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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
2
A Wisconsin and Michigan cross smashing spree ends with the capture of a man linked to a Hungarian love story. The vandalism destroyed Catholic cemetery crosses, provoking threats of lynching and sparking secret-society suspicions as authorities traced a regional wave of desecration.
A string of graveyard cross smashings in northern Michigan and Wisconsin alarms authorities. Kazuo Kazimiri, a Polish Hungary born stonecutter, is linked via hypnosis to the spree, revealing a romantic tragedy and a flight from Hungary before settling in America. Two months pass with no new incidents as investigators pursue the strange case and wonder if multiple assailants were involved.
The piece contrasts French cantinières and vivandieres with German plans for compulsory military service for young women. It notes French pensions ending and German officers reevaluating women’s roles in offices to boost the army while training women in discipline and efficiency, with wary predictions about battlefield exposure and peace implications.
The piece cites Emma Cole of Tullahoma Tennessee praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as saving her life during puberty. It asks about dangers of girlhood and urges mothers to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for their daughters health.
D P Kingsley argues in the American Monthly Review of Reviews that what matters is what a company gets for its spending. He cites 25 percent as healthy for large, well‑selected business under stable contracts, 18 percent for smaller or poorly managed business, and 10 percent signaling stagnation.
The oddest passport ever issued by the governor of Yevolsk granted safe conduct to the North Pole. Two expedition members requested papers for polar travel and obtained them with a clause stating Russian government responsibility ended once they left Russian territory. The explorers, near the pole, still hold the documents.
The British army admitted 183,598 men to hospitals in 1903 from a total of 242 183 cffeers and men. The army medical department notes this equates to about 158.1 per 1000 stationed for medical care and hospital admission.
The scene shows a new judge interrupting both sides and ultimately ruling defendant wins after the plaintiff’s lawyer finishes and the defense attorney is allowed to speak. The judge remains astonished, repeating that outcome with every turn of the argument.
A brief note contrasts household servant earnings, finding foreigners earn less than Americans on average. The Chicago Sun discusses the disparity in wages between foreign and American domestic workers.
Lincolnshire Agricultural Society awards go to farm laborers raising large families without parochial aid. Eight men are named as fathers of 124 children in total, with one man credited with 20 born, 17 reared, and 12 placed out. The report notes the humor in a joke about a lady's head on a silver dollar.
The article notes Rutherford measuring alpha rays from radium at one eleventh light velocity. It also mentions fossilized Nebraska pig remains named Dinochoerus brollandi, a coke petroleum smoke absorber concept, light from rubbing diamonds, and zinc sulfide luminescence, plus smoke caused by incomplete fuel combustion.
A note from the Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a remark about a husband’s affectionate disposition and reports that Emperor William has ordered all his chauffeurs to be total abstainers, reflecting strict etiquette and moral standards of the time.
A brain worker praises Grape-Nuts breakfast cereal for mental clarity and steady energy. He notes bulkier meals slow thinking, while Grape-Nuts digests easily and sustains focus, boosting output and perceived brain nourishment. The testimonial is from a Battle Creek based advertiser.
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