16 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
1
A fragment from a Sunday publication lists advertising rates on application and names staff roles including Manager and Editor Tidiatia, City Editor SG Young, and Advertising Manager Smith with scattered initials and incomplete words from a local newspaper page.
The piece notes a nationwide railroad strike anxiety with New York especially exposed to food supply disruption. It describes President Wilson's mediation moves, Taftlike hush, and military mobilization on the Mexican border triggering industry mistrust, then hints at potential term extension as stability returns.
Private Comp ton jokes about being lost as El Paso lodge hosts a cross examination and welcome. Indiana county lodges West Lebanon Clymer Greekside Indiana share in the feast and jokes as Sergt Simpson and Corp Oakes tease and the group plans a future border action. Louis and Private J A Daniels sign off from Ernest Pa.
The page lists numerous names with monetary amounts across multiple towns and districts including Blairsville, Marton Center, Homer City, Chester Tree, Rochester Mills, Dixonville, Penn Run, Shelocta, Iselin, Black Lick, Indiana, Armaugh, Mechanicstown, Chambersville, Creeksides, and more. Names attached to sums range from teachers to residents, with figures varying from a few hundred to tens of thousands.
The oldest and largest lubricant makers back four oils. Start using Atlantic Motor Oils today and notice mileage improvement.
The piece promotes outdoor exercise to keep bowels regular and advises drinking water before breakfast, eating plenty of fruit and vegetables, and establishing a daily bowel movement. If medicine is needed, Chamberlain's Tablets are recommended as pleasant and mild in effect and widely available.
R R Situation reports that workers agreed to drop time and a half overtime demands. The conditions were described as temporary pending further negotiations or government action.
The notes itemize carnival week profits and expenses for the Panama-Pacific Exposition benefit. Gross receipts total 367.60 with multiple donations and expenditures listed, including lumber, printing, glassware, roofing, and management costs. Expenditures total 41.15, yielding a net summary of 367.60 receipts against costs.
A fragment notes Dollar Day on Thursday August 17 with reference to bargains and a past gale. The readable words indicate a sale event with discounts and appeals for shoppers.
The document records labor in a tailing and rolling operation at 60 hours per week with material used and returned, plus current and kilowatt details. It includes net proceeds figures and a sworn statement by Chas G. Rudl, Secretary, witnessed by Justice of the Peace D. A. Crossman on August 16, 1916.
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