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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
3
A guidance piece urges readers to exercise independent reasoning at home and work. It warns against blindly accepting others answers and promotes observing, reflecting, and applying to develop leadership and self reliability, ending with a call to use one’s mind to hit the bullseye of success.
A light verse about choosing a name for a newborn girl with a heartfelt search among many candidates. The speaker lists names like Annie Carrie Hazel Annabel Annette Sue and others. The poem ends with a humorous note that they might simply call her Sister.
An essay argues capitalizing happiness is wiser than rushing marriage. It warns that many marriages fail due to hasty choices and emphasizes deliberate pairing over social appearances. It predicts future education in matrimony could boost happiness by about half.
A May home recipe page highlights using milk alternatives like Kim Milk in soups and dishes. It provides detailed methods for Sticky Cinnamon Buns, Anise Seed Cookies, Nut Wafers, and a Spicy Fruit Cake with quantities, mixing steps, and baking notes.
Senator Sorgam defends his use of spotlight machinery claiming he will direct it toward his aims. Critics accuse him of seeking personal fame while opponents call it a power grab in the tense exchange amid campaign talk.
A discussion notes that a musician’s hand, with smooth skin and long fingers, indicates refinement and sensitivity. It cites a pointed thumb showing rhythm and a strong Venus mount plus Saturn, Apollo, and moon mounts as signs of melody and harmony.
The article warns that dusts when mixed in certain proportions can explode and notes that flour mills face this danger. It cites a documented case of sugar dust causing an explosion.
In Toledo Ohio Captain Gustavus Ohlinger of the U S Intelligence department earned a high reputation among American Legion members for disrupting German societies and exposing propaganda. His bold actions and ties to figures like Theodore Roosevelt solidified his standing with veterans and marked him as a formidable foe to any group deemed un-American.
The Hoosier Legionnaire, Indiana’s Legion publication, began with a circulation of 82 000. Philip B. Stapp of Greensburg, ex editor of the Hour Glass, directs the paper and served on the Paris Legion caucus and the first national publicity committee. He rose from private to commissioned officer in field artillery during 26 months of service. A weekly newspaper is mailed to all Indiana Legionnaires.
Navy orders many destroyers to be taken out of commission after years patrolling the North Sea and Atlantic. The article recalls the ships that earned gold stars for sinking German submarines and notes the Shaw’s loss in a collision with a British transport, reflecting sobering war weariness.
An Eagles club official Thomas Robertson assigns a sick committee where a member asks to serve after business hours and reveals he is an undertaker. The humor piece continues with a clip about Answers editor and a jocular exchange over a joke sent by a humorist contributor.
An advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as the true world famous medicine, with the Bayer name clearly stamped on each tablet and package for protection. A streetcar anecdote about Arbuckle manslaughter headlines is recounted alongside a quip on studying human nature.
In an advertisement echoing a long running product, readers are urged to check Castoria for the signature of use over 30 years. A light domestic vignette shows Betty asked about her new brother and a playful scene about prize fighting and a tree with a club, noting a stakeholder nearby.
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