24 Aug 1915
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1915
Page
1
A magician transforms a mouse into a cat then a dog to escape perils, while later fear remains. Mica mining in the United States began in New Hampshire in the early 1800s, supplying domestic production until 1848 when North Carolina and other states joined. Today most sheet mica goes to the decorative trade, with scraps ground for wall coverings.
A humorous quip about marriage and misfortune contrasts married and single men. The Pittsburgh Press notes a man’s spouse as a safeguard when trouble comes, joking that putting property in a wife’s name can be prudent.
A Birmingham Age Herald note quips that a couple’s court battle hinged on quotes from Mrs Browning’s sonnets and the statutes, attributing the victory to literary citations. The item frames the divorce as a contest of rhetoric and law.
The London Standard notes that Durazzo altered its name from Epiamnus to avoid what sounded like an evil in its language. The Romans gave it the present name, Durazzo, after capture, because the old title seemed ominous to speakers of the language.
A fragmented Louisville Courier story hints at domestic or social rumors. The dialogue shows a wife split between duties and a partner noting conflicts as a party unfolds under uncertain circumstances.
A fragmentary description from the Birmingham Age Herald notes Verge finds Jibworth unpractical and likens him to choosing a sightseeing trip in a submarine. The piece also references a quote aboutReasoning attributed to Sir B. Sidney and notes Remsen cannot display more reasonable than the previous arguments.
Col Sidney Suggs with Ardmore as state highway chief backs an Oklahoma plan to reach country boys via rural schools. The aim is to plant fruit trees, build a quarter to half mile road from each school, and form road and tree clubs in every rural school with student involvement in surveying, drainage, and maintenance to foster community pride and consolidate rural education.
The statement frames road quality as the central economic concern facing government and voters. It argues that infrastructure and transportation efficiency drive growth, productivity, and public welfare, making road policy the pivotal modern governance question.
The province reveals that 4,600,009 has been expended on roads in the last season. Emphasis on stable, even road surfaces to prevent blemishes and unsound legs in livestock and draft work. A traction engine is cited as efficient as many farm horses for road work.
Washington signals careful handling of the Arabic incident with Germany. President Wilson vows no rash action until full information is obtained, while Berlin may delay a formal reply. Ambassadors Page and Gerard are instructed to seek and relay the submarine commander’s report. The note stresses restraint and a measured response once facts are clear.
Paris dispatch quotes dancer Isadora Duncan criticizing American women and today’s fashion. She denounces gowns for flat chested, hipless figures suited to New York and Newport society, calling them unsuitable for French women and aligned with New York architecture.
A sermon outline introduces Elijah as a true prophet, noting his name meaning Jehovah is my God and his watchword. It recounts how God used ravens to sustain Elijah at Cherith, then sent him to confront Ahab and call Israel to repentance, with emphasis on trusting God for supplies and the peril of idolatry.
An old sermon reflects on Elijah obeying the Lord, staying in his place, and enduring the drought as the widow of Zarephath provides meal and oil. It notes God’s care, the widow’s son’s death and resurrection, and urges readers to trust the Lord for sustenance and courage amid scarcity and fear.
The opening glacial epoch saw the Keewatin glacier advancing into eastern Nebraska, several hundred feet thick and extending from the Dakotas to Iowa. It ended in the Walmer interglacial Aftonian stage. After ice vanished, a remarkable fauna arrived, with bones of horses, camels, stags, elephants, mastodons, mammoths, and sloths later identified in Astonian deposits by Professor Samuel Calvin.
A note on vest sizing in hatters slang explains pope's size as a 39 inch chest measure. The term, debated in Notes and Queries, traces to an East End hosier who ordered a custom vest for personal use, named after him by the maker, though not linked to St Peter's successors.
The ledger of George LY reveals a vast hoard from Brummel’s wardrobe including countless love letters gloves and locks of hair items destroyed and 500 pocketbooks seized each containing sums of money totaling £10,000. The king was described as a meticulous hoarder with a mental catalogue of his wardrobe, an idea of a museum curator.
A woman observes her house collapse and recalls a check on her desk. She contacts the bank to stop payment on check number K-281, displaying rare presence of mind and decisive action, as reported by the Boston Journal.
Indiana County Republicans publish a long list of candidates for sheriff prothonotary treasurer register and recorder commissioners district attorney auditor county surveyor coroner and more for the September 21 1915 primary. Non partisan judge candidate J N Langham and J Telford also announce for court of common pleas with notices detailing eligibility and voting rules.
County Auditor Miles C. Young of Indiana Pa faces a Democratic primary election on Tuesday September 21 19165 contingent on voters decision.
In a dialogue from the Philadelphia Record a father questions his son Wyat about an engagement to a girl described as "good-for nothing." The son replies that virtue yields reward and asserts the girl’s worth, while the father doubts the match.
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