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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1912
Page
1
Imatl offe year. Carrier rates and terms appear in a brief notice about subscription rates and options. The fragment lists a one month rate and mentions a copy delivery, but full details are unreadable.
William P. Bane known as Big Pat Bane, tallest Civil War veteran, died in Washington Pennsylvania. He served from June 1862 with the Twenty second Pennsylvania Volunteers weighing about 700 pounds and over seven feet tall. He drew crowds at circus days and Grand Army parades where locals marveled at his height.
General Gaden-Powell, while in America, shared his meeting with King George about life choices. The king urged him to devote himself to the army, but Baden-Powell chose the Boy Scout movement. The king advised, Stick to the boys, Baden-Powell, sealing his lifelong mission to lead the organization.
Modern Conditions and Booth Tarkington discuss English miners striking for a five shilling daily minimum. Tarkington quips about wages and marriage, noting women needing income or a profession, then jokes he prefers a job over a wife in hard times.
Frederick Krupp abandoned a successful 19th century grocery business in 811 to establish what would become the famed Krupp cannons. With capital from the Von Keckels and initial operations in Altenessen, early experiments with the Var Kebels failed. Krupp then took control himself after expending much of his fortune on experiments and decided to exit those ventures.
A Wash ington club recounted Rear Admiral Melville’s quiet rebuke of a young officer who defended dirty gloves. Melville produced clean gloves and said he washed them himself, illustrating leadership and care for his crew amid stormy seas.
In early Missouri three wolf varieties, black gray and prairie wolf, were numerous and hunted as they damaged stock. Wildcats lynx and catamounts appeared but were less destructive. Wolves roamed near chicken coops and orchards, while other predators persisted in the countryside.
New Jersey Governor Tafa to German Prenicers Happy the Day spoke at the Platt Deutcher Volksfest Verein union in New York on August 20. He said he runs for office without promises and that candidates must be free men unbound by bosses. He urged newcomers to find liberty and justice in America and warned about open road politics as November elections approach.
Oyster Bay Aug 20 Colonel Roosevelt attacked Attorney General Wickersham for his trust busting policy calling it make believe and absurd He derided the Stanley committee's approach saying more suits only aid the trusts and warned Wickersham would extend similar suits to grant benefits to the trusts if continued.
A garbled wire service style item describes a woman begging her husband to shoot her, a man crushed under an auto, and a series of blurred notes about deaths, profanity, and a burial from August in a border region. The readable facts point to a fatal accident and a historical anecdote about a resident named Mason and a winter grave marker.
A weather bulletin notes showers tonight across the region with unsettled skies. Forecasters warn of showers late Wednesday and advise carrying an umbrella.
An old envelope with a scribbled word becomes key in a courtroom exchange between Attorney General Chapple and Justice Gray recounted by Joe Chapple's News-Letter. Governor Hatton of Chishaa describes seeking time to recall an argument while the judge remained patient.
While on a western tour Senator Carroll S. Page of Vermont and a local man discovered shared Swanton Vermont roots. They learned their fathers had worked in the same firm Page Sanborn Co, then joyfully shook hands and recalled childhood days over maple syrup.
A brief explanation of the phrase bitter end derived from shipboard anchor cables. It describes two bitts on deck, the windlass between them, and how the portion of cable behind the bitts, paid out in a storm, determines anchoring security.
English market days linger as local institutions and tourist interest in Halifax Nova Scotia Charlottetown Prince Edward Island. Markets host live stock flowers and assorted goods with a small stall fee and official pricing. The article notes the long influence of English market regulation on local business centuries past.
A modern Paris crime wave terrorizes the city and suburbs as bandits employ cars to seize banks and shoot cashiers. The spree recalls Wild West desperado lore, offering rich material for future novels from Gaibarivu and other famed French mystery writers.
William Smith O'Brien, leader of Ireland's national party in the 1840s, displayed chivalry during a pistol duel. He halted the encounter and asked for signal cessation, then noted his opponent had dropped the cap from his pistol.
The London meat consumption in 1911 rose by 16000 tons over four years with imports covering eighty percent of beef and mutton from South America, highlighting reliance on overseas supplies as domestic production lagged.
A concise proverb-like reflection notes that the owner should adorn the home as an ornament, rather than the home becoming a burden. It contrasts the ideal to the practical, suggesting harmony between master and dwelling.
President Taft asks Congress for a joint resolution to affirm that U S actions on the Panama canal will not violate the Hay Pauncefote treaty He argues the Supreme Court should interpret the treaty and that free tolls for U S coastwise ships may not breach it Democratic leaders oppose the plan and uncertainty remains over future steps The message also notes tolls and coastwise exemptions under the canal bill and a protest from Britain Commerce Court fight continues as Senate passes a vetoed bill with a voided commerce court clause and funding cut Quack medicine labeling reform clears the House and a naval compromise limits battleship spending to one dreadnought
A governor appointed commission in Columbus proposed a pension system for widowed mothers. The plan would grant a mother of one child under fourteen fourteen dollars monthly from the juvenile court and seven dollars a month for each additional child under seven, plus reforms in child care and medical inspection.
A Chicago Post report notes a golfer making his first appearance of the season at downtown port ray. He posted a Grand Army score in the opening round, finishing with a strong start and signaling a promising campaign ahead.
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