Printing Plant in Building Carpenter Street Named
A notice notes the printing plant located in the building on Carpenter Street and mentions postal handling and mail matter status.
21 Jun 1912
Page 1
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
1
A notice notes the printing plant located in the building on Carpenter Street and mentions postal handling and mail matter status.
A collage of observations on Navajo blankets and symbolic meanings, paired with historical and cultural notes. The text juxtaposes claims of symbolic designs with broader declarations about Navajo, Zuui, Apache symbols, and the idea that adornment may lack true significance. It also includes varied excerpts from unrelated historical snippets and editorials.
An irate tenant writes to his landlord urging action with threats and odd pleas. He complains about the seller and bathtub needs, mentioning his wife nearly broke her neck and asking for provisions. The missive ends with a curt signature.
Town Topics reports an illness and treatment advice noting pills to be taken before meals. A poet quips that if the pills were available, they would avoid needing them.
An odd streetcar exchange frames a town election tale as a lawyer ponders a mayoral bid. A man, repeatedly defeated in races, contemplates stepping forward if he is the town’s true choice, while a domestic scene hints at civic tension and doubt.
Fragmentary text presents a quirky line about marrying a shoemaker, suggesting he is practical and able to repair and supply footwear. The source is garbled, offering unclear names, places, or dates. The sentence hints at a personal motive rather than a news event.
The speaker recounts a humorous childhood incident by Mark Twain during a village visit. A hot day, a tempting melon, and a voice urging him to return the fruit lead to a subtle moral moment as he replaces the melon and leaves.
A fragmentary tale describes a burgo meister and his revived wife with a stone window scene of two horse heads. It mentions diamonds from sugar, explaining carbon in sugar forming small, real diamonds and discusses hopes to improve diamond manufacture without molten iron.
A Colmbian Magazine passage notes the surprise at how uniform the earth’s surface appears from high altitude. It explains rivers, lakes, and railroads are identifiable by contour and characteristic marks on maps, while distant objects lose detail from above. It emphasizes the value of a bird’s eye view for navigation.
Visitors in the Southwest and Mexico amuse themselves with Jumping Jests seed vessels housing insect pupae that cause beans to hop. South Africa reports even more remarkable Jumping cocoons. The pupa cuts out through a chisellike head edge, and violent movements make the cocoon leap, occasionally popping from a glass tumbler.
A fragmented excerpt describes the line of life on the hand, tracing from the side of the hand around the thumb to the wrist. It claims left palm lines predict long, happy life if regular and deeply colored, otherwise health issues and shorter life, with emphasis on wisdom and security.
London Chronicle recalls Tudor meals with lettuce as a separate dish, turnip leaf salad, roasted turnip in ashes, horseradish and carrots, boiled oysters, honey on beef, and capers boiled in oil or vinegar, alongside cucumbers radishes parsnips and cabbage.
A fledgling Whistler, before fame, was asked by a mill owner to paint his wife. Whistler quoted 62,500 and the man scoffed, claiming the artist should be paid as if he were dead for centuries.
A favorite Eskimo dish is seal oil ice cream made by stirring snow into seal oil until thick, then freezing berries are added. The concoction is noted as being roughly as tempting to civilized palates as frozen cod liver oil.
An American passenger laments a German accommodation train journey. He watches a forty acre field of grain pass by and questions a worker mowing near the track. The scene shifts to fellow travelers and a sharp steel sound signals arrival at a corner of the field where the old mower blades enact the end of the cutting. The letter closes with the writer and companion aboard the train.
A fragment from London Ideas recounts a domestic scene where a servant asks for a returned empty bottle, the mistress questions the bottle, and the servant explains draining Boda water into a jug before returning the bottle. The dialogue captures local speech and a humorous turn in a bustling household.
A professor recommends a dental tooth powder recipe from the New York Tribune. Mix one and a half ounces precipitated chalk, half an ounce powdered borax, one eighth ounce powdered cuttlefish, one eighth ounce borax, and one eighth ounce of Bugni, ground to a fine powder. Flavor with six drops of wintergreen, then blend with the wintergreen.
A fragment quoted from Harper's Bazar questions endurance of affection if payment fails. The speaker asks how long a partner would stay if unable to provide cooking, highlighting themes of loyalty and conditional affection.
A short quotation filled note from New York Times humor pages plays with immortality and the idea that a sop never sets, blending wry commentary on time and persistence.
A collection of quick quips shows marital pride and social banter. The speaker jokes that a wife overlooks him with others and cites a scornful remark about a man named Pantoutle who is very ill and drinks only water. The dialogue closes with a playful invitation question turned aside.
A brief social note from the Philadelphia Record quotes Mrs Furiose praising her new decollete and her stride into society events. Mr Furiose responds with compliment, acknowledging her polished presentation and readiness for fashionable appearances.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Telegraph depicts a tense dialogue where Bella warns she would kiss or die attempting to save him. Della questions the danger, while Bella notes he has no life insurance and pities the poor old mother. The piece reflects melodramatic dialogue typical of the era.
An old advertisement touts Zemo for eczema and dandruff claiming instant irritation relief and a vanish-like effect with no residue. It notes the product is from EL Wose Medicine Co. in St. Louis and sold nationwide, offering trial bottles at 25 cents and a money back guarantee.
The passage presents Uncle Eben cautioning against overconfidence in a sly rural style. It hints at pride and self-deception as a character contemplates a modest, self-made status, implying a deeper lesson about humility and perception.
Lost auto license plate number 41440 and a tail lamp between Josephine and Home station. Reward offered if recovered. Submit to Ga zeble office.
Classified rental notices list a conveniently located house with bath at 546 Philadelphia street. Also appears a furnished rooms ad at 71 Church street and a modern brick ten-room house for rent via McConnell at Farmers Bank Ridge Indiana Pa with contact 440.
For sale an item described as Bugey and Barnes, both in good condition. Potential buyers urged to call at Bleir Cummins with an apparent reference to R. F. D. 6 4.
A new motor ambulance service for wounded dogs has started in London in conjunction with the Animals Hospital and Institute at Kinnerton Street Pimlico. When a dog is hurt a call to the hospital dispatches the ambulance with a qualified attendant aboard.
A concise inspirational admonition urging readers to seek light and positive influences. It emphasizes refusing shadows and distortion, holding to pleasurable and helpful things, and transforming outlooks quickly through constructive focus and self-improvement.
The dialogue argues over a pardon petition. One speaker says neighbors of the man jailed for stealing a phonograph are signing. Another counters that petitioners are actually neighbors of the victims from whom the phonograph was stolen.
Advertised as a universal remedy, Thompson's Barasma is promised to cure kidney, liver, bladder, back and nervous ailments with a money back guarantee if no cure is achieved. Patient testimonials from Pennsylvania report improvements in Brights disease, liver enlargement, rheumatism, and crutch-free recovery after six bottles.
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