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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
3
Tennessee senator Luke Lea recounts advising Senator elect William R. Webb on his first senate appearance. Lea suggests attire, etiquette, and a handshake with the presiding officer as the path to a proper welcome. Webb thanks him, recalling his long fear of the famed Webb school discipline.
A lively column reflects on boyhood oratory in school and preserves a fragment from Judge Adamson of Georgia. It contrasts past classroom power with current political rhetoric, citing David and political discourse, ending with Selah.
The piece notes crowds of women and girls in Washington during excursion season. It contrasts busy hotels and clerks with a pensive cigar stand worker, who laments stamp sales and reveals how visitors fill trunks with Washington postcards, using stamps as small change.
A historic look at roadside mile signs advertising local and non local stores along country roads near Washington. The piece notes signs once hung on fences and trees for John Does stores and other businesses, backed by traveling sign wagons, now much diminished but still present in smaller numbers.
Professor John W. Lloyd surveys standard muskmelon types and market packing methods for urban markets. He notes Chicago favors Netted Gem and Rocky Ford varieties, with Illinois production mainly Netted Gem. He outlines standard crates and baskets for various regions, discusses odd sizes, and describes a 8x8x17 inch slatted crate for fancy stock, weighing about 1.5 pounds each.
University of Illinois scholar argues farm management as a business unit reduces waste and boosts profits. Emphasizes crop combinations, labor costs, and simple record keeping to guide decisions and improve efficiency across varied farm tasks and seasons.
Illinois items report a commercial block fire in a city business district causing about 25000 dollars in damage. Other notes cover court decisions on hand holding and engagement rings, state banking charters, forestry leadership elections, suffrage remarks by Governor Dunne, and various local incidents across Champaign Peoria Springfield Panville Monmouth Galesburg Shelbyville Danville Rockford and more.
A brief quip notes a man who constantly kicks and barely pauses to consider his real grievances. The exchange hinges on the comedian’s line that constant kicking leaves no time to reflect or address underlying issues.
Senator Sorg comments on the phrase yellow peril calling it pictorial and fascinating, noting many people will not rest until a condition fits the term. The exchange highlights concerns over racial fear rhetoric and its persistence in public discourse.
A passenger train collided with a dynamite truck in Dallas Oregon. The truck was pushed over 100 feet onto the engine pilot. The driver leaped clear and survived as the carriages escaped a potential explosion.
A doctor linked a broken heart to Alexander Burnesss death after a violent altercation over removal of articles from his former premises. Burness, a 64 year old master tailor, died during a dispute with a foreman cutter.
A Texas girl recounts starting coffee as a child and suffering nervousness and indigestion. After switching to Postum, she reports improved complexion, vanished nervousness, and headaches, while continuing teaching. The ad explains Regular and Instant Postum preparation and endorses the product with claims and a promotional booklet.
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