31 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1907
Page
1
Parathon voices a practical business defense of a US Japan clash avoidance, arguing the United States can build five battleships while Japan completes one. He claims US resources are vast, armor and guns can be sourced domestically, and American ships with American crews would outmatch any navy if war occurs.
A satirical piece cautions against envying wealth, noting that even rich men face public hostility, loss of privacy, and moral scrutiny. It cites Carnegie and Elkins on envy and recounts a personal anecdote about a schoolmate whose success was offset by family tragedy, illustrating the costs behind affluence.
A fragmented clipping describes a Japanese spaniel described fancifully with long coat features and playful quirks. It hops between odd observations of a parish minister and a 1855 London token catalogue noting smoking in Parliament with a 17th century rule against smoking in the gallery or at the committee table.
On his deathbed the French writer Rabelais allegedly asked physicians to let him die a natural death. The anecdote portrays his humor as he pleaded with doctors for a simple end.
Persia's national sport is wrestling with great tournaments held to settle the premacies of the districts. The piece notes wrestling's popularity and the importance of district competitions in determining local supremacy.
A jumble of short items from Aligoha Pennsylvania to Piqua Ohio records accidents and crimes. Incidents include a car scrape, a fatal pedestrian hit by a car, a Philadelphia contractor placed in receivership, a farmer shot by his son, infant body found, a suspect arrest for antique jewelry theft, a centenarian death, a bicyclist fined, counterfeiters bound over, overturned hearse injuring occupants, two workers killed in a mine, a boy to be released from detention after a fatal playfight, a Black Hand threat, a man’s failed suicide attempt, and various other local incidents marked by dates and places.
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