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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
2
The Ashton Gazette is printed under publisher Ralph J Dean in Ashton. Local newspaper line notes the paper's origin and leadership, signaling a community edition with possible local notices and notices.
Western Pennsylvania residents push a plan to plant up to 2.6 billion trees across 20,000 square miles feeding the Monongahela and Allegheny basins. The aim is to absorb ground moisture to prevent spring floods that last year caused up to 20 million dollars in damage and left many dead or jobless.
William Roule, 35, a carpenter, murdered his wife in bed at 427 Beard Avenue Detroit then killed himself with the same razor. The couple's two children, Toulo and his wife (sic) are unnamed, aged 7 and 5, discovered the bodies in a bedroom where they slept after neighbors were alerted.
The comptroller declares tobacco not a luxury but a necessity for workers on the Panama Canal project. Laborers held in quarantine during confinement pressed for tobacco, influencing the government stance.
Howard F. Weisman a ticket agent for a traction company fatally shot himself in Cleveland after receiving a wire message. He was allegedly short in his accounts and held a telephone receiver in one hand and a revolver in the other when he acted.
Carrie Nation was fined 25 dollars in a Washington police court for creating a disturbance at a local saloon. She paid the fine and said it was her twenty ninth penalty imposed by courts nationwide.
Judge Smith McPherson in Kansas ity ruled federal courts have jurisdiction in the Missouri railway rate cases and ordered an actual test to determine if the 2 cent rate is confiscatory.
Eugene I. Schmitz, former mayor, is deposed from office while in county jail San Francisco after being found guilty of extortion. The case places a criminal conviction behind the former city leader and prompts official removal.
Darwin P. Kingsley, son-in-law of the late John A. McCall, has been elected president of the New York Life Insurance Company. The move places Kingsley at the helm of a major insurer amid ongoing corporate leadership changes. In other news, the Russian duma refused suspensions, rejecting the government’s demand for pause in the plot to overthrow the czar, signaling continued tensions and uncertain political reform.
Imperial edict dissolves the Duma after clashes with the government and calls for a Nov. 14 election for a new body. Troops flood St. Petersburg as arrests rise and censorship tightens while radicals brace for potential uprisings and a broader suppression of dissent. An attempted assassination near Sevastopol adds to the tense atmosphere.
Howard Gould and actress Katherine Clemmons escalate a legal feud with Mrs Gould seeking separation on grounds of unfitness and alleged mail tampering. She asks 250000 a year alimony citing wealth and social standing. Gould seeks separation citing alcoholism and temper and resists alimony above 60000 yearly.
Princeton University received 1 200 000 in gifts from unnamed donors to finance two new laboratories. Dartmouth College President William Jewett Tucker resigns due to heart trouble. Pennsylvania Governor Stuart signs a bill allowing city school boards to create annual retirement funds for teachers. United States Consul Liefeld reports on a German Freiburg city dental clinic providing free treatment to children with priority for the worst cases. New York Mayor McClellan vetoes an equal pay measure for male and female high school teachers, citing four objections. both legislative houses override the veto.
The essay recalls the 1777 flag design and the origins of Old Glory. It reflects on the meaning of the flag as a symbol of liberty, patriotism, equality, and democracy, urging adults to teach children its significance and to feel a duty as citizens. It notes the Flag Day Association’s efforts to honor this history.
Business world learns the Morse plan to merge six coastwise lines into Consolidated Steamship Company, capitalized at 60 million dollars under the Inns of Maine, leaving Hudson Navigation as the lone exception. Separately, George Loftus petitions the Interstate Commerce Commission to cut Pullman sleeping car rates as trains face rising fares. Pennsylvania Railroad announces a push to enforce a 2 cent per mile fare, dropping many ticket types, while Reading halts concessions. The Supreme Court upholds the Interstate Commerce Commission power to fix railroad rates, supporting a 2 cent per hundred increase on Georgia lumber to the Ohio River being unjust.
San Francisco Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz was convicted of extortion related to a $1,175 payment from Delmonico's restaurant, ending a major graft scandal. Abe Ruef, former city boss, pleaded guilty as prosecutors vow to pursue all responsible figures. The verdict, delivered by a unanimous jury, marks a turning point in the city’s fight against bribery and political corruption.
The 45 story Singer building in New York uses embedded iron bars in caissons fifty feet below the basement to resist wind pressure. Bars pinned 6 inches apart connect to upright steel columns to counter wind uplift. This novel method follows a wind loading standard of 30 pounds per square foot, equating to about 330 tons on one side.
Short notices mention Sig Enrico Caruso donating 4000 dollars to a New York society aiding Italian immigrants. Gardner F. Williams, an American mining engineer who directs global diamond output, was born in Michigan. A Russian guard named Long Ivan stands seven feet eleven inches tall at 21, described as a good target.
A fragmentary column discusses a professor's remark on waiting for corned beef hash and then shifts to a promotional note for Dr Gouraud’s Oriental Dream cosmetic. It also updates readers on two tea plant parasites the tea bug and tea mite, describing their life on leaves and the ineffectiveness of muddy water as a remedy.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Bixby sought cold air at the ball grounds for relief from heat during a dispute with an umpire. He found the treatment good in theory, but it did not help him.
A Salisbury Maryland woman says coffee harmed her health, tea failed to satisfy, and since switching to Postum Food Coffee she regained 25 pounds and beyond. She praises Postum as pure, nourishing, and capable of replacing coffee, urging readers to read The Road to Wellville and noting there’s a reason.
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