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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
2
A compact survey of notable international happenings gathered from diverse sources. Highlights include key political shifts, economic updates, and major conflicts shaping global affairs for readers pressed for time.
In Georgia Joseph M Brown won the governorship over Independence party candidate Yancey Carter. In Chicago the fourth annual banquet of the Chicago Association of Commerce featured Taft and Bryan as rival presidential contenders. Taft addressed the Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway meeting as Bryan spoke earlier. President Roosevelt said he would not speak in support of Taft, deeming it unnecessary.
William I. Stewart retired by presidential order amid TOF Grant exile remarks. Joan H Buckner pled guilty to election fraud in St Louis and is sentenced to three years. W J Carter elected grand master of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers in Columbus to succeed John Hanrahan. W L Woolley, Stewart Oklahoma, arrested in Stigler for alleged 1881 murder involvement. Capt Allen Fisher disbarred for one year in Chadron. La Follette plans weekly public interest magazine. Harry Garfield becomes Williams College president.
Belgrade quiets after secret session as nations await London conference results between Iswolsky Gray and King Edward. no war action against Austria-Hungary decided yet. Chicago leads World Series as nine justices return to the US Supreme Court session. Greensboro marks its centennial.
A man climbed the Brooklyn tower near the Williamsburg Bridge and was trapped by police and a bridge worker after a violent struggle to slash his throat. The report also notes a Chicago man, Luman Mann, charged with murdering Mrs Fanny Thompson in a rooming house at 1242 Michigan Avenue, and includes a broad set of other international and domestic news items from the era.
Chicago defeated Detroit 10 to 6 in muddy Bennett Park conditions as both teams traded runs. The Detroit lineup shift, with Schaefer moving to second and Coughlin to third, failed to produce hits, and fielding miscues aided Chicago's rally in the late innings. Attendance reached 17,760 with gross receipts of 26,927.
The international balloon race from Schmargendorf saw the Conqueror burst at 4000 feet, two American amateurs Holland Fortes and Augustus Post escaping with minor injuries as the craft collapsed into a house roof. Twenty three balloons from eight nations competed before about 80000 spectators, in the James Gordon Bennett trophy event seeking a long tradition dating to 1906.
William Howard Taft toured Ohio from Cincinnati to Akron on Monday, addressing crowds in Zanesville Cambridge and Akron. He defended his stance on labor unions, rejected Bryan's injunction claim, cited Keefe’s AFL support, and praised legal lines supporting unions while avoiding Cox-era politics.
A retired officer recalls a western post in the seventies where a sick private feigned illness to avoid a dangerous night tour. After patient pressure, the man confessed he inflated his symptoms by placing moistened tobacco under his armpits, mimicking nicotine sickness.
In Buffalo three trains collided in the New York Central yards near Black Rock station. Yard engine with cars, a freight train, and Michigan Central No. 3 passenger train wrecked. engineer John W. Kinney fatally injured between tender and boiler, while no passengers were hurt. Debris caught fire but passenger cars remained on track.
An Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine advises wives to trap and “cook” a husband using a jar of carefulness, conjugal fire, affection, kindness, and secrecy. The satirical piece frames domestic life as a recipe, praising moderation and prudence in marital roles.
An apparent head of the family declares a dinner hen is old and unwanted. The real head corrects him with a quip about the grocer saying it wasn’t, delivering a lighthearted domestic misunderstanding.
The report lists prices across commodities and regions including New York grain and live stock quotes with wheats at 1.08 percent No. 2 red and December Wheat. Cleveland Butter at 2.90. eggs 28 cents. hogs around 5.50 to 6.00. Toledo oats 51 cents. East Buffalo cattle and lambs around 4 to 6 dollars. Pittsburgh cattle and lambs near 4 to 5.50 with hogs up to 6.20.
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