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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
1
A Hassall near Sandbach church project begun in 1886 by Mr Lowndes ended with his death at Queen Victoria's coronation. The crypts and walls stood complete but work stopped. the unfinished edifice now attracts tourists who blandly praise the ruins like Cain's altar, Twain noted.
The piece discusses foot trouble from loose shoes, noting that improper instep fastening causes slipping and friction on toes and heels. It warns that persistent friction thickens skin into a callous and quotes a Woman's Home Companion term for the condition onsparing the reader from graphic detail.
The passage cites Shakespeare's Macbeth and other tragedies as primarily for study, not stage performance. It notes the long reading time, with Macbeth taking about three hours to recite, and suggests Elizabethan audiences preferred shorter, six or seven quotations performances rather than full length.
The fragment appears to recount a rumor about a man named George going to the front yesterday. Dialogue shows siblings discussing whether Ethel knew about it, with broken phrases and unclear context, likely from a Ladies Home Journal excerpt.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Ohio reports that the Bull Moose party will nominate a candidate in every Ohio district. The Roosevelt family dispute did not soften his stance. Longworth, a Taft supporter, plans to campaign for Taft and may tour other states as well.
After Judge Dilion resigned as the Republican governor nominee, Roosevelt leaders proposed a partial fusion of progressive and regular Republicans in Ohio. The plan allows candidates to avoid committing to Roosevelt or Taft. Taft faction members reportedly approved, but Taft allies largely dismissed the idea.
A third party leader says Colonel Roosevelt is seeking a suitable running mate who is a Democrat, with Oyster Bar, N.Y. August as a potential example, while Roosevelt also looks for a permanent convention chairman from the same political area to unify support amid disarray.
Reported in Lincoln with sparse details of third party convention plans, delegate selections, and party tensions. Mentions Roosevelt supporters and white attendees amid references to incendiary acts at a protest, plus a separate note on coal land sales valued at 8000000 dollars and a threatened public coal venture.
Colonel W A Huff of Macon sues for Judge Speer impeachment over $150000 receivership case in a charge that Speer justified guarding the estate. A large crowd praised Huff while urging a congressional probe. Speer spoke of a conspiracy to ruin his name and refused to rule on the contempt charge.
A July review notes New York averaged one murder per day. Homicides are linked to gang fights or hired gunmen in several cases, with others suspected to involve gang backing. The report reflects the era's violent climate and police record challenges.
A miner was shot in an ambush near a secluded site by the H C Pris area behind a Coke Company facility at Blythedale. Investigators say assassins hid in the woods until their pursed actions were complete.
A late 18th century note cites a Turin Head meeting of painters held November 12 1769 that established annual exhibitions for pilots sculptors engravers and medalists with a charge of one shilling per visitor. The origin traces to a Royal Academy display framework in April at a committee appointed venue. Oscar Frichet cites the detail in National Magazine.
The Detroit Free Press notes Britain and the United States use different billion scales. Britain sticks to a billion as a trillion, while America uses a thousand million. France, by contrast, employs milliard for the thousand million, reducing the British sense of billion near Calais.
A Chicago Record-Herald piece recalls a passenger’s frightening train hold up by a lone bandit. The survivor notes how fear shifted to concern for his wife as she complied. He recalls watching her and forgetting his own peril in that moment.
A local kitchen crew recounts sharp talk between a Mrs and another woman. The cook quotes the missus saying they are “neither of us any good,” prompting reflexive comments on women’s chatter.
FOR RENT. FOR RENT-7 room house. Bath and hot water. Newly papered and painted. Located, 24 North Ninth street. See J. P. Mack, at Mack's atore, 261 ff.
A good hand is wanted to work on a farm for four or five months and possibly all winter. Inquire at Gazette office. Also a collar factory seeks a man to finish all kinds of collars and a man to finish and face Irish collars. Apply to Gazette 274 3.
In a large town Carlotta Paul sang with Kercanti on stage when Jim’s coat burst at the back. The audience saw the mishap and laughter spread as Fermuci’s duet fell flat. Patti and Max Maretzek’s orchestra joined in the humor, provoking widespread applause the next day.
Mrs A asks about scolding husbands while Mrs B cites a sharper tactic. Dye found something more effective she asks him for money, a crisp exchange quoted from the Boston Transcript reflecting domestic humor and social mores.
A London Sketch quip features a character declaring an upcoming Keats lecture while another asks what Keats is. The exchange pivots on self assurance and early condition, reflecting satirical tone from the era.
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