Local Newspaper Note from The Ashton Gazette
The Ashton Gazette issues a brief publisher note under Ralph J. Dean as publisher in Ashton, outlining standard paper identity and print locality.
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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
2
The Ashton Gazette issues a brief publisher note under Ralph J. Dean as publisher in Ashton, outlining standard paper identity and print locality.
Chicago educators report child slavery and servitude among orphans and wards, with investigations into home-finding associations and orphanages. Warranted cases reveal forced labor. a 13-year-old girl reportedly trained as a servant. National Guard seeks doubled federal funding under a reworked Dick bill for national defense.
Reports describe bloody riots in Lodz and St Petersburg as tens of thousands confront troops. Czarist forces clash with rioters, many killed or wounded, with Jews and Gentiles united in protest. Protests spread to Warsaw and across Poland amid calls for general strikes.
Massive cattle shipments flood west of the Missouri as 100 trains carry up to 100,000 southern cattle toward northern ranges. Railroads sidetrack fast freights to speed the cattle to markets, while Texas steer prosperty grows with higher prices for yearlings and two-year-olds.
A long summary of Russia’s internal dissensions from 1904 into 1905, detailing mass executions, riots in St Petersburg and Moscow, strikes in Baku, Lodz and Warsaw, and the brutal suppression by troops. Reports note thousands killed or wounded, with widespread unrest affecting major cities and regions. Also mentions Minnesota tax ruling on railroad gross earnings and West Point cadet commandant change.
New York Central President Newman ordered the Twentieth Century Limited back to its former eighteen hour schedule between Chicago and New York after a thorough investigation found speed did not cause the Mentor, Ohio wreck. Officials from Ohio rail agencies supported the conclusion, and the decision emphasized safety above all.
A collage of pithy quips and satirical lines on kings, divorce, war, insurance, and politics. Notable jabs target Norway Sweden divorce, General Miles, Miss Mae Wood, Mayor Weaver and Togo, John Paul Jones remains, and a claim about sky-scraper churches.
Labor troubles in Chicago aside, deliveries and retail trade expand, and wholesale demand grows. Harvesting boosts old crop marketing while port shipments nearly double last week and exceed last year. Grain receipts total 4 813 367 bushels with wheat stocks down and milling needs light. hog packing rises. livestock receipts edge up.
A compact market report lists Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and various grains. It shows bid spans for wheat corn oats rye barley and dairy items with values in cents and dollars across multiple delivery locations.
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