07 May 1912
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1912
Page
1
A brief entry notes a second class mail matter status with an indication of postal processing in Indiana. The readable fragment emphasizes mailing classification rather than a full event or named entities.
A damaged fragment recalls a damage suit with a chauffeur testifying about a collision at thirty miles an hour. The judge bars a foolish answer and the witness is pressed for the context of the scene. The piece then shifts to a tale comparing P T Barnum and the King of the Sandwich Islands in a staged advertising moment on a New York track.
The article notes shark spearing as a profitable Malaysian industry with danger and excitement. The liver yields oil refined in Europe, selling as liver oil. In October sharks gather in the lagoon between reef and atoll, allowing large catches. Sharks, seven to fifteen feet long, are paired. harpooners aim to kill the mate first to prevent the female from deserting it.
A Traveler's Gazette letter argues that music has little social standing in Japan and is mainly cultivated by women who play the samisen. The writer notes a slow change as masculine dignity once blocked music practice for men, a shift not rapid.
A testimonial cites rapid relief from rheumatism using RHEUMA H2aelia with claims of curing severe attacks and long standing cases. The letter from George M. Rota of Saginaw Michigan describes two friends aided by the product and promotes a money back plan and local retailer contact.
Lost a tricycle on Sixth Street near Crissman's Bowling Alley water street. Reward offered at Smathers' Flower Store. Also a notice seeking 75 teams for city work at Booth and Fling Ltd Pittsburg Pa with wage $5.60 per day. A two story East Indiana rental listing with bath, furnished attic, cement cellar, drilled well, porch pump, and cow stable details.
For sale or rent several properties in Indiana with details on rooms, lots, and features. Listings include a five room house on Fifth Street, two modern upstairs flats on Church Street, and a large plot with various outbuildings. Also a West Indiana eight room house near Philadelphia Street with extensive grounds. Call Real Estate Exchange for details.
In Brittany near Douarnenez, a fifth century tale tells of King Gradlon and his wicked daughter Dahut who stole the silver key to sluice gates. The lover unlocked the gates, the sea overwhelmed the city, and only the king escaped while drowned souls and submerged bells are said to haunt the site at low tide.
An Ohio congressman cites a Philadelphia Ledger report about a printer offered a school board ballot job for about 650 dollars, then pressured by the board, he financed a petition to contest a seat, printed ballots after approval, and withdrew his candidacy once paid.
A letter to Our Dumb Animals describes Stim Tom the cat watching an unopened bag of eggs on a kitchen table. The cat tears the bag, retrieves an egg, plays with it, and finally burps it to break the shell and eat the contents. The owner notes Tom and his ancestors were city bred.
In A D 71 Mucianus told Vespasia that Stoics boast hollowly and mock appearances. He faulted their pretended bravery and righteousness, noting they scorn others, calling the well-born a mollycoddle and the poor a servile groveler, while sneering at outward signs of virtue.
A philosophical reflection notes that humans mislead themselves by denying global interrelation and coordinated evolution. It argues that all things move toward constant production bringing advancement and an end, and that man is not a finished creation or else God would not be.
Miss Jenkins boasts of new property and plans a pig pen behind the barn. She believes Adams’s boy will help with cows, milking, harnessing, feeding, and tending the pig. She asks about futures for a piglet and notes neighbors are obliging in the country.
An anecdote from the south recounts how a viegre seeks notice by promoting medicine use. A young patient improves after weeks of treatment, his African American servant noting the partly used bottles and predicting a dramatic cure if medicine is indeed the cause. The Los Angeles Times reports the humorous scene.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation shows a woman denying giving encouragement to a proposal while the man protests with a bitter claim that her disclosure of a $25,000 annual income was the motive. The exchange highlights social expectations and reproach.
An odd Frenchman, a lawyer by trade, willed fifty thousand dollars to a lunatic asylum stating the gift was restitution to clients deemed sane enough to hire his services. A second Frenchman ordered daily paste inscriptions on his tomb detailing a cooking recipe.
A Pictsburg Post item notes stage life with a line about a butler refusing a small role and a quip that the butler has his share of epigrams, reflecting breezy theater culture. The fragment captures a playful backstage moment.
A scene from Vogue notes a declaration that he would never marry after dancing with Mr Goldcoin. The mock exchange features Mabel and Aunt Rasher, ending with Mrs Rasher expressing relief at the outcome. Separately, reports say Trinidad's pitch lake depths remain elusive with surface pitch cold and center boiling.
A compact quotation piece notes happiness as a negative term tied to absence rather than presence, and cites Sam Slick. It adds Emerson on fine manners requiring the regard of others, reflecting a witty, aphoristic mood.
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