28 Aug 1911
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1911
Page
1
Inside this compact clipping a Hem-Roid advertisement promotes the Dr J S Leonhardt prescription for piles as an internal remedy. It cites a low refund rate and a two to three year sales period, urging readers to write for a booklet while noting a $1 price for a large bottle.
A fragmentary quote from the Chicago Tribune mentions an “accommodation train” in dialogue between a parent and child, reflecting a casual newspaper style without full context. The item reads as a brief, incomplete snippet rather than a complete news item.
Classified short ad listing a rental for a five room and bath flat over Shaffer and Keller’s store near Philadelphia and Seventh streets. Includes contact by Mrs S bk Mitchell at 800-Gtp.
For sale in Indiana borough a modern 10 room house with a good barn and two acres of ground at the corner of Third and Locust streets. Contact H Seanor. Also a Des Moines woman reports quick relief after two days of bowel trouble from one dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by all dealers.
An odd dialogue recounts Letifan Chub and Miss Risa Cochon in Chicago as a duchess explains club etiquette. She says British clubs distance women, ignore friends passing by and forbid speaking, likening the habit to a weapon that keeps the white woman at a distance, with a warning about faux pas even under liquor.
General Buckner recalls Grant’s quiet kindness at Donelson and surrender on the river voyage. Arthur Sullivan, beside his dying brother, reads Procter and composes The Lost Chord as a response to deep emotional moments.
T Coleman du Pont of Wilmington offers to advance $1,000,000 for a 103 mile modern highway in Delaware. The plan seeks a 60, 80 or 100 foot wide road, financed by tax reassessment differences until repayment. Du Pont, cousin of U S Senator du Pont, was former Republican state chairman.
Colonel W H McKleroy of Anniston Alabama treated a block of road by spraying road oil containing 50 percent asphalt. He used a perforated two gallon bucket to sprinkle the surface in half a day. Cost for material and labor was three dollars per seventy foot frontage.
In Scotland county Missouri no surface stone exists yet good roads are forming as county commissioners approve a $6 poll tax and farmers volunteer to drag the roads. Concrete culverts replace plank bridges, boosting drainage and road value, while merchants in Memphis estimate roads raise lake-adjacent property values. An Florida test uses tar binder on Shell paving showing promising durability and reduced maintenance costs.
A World scribe recounts a Paris rail incident during Briand s premiership. A Russian prince wished to reach Paris via Brittany. a secretary asked the premier who offered to consult the director. The express ran six hours late but arrived intact as the prince s party waited, while a boastful crowd traded challenges over cigars. A second item notes a child s mischief after a stern scolding about being bad.
A witty quip from the Ladies' Home Journal captures a man boasting of wives as he jokes about being his wife’s four husband. The exchange turns into a playful aside about marriage and habits, reflecting light social humor of domestic life.
An excerpt shows a character asking for a paper while a tramp madam defends the soup, claiming it was her mother’s recipe and offering to share it, mentioning a dish called Fregende Blat ter.
Begin in spring after frost ends and roads dry but still muddy. Drag after long rains. In fall drag just before ground freezes. In winter drag when frost leaves ground. Do not drag on dry roads.
While in Fez Benjamin Constant met the sultan who mocked his opera hat. Courtiers jeered at the attire and the artist, angered by insults, flashed his hat in their faces. The sultan declared he could never wear such a hideous contrivance.
A Boston Globe note reproduces a hotel proprietor in Europe who posts a blunt rule system. Guests are charged for meals not taken, or for any breakfast or dinner not declared in advance, and must inform the manager of any requests. otherwise items may be charged at hotel rates with no deductions.
A tale from a late book On the Woot Track shows a kind word can ease crisis. A team on Broken Hill road halts a stubborn tram bullock after the teamster spots a clerical hat, restrains a harsh rebuke, and softly says proceed.
Scientific American notes that reports on savage vision powers vary. A British expedition to Torres Strait tested native sight and found their keen ability rests on knowledge of the creature’s gait. With environmental familiarity, civilized observers can see similarly far.
A London clergyman described to a actors audience in Munsey’s Magazine. He recalled past social scorn when actors could be branded as vagrants and ears bore a hole for warning citizens. He joked that a survival of this mark may push some actors to wear long hair today.
A rag and bone man calls out bottles and rags and explains the pairing to a passerby in a London Family Herald style quip. A separate shellfish thought notes a pun about affairs reaching the blue point and whether the world is an oyster, in a brief Judge column style.
A garbled exchange recounts a balesman claiming he shaved side boards after a prior visit, describing a ruthless incident in a furniture shop with tense dialogue between a customer and seller.
Cora asks Have you seen Wygen photographs they resemble me others agree The line notes the mold of wan's fortune rests with Chiefy and hints at self determination in a personal vignette from Bacon
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