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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
2
The Interior secretary announces water ready for 10 677 acres in Belle Fourche South Dakota third unit on May 25 with about one hundred government farms open to homestead entry. Congress votes to abolish the commerce court and passes rivers and harbors and meat inspection related measures.
Personal members of the Panama Pacific exposition commission led by John Hays Hammond arrive in St. Petersburg from Germany and spend the day sightseeing in the capital. Dr John Grier Hibben becomes president of Princeton University in a ceremony with educators and thousands of alumni and students. A Paris rumor links Mrs Ava Willing Astor, divorced from Col John Jacob Astor, to Maurice Rostand, son of Edmond Rostand author of Chantecler, in a cable to New York.
A meeting of the Republican National Committee is called for in Chicago on Thursday June 6 to decide contests among delegates to the Republican National Convention. Unofficial yet revised returns show Hennepin County Minnesota with 610 total delegates reporting Roosevelt 352 Taft 110 La Follette 61 fusion 56. Illinois April 9 primary figures give Roosevelt over Taft by 138041, Clark over Wilson by 143475, Deneen over Small by 64168 and over Wayman by 80714.
Traffic officials from St Louis and Illinois prepare for a Springfield assembly May 22 24 to discuss rate changes with 50 attendees while druggists hold a June 11 convention with Governor Deneen and Dr Schnepp on the program. Licenses for veterinarians are issued and state politics show large Republican pluralities in Cook County with Oglesby Rose and Stead leading.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Illinois Music Teachers association in Streator closed with a program on piano curriculum and voice and breath. A Minneapolis orchestra conducted by Emil Oberhoffer performed the closing concert with soloists and pianist Delia Thal. New corporations listed include The J. W. Hoodwin Company Chicago capital 15000 incorporators Hoodwin Owens Meyer Acme School Supply Company Chicago capital 2500 incorporators Bernstein Davis Collier and W A Wallace Bakery Company Chicago capital stock increased to 10000.
Washington May 15 The House 237 to 39 approved a constitutional amendment for direct election of U S senators with federal supervision of elections. It requires ratification by three fourths of state legislatures. Bartlett of Georgia led the anti amendment push though only California Republicans Kahn and Knowland sided with him.
Sam Langford of Boston defeated Jimmy Barry of Chicago in Melbourne on May 15. The negro heavyweight dominated from start to finish and the referee stopped the bout in the eleventh round.
Sedalia Missouri May 15 United Daughters of the Confederacy arrange to offer at least fifty prizes in a fly swatting campaign to be inaugurated within a fortnight Special Prizes are to be awarded boys.
South Carolina's Catawba nation about 100 members seeks federal recognition and land allotment to become U S citizens. State Senator W H Stewart travels to Washington to press for a bill aligning them with other tribes, noting their historic friendship with settlers.
Mrs. Ray Trusner of New Albany Indiana credits Doan's Kidney Pills with a dramatic cure from chronic invalid status due to kidney disease. She describes severe symptoms including swollen rib, colored secretions, and near death appearance, then six weeks later she is a well woman.
A man on the first floor collapses in a large department store. A floor walker calmly directs the distressed caller to the Undertaking Department on the fifth floor, framing the incident in surreal, offhand humor.
The exchange notes measles in a furnished house and disinfecting. One person suggests lending the place to a friend first to ensure safety, while the other agrees it should be okay but prefers caution.
A lighthearted note questions women humorists and compares Paxtine Antiseptic as a nasal remedy, with an offer 25 cents a box by The Paxton Toilet Co. A separate line promotes silent plays quote claiming we can have plays without words and without actors.
An advertisement style fragment touts Cole's Carboli salve for burns and cuts with healing claims and prices, plus free sample requests. It includes booster lines for Lewis' Single Binder cigars and Gartley Tea, with generic handwaving about confidence and appearances.
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