31 Jul 1906
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1906
Page
1
The writer argues that flying machines have become history making and will be improved mainly for military use. The Wright brothers’ craft flew thirty minutes, French purchase signals potential weaponization, while civilian transport remains doubtful due to high cost and navigation risks.
The First National Bank of Indiana with capital of three hundred seventy thousand dollars offers four percent interest on deposits payable on demand without notice, appealing to savers seeking steady returns.
A garbled 19th century vignette recounts a mayor ordering a gamekeeper and butcher to haul a madman named Legrand to a sanatorium. Mistaken identities lead to diversions, a governor misreads telegraphs, and a trio is detained, with an awkward exchange between Wrangel and Bismarck healing a rift. The text then drifts to Redwoods, Paris markets, and various oddities including Lord Kelvin and Chinrox commentary, ending with a reflective jab at genius and fame.
A read fragment portrays a couple speaking about past affection and current distance. He notes no longer embracing his wife while she remarks on a change in his affection. The excerpt also critiques the ideal of feminine charm as dullness and superficial amiability.
Two workmen, Covid Rereer and Harry Ribas, were trapped near the top of a 170 foot smokestack during a plank collapse at Mariners Niasior. Firefighters directed them to tear their clothes to form a rope and slide to safety after a fall left them about a dozen feet from the cap and 158 feet above ground.
Mount Gretna Pa July 31 Camp Roosevelt one of the schools of instruction for United States regulars and national guardsmen was formally opened. Militiamen from the District of Columbus and Delaware will participate this week. Gen Grant issued orders to organize three provisional brigades for instruction and appointed regular army officers to observe maneuvers and assess land damages. Strict rules bar soldiers from private property and authorize arrest of outsiders causing damage. Grant calls Mount Gretna an ideal camp site as tents rise along a narrow valley.
Tarrytown July 31 John J Rockefeller and party left for Cleveland last night at 6 47 o clock. Rockefeller waited at the depot while Archbold joined from New York. A crowd and scattered incidents followed including threats and a police shooting as a desperate Negro was shot by an officer near a residence. Minor injuries and alarm among residents marked the scene.
Laporte Indiana July 31 Mrs Ferdinand Reese aged 112 reputedly the oldest woman in Indiana and possibly the United States has died in Laporte. In Brighton Rog July 31 John Lawrence O'Toole the comedian born in London in 1830 died last evening.
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