31 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1912
Page
1
A village scene on a sunlit platform shows locals exchanging tales about Bob Dinkins and a dramatic chase. Stories shift to circus animal values, noting how wild beasts and trained elephants affect prices, with figures from rhinoceroses to giraffes and chimpanzees.
In a fragmented account, Brewers' Company records show Monday meetings where mayor Robert Chichele presided over price and malt quantity disputes. Brewers faced penalties and imprisonment while Masters were ordered to secure payment, amid tense debate and court-like proceedings.
Acyvell dressed business man climbed a telephone pole in town yesterday and swung himself along a heavy cable. He taunted a man at the foot of Ele and threatened to continue, then shouted he dares others. The onlookers hesitated as the second escape attempt unfolded near Newark.
A rental agent rejects tenants after reading a dog's collar bearing four addresses, scratched out ones showing frequent moves. The inscription signals transient occupants, prompting the agent to refuse the flat despite prior favorable references. The exchange highlights suspicion of stability based on a pet’s identification.
A chronically rheumatic victim, head foreman of the Thunderer Works, guides the factory from a bed and wheel chair. He oversees every detail of machinery by heart, proving that a master’s eye can do more work than many hands.
A comical tale from Popular Magazine portrays a south country justice of peace faced with a divorce case outside his jurisdiction. A husband tries bribery, offering about $6.50 in his sock. the judge fines him 65 cents for bribery and 1 dollar 60 cents for wasting time, lamenting the case being out of his reach.
A Japanese wedding is described as religion light with no priest present. The bride wears white for mourning, then transitions to festal garb at a simple ceremony. The couple pledge to each other three times before a middleman, his wife, and two serving girls, marking the essential moment of the celebration.
A fragment describes a female turtle emerging from the sea to crawl ashore and dig a trench about four feet long and a foot deep. She lays around one hundred eggs in the trench, then covers the hole and returns to the water. The passage contrasts this with quicker chicken production.
A gallery protest debate centers on whether a controversial display is authentic art or a staged illusion. Curators defend the work as a deliberate examination of perception while critics call it manufactured spectacle.
A fragment from a London Globe piece recalls a sixteen year old girl misstepping and a polite shopkeeper offering help with eggs. The dialogue shifts to a man asking about worth, then a reflection on how bragging shifts from parents to self to children as life ages.
A stranger observes Moltke’s repeated visits to his nephew’s villa and notes a droll gardener. Later the gardener is seen walking arm in arm with Major von Burt, as Moltke greets him and asks if he still has the mark, the German memorandum.
A fragment notes early Japanese Bible translation faced language gaps, using soak to represent baptism. It cites a teacher’s misrendering Auge Domine and critiques from German sources on translation honesty and clarity.
A rustic saying links a needle and hay with a rope and a hot stake, recalling a tale of farmers seeking a lost needle amid hay. The ambiguous image suggests how a phrase about finding a needle in hay became a common metaphor.
Old advertisement text promotes Hy Cream Balm as a fast relief for catarrh and nasal congestion. It claims to reach the root of the trouble, cleanse and heal mucous membranes, and stop sniffing by using a 60 cent bottle from a druggist.
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