16 Jan 1912
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1912
Page
1
In Indiana Postoffice classified as iadlass Mail Matter the hee and Printing Plant is noted with location on Carpenter Avenue in Tata Bes.
A clever wedding glove invention lets the bride slip her third finger through a slit to uncover the ring finger without removing the entire glove. Originated after a bride with a missing right arm found teeth removal awkward, the device gained interest among prospective brides hoping to ease the moment before the wedding ring is placed.
Pumperton recounts returning home late to a wife who teases his success as his after dinner speech drew roaring laughter from the assembled company. He insists the talk was “splendidly” received, stating the audience laughed, applauded, and demanded more stories as they cheered for minutes.
A Cleveland Leader writer notes young Algia Elsie Livingston, called Algie, wants to write a spelling book someday. She humorously asks how to spell Yaining on a rainy outdoor afternoon, unable to pronounce r. Her brother Bob teases, and Algia answers H, double R with a flash.
Fragmentary list traces famous figures to humble fathers such as day laborers, Cobbler, brewer, shepherd, bookseller, grocer, copyist, merchant, carter, and similar origins across Pepys Mill Verne Cromwell Socrates Giotto Pius V Schumann Lamb Milton Cowley Homer.
A nurse recounts a hospital episode where snoring disturbed a nervous patient. The patient’s sister notes the unrest, and the nurse faces pressure to change roles, seeking quieter shifts after the late night sleep is fatal for rest. She admits the strain of keeping awake during hard cases and contemplates leaving nursing for safer hours.
A hunter De Beer journeys in Mirabeleland with his boy when a giant lioness stalks. He shoots twice but is knocked down. a terrier leaps at the beast, clinging to its ear as De Beer retrieves a gun and kills the lioness through the chest. The man is mauled with a broken jaw and injured hand, but survives aided by the terrier’s brave act.
Indiana Pa reader J E McKean testifies to lasting relief from back pain and kidney weakness after using Doan's Kidney Pills in 1497 and again in 1904. He cites relief from back ache and kidney issues, endorsing the product publicly. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
Chicago reports a nationwide probe into Bell Telephone Company for alleged monopoly. Charles F. Dewoody, division superintendent, returns to Chicago amid related investigations in ABC, with agents active in Kansas City and St Louis. Washington will receive a report on the Bell situation. Dewoody declined to confirm details.
A heavy truck toppled kegs into a street gutter spilling rum across the pavement. Pigeons mob the pool quenching thirst while a drunken hound lurks nearby. A passerby notices pigeons dancing and sleeping in the gutter as the scene unfolds.
The article explains that many items bearing foreign names actually originate elsewhere. Dutch clocks are largely from Freyburg in the Black Forest, India ink and India rubber have different origins, and camel’s hair brushes come from squirrel tails. Camel’s hair is used in fabrics and shawls, often mixed with silk.
A humorous tale describes a woman curling her hair with curled papers for Friday the thirteenth. She notes most curls formed except a straight lock over the left temple, which remained unmoved after lemon juice and dampening. The twist: the page she used was the thirteenth of the month.
The piece argues that blanket symbolism is often misinterpreted and notes that Hopi Zuni and Apache motifs appear as freely as Navajo designs. It also critiques depictions of Navajo women, suggesting limited imagination and questioning symbolic references in woven items.
Asbestos shingles are now manufactured in this country with success and the trade has grown comorably. The new products are light and durable, withstanding high temperatures and weather. They are touted as a proof against acid and corrosion, suitable for concrete buildings and lasting under harsh conditions.
Attorney General Wickersham spoke to the Civic federation’s women’s Welfare department in New York on January 16. He said his address had no political aim and outlined the department’s machinery. He criticized “popular justice” and cited the Bible image of Barabbas as an example.
The article explains sulfur extraction near Lake Charles Louisiana from deep wells used for petroleum. It describes a three tube system where hot water and air extract liquid sulfur, which rises to the surface and is stored in wooden reservoirs after cooling and hardening.
The passage reports that Napoleon’s 1812 import law forced balance with French goods, leading to books being dumped at sea to meet import requirements. French merchants shipped books to match wares, destroying an estimated four million dollars of literature as coffee and sugar costs made the scheme profitable.
In St Gilles Brussels industrial suburb the population of 68,289 shows language mix across groups. French only counts 10,168 men and 14,2138 women. Flemish only 2,483 men and 3,445 women. German only 0 men and 172 women. Dual language speakers include 12,695 men and 14,902 women French and Flemish. 711 men and 795 women French and German. 30 men and 38 women Flemish and German. Overall 559 men and 643 women speak all three French Flemish German.
Rivermen in Columbia believe recent disasters sweeping ocean-going log rafts from river to California mark the turning point for lumber shipping by raft. They cite the Cerlog’s last voyage carrying a deckload of piling from Stella as contrast to prior raft shipments to California.
Wandering Walter the Weary Wop proclaims heaven helps those who help themselves in a tongue in cheek exchange with Ragweed Reggie. The two men riff on self reliance as a summer kitchen cold ham and winter clothes hang in a rural setting reflect small town humor from Gleveland Plain Desler.
Mexico stands as an early rubber culture pioneer with plantations over twenty five years old. It has long been a major rubber producer with exports reaching huge figures, the bulk from cultivated rubber while a small share came from guayule.
An old advertisement promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as a family medicine. It claims to ease colds coughs and croup in children and adults and prevent bronchitis and pneumonia. For sale by all druggists.
A passerby praised the town’s music scene after hearing local youth sing on the show street. He told the editor that Hedge Corners offers a world class opportunity for a good music teacher.
A tramp was charged with begging at Kingston Ireland. Police found sixty one lead pencils four pairs of spectacles two knives three linen collars three boxes of matches a kit bag a looking glass a boot brush two pairs of laces a magnifying glass a pipe and four pence half penny in his kit.
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