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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
2
Rioting erupts in Italian cities amid crisis talks led by Premier Salandra in Rome. Reports say both sides in the western front battle are exhausted as daily fighting and heavy casualties continue.
A Juarez report claims 65 Americans including women and children in Esperanza Sonora were killed by a Yaqui band of nearly 300. Other items note a Detroit streetcar strike settlement, Thaw winning sanity trial, a fatal New York fire, Kansas City ballot stuffing, Rockefeller tax suit, Fort Sheridan hooves disease, and a Minnesota farm murder.
The United States demands strict accountability for German acts that threaten neutral rights on the seas. The note, delivered by Secretary Bryan, urges safety for American lives and ships, condemns submarine warfare against merchantmen, and calls on Germany to disavow and repair the violations while highlighting the need to protect citizens at sea.
Secretary Daniels awarded the dirigible contract to Connecticut Aircraft of New Haven. The Supreme Court in Washington postponed argument until October 12 and plans to render decisions, likely adjourning around June 21. A protest by German actions on the seas prompted heightened security at the German embassy. The Do minion reached Liverpool after sailing from Philadelphia May 1. Mauretania May 29 sailing was canceled. Believed deaths of Camillus P. Maes and P. J. Fitzpatrick noted in Chicago obit reports.
Paris reports from May 18 say a 3000-strong revolutionary force outside Lisbon aims to attack the city as fighting rages in Lisbon after a rebel naval bombardment from the Tagus. Dr Alfonso Costa is said assassinated, Manuel de Arriaga missing, and a struggle for control spreads to Coimbra Oporto and Santarem with the fleet on alert.
Windsor Illinois May 18 Mrs Hanna Turner eighty five and Mrs Nan Turner killed when a Big Four train struck their automobile at a grade crossing. Mrs Elizabeth Barker and James C Renner seriously injured. Danville Indiana May 18 Mary Moore society girl instantly killed and Dan Beck injured when their car went off the embankment at Alvin near here.
Rotterdam dispatch reports a Zeppelin destroyed near Alost during a clash with allied air forces. The airship wreck fell about 3000 feet and the crew perished instantly as thousands of Belgians looked on.
James J. Jeffries former heavyweight champion shows marked improvement after pneumonia says doctors he may soon sit up. He had been in serious condition since illness began in Los Angeles on May 18.
An armed raiding party attacked the Pacific cable station at Bamfield Creek near Vancouver on May 18. Shots were exchanged with a sentry who alerted the military guard. The raiders escaped.
The text presents a clipped exchange about gratitude and lack, contrasting material comfort with unmet desires. It features phrases like You shouldn't be dissatisfied and Look at all you have, followed by Yes, but look at all I haven't, implying an inner tension between possession and absence.
An advertisement extols skin emollients for sensitive or irritated skin offering free samples by mail via Cuticura Dept XY Boston. The piece also includes a gag about Nero fiddling during the burning of Rome with a finance student quipping about insurance.
The statement from Prof Aug F W Schmitz of Thomas Oklahoma reports decades of backache cured by Dodd’s Kidney Pills. After two boxes relief appeared, another relapse occurred, and three more boxes ended the pain. He notes no trouble since and urges use where possible. Buffalo New York Medicine Co. adv.
A Johns Hopkins study by Dr. K B Lashley tested archery skill in twenty untrained adults across three groups. Five shots daily yielded better accuracy with less total practice time than twenty or forty daily shots, showing short practice periods over many days achieve greater efficiency in muscular training.
A boastful theatrical star claims his income exceeds the U S president s. A conservative retorts that income size misleads and recalls Jack Johnson earning more in the past than the star.
Topeka woman recounts insomnia and nervousness from coffee. After abrupt switch to Postum, condition improved within weeks and has lasted five years. She credits Postum with ending medicines and restoring digestion and sleep. Describes Postum forms, prices, and availability sold by grocers.
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