tariff debate, and a high-profile divorce and a balloon wedding.
The Senate approved the tariff bill by 45 to 34 after a night session. Ten Republican senators defied Aldrich to oppose the measure, with McEnery the sole Democrat voting for it. Conferees were appointed, with Aldrich and a mixed Republican Democrat slate named to negotiate next. The vote details show broad partisan activity and leadership maneuvering.
The National Woman Suffrage Association convened in Seattle naming Rev. Anna H. Shaw as President and Rachel Foster Avery as First Vice President. Flor ence Kelley was chosen Second VP with Kate M. Gordon as Corresponding Secretary and others in key posts. Gordon accepted reelection reluctantly with possible resignation after months. Leaders hope Frances Squire Potter will join as corresponding secretary in New York.
A tramp murdered J W Christie a farmer near Rudolph South Dakota his wife his daughter aged 18 and a visiting neighbor with unknown assailant suspected to seek several thousand dollars believed hidden in the home. Neighbors discovered the killings as posses pursued the suspect.
Cambridge hosts a three day Darwin birthday festival with 235 universities and learned bodies, 30 American, and a bust of Darwin given by America. The event marks the 100th birth anniversary of Charles Darwin drawing scientists from around the world.
Senate records show votes on multiple tax measures including 60 11 for corporation tax adoption 45 31 for substituting corporate tax for income tax 32 42 against exempting charitable educational and religious corporations. The synopsis outlines a 2 percent levy on net earnings over 5000 with reporting confidentiality federal book audits penalties for false data and bond exemptions under 1.
Motorman Richard T. Hyland on an interurban car disregarded orders to stop at Morrison Indiana and collided head on with the Dixie Flyer near Holman six miles beyond Jeffersonville. Five men were injured in the wreck on the Louisville Indianapolis Traction Company line.
Willis Gilow a carpenter sues E. H. Harriman for ten thousand dollars claiming a safe place to work was not provided at Harriman’s Turners home in Orange County New York. He alleges the injury occurred while performing duties at the residence.
Ella Gingles, Irish lacemaker on trial in Chicago for theft from Miss Agnes Barrette, recounts a January Wellington Hotel ordeal where she says Miss Barrette and Mrs. Cecilia Kenyon conspired to frame her, drugged and chained in a bath, stripped, and assaulted by a man before being released with her money gone.
Daily racing in New York nears certainty while Gravesend plans a four day meeting. St Paul adds the league’s finest park as Belenti joins the roster. Boxing figures Kelly and Sid dell head to Fox Lake. Jimmie Kelly dies in Chicago. Kentucky Futurity three year division hits a record nine six entries. Terre Haute entries boost Great Western Circuit meet. Olympic Marathon winner Hayes retires after cramps in Kansas City. Alice D Mermed of St Louis wins amateur championship by breaking 100 straight targets.
A Camden New Jersey testimonial praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from headaches back pain and fatigue. Separately, a London dramatic critic tale recounts J Comyns Carr’s notice of Charles I with Irving, Bateman, and a tense supper where Bateman asserts he does not produce plays to please Carr.
A traveler in Shannonville Canada near the Toronto to Montreal corridor waits for a delayed freight train. An impatient clergyman tells him the Almighty does not know when the train will arrive, highlighting the frustration of travel delays in a humorous exchange referenced from the New York Press.
The article recounts how a brain worker, hampered by fatigue, sought a food to renew strength and mental vigor. After experiments, Grape Nuts was developed, described as a brain and nerve builder, not a stimulant, easily digested and served with cream. It bears C. W. Post's signature and the slogan There's a Reason.
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