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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
2
A collage of light satire and current oddities notes absurdities from Peru meat imports to counterfeit bills. Items humorously reference a kiss cost, New York crowding, ladder needed berths, a $12 million Japanese warship, and a necktie opal pin aiding a street shooting survivor.
Indications point to a new record for hunters mistaken for deer as a remarkable year for record breaks unfolds across the season.
Reading from a moral note, the saying argues that many items that arrive are not worth delaying for. It reflects a skeptical view of waiting for better outcomes and favors accepting what arrives without excessive patience.
New York erects a structure 13 feet higher than the Singer building sparking concern that aircraft pilots may protest over traffic obstruction.
An announcement states the government will substitute dollar bills for denominations of twenty dollars and above. The change aims to simplify cash handling and reduce bulk when carrying larger sums.
A fragmented Atlantic City column notes ship collisions and their outcomes, a schoolboy’s essay on cotton used in woolen goods, and shopkeepers conclude hobble skirts hinder business while local girls might show speed in other ways.
An Ohio man offers five thousand dollars for an airship ride. If that sum is to be established as the regular fare the atmosphere will not be crowded for a long time to come.
A Wellesley College student was expelled for marrying, with officials citing an unfair advantage over Massachusetts bachelors and spinsters seeking husbands.
A report notes an upcoming steamship project touted as the biggest and most luxurious yet. It hints at features such as a golf course porte cochere and outdoor sleeping porches, suggesting lavish amenities for future passengers.
Local officials discuss a hatpin measure aiming to regulate millinery style with emphasis on propriety. Witty commentary suggests councils first test obedience at home before enforcing rules on public wear.
The Pocahontas Virginia school board issues a rule forbidding the town’s school ma’ams from attending dances, provoking debate on southern chivalry and social norms in the community.
Prince Henry of Prussia conducted several flights in an airplane and had earlier convinced Americans he was a high flyer. The report notes his aviation activities and public image.
Officials report aviation meet events in four cities proceed as planned with pilots undergoing health screenings. Organizers stress safety while confirming schedules and venues for the competitions.
President Taft approves the engineer board report on government reclamation projects and authorizes issuing certificates of indebtedness to fund the $20,000,000 loan. The letter lists allotments for Salt River Arizona to Sunnyside Yakima Washington and other sites, with five year completion targets and interest allocations.
Lisbon authorities arrested former Premier J. Luciano De Castro, 12 former governors and bank directors, plus chief accountants, treasurer and cashier of the Portuguese Credit Fondler bank on illegal methods inadministering the institution. All were released on bail. Castro, a paralytic, could not appear, bail set at 2 million dollars.
A five story fire at the B Friedlander & Co leather factory on Bodine Street in Philadelphia collapsed its walls burying firemen. Fourteen men were killed and twenty two were rescued from the blaze that began around nine o clock. Firefighters faced frozen hydrants as they battled flames that climbed through the structure from Bodine to Third Street.
The aged man in a barrel was identified as Matthew Johnson, longtime Jarvis Ont pastor, by Rev. G. A. McLennan of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. John McSorley confessed to removing the body and shipping it to Bishop’s College, with suspected mental derangement.
A massive explosion at Little Hulton colliery near Bolton leaves over 300 miners dead with only eight escaping. Seven men and a boy were rescued by an initial party before a rapid fire and collapse halted further rescues. The blast occurred early morning with no cause yet given. This follows a similar 186 death toll at Whitehaven’s Wellington colliery earlier this year.
Three railroad workers died and one passenger injured when two freight trains collided and a Philadelphia bound passenger train crashed into the wreckage near New Brunswick New Jersey. Mrs Dora Ravola of Philadelphia suffered the serious injury and later gave birth at hospital.
John A. Wood arrived at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home in Sandusky with the plan to end his life. He left for Richland County, near Mansfield, after witnessing multiple veteran deaths. In three days four veterans died, then three, then four more.
A early morning blaze at Morris & Co Union stock yards beef warehouse No 7 claimed 24 firefighters including Fire Chief Horan and Assistant Chief Burroughs along with two spectators. Forty-five engines and 200 firefighters fought the fire as a deadly explosion collapsed a canopy trapping crews.
Hilda Kraus, 16, living at 1666 Harrison avenue, was bound and gagged in her yard as a man drew water, his scarf muffling her screams. He dragged her to the porch then tied her. The intruder then ransacked the house while the sleeping siblings were unaware.
Pasadena aviator Arch Hoxsey climbs to 11 474 feet above earth in a Wright biplane despite a 30 mile per hour gale at Dominguez field Los Angeles. Spectators number seventy seven thousand witness the ascent and celebratory rush follows landing at 3 15 p m after the barograph confirms the record surpassing M Leganeux of Pau France set at 10 499 feet.
Cleveland physician Dr. L Enser of Lakewood reports post mortem exams of over a hundred cats finding germs of tuberculosis in all. He claims house cats threaten human health, noting 30 percent were seriously ill and that cats spread germs by prowling about homes.
Dayton, Ohio The Wright Company will pay an annuity totaling about 1000 dollars to the widow and children of Ralph Johnstone the aviator killed in a Wright biplane in Denver. F H Russell company manager says the sum will be placed with an insurance company in New York with payments until the children reach adulthood and then the entire amount goes to them. Until then the widow will manage the funds.
Hamilton Cook, a boarder, used a saw for nearly ten minutes to sever Frank Bennett's head at Bennett's home in Lex, about 50 miles from Bluefield. Bennett’s 12-year-old son witnessed part of the attack. neighbors alerted others as Cook was captured later in the mountains.
The engaged couple is met with mixed family remarks about the bride to be. The mother and relatives criticize her style wealth and appearance while the groom defends her by noting she has no relatives, prompting the father to urge marriage.
The dialogue contrasts teaching styles with a student who learns independently. The professor claims superiority in feeding knowledge, while the student asserts self-directed study and mutual exchange.
The Tennessee ex-governor bets a northern visitor that a local black man cannot interpret southern speech. They encounter a sunbathing man and Taylor asks "Weh he" to test comprehension. the man answers "Wah who" in a blunt reply captured by Everybody's.
An old anecdote from Edmund Yates recalls a doctor who amputated a leg for blood poisoning. When asked about recovery, the surgeon quipped that a patient should not hear the truth all at once and should be amused first.
A Dodger comments on the fine weather and predicts a future cost from it. He says he will not face the bill, announcing plans to go to Florida for the winter.
A concise aphorism attributed to Sir William Herschel advocating broad access to knowledge. It emphasizes that the elements of learning deserve public availability rather than private possession.
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