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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
2
D L Nulton attorney from Ford City Pa writes that after using nine packages of your Herb Cure for rheumatism he is fully recovered and requests two more packages for two friends still suffering. He signs respectfully.
An 1900s style advertisement claims women suffer more piles due to lack of outdoor exercise and blood stagnation in the lower bowel. It touts Dr Leonhardt’s internal tablets as a cure, priced at $1, with a booklet offered by T E Hildegrand in Buffalo NY and Dr Leonhardt Co Station BR Butler, NY.
Central City Typewriter Exchange at 127 W Fayette St Syracuse offers factory rebuilt Smith Premier typewriters at low prices with full guarantee.
Captain Thomas Baldwin’s official speed test at Fort Myer was halted when a secondary wire coil broke, forcing a landing in a cornfield. Repairs by Curtiss allowed the flight to resume, with two more trials scheduled to demonstrate speed and an endurance test of one hour.
The airship built by Curtiss failed during a Courageous test run near Fort Myer with a wire break after 1.25 miles. Curtiss repaired the motor under danger as the craft pitched at 500 feet. The craft completed the course in 9 minutes 50 seconds before a new descent into a cornfield.
London Aug 18 Justice Eve denied Earl of Yarmouth’s bid to reopen the divorce decree obtained by his wife Alice Thaw of Pittsburgh. The decree stands absolute, ending negotiations for a different financial settlement. The Earl’s marriage to Thaw five years ago was troubled from the start.
Six men died and eighteen were injured aboard the Couronne gunnery schoolship at Salins d Hyeres during a training exercise on a 164a millimeter gun. Officials plan a full inquiry into powder decomposition or rapid firing as the cause, while turret personnel cite overheating from fast-fire rates.
Limerson Wheat a Philadelphia physician aged 45 was found dead in his home at Nineteenth and Diamond streets. Two women Mrs Fannie Soult and Miss Morence Beckman were arrested after praying over him and muttering incantations as doctors said life had been extinct for over forty hours. Soult claimed seven years of treatment by magnetic healing and involvement of her spiritual control Dr Miller.
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