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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
2
A collage of remarks notes domestic roles and happiness expectations for women, a claim the New York World calls princesses human, plus a report on public school costs in Germany at $12.86 per pupil and a quip about roofing prison yards as airplanes improve.
John Thaddeus Delane served as editor of the London Times from 1840 to 1877 guiding the paper during its peak era and shaping its editorial stance and influence in public affairs.
In Nerveless New York a shop girl was bounced for being pretty while Merry Milwaukee boasted of the Sentinel praising all the shop girls as good looking.
A heated remark suggests removing men who teach women to alight from street cars and placing them in a perpetual motion machine factory, reflecting sharp mind on public manners.
In Strassburg public schools men teachers earn from $342.72 to $3937.72 annually based on service years while women teachers receive from $333.20 to $666.40. The figures reflect long standing gender pay differences in the system.
Lahore authorities dispatch 25 armed constables to a lecture hall seating 50 for the event titled Man the Index of Creation. The move follows an announcement by a local literary society.
In a convention, police chiefs call for ending ridicule of the officer of the law. They argue humor about police undermines respect and safety. The decision rests with police to stop being the butt of comedy.
Olga Nethersole reflects that if given a second chance she would prefer being a wife and mother over an actress. She notes much of the world could manage without actresses but not without wives and mothers.
The New Zealand parliament will adjourn to welcome the visiting American fleet and will appropriate 40000 dollars to cover the expenses of entertaining the visitors. The move reflects a display of friendship and cordial relations between the two nations.
An incandescent lamp in its green shade when tilted upward toward the ceiling emits soft pleasant diffused light. The arrangement provides ample illumination for a room with no people present and creates no shadows.
The text explains that penny postage between Great Britain and this country results in two penny postage between the two nations. It argues that the term Americanized penny is a misnomer and misleading.
After October 1 the rate to write a letter to England and back drops to two cents for an American. Many readers have no transatlantic correspondents and may view the reduction with doubt.
A suburbam New York incident reports a cat attacking a young woman after she fed it pie. The event highlights animal behavior in human settings and contrasts with typical human responses to provocation.
The article notes Harden, awaiting a new trial, should prepare for a potential attack as military and court factions prepare powerful measures. No other safeguards seem effective at this stage.
A Boston medical scientist reports discovering a girl with six distinct personalities in Boston. The Baltimore American notes this is rare for Boston but that many other places are familiar with a woman who is never the same thing twice, a frequent assertion of female volatility.
A Chicago professor warned that excessive water intake can cause intoxication, saying many men and women drink too much water and are victims of this form of intoxication. The remark is unlikely to sway supporters of the prohibition movement.
A major blaze along Boston Harbor destroyed four piers three warehouses and a grain elevator with 30 000 bushels of grain and numerous cars. Two men are missing possibly dead, including Daniel Sullivan and Sadie Arnold. Ships such as the Devonian Belmont Paul Palmer and O H Brown endured heavy damage as crews fought the flames.
Hot Springs Virginia United States Frank H Hitchcock of Massachusetts named leader of the Republican national committee with George R Sheldon of New York as treasurer and Arthur I Vorys of Ohio in charge of Ohio headquarters to be based in Cincinnati The arrangement separates Ohio from the national campaign and puts Vorys under Taft Sheldon’s appointment surprised observers and was said to have Roosevelt’s approval Sheldon is a Harvard classmate of Roosevelt aide Evis and a longtime party friend
The national committee plans full publicity of campaign funds under New York law. Taft met with Hitchcock and treasurer George Sheldon who stressed publishing donors and sources. Sheldon expects tight funds this year but believes disclosure will not curb contributions.
A Friday committee meeting outlined Taft nomination events for July 28 in Cincinnati. Plans include 20 gun salutes at dawn, city bands, a flag presentation to Charles P Taft, Taft hearing the nomination, two speeches by Senator Warner and Taft, a 1:30 pm marching review, a public reception and luncheon, a motor tour, balloons at 5 pm, and a fireworks display from river bridges with Taft family watching from the Island Queen.
New York City R G Dun weekly review says trade shows continued small net gains with favorable reports. Manufacturing activity rises weekly while orders for fall goods appear late. Iron furnaces and steel mills see more business. steel bars sales in June were strong. structural shapes and bridges move tonnage. Textile mills curtail output but some departments improve. In Ravenna Ohio H W Silvernail, accused of multiple burglaries, is jailed, facing lengthy prison time if convicted.
State convention opens with H L Peeke denouncing suffrage and the Anti Saloon League while praising George B Cox. Prohibition committee nominates permanent officers and lists congressional candidates across districts with several no nominations remaining.
A Detroit agreement between the Western Bar Tron association and the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers cuts puddlers’ wages by about 8 percent and finishers by about 2 percent for the year ending June 30, 1909, affecting 10 000 workers in Pennsylvania Ohio Wisconsin Michigan Missouri and Illinois.
In Northport New York Dr James Simpson a dentist shot and mortally wounded by his mother-in-law Mrs Bartley T Horner after a dispute over divorce. Horner was arrested held on 5000 bail. Simpson was taken to Roosevelt hospital with a bullet in the liver as doctors judged his recovery unlikely.
New York bonds hold steady while cash grain markets show No. 2 red wheat at 1.01, corn 82 1/2 cents, oats 57 to 58 cents. Hogs rise to 7.20 to 7.30, and cattle and sheep list firmer prices in multiple regional reports.
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