27 Mar 1912
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1912
Page
1
A London conversation features iH to Vosity Henty arguing over phrasing about traveling from Sunderland to a town. The exchange reveals a wife correcting awkward wording and a playful quibble about a letter from the father, ending with a tense, comic moment as the husband grins and the thread versus rope metaphor lingers.
The piece warns trustees and executors to preserve the principal, stressing that any loss harms future generations and that extreme conservatism, while painful, is essential. It weaves in quotes about responsibility, then blends in miscellaneous historical anecdotes and market notes from Pittsburg and Chicago.
Fragmentary report notes Arizona figures Smith and Henry, with Ashurst urging, clash over Senat e election. References to Smith's age and service as Arizona's delegate to Congress appear, with opposition focus across legislative branches.
Chicago March 27 Prices of meat jumped following the acquittal of beef packers on charges under the Sherman antitrust act. Live stock and dressed beef prices rose sharply at stock yards. Hog prices climbed to high levels. Packers cited supply and demand factors, while defenders argued no illegal combination existed.
The Boston Evening Transcript notes Charles Stoddard, long a popular winter lecturer, plans to return to the United States and settle among old friends after years in Meran and Lake Como. He has published illustrated travel volumes and poetry, and retains strong ties to Boston where his lecturing career began.
Geo E Ferrers representing Measrs Geo L Shuman Co of Boston and Chicago shows the new complete art edition in 15 volumes to Indiana residents. He will call by appointment on receipt of 4 postal cards to Geo S Ferrers New Indiana House Indiana Pa for special terms.
A humorous anecdote about Colonel Jesersell describes wealth obsession and the urge to accumulate riches. He notes a man with countless items, from boots to gloves and neckties, waking early to toil just to buy another necktie, illustrating how wealth can drive endless desire.
A distorted Yonkers Statesman excerpt shows a conversation at a back door where a rug seller offers a meal in exchange for the rugs, while a wanderer praises the wares as truly beautiful and exquisite, boasting they cannot be surpassed.
A fragment reflects on bold thinkers facing mockery, saying some must begin and endure ridicule while others later adopt the idea, with the crowd eventually acknowledging the merit and inviting them to share in the success and dinner.
Indiana Pa resident W C Johnson testifies to relief from a lame back after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He recalls inability to work, a neighbor's advice, and recovery within days. Product sold by T H Bildebrand Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is sole US agent. Remember the name Doan's.
The Supreme Court granted a stay of exertion on Robert T Haworth’s seat vacancy ruling. Haworth, socialist alderman of Toledo, was elected from a ward lacking the required full year tenure. The circuit court’s verdict that Haworth’s seat is vacant stands.
In Washington Pennsylvania on March 27 four burglars broke into the jewelry store of C Shapiro and using a wagon carried away jewelry and silverware valued at 32500. The incident details list a large theft of valuables prompting police investigation and appeals for information.
A scanned market page lists Butter-Prints and Megs-Selected meat lots with prices for cattle hogs and lambs, alongside a Chicago Grain Market update. The wheat market opened steady and firm, corn showed strong demand, and closes show wheat at 103M, corn around 72 3 4 cents, oats at 54.
John W. Sickelsmith of Greensboro Pennsylvania reports his family frequently suffers colds and coughs but finds Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy the most effective. He notes the medicine has helped his children best among tested options and recommends it to other families.
A quoted maxim urges unwavering pursuit of high ideals to prevent a fading commitment. It warns against settling for superficial tasks and likens neglecting deeper goals to a painter only ever painting signboards, using a Henry Van Dyk voice to stress discipline and integrity.
A fragment shows a modern urchin confirming a singer is a character in a musical comedy. The exchange hints at a child’s curiosity about stage personas and cast names. The dialogue uses informal speech and questions about identity.
Washington reports the tariff board condemns the cotton schedule as greatly in excess of production cost differences, a blow to the Payne Aldrich law. The board notes some cotton duties are up to three times the foreign cost gap, aligning with wool findings and prompting Republican calls for reform.
London March 27 Prender Asquith brought coal operatives and striking owners to a brief conference. The miners demanded a minimum wage in the bill, but Asquith said figures should be set districtwise, not by statute. The scene in the house of commons showed emotion as the minister announced failure of negotiations.
Paris reports $55,031 realized as the Mine Roussel art collection is fully offered for sale to a crowd seeking ancient china and porcelain. A single lot brought the day’s only bid, while a tragic note follows with a worker falling sixty feet to death at a Philadelphia hotel construction site on Broad and Walnut.
D MacParland secretary of the federal council of the Church of Christ in America presented a petition to President Taft urging measures to prevent a closing of the coal mines. Also reports of a man found dead in a lake in Brookville Pennsylvania sixty two, Hugh Cremlish, and Caleb Storey dying after a long fast in Wabash Indiana.
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