26 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1918
Page
1
An Indiana newspaper urges readers to sacrifice for the government war budget. It states the nation may spend about 24 billion dollars this year, with estimates for stamps and other revenues, and calls on every citizen to contribute. The piece stresses economy and duty, urging those who have dodged bonds to contribute and urging personal offerings to meet the need.
Mansfield C Aug 26 It is hard to get used to the speech of both the English and the other Allies as the English Tommies speak rapidly and have a vastly different pronunciation Sergeant Norman W Burnson writes from the front Many amusing arguments arise over making change Americans usually get what is coming to them Beware of boredom Do not let yourself become bored when you feel it coming on plunge into a task that will take your time and energy
A tool for removing broken set screws is depicted as a drill like device with coarse left handed threads. The extractor is inserted into the core, the screw is gripped and turned, reversing the bite to back the broken piece out along its own thread.
A historical note claims blight killed chestnut trees yield wood usable without debarking. Posts, poles, and timbers cut from blighted wood reportedly perform as well as those from healthy trees after three years, with lumber sawn from infected trunks deemed as good as that from sound timber.
Cleveland reports a crackdown on bond price cutters during wartime. Isadore Gantz, pawnbroker of Farrell, Pa, faced $1,000 bail after advertising to buy bonds and offering clients about 80 cents on the dollar. He argued bonds could fetch any price, but wartime laws and sedition provisions led to prosecution. W. S. Bennett of Youngstown received workhouse time for similar remarks, with more cases in the fourth federal district. Lewis B. Franklin urged bond holders to keep and promote Liberty Loans to bolster the war effort.
A verse reflecting on unity among diverse origins from Latin Norman Slavic and American backgrounds. It recalls the call to close ranks for the flag, the shared faith that builds a nation, and the pledge to work fight and die for collective freedom. The author is Jeanne Price.
Harrisburg Aug. 26. A general reduction in premium rates for workmen's compensation insurance in Pennsylvania is forecast for 1919. Rates may drop about 1 percent for most employers, coal operators excluded. A meeting of licensed insurers will likely be held in October to present complete data. Downey of the State Insurance Department cites 1916 1917 underwriting profits totaling over 1.6 million dollars as a basis for the proposed cut. Fire Prevention Day in Pennsylvania has been moved from Oct. 9 to Nov. 2 per Secretary McAdoo's guidance.
BH R Joyner, a life insurance agent with no fixed address, surrendered to Chief of Police Wetzel. He confessed taking $100 from Northwestern Mutual in Waynesboro and $200 from Commercial Guarantee Insurance of Pittsburgh. He will be held while insurers decide on action. Joyner fled Pittsburgh nearly a year ago.
The Lucerne miners beat Vandergrift in a Saturday baseball game highlighted by Kunosh’s 10 putouts without error and Burget and Pateh turning several double plays. The lineup features Voyten and Kunosh with sharp fielding and multiple hits, while Zentner and Will Zentner issued several walks and struck out batters as the game wore on.
Cleveland Ohio August te sdubies Wargyas thinks mare due is al Tibal and believes ins quand rights ani all thay sort of thing. due he sas that he is dired of come housework in addition to his regular day’s work. He asserts he works away from here to keep the home running and then comes home to work to see the home running while he is away from it working. Julius wants a divorce.
A fragmented message extols daily thankfulness and hard work, urging discipline and perseverance. It links gratitude to self-improvement and diligence, while mentioning Gazette Want Ads as a source of results.
A lost watch by Jon Elgin was reported on Oakhand avenue near Tuesday evenings. A reward is offered and left at Gawebth Clu Brumberg, 1175 Grant street.
A lengthy dispatch from war front coverage notes limited gains by British forces in a face to face struggle. It details prisoner counts and operations around the Serpe shtor and Pola, with Allied air activity and reports of a broader intended peace offensive from Washington.
A fragment from an article hints that those concerned will be treated with cold indifference. The text suggests tensions around personal motives and public reaction, though details and context are missing.
The fragment lists a long roster of young men tied to a school or organization, including Dew Dacker, Love Joy, No. 1 Herbert, Walter Bowser, Smicks-Litany, Alair Fridley, Hilledale, Ralph Gromley, Millsdale, Carey Henry Shields, Juneau, Everett J. Wise, Robert P. Martin, Glen Campbell, Clarence Longnecker, PHilladale, William Jordan Greesley, Penn Run, as it continues from the first page.
The ad-promotes a dramatic program featuring Gorge Beban in a virile Northwood style story of strength and danger. It promises a tense plot with love and laughter, and notes Robert Warwick stars in a separate dramatic program titled the Mik Love.
Fragmentary OCR note describes a misread reflection on labor and labor as a royal act. Names and phrases are garbled, but hints at a character praising or condemning labor, with references to a ruler or Borrove. The readable text is too damaged to extract coherent events or places.
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