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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
2
A reader letters page features a plea claiming alcohol as a food and a request to Garfield Tea in Brooklyn for a sample, promising repayment. The note contrasts opinions with a social commentary on oppression and references a toilet preparations ad line promoting Cathourn Toilet Trio products for cleansing, healing, and fragrance.
A 19th or early 20th century home remedy recommends mixing Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with water to darken gray hair. The solution is applied twice weekly. it supposedly softens hair, leaves no residue, and costs little. The ad ends with a quip about love being a local yet broadly beneficial accident.
The article profiles Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo as a modern sanitarium with diagnosis and treatment facilities. It notes his Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription, the Medical Adviser book available for 50 cents, and a free correspondence bureau offering confidential medical advice and mailed medicines from Doctor Pierce's Laboratory at reasonable costs.
Prohibition and modern life erode the Bowery’s famed oldtime character. The Bowery bum fades as many become casual workers and cash appears, replacing past public images. Anecdotes from a feature writer and a boy’s essay illustrate shifting social norms amid national prohibition.
About 50,000 American war dead to be repatriated from France while 20,000 to 25,000 remain buried overseas. Secretary Baker reported to Senate military leaders. House backs army nurse rank in the reorganized force. A $2.5 billion bond plan for adjusted service pay warned of disaster by Secretary Houston. Coal wage rise eyed by Thomas T. Brewster as miners’ strike prescribes higher prices. Indictments for conspiracy by 125 operators and miners returned in Indianapolis. Diamonds valued at $40,000 to be sold in New York for Armenian relief by Mrs. Alfred D. White.
A delegation from the Southwestern Millers' league protested to Chairman Payne in Washington over preferential export grain rates. Senate ordered an investigation of the U S Grain Corporation. Justice Department to pursue trusts despite steel decision. A 25 percent wage rise for bituminous coal miners urged by a presidential commission. House approved a peace time army of 289000 enlisted and 17820 officers, rejecting a plan to cap at 226000 and 14200.
Personal General Pershing will leave Washington about March 25 for the Panama canal zone to inspect the mill defenses there. Julius Kayser an 83 year old glove and hosiery manufacturer died suddenly at his New York home. A widow and daughters survive. President Edmund Jones Jr head of the University of Illinois tendered his resignation to the board of trustees at Urbana. Rupert Blue and Joseph H White were nominated as assistant surgeons general at large in the public health service. Damage estimated at 1 900 000 was done in Pittsburgh and vicinity by a 72 mile wind. Many persons were injured.
A sweeping proclamation from Chancellor Kapp and Major General von Luettwitz follows military control in Berlin. The text says the overthrow is a progressive move to restore order and align with peace terms, inviting independents to help draft laws for workers and promising internal and external peace despite a volatile power shift.
Paris says no instructions were sent to Ambassador Jusserand in Washington over President Wilsons charge of French militarism. In Washington the Senate confirmed Rear Admiral William S Benson to the Shipping Board to succeed John Barton Payne. A bill to abolish a cabinet post and create a commission to run the Post Office was introduced by Representative Igoe.
The notice promotes Bayer aspirin as genuine and safe after years of physician use. It advises taking one to three glasses of water after tablets and to look for the Bayer Cross on the package and tablets. It notes small tin boxes of twelve cost a few cents and that druggists sell larger packages.
A fragment notes social expectations about women and propriety, mentioning beauty and sending regards within a family context. It reads as a reflective line on courtesy and gender roles, without specifying events or individuals.
Old clothes dyed to new garments with Diamond Dyes. A direction book explains dyeing wool silk linen cotton or blends. Diamond Dye Color Card helps match material. Also a brief joke about a first kiss after a certain age appears among ads and notes.
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