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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
3
A campus myth about Apollo ends with a statue knocked from its pedestal and buried in mock mourning. Students, in white robes, carry out a funeral procession and plant flowers after the act, then pay for the statue they damaged.
The article explains how worn-out national flags used by the United States government are destroyed by burning in army navy and public buildings. It notes that battle flags are preserved and mentions the flag making plant at Brooklyn Navy Yard employing about 30 women plus a cost of 560 per case.
Two William Murrays in the House known as Bill Murray face a mail mixup as Oklahoma Alfalfa Bill and Boston Bill in Massachusetts receive letters. To solve the confusion the postmaster routes Oklahoma mail to Alfalfa Bill and Massachusetts mail to Boston Bill. A letter meant for Boston Bill arrives in Oklahoma and is returned. The rivals debate public credit for each other’s deeds, one proposing communication to constituents, the other seeking to absorb both praise and blame.
Representative Townsend of Michigan, author of Chimmie Fadden, recalls his first interview at the Vanderbilt mansion in New York. He describes arriving in a cold panic after the door opened by a butler and being asked, by the dignified figure, what he would do if war with Canada were declared, before being dismissed with a terse good night.
Rock Island rotates Illinois Master Bakers officers with Keig as president and Reichoff as vice president. Springfield ousts two deputy wardens Bennett and Bush for alleged misconduct. Lincoln reports Cumberland Presbyterian church dedication funded by Arthur Quisenberry at 25 500 dollars. Joliet prison warden Edmund Allen receives prisoner praise echoing his father. Mount Vernon teachers named. J M Dickinson re-elected principal. Peoria dentists hold annual convention. Logan poised to become Chicago president. Rock Island robbers steal baggage on moving train. one captured. Peoria man confesses to Amish church arsons. Joliet to imprison. Pekin reports teen Frank Finin found dead in Illinois river after escape. Winnetka millionaire A S Goodrich dies after car accident while attempting to crank his vehicle.
London dispatch reports Boscobel on the Staffordshire Shropshire border to be sold at auction. The house remains well preserved and its famed oak claim is disputed with a later offspring tree likely authentic. The site recalls Charles II shelter during 1651 and tales of the Penderell pension linked to local heirs.
A historic note describes the King Charles Oak near the Church of St. Giles in London's slums. The oak's tombstone epitaph and use as a poor man's table are mentioned, with the forester's house at Boscobel noted and a later replacement by a railing.
A Paris man stung on the left eyelid reports relief from double catarrhal ophthalmia after waking with less pain and stopped discharge. He had a second bee sting on the right eye and the condition reportedly cleared after the second sting.
Mrs. Fanny Dio, a fortune teller, was found guilty of blackmail and sentenced to three years in prison. The conviction rests on evidence from a dictagraph deployed in Dr. Samuel Tandlich scene following her allegation of illegal operations.
A noted speaker argues women can fill any public or private office with greater faithfulness and daring. The audience of women leans in, countering with a bold challenge before a man in a back seat shouts rat catcher and flees.
Miss Katherine McCallister reports a rash beginning on the face spreading to back and arms with itching burning and disfigurement. After failed remedies she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. within days improvement followed and full cure in about three weeks. Boston advertisement notes Cuticura products sold worldwide with free samples via post card request.
A folk cure claims to cure a felon by salting the affected part. The method uses common salt dried in an oven, ground fine, mixed with equal parts spirits of turpentine, wrapped in cloth. Reapply as it dries, with twenty four hours stated as the full treatment.
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of every Castoria bottle to ensure the signature is present. The ad asserts Castoria is a safe remedy used by families for over 30 years and features a plea from children crying for Fletcher's Castoria while addressing personal relationships and truth.
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