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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1906
Page
2
The isthmian commission suspects 7,200 tons of cast iron junk left by the French could yield about $1,000,000. Chief Engineer Stevens cleared ground for Panama railroad yards and found extensive machinery to be salvaged.
National League and American Association standings show Chi cago and Cincinnati leading, with New York and Brooklyn, St Louis and Philadelphia trailing. Excessive heat in Duluth kills five, including a pioneer and several infants, with 95 degree shade temps as the day cools.
George M. Bowers, U S commissioner of fisheries, reports the bureaus operations last fiscal year yielded 1 931 854 609 fry, just under 2 billion, a 200 million rise from 1905. In Minneapolis a gas accident in the Oneida Block elevator shaft killed Monrad A. Lund and Nordal Nelson as they attempted a rescue.
A sudden violent storm in western St Louis struck caddy Ed Maginn at the Glen Echo golf course where the final round of the Western golf championship was in progress, killing him instantly. In Maine, Republicans won the section by about 8,000 votes, and Congressman Littlefield was reelected by 1,200 despite labor opposition, a drop from over 5,000 two years earlier.
In Scranton Pennsylvania Nettie and Emily Smith died in a fire with their father Fred Smith seriously burned while trying to save them. The text notes a fire, a tragic incident, and the father’s injuries.
Fifty thousand Westerners hailed Nebraska statesman William Jennings Bryan in Lincoln. A nonpartisan welcome attracted crowds estimated 60 000 to 80 000 around the capitol grounds and speakers stand as Bryan, Gov. Mickey, Mayor Brown and John E. Miller led the formal reception with handshakes and a prayer.
President Roosevelt endorses simplified spelling and scholars Walter Skeat and James Murray join the reform. Carnegie praises the move amid mixed reactions from Harvard President Eliot and others while publishers adopt the new style in ads.
Ex President Grover Cleveland, acting as referee for three major life insurance firms, rules against rebates on income tax paid for life premiums. English policyholders could deduct taxes on English policies but not on American ones, ending rebates by American companies and shrinking foreign business.
The passage cites a shaky mix of claims from Cuba to Russia, mentioning a new rate law, a Cuban uprising, Gen Trepoff, and potential upheavals. It notes corn prospects in Kansas, speculative presidential naming, and a World Tour warning, while criticizing Wilson and Washington Star for fiscal worries.
A Seattle era dispatch notes 136 new towns appeared on Northwest maps in the past year, concentrated in the Dakotas, built along lines including the Great Northern and Soo. Towns move with railroad surveys, often spanning miles, with sales, donations, and mortgages driving growth as railroads push extensions.
Surgeon General Rixey travels by shipboard to assess naval hospital services in the United States and abroad. He notes Yokohama as excellent and advises a detention house for enlisted men in San Francisco, while Manila and Cavite hospitals receive mixed reviews and Olongapo sick quarters are unsatisfactory.
In Three Oaks Michigan 21 typhoid cases were traced to the water supply after a board of health member climbed the water works standpipe and found thousands of dead sparrows decaying on the water surface. Sparrow nests encircle the standpipe ledge. young birds reportedly fell into the water during flight attempts. A covering for the standpipe had never been installed.
In Brantford Canada last Sunday a group of scientists witnessed a wireless aeroplane project by Alexander Graham Bell. The device reportedly navigated a course around a circular path reaching a height of about 200 feet before a mishap.
A sudden landslide swept Kwareli near Tiflis in the Caucasus, burying at least 255 people and cattle. Streets run six feet deep in yellow mud, acres of crops destroyed, and the townsite left devastated amid evacuations and warnings from local priests.
Chicago stock yards packing firms report stronger domestic sales for the first seven months of the year, according to a Commerce and Labor Department release. July shipments show 1904 136,660,716 pounds, 1905 102,490,724 pounds, 1906 203,252,030 pounds, with seven month totals of 1,400,000,900 pounds, 1,380,000,000 pounds, and 1,132 pounds. Major items include 70,941 pounds dressed beef, 510,712,163 pounds cured meats, and 248,029,252 pounds lard.
Fragmented clipping notes various education items from Plainfield New Jersey to New Britain Connecticut and Milwaukee. Mentions simplified spelling adoption in Plainfield and New York City board of education list of 300 words, salaries for college graduates in Milwaukee, and a rise in minimum pay. Also references Canada Indians schooling numbers and Berlin sanatoria for children.
A census bulletin shows unequaled prosperity in United States manufacturing from 1900 to 1904. Establishments rise 4 percent to 216,262, capital up 41 percent to 12.69 billion dollars, and the value of products climbs 30 percent to 14.80 billion. Employment and salaries grow, wage earners total 5,470,821 in 1905 with income of 2.61 billion dollars.
A survey of prominent individuals and unusual statements from Europe and Asia. It notes Tolstoi's abstinence, Wellington’s Spain ties, Portugal’s painter king, Campbell-Bannerman as scholar, India trip cost around 500000 dollars, Austria's executioner gloves, a Delhi statue of Gen Nicholson, Hegar’s retirement, Edward Gaelic, Stevenson’s Scots claim, Kentucky English, Bouchett’s six foot beard, and Austria's monarchs and private newspaper.
Mrs Rachel Gardner of Wilsey Kays testifies to Dr Williams Pink Pills easing long standing stomach pains near the heart and constant headaches. She says doctors medicines worsened her condition before the pills, and she now recommends the remedy. The pills claim to cure indigestion bloodlessness influenza headaches backaches neuralgia nervousness and spinal weakness with no opiates. Available at druggists or Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady N Y postpaid 50 cents a box six for 250.
A medical specialist urges a patient to walk more to expand lungs and improve fitness. The tall man cites nightly twin care as limited exercise, offering a witty counterpoint. In a second vignette a grocer’s eggs mockingly tease use in ham, while a curious showgoer seeks a different aim at the opera.
A concise reflection on marriage as a social institution and the shift in attitudes toward broken marriages. The piece treats divorce and marital breakdown as modern fashions, contrasting seriousness with casual dismissal.
A Kentucky woman describes indigestion, nervous prostration, and heat flashes improving after stopping normal breakfasts and using Grape-Nuts with cream. She reports renewed vigor, fewer dizzy spells, and chest pains tied to greasy meals, notes recovery when sticking to Grape-Nuts and steam, and claims prime health now.
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