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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
2
A sweep of federal concern covers leasing corruption probes into naval reserves, looming congressional investigations, and a push to fund soldiers bonuses. Other items include Egypt’s recognition stance, Cuba economic cautions, spurious certificate probes, and a Canadian loan deal.
Personal Paul Deschanel dies in Paris. Harold Walter dies at Burlington Ia from poisoned colored eggs. Senator Freylinghuysen seeks reelection at a Jersey City dinner. A Bay of Bengal cyclone wrecks ships and damages coastlines. Len in surgery for a dum-dum bullet. Lenin's health update. Japanese navy enlistment cut to two years post Washington conference. Tornado devastates General Teran with fatalities and injuries. Marines arrive to guard Beijing legation as Tokyo disarms. Major earthquakes hit Tokyo with heavy damage. Dublin unrest continues with paramilitary activity. Genoa talks extend as Lloyd George stance looms. Iceland ends prohibition. China heads toward civil war. Russia seeks loans and moratorium. Rapallo ties revived.
Beardedtown flood losses estimate at 20 million dollars with city alone at about 1 million. Beards town fights Chicago sanitary district over Lake Michigan drainage flows. Shelbyville designates Lincoln Square and honors public school law figures. Urbana hosts twenty eighth interscholastic meet May 19 20 with 700 athletes. Sangamon seeks tariff on Blackstrap molasses to aid Peoria distilleries.
Reports from Springfield and Danville cover flood relief appeals, road work for refugees, and bounty payouts for wolves in Ogle County. Other items note tax disputes with Pullman, land surveys near Old Fort Massac, banking officials elected in Danville, Hedrick rebuilds, and university soil yield improvements in Urbana. Governor Small names deep waterway commission members and constitutional convention resumes in Springfield amid sheriff killings and Emall trial updates.
Washington reports the United States is ready to sit with foreign representatives to discuss funding of 11.5 billion dollars in principal and interest. A five member commission led by Senator Reed Smoot will negotiate with Great Britain and other debtors, totaling 18 nations across four loan sources.
Heavy fighting along the Tientsin line as Chang Tso-Lin forces claim possession of the city and extend 15 miles south of the Peking Tientsin railway. Wu Pei Fu's troops press the attack on Peking's port city.
About 500 children and 8,000 adults arrived in Constantinople aboard the Greek steamer Michael Archangel from Novorossisk. They are among more than 20,000 Greeks displaced by Bolshevik actions, having endured 16 days at sea with limited bread and water.
A discrepancy of 19 774 dollars has been found in the accounts of Fred M Schoonmaker assistant cashier of the Three Rivers First National Bank. He disappeared a week ago as examiners investigated the loss in Three Rivers Michigan on May 2.
Five bandits were captured after a gun battle with two police officers and a fireman following a gasoline station robbery at Springfield and Ogden avenues in Chicago. One bandit was wounded, another escaped.
William T. Hardin of 1409 Garden St Los Angeles credits Tanlac with curing rheumatism in his shoulders and neck after other medicines failed He later says the tonic revived his stomach appetite energy and sleep and that Tanlac again fixed him up He notes Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
A crowd watches as the human fly scales the exterior of a tall building. An old man questions the stunt and a bystander replies he aims for the top, joking that he should use an elevator.
The American Museum adds an incomplete skull of the European bison or wisent and a fine skull and jaws of the urus or extinct wild ox of Europe. Both items came from the Cambridge Museum of Zoology in England, likely ancestral to domestic cattle.
A Boston Transcript note claims Jack has moved beyond past risks by starting anew with his wife's money. The quip contrasts sowing wild oats with a swift venture into a wealth angle, signaling a public gossip tone about marriage and finances.
A humorous quip from the Boston Transcript notes a desire for a cellar light that automatically turns off after we forget to switch it off. The comment contrasts an electric light that lingers lit with a perfect self-extinguishing device.
A quoted exchange questions why a student left college. The speaker notes that a good start and a well rounded education were interrupted by the belief that wisdom was folly, prompting reflection on opportunity and choices.
A brief quip from Uncle Eben on labor. He says he works better without a helper unless there is enough for him to do to keep him from feeling like an audience.
A collection of wry lines about medical authority impatience public privilege and the rush of debate. It contrasts a patient and a doctor and reflects on romance peace of mind and the public mood.
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