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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
1
Editorial notes reports that politics may decide who becomes deputies to State Highway Commissioner Bigelow. The Pennsylvania Motor Federation praises Hunter as First Deputy but warns that the Second Deputy job could become a political prize. Critics oppose political appointments and urge merit.
An old advertisement extols Hewitt's Easy Task soap as reducing housework by half and improving tableware shine to boost a husband’s appetite. It promotes kidney health with Foley Kidney Pills and urges readers to buy from druggists.
Henry Miller recalls Dion Boucicault's directorial prowess during a first rehearsal. Miller had Daly cross actors to create movement, but Boucicault quipped that if his pen cannot entertain, the audience won't be charmed by moving feet.
A New York Telegram note explains bulldog behavior showing a dog gripping a bull by the horn and refusing to detach, even at risk of death. A Protestant rival at a warmer setting retorts with humor, while a Catholic Standard and Times quips about the heat.
An American and a British friend attend a theater where a performer in a dying scene pleas with his wife. The Englishman asks his companion what Faokers refers to, and the line ends with a quip about Everybody's.
Fragmented clipping cites disjoint remarks about Charlie and a policeman arrest, with derisive notes from Cleveland Plain Dealer and Puck. It references Pele and women’s rights in jumbled fashion, lacking coherent narrative or verifiable facts.
Miss Harriet Quimby, America's pioneering woman aviator, performed aerial stunts 200 feet high at Mineola. Hitting about fifty miles per hour, she completed six figure eights to roaring crowds, then executed a long cross-country flight in a Moisant monoplane.
Paul Geidel, a bellhop, tearfully confessed to killing William Henry Jackson at the Hotel Troquois. In Tombs prison counsel rooms, his widowed mother fainted when he admitted the deed, then sat speechless as he stared at the floor.
Youngstown steel executive Joseph G. Butler Jr., 70, president of the Bessemer Pig Iron Association, arrived in Rotterdam amid a $55,000 lawsuit by fencing champion De Acosta. He declined to comment on the purported agreement cited in the complaint.
An Aegean island famine envoy spoke at Sparta asking relief. The elders dismissed him with a terse lesson on concision saying the empty sack should have implied the need to fill it and that they would have acted without being told. The episode underscores Spartan preference for brief speech.
Two five hundred dollar six percent first mortgage bonds numbered 7 and 20 will be redeemed at par and accrued interest at the offices of the trustee on September 1 1911 on which date interest on called bonds will cease The Savings and Trust Company of Indiana Penna
A collection of brief excerpts references China as a buffer in history, Tang dynasty automatic registers, and a fable about donkeys. It cites Professor Ian C fannah, Olive Schreiner on wealth and parasitism, star diameters by M Nordmann, and notes on Juggernaut and tea tremens. Also includes a humorous court scene about a soft drink bottle.
A London Telegraph note recalls a frightened officer who voted for bravado and laughed at a timid woman amid cannon salute. He later married the woman, and six months after, he removed his boots to the hail upon late-night return.
A torn, unclear dialogue fragment presents a confrontation between a Virtus figure and a hobo character. The text hints at pride, laundry bills, and months of hardship, but the passage is incomplete and lacks coherent narrative or identifiables.
A college misfit recalls switching from a wild ranch life to courting Eleanor Warfield. On a train he bonds with a jovial spender who later proves to be Eleanor’s stern bachelor uncle. By a staged inspection at the Warfield home the uncle judges him fit, reversing a prior negative college report.
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