16 Jan 1915
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1915
Page
1
Reports from Rome indicate Thursday’s quake may kill 20 000 to over 50 000 with Avezzano near Rome worst hit. An Aquila hospital collapsed leaving inmates buried. San Domenico military barracks also wrecked. A wireless telegraph demonstration at the Y M C A follows the disaster news.
The Pitt Theatre opened after remodeling to capacity crowds. Manager A Blitz praised the cordial reception from Indiana patrons. The premiere featured The Man of the Hour with Robert Warwick and included a serial The Exploits of Blaine starting tonight. A theatre-naming contest is under way.
The Ladies Auxiliary Justice association held a supper event with beans as a main dish and other good foods. Boys attending expressed gratitude for the ladies generosity and effort. Social features of these suppers aid in morale and community support.
Homer A. Kinter of Marion Center and Martha J. Learn of Purchase Line wed this morning at 9 oclock in Squire James A. Crossman s Court Place office.
Wardens tally 97 hunting accident deaths for 1914 with many rabbit hunters killed while climbing fences. There were 89 near fatal incidents and roughly 1000 bucks killed in the deer open season, with many from Indiana. A men's meeting at the YMCA Sunday at 8 PM, open to all men, lasts under an hour.
An excerpted exchange describes Bismarck returning William I’s resignation with the word Never and a defiant reply about loyalty and riding to duty. The dialogue portrays tension between the chancellor and the emperor over allegiance and political action.
A fragmentary text describes a walrus with tusks and odd actions amid blurred imagery. Names and clear events are scarce, leaving a surreal landscape of observations and misread phrases. The piece resembles an OCR garble rather than a coherent news item or narrative.
Fragmentary notes reference painters such as Apelles and others, mentioning dates around 832 in Latin or early Greek context. The text appears as a garbled historical memoria of ancient art figures and their eras, with several names distorted.
A fragment from Philadelphia Ledger columns cites a quip on perception and the otter tulf. It contrasts pervasive ignorance with suspicions, reflecting a wry newswire tone about public insight and quirky phraseology.
The text describes mobilization processes for reservists including notification methods, crowding to depots, uniforms and equipment issuance, and the emotional scenes as troops depart. It outlines assembly, concentration, dispatch by rail, and the physical strain of debarkation before marching to the designated zone.
An old text describes the arduous training of camels for long journeys. It details the burden carried by the animal, its eating and sleeping patterns, and the challenge of teaching the creature to bend its knees for guidance, a process spanning years.
A fragmentary note from Boston era editorials quotes a quirky line about why a baby cries and the parents being birds of hunting, reflecting playful diction and spelling oddities of the time. The passage shows curlicue phrasing and light humor in early 19th century newspaper prose.
The chrysanthemum, Japan's imperial emblem, honors its Chinese origins and finest cultivation. The emperor hosts an annual Imperial chrysanthemum party in November showcasing blooms, including roots yielding up to seven hundred flowers. The festival traces to the Heian era with health to the imperial house celebrated in petal floats.
In the fifteenth century skilled coiners were few and could only strike fifty to sixty coins daily, insufficient for the influx of silver from America. The need to multiply coiners spurred invention of laminating mills and screw presses across Italy, Spain, France, and England, with permanent establishment under Charles II and the first machine struck coins in 1662.
A London Chronicle quotation discusses a stanza from a hymn in a literary puzzle. It notes that readers may not hear the bell overhead or rise to a haven with the living, as the subject is dead. The piece comments on the hymn’s beauty and moving quality.
In a report citing imperial estimates, the Dominion of Candia covers 8,659,040 square miles while the continental United States spans 3,025,000 square miles. The note claims Canada is as large as the United States with territory to spare equal to three German empires and the state of New York.
In a Vincent Star tale, Walter Jameson and Craig Kennedy push crime science beyond old methods. A mystery unfolds around the Clutching Hand case as reporters pursue sources, including Dodge and his daughter, amid a high stakes chase through New York society.
Reports describe a recurring clue the clutching hand as a sign linked to Fletcher the retired banker and university trustee. A string of incidents including a jewelry robbery, a murder, and an attempted attack on magnate Sherburne weave through the tale, with investigators noting the same eerie symbol resurfacing.
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