01 Mar 1911
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1911
Page
1
The facility is listed as stored in the Indiana Post Office as Class Mail Matter, with the printing plant located in the atte building on Carpenter Avenue and details regarding its storage status.
A historical note on royal protection laws and medical authority. It cites Coke from 1610 and describes how the Privy Council once required written consent and oversight for royal treatments, while today physicians largely direct care with reports to the Privy Council.
A Jamaican forest marvel describes the silk cotton trees that shed masses of delicate fiber yearly. The aging giants reach up to 880 feet, shade acres with sprawling branches, and yield seeds inside pods. The text blends natural wonder with a stray newspaper anecdote about a misread Bible lesson and a clerk named George.
A New York Sun excerpt describes Mexico baths on private estates carved from rock and fed by bamboo pipes, plus city stone baths for well to do residents. It notes baths in runofwater basins and their cooling effect by morning, with tepid city mains water versus hotter ambient heat near the equator.
A vivid sea scene describes tuna herding a feeding school of flying fish. A flying fish leaps from the water as a tuna stalks and seizes it, others join the chase creating a dramatic spectacle. The narrator notes the frenzy and the predators coordinating to engulf the fleeing prey.
A collage of 17th to 19th century Delhi history notes Shah Jahan founding the city, Nadir Shah’s 1739 sack and plunder, and British rise to 1805, with a digression on Harriman’s stock manipulation and a city paper quip about a family.
Local society notes mention a social gathering featuring Louise Courter at home this evening. The terse fragment notes a spouse’s presence and a routine social event, reflecting the era’s society pages' emphasis on etiquette and hosting.
Yonkers residents recount a eerie tale from the Vedder home where Mary Ivanko’s illness and a vow to a sacred ikon shape a tragic sequence. Vedder deserts his family after wedding another woman to care for the dead wife’s children, then vanishes by Fort Field reservoir. A white robed figure at the bedside shadows him, and the ikon shatters after a vow is broken, leading to his apparent suicide.
William Thomas of Gardnertown, Newburgh, aged thirty, died after eating a meal of cheese with crackers at his farm. He had read a report on cheese healthfulness, and his sudden indigestion led to his death despite aid. The incident reflects early 20th century dietary warnings and medical advice.
The 1896 claim of a $1,000,000 bribe from Wall Street to stop Bryan's criticism of the Cleveland bond issue is denied by William J. Bryan who states he has never been offered a bribe by any man at any time. Also listed are Pittsburgh market figures for dairy, eggs, poultry, cattle, sheep, and hog prices with scattered figures for various grades and cuts.
The piece recalls Gypsy queens receiving grand tributes in Dayton 1878 and Mugland in 1888 with coronations and aristocratic visits. It contrasts England where gypsies faced harsh laws beginning in 1502, making association a felony, while other regions honored their gypsy monarchs with pomp.
The excerpt notes Belgium granting married men extra votes in elections while Madagascar imposes penalties on bachelors and childless men by age twenty five and twenty four respectively. It contrasts this with the notion of a “friendly match” in golf and cites a London Telegraph quip about friendship and rules.
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