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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
1
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Major F.P. G. Goggisberg recounts a terrifying night as ants swarmed his hut in West Africa. The pair fled through burning floors and torchlight as thousands of ants invaded, one man nearly trapped and rescued by kerosene and fire. The episode ends with an uneasy resolve to wait for the ants to pass.
An explorer recounts a tense border crossing at Ker Danshah described in From Batum to Baghdad. Faced with a mule, guide, and Arab rider, guards demand a duty and refuse entry to non Arabs. The narrator negotiates, shifts mounts, and escapes with humor as the party passes the customs.
A garbled anthology of misquoted lines and fragmentary vignettes. It cites famed adages misrendered and unnamed anecdotes about readers and performers, including references to Pope Franklin and Don Quixote, plus stray jokes and a broken travel anecdote.
Fragmentary OCR text shows unclear phrase with mismatched words. No identifiable people, places, or events emerge to form a coherent news item or card.
The Bank of France uses a tribunal to mark doubtful notes with a cei aule stamp then destroys them in a water filled cylinder. Officials witness the process as notes dissolve into paste and are sold in tiles, though the paper once cost two pounds. Washington Herald.
A historical piece argues Captain William Kidd deserves sympathy over myths of piracy and treasure. It cites state papers showing his actual booty, notes only one authentic Kidd treasure found long ago, and counters sensational tales with sober records from London archives. It then shifts to an example of invention triggered by the snail’s spiral motion leading to the screw.
A garbled account contrasts Ole and Swedish misid of duties with accusations of dishonesty. A Minneapolis Journal note recalls a job applicant story where a colored man is told a post is not available due to marriage status, while the worker suggests divorce as a workaround, reflecting past work prejudice.
Washington March 16 report that Senor Limantour Mexican finance minister answered questions from New York papers on U S naval moves and troop mobilization near the frontier. He said Mexico asked for withdrawal of warships and an explanation of the San Antonio mobilization, confirming Mexico’s concern over the sudden U S military display.
The State Department sent a formal note to Mexico via Ambassador De La Barra demanding the release of Edwin M Blatt of Pittsburg and Lawrence Fo Converse of California. The note argues the men were captured on American soil and thus a violation of U S sovereignty, while Mexico claims they were arrested on Mexican soil.
Washington March 16 The state department received a cablegram from Richard Norton director of the American expedition at Cyrene in mortier Africa Mr De Cou a Pan American member of the joint Archaeological Institute America and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts expedition was killed by Arabs during the excavation effort
Police recovered approximately forty bonds and a substantial cash sum when Catherine Ferguson was detained during a search for intoxication in New York. Magistrate Vadis questioned her, and she claimed the money originated from her brother who had given it to her. She was discharged after questioning.
Gary Indiana March 16 councilman Walter Gideon faces charges of accepting a $2,000 bribe connected to an ordinance on junk handling. Investigators probe the Gary Commercial Club for possible criminal proceedings. A junk dealer named Novick allegedly paid the money.
Fragmentary notice from McKeesport Pennsylvania describes a peculiar accident involving a husband struck by a rolling wagon wheel. Names are illegible, location noted as McKeesport, date March, outcome unspecified.
New York dispatches report Frank J Gould railing at John D Rockefeller over Standard Oil control and vowing to expose alleged corrupt methods. Augusta wires note Rockefeller packing to return, though Standard Oil offices doubt his arrival. Huntington indictment marks attorney Albert Dick charged with disturbing religious services after kissing his sweetheart at Lincoln County services.
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