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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
3
Instructions describe making a tin can propeller toy boat powered by a rubber band motor with a tin bearing plate and glass bead thrusts. It also covers building a miniature greenhouse from a starch box with glass covers, cardboard end pieces, and enamel finish, plus soil, watering, and light guidance.
The state board of administration moves to end trust funds for inmates in state institutions turning surplus donations to an amusement fund and closing accounts. An Illinois election law revision project by the legislative reference bureau compiles data, cost figures, and constitutional convention notes for a future general assembly. West Point nominations and new bank permits, incorporations, and voting rules on county tuberculosis sanitariums are also reported.
Judge Thomas Taylor of the circuit court invalidates the Illinois public utilities commission order aimed at Chicago street railways. He argues the commission lacks street jurisdiction and that the 1907 and 1913 settlement ordinances bind the system, though he leaves open questions on the act's constitutionality.
Sterling Palmyra township has let a contract for eight miles of Macadam roads at a cost of $5,000 per mile and has voted $40,000 bonds. In Rockford Mrs Harriet Wayland declines to sell a Plymouth Rock hen that sometimes lays two eggs daily to poultry fanciers nationwide.
The text extols Western Canada as a land of opportunity for farmers, highlighting cheap land and free 160 acre homesteads. It cites a Saskatchewan Lloydminster resident who expanded from 160 to over 100 cultivated acres, increased stock, and achieved solid yields. It predicts a postwar livestock boom and urges Saskatchewan farmers to prepare now to benefit from rising demand.
During dinner a mistress asks Sarah to fetch the cats. She goes downstairs and returns breathless with the news that the cats are up. The family learns the cats were literally upstairs, prompting comic relief in the household.
A light remark from a youngster is forgotten while an ironic note on money and friendship suggests wealth can buy company, yet true value remains elusive.
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