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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
3
An editorial argues that fair pricing rests on three cost factors: raw materials, manufacturing, and distribution. It explains the roles of farmers, processors, and middlemen, and warns against below cost sales, misleading bargains, and unnecessary premiums that distort value.
The piece argues that clean store fronts and strong advertising pages reflect town vitality. It emphasizes newspapers as builders of towns and notes small industries can grow into national enterprises with proper support.
The home paper remains essential for local intelligence and public opinion shaping. The country press, though not always classical, shines with rough literary gems and reflects the town and countryside, guiding residents to support and strengthen local interests.
A Leith correspondent argues starlings raid small birds nests and eat eggs. He recalls sparrows losing nests to starlings from a tree cavity and a yellowhammer nest attacked in Banffshire. He notes starlings have become widespread in Scotland over decades and exhibit destructive habits.
The excerpt emphasizes that commercial clubs drive resource development for small towns and surrounding rural areas. It argues that farmers should engage as residents do, since club actions boost both town and nearby countryside. The idea centers on community improvement through shared commercial effort.
A wireless safety appliance developed for German marine engineers activates automatically when two vessels come within a defined distance. It closes the steam pipe to each vessel's screw, stopping machinery, buying time to reverse engines and prevent collisions.
In the tabernacle at Sinai Nadab and Abihu sons of Aaron, are struck by divine punishment for disobedience during the temple setup. The lesson links their death to intoxication and the new ritual order, urging stricter adherence to holy laws. The text notes the fire before the Holy of Holies and the need to distinguish holy from common.
A Youth's Companion line notes a brass band leader reflecting on losing singing ability after taking up a horn. He recalls once being a strong bass singer and questions whether practicing horn worsened his voice. A neighbor asks about how the horn affected voice and the leader suggests vocal strain from mouthpiece use. The neighbor laments missing his singing while the horned musician notes the tradeoff.
President Kingsley of New York Life Insurance outlines a four point administration plan. He calls for strict economy, broad publicity, continued global status for the company, and pursuing new business under lawful, economically prudent practice while placing policy-holders’ interests first.
Dr. Juliet Severance recalls a medical college case from 1858 about a gout and rheumatism patient. Dr R T Trall advocated strict abstinent dieting as crucial, while the patient groaned that he wanted to enjoy life while he lives.
The Stamford man recalls Gen Thomas H. Ruger as an authority on good cooking who detested rank. He shared a joke from his headquarters about a very rank cheese left for Private Jones, which would be shot if not claimed in two days.
A census taker visited an isolated village and handed a form to a woman to record responses. One question asked condition as to marriage, misread as Married or single. She answered with a wry remark: Awful hard up before. Wuss after.
Testimonial notes headaches nervousness and biliousness tied to coffee vanish after using Postum Food Coffee. A mother and neighbor report relief from stomach and nervous troubles and return to work without pain. The ad promotes Look in pkg. for The Road to Wellville.
In Dillonvale Ohio on August 3 Rev W H Page of Derry was riding with his wife and children in a surrey when a dog on the front seat became entangled. The horse swerved chasing the dog, threw the animal and grabbed its collar tearing the minister’s right eye and causing him to fall, breaking his right arm.
Columbus report by J C Fowler, examiner for the state bureau of unai form accounting, cites misapplied outdoor relief funds from 1905 to 1907 totaling 160768 dollars. He says poor funds funded luxuries rather than necessaries and notes lost interest of 2000 dollars yearly as banks refuse to bid for school depositories.
Anna Markowitz aged 18 lies dead in the morgue with two bullet wounds. Abe Cohan or Gordon is dying of wounds, while Jacob and Horwitz Markowitz brothers and Bertha Markowitz sister are held by police for inquiry regarding the shooting and strangulation. Bertha fled to the Soldiers’ Home after the Sunday night incident.
Cleveland Aug 3 A warrant was issued charging James M Murphy 25 now in the workhouse with bigamy The affidavit signed by Miss Henrietta Field says Murphy then had a wife and child and married her months ago as Arthur J Murray Murphy a locomotive engineer was sentenced to the workhouse July 28 for failure to support a minor child.
Marton O Aug 6 Peter Johnson a Woodland farmer and Civil War veteran collapsed from heart disease after a quarrel in which he was struck on the head with an umbrella wielded by Joseph Wilson of Prospect Wilson. Wilson faces charges over alleged pension transfer with his wife Mrs Wilson who no longer lives with him.
In an opinion to Prosecutor C H Huston of Richland county the attorney general rules the prosecutor must represent the county commissioners in lawsuits for damages from changes in water courses and that no extra compensation may be paid for expert testimony in such cases.
In Perry’s memory a victory monument was unveiled on Lake Erie as rain interrupted the ceremony. Vice President Fairbanks and Governor Harris arrived from Sandusky and were saluted from shore before being escorted to the Hotel Victory by Troop B.
Two kegs of powder exploded in the show window of the McDowell hardware store at Dalton. The blast wrecked the front of the building and clerks W O Reeser and Amos Moser were probably fatally injured. Besser's clothing torn from his body.
United States Judge Taylor at Cleveland issued an injunction served on Werner Printing Co strikers in Akron restraining interference with the company and its employees. The strike at the Werner plant began June 21.
An explosion tore through the boiler of a freight engine in Urbana Ohio on Thursday. Three men died in the blast engineer L W Chamberlain fireman P F Weisner and brakeman C A Stewart.
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