03 Aug 1912
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1912
Page
1
An old advertisement warns readers to heed early signs of kidney trouble such as backache and dropsy. It touts Thompson's Diarasma as a guaranteed remedy sold by Hildebrand, promising to stop backache and cure kidney liver and bladder issues with a money back guarantee, priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
Altoona Pennsylvania August edict targets loafers forcing idle men to find work by next Monday or leave. Idle men will be labeled undesirables, classified as vagrants or suspicious persons. Mayor Walker cites women burdened by work at home and says there is work to be done in town.
An advertising item claims Flying Men Fall victims suffer stomach, liver and kidney troubles like others. It praises T. D. Peebles of Henry Tennessee for using Six Bottles of Electric Bitters to regain strength and appetite. The copy urges others to try the remedy, noting it costs 50 cents at Daugherty Bros.
The article recounts Alcibiades’s turbulent exile and military career. It notes his leadership of the Sicilian army, his controversial acts including the destruction of busts, and his shifting fortunes. It mentions his recall to Athens, a failed expedition, and his eventual assassination in Hersia.
A fragment from the Plain Dealer advertises a traveler's sales pitch and a remedy for liver and kidney troubles. It mentions 28 cents and the Hudson-based sellers Hughes or Ughterty Bros, with a seaside bottle image and a long voyage metaphor.
The Iowa State College bulletin warns slug pests endanger cherry and plum trees yearly. Dark two-fifths inch slugs feed on leaf upper surfaces, consuming all tissue but veins, causing leaves to dry brown and drop.
The writing outlines common tree and crop insect issues including defoliation, slug damage, and periodic slug appearances in June and July. It lists insecticidal powders and controls such as hellebore for dry or liquid applications, with specific dilution guidance and timing to spray when slugs first appear.
Washington Aug 3 The Stanley committee completed its report on the United States Steel Corp. All Democrats signed the majority, with some Republicans submitting minority findings. The document criticizes Steel’s earnings as due to ore reserves and rate manipulation rather than efficiency, and proposes three remedial measures including shifting burden of proof, barring railroad supply firms from railroad directorships, and allowing industrial owners to hold rail lines.
A surveying party member Ralph Emerson in Mexico meets Pepita a fifteen year old girl. he flirts with her wearing her token. Jose Pepita’s pledged lover learns of the affair. Emerson disappears and Pepita suspects Jose’s involvement. later clues reveal the fatal tension between desire, loyalty, and danger in a harsh border setting.
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