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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
2
American actor Stuart Piggott died in his London dressing room during a matinee for Lilac Domino. Major Henry D. Lindsley of Dallas was elected chairman of the American Legion at the St. Louis convention.
Reports from Paris indicate German delegates at Versailles protested the peace terms while Premier Clemenceau urged a heavy settlement. The German press condemned the treaty, and the Belgian delegation protested the British mandate for German East Africa. Meanwhile two US hydroplanes completed a 540 mile flight to Halifax, and other labor, military, and criminal incidents fill the bulletin.
A long official summary lists the treaty terms handed to German plenipotentiaries at Versailles. It restores Alsace Lorraine to France, internationalizes the Saar basin, cedes Upper Silesia to Poland, and limits Germany to 100000 troops and a reduced navy. It requires acceptance of war crimes trials, reparations, and League of Nations participation without full membership.
List of postwar conditions including Alsace Lor raine return, Saar and Danzig internationalization, Silesia to Poland, removal of non European rights, Moroccan and Egyptian concessions, transit freedom, prewar debt rules, and economic measures. Calls for trial of the ex Kaiser, League of Nations concept with limits, dissolution of German military power, and continued Allied occupation until reparations.
A French officer learning English jokes about mispronunciations and grammar. He reflects on language errors and the funny line The first shall be last and the last shall be first. Local children form a club focused on serving refreshments at every meeting, revealing informal rules.
A vintage ad warns back pain signals possible kidney issues and promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It claims the remedy has two hundred years of use, is shipped fresh monthly, and sold by druggists with a money back guarantee if it fails. Also a joke about a boy and his mother appears as a second item.
An old promotional notice asserts catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy. It describes the medicine as a blood purifier and tonic that acts on mucous surfaces, with testimonials and a 75 cent price, from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo.
A reflection on cheerful people refreshing others and urging a deliberate effort to share that joy with those around you. The author encourages kindness as a chosen attitude and social action.
A society note observes that a girl pays less attention to a man's long term prospects if he arrives bearing a present or two. The remark reflects social attitudes toward romance and material gestures in courtship.
The article extols Dr Pierce of Buffalo as best qualified to treat female ailments. It cites vegetable roots and herbs in his temperance medicine named Favorite Prescription sold by druggists. It claims the tonic helps weak, nervous women with feminine disorders in youth or middle age.
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