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Newspaper

Ashton Gazette

Location

Ashton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1919

Page

2

Peace and Paris Dispatches Inform on League and Treaty

Reports from Paris indicate Premier Orlando plans not to return for the peace treaty signing. Lenine and Trotzky seek refuge outside Russia amid bolshevik instability. the League of Nations may convene in Washington in October.

Salvatore Burzilai Paris Orlando Page Rome League of Nations Washington Lenine Trotzky Russia

Armistice Ends Linton Telephone Strike and Other News

Militia units on strike duty in Linton Indiana will be demobilized after an armistice ends hostilities. In New York 75 000 people witness the launch of the battleship Tennessee. Major grain league organized across six states. Postal inspectors uncover 17 internal mail machines. Brighton Beach fires destroy property valued at 1 000 000. Omaha mayor blocks socialist gathering. Agriculture urges safe grain storage. Fifteen Majestic Coal miners believed dead. one worker shot in Linton. Old Dominion president Woodrow commits suicide. Milwaukee brewers halt Prohibition fights. Transport Pretoria arrives in Boston. Argentine corn destined for Clinton Iowa. Robbers steal 130 000 from Charles Fishback in New York.

Linton Ind New Home Telephone Company

Riots Mark May Day Across Cities With Red Demos

May Day unrest erupts in Cleveland Chicago and New York as 20 000 strong socialist crowds clash with police and soldiers. One unidentified man dies in Cleveland while dozens are wounded and 60 rioters arrested. In Paris clashes precede tighter security. Chicago reports riot end Sixteen men and a woman arrested and a policeman injured. New York soldiers sailors and marines attack Socialist Call staff and vandalize offices.

Cleveland East Ninth Street Public Square Harg Road Prospect Avenue Superior Avenue Boliver Avenue Central Woodland Avenues Woodring Paris Place de la Concorde Place de Ja Place de la Republique Place de la Bastile Chicago New York New York Call Fourth Avenue Call Irving Place United Hat Workers

Plot to kill Americans shocks nation with mailed bombs

Post office inspectors report seventeen Infernal machines mailed to prominent officials including Postmaster General Burleson Secretary Wilson Attorney General Palmer and Supreme Court Associate Justice Holmes. Explosions occurred as packages were examined and some addressed to Rockefeller Morgan and others bore forged Gimbel Brothers labels. Multiple bombs were intercepted in New York San Francisco Chicago and Alabama with investigations linked to the Hardwick case.

Post Office New York City Burleson Palmer Washington Senator Hardwick Georgia Hardwick Ole Hanson Seattle Wilson Caminetti Immigration Bureau Hylan New York Sproul Pennsylvania John D. Rockefeller J. P. Morgan Lamar Post Office Department F. C. Howe Mr. Rockefeller Tarrytown N. Y Mr. Morgan Madison Avenue W. M. Wood Fairfield Street Boston W. I H. Finck Department of Justice W. J. Shaffer T. Lary Dyra Gimbel Brothers San Francisco Chicago Federal Building Federal Judge Landis Landis Broadway Gadsden Ala John L. Burnett Immigration Committee House Burnett

Pogrom Kills 56 Jews in Pinsk Reported by Zionists

Fifty six Jews were killed in a pogrom at Pinsk according to an announcement from the central office of the Zionist association citing its Copenhagen bureau as the source.

Surgeon General War Department Washington Pinsk London The Zionist Association Copenhagen

Hungarians Offer Territorial Concessions to Romania

A wireless message from Budapest reports the Hungarian communist government has proposed territorial concessions to Romania and called for immediate cessation of hostilities.

London Budapest

Albanians Denounce Italy as Revolt Spreads

May 2 reports from Hellas indicate Albania's revolt against Italian occupation is widening. Rebels are led by a commander said to command about 4,000 troops.

Italy Saloniki Albania Hellas

Budapest Reds Jail 600

Budapest reports that six hundred arrests were made by Soviet authorities targeting Hungary's financiers publishers editors writers manufacturers and ministers. Most prominent figures confined as the crackdown widens.

Budapest Hungary

Dairy Profits Rise as Western Canada Grows

A 1918 Alberta Department of Agriculture report shows steady dairy growth across all Western provinces despite high feed costs. Butter production rose to 9,100,000 pounds, with dairy sales and creameries expanding under strong government oversight. Immigration and rising grain prices boost farm profitability and land values, while bull sales in Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan indicate strong demand for high quality stock.

Western Canada Alberta Department of Agriculture Canada Edmonton Calgary Lacombe Manitoba Carman Sakatchewan West Willreupy

As You Were Defined by an English Officer’s Tale

A British officer fresh from German East Africa recalls Askari recruits and drill blunders. The command "As you were" grows harsher as missteps accumulate, prompting a native exchange where one asks its meaning and the other explains it as a word the Englishman uses to say I am sorry I have made a mistake.

German East Africa Askari

Acquired Taste and Brief Letter Sparks Realization

In a quiet exchange, she recalls not loving at first sight and needing time to grow fond. A short note from her son Bo reveals the connection, as the letter underscores the family bond and familiar warmth influencing their relationship.

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