06 Jul 1915
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1915
Page
1
Beautiful ten month old golden sable Scotch Collie male pup for sale. Good with children. Ready for a quick buyer at $10. Contact Ralph W. McCreary Indiana Pa or call Bell Phone 3-1 244-x. FOR RENT Five room house on South Sixth Street Inquire H. H. Steving 287-ti-x
The Strassburg clock in the cathedral tower stands twenty feet high and was made in 142. It features astronomical devices for polar time, a grand planetary model, and moving figures. At each quarter hour figures act out scenes from youth to death, and at noon Death presides as apostles pass by the Christ statue. a crowing rooster adds a final touch from the platform.
The London Telegraph explains that a sharp point on a lightning rod minimizes resistance and discharges electric current quietly, while a knob causes violent shocks. Non corrosive metal is used to avoid resistance, and a needle point can be deadly if a charged current passes through a person.
A Boston Transcript excerpt criticizes misuses of English words like necessity and expect versus suspect. It argues for precise word adoption into standard usage and highlights common errors in everyday speech.
The passage portrays Ecuadorian Indians as passive figures bearing heavy loads. It recalls feared historical labels calling them smaller beasts of burden, illustrating harsh images of children and women carrying bricks and earth while trudging alongside a whip wielded by a man, as described by Professor Edward Ilsworth.
New York July 6. Fear that Frank Howe Vewed Be B Welded I Morgan will kill himself in Mineola guards keep watch on Holt, now tied to charges and linked to Erich Muenter. Holt pleads to die while in a low mental state, writing to his wife that he no longer wishes to live. Doctors report Morgan’s condition improving though he remains confined by guards at Glen Cove.
Holt admitted placing a bomb in the United States Capitol damaging the Senate reception room. He aimed to seize Morgan’s family as hostages in a House room to force a financier to halt arms shipments to Europe. He planned a fortress position with a food slit until Morgan yielded.
Chicago reports reveal Frank Holt identified as Professor Hunch Muenter of Chicago and Harvard, linked to the Washington capitol explosion and Morgan shooting. Two Muenter sisters identify Holt from a Glen Cove photo, while Muenter's motherRead more about the family’s shock and fear.
The piece mocks thieves who steal items like a watch cat pietes and shears with biting humor. It laments the petty crimes and imagines the thief facing endless repetitions of their act, ending with a wry jab at the authoring city time. The verse carries a period newspaper tone and references Lee Shippey and Bart Howard.
Three Canadians receive Victoria Crosses in England for bravery near Ypres between April 22 and 26. Capt Finness Serhinger of the Army Medical Service, Color Sergeant Fred Bag of the Eighth Canadian Battalion, and Lance Corporal Fred Fisher of the Thirteenth Canadian Battalion earned the medal for risking their lives to aid wounded under heavy German fire. Captain Scrimger, son of Montreal Presbyterian college’s principal, remained with a wounded officer under shellfire. Fisher died while guiding a gun team to cover positions and aiding retreat under fire near St Julien. Color Sergeant Hall was killed near the Canadian trenches while covering a wounded comrade and aiding his men under bombardment.
Captain Louis D Cy Cinskill a pioneer resident of Colorado died in Denver. He was part of the party that captured Jefferson Davis a few weeks after Richmond evacuation. Gaskill served as a captain in the Twenty Eighth New York Cavalry and came to Colorado with his wife in 1868. He helped build the first road over the Rockies and a house atop Berthout pass where he and his family lived for nine years.
Clyde Gifford of Newton recounted a bizarre incident in Dolnsonburg New Jersey where a hen pheasant defended its brood by pecking out a horse's eyes. The frightened animal backed a wagon loaded with cement down a 15 foot embankment as Gifford leapt free to avoid injury.
Forty electric locomotives of unique design tow ships through Gatun locks using cables and cog rails to hold vessels in midchannel. The system, with opposing pairs ahead and behind, controls speed and direction to protect lock walls and gates, climbing inclines up to 44 percent with a rack rail for traction.
In Holland's Windmiille a man’s wealth is measured by stocks and bonds, cattle in Argentina, and a chain of gold eagles his wife wears. Yet in parts of Holland the number of windmills a man owns drives financial growth, helps battle water, shelters families, provides work and income for its owners.
A quotation from the Detroit Free Press on how economy shapes a man’s dress shirt choices for work and his ambivalence about laundry. The fragment hints at life philosophy, fashion pragmatism, and a balanced attitude toward daily routines, forming a brief cultural aside.
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