23 Aug 1912
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
1
A health pledge by S.J. Grumbine M.D. of Topeka Kansas extols health as physical and moral balance. The piece defines health as essential happiness, compares it to gravity and justice, and warns against its loss as incurable by wealth or sermon.
In Baltimore a young man asked to swap sentences with his father. He sought three years for the father and two years for himself to be reversed, weeping in court. The judge granted the exchange, giving the elder man the benefit of one year, after earlier convictions for obtaining money via bogus checks.
An article notes motorists in a Massachusetts area slow down with spring, influenced by concern for safety and local ordinances. It recounts a casual remark from a driver about garden tools in transit and the risk of punctures when speeding. The piece reflects a light social observation rather than a formal report.
A fragment notes a loss announced in The Gazette about a Pennsylvania Mileage Rock with one mile cancelled. It offers a reward for return and directs the reader to the Gazette office.
For rent furnished rooms in a good location with fine accommodations. A family of two offers to serve meals if desired. Call local phone 276W. 295 Sup.
Classified item seeks Joy to learn printing trade at Gazette office. Also seeks a capable sales representative to present to full service grocers for a cooperative, located at 24 Grove Street, New York. Contact details listed.
For sale Bay driving mare aged years old trained for single and double driving. Inquire A E Lorwill 119 Clymer Avenue. Also for sale six room house with 60 by 19 foot lot, near Bowered Street stable and fruit trees, bargain price 1650 dollars. Inquiries St Clair Kim & Co feed store. Columbus runabout with rubber tires in first class condition quick sale. Contact John y Stewart 3146 Philadelphia Street.
Senator Penrose renewed charges that a large financing network led by George Perkins and Morgan interests backed Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 campaign to secure the Republican nomination. Testimony ties Standard Oil’s archbold to campaign payments and asks whether funds were spent or returned, as Roosevelt reportedly warned Cortelyou about accepting such contributions.
Senate probers questioned a large fund to nominate Roosevelt at Chicago. Reed hedged while Penrose asserted 3 million underwrite by Perkins and associates aimed to influence primaries and carry pro Roosevelt influence in six western states. Debate over immediate action on Clapp committee followed before another senator objected.
Wilkes Tyirre August 28 Roosevelt unleashed a scathing attack on Senator Penrose before a large crowd. He likened Penrose to a cuttlefish and called the charges against him baseless and contemptible. Perkins, New York, called the underwriting claim false and without truth.
Indictments by the Wayne county grand jury name W. S. Smith former president of the Wayne County Court and John R. Osborne, a court member, accusing them of taking bribes. Both resigned after impeachment moves. Allegations include a $20,000 purchase of bridge material from a Terre Haute company when no county need existed and a guest visit with lavish entertainment. One member reportedly aided by a light on the bridge deal. A voucher for $400 was allegedly refused.
Suffragists at the Minnesota State Fair adopt the needle as emblem to counter the idea that women lack housekeeping skills. The campaign features a slogan urging voters to darn socks and sew holes in hose as a rallying call to march to the polls.
Fractured offshore and local notices recount a suitor who reimbursed a bride for her trousseau and wedding expenses after a dispute. The article mentions court action, money handling, and a miner’s death linked to the case, with references to a reopening of the Davis Colliery and renovation efforts amid lingering financial distress.
Observations report cloudy and cooler conditions tonight with a fair Saturday. Temperatures range from mid 70s across New York Boston Philadelphia to the lower 70s in Chicago St Louis New Orleans and Buffalo, with varied cloud cover and no severe conditions reported.
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