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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1925
Page
4
Fragmentary text hints at an election recount and ongoing investigation to determine facts. Names, dates, or places are unreadable, but the report references scrutiny of a political contest and the quest for truth.
W W Means of Colorado is dubbed the fastest worker in Congress after securing control of adjacent committee offices by persuading the Senate Rules Committee. He earned the title after only about a year in the Senate, following a rapid rise from a three month tenure on the Senate Claims Committee. The nickname highlights the quirks of Senate power and timing.
Dolly Gray, a hen famed for daily egg laying since Thanksgiving 1916, died of an athletic heart in Sacramento. Born in an incubator and raised as a pet, she laid 8,869 eggs in life, never missing a day. Belonged to Miss Etta M. Wilkerson of Auburn, California, buried in a crafted casket with a tiny headstone noting she never cackled falsely.
Paris reports describe beggars on the Seine banks and streets, with varied signs and tactics near bridges, churches, and luxury districts. In Philadelphia, thieves steal $35,000 in jewelry from a New York salesman’s car, breaking a rear door glass as detectives investigate. A note mentions forthcoming wireless viewing and its effect on alibis.
London reports Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen returning after three and a half years around the North West Passage. He describes tribes isolated from outsiders who view strangers as enemies and still use bows and arrows. He details extreme practices including female infanticide and tragedies of families driven to self harm and death by cold.
Denver dispatch reports wrestlers selling wares across America as mat contests gain popularity. The piece surveys who was the most brutal heavyweight champion, naming Gotch and Lewia among contenders, with Lewia noted for forcing resignations via headlock. Also includes a Paris recipe on Apple-Loaf from Ga Pomme a Tell.
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