11 May 1912
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1912
Page
1
The flank steak is a broad flat cut rich in flavor when from well fed cattle and used for roasts or stews in leaner cattle. A rolled roast of the biod Aauk is an economical cut, good to eat, inexpensive and boone rich. The piece mentions Shakespeare club humor and a quip about access to a matinee party.
Reports quote varied views on reformers and socialist ideas. The New York Sun notes a reformer who urges abstaining from food to lower prices while he would cut them elsewhere. Washington Cost Going Some mocks the reformer. The Taquirer at South Station piece hints at a fast train to New York in ten minutes, while the Inquirer and Exchange laugh at the notion calling it going some.
Fragmentary text shows a dismissed claim about a bad egg and a joke exchange, with unclear speakers and context. No verifiable names, places, or events to anchor a proper news item.
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee advances a bill to create an interstate trade commission with authority over industrial corporations in interstate commerce. Corporations with annual receipts over 5 million must file sworn statements on organization finances and operations, with subsidiaries included and common carriers excluded. Other items: Sherwood pension bill advances. Philippine bond issue approved up to 10 million, 40 year term at 4 percent interest.
Oyster Bay May 11 Colonel Roosevelt denies plans to attend the Chicago convention and direct his fight from the floor He rejects opposition claims that he fears the outcome His reply underscores confidence and dismisses the rumor about a cabinet game with Penrose and Knox as misinterpretation.
In San Francisco on May 11 Roosevelt backers claim California will lean Roosevelt by over 1000 votes, predicting a Roosevelt win. Taft faction disputes scope of the lead, asserting Taft advantage. Separate item notes Kent county Republican convention in Michigan reversed four weeks earlier results, with Taft forces gaining majority due to a second convention after Roosevelt delegates were unmet. Also under notice, Mrs. H. Dorr of Greenville, Pa, died after taking poison following long illness.
A Chicago Record Herald report recounts Fighting God Ivis suffering severe injury at Fort Fisher. He was hospitalized and surgeons faced a grim choice as he survived a pistol threat. Evans refused to surrender, insisting on his own medical aid, saving his leg and later proving useful.
The text discusses how cold constricts surface vessels and slows circulation leading to lethargy or death if prolonged. It notes people instinctively warm themselves and exercise to combat this. It then shifts to Congress, Taft’s focus on injustice in the current system and support for a proposed law to ensure justice for the weaker party by limiting counsel fees and speeding passage before adjournment.
A brief humorous item from the Chicago News features Mamma asking young Edgar how many ends are on a candy stick. Edgar answers two, then muses that after biting three or four ends there are still two left, in a light domestic moment.
In a fragmentary theater scene, residents discuss uncanny happenings since construction. Characters dispute control and timing as a narrator hints at a guest engagement and host couple tensions amid bungled plans and shouted lines.
Williams of Scranton, chief witness against Judge Archbald, repudiates parts of prior testimony and contends the signed assignment paper naming a “silent party” did not match what he signed. He concedes signing but refutes its contents and recounts payments and negotiations tied to Erie railroad and Lehigh Valley lease talks, while denying direct interest by Archbald.
In New York on May 11 a motion is expected Monday in the surrogate's court to appoint special guardians for Vinwen and Muriel Astor in connection with the will proceedings. The request is being made by the Astor widow and their guardians.
In New York May the government’s suit against the steel corporation focused on price fluctuations. Judge Dickinson heard that prices for steel products rose after the formation of large subsidiaries and the steel company, with Alvin Windley of Iron Age showing a rapid rise until 101 when a sag followed competition.
The Adriatic arrived at Queenstown with J. Bruce Ismay aboard, guarded to avoid intrusion. Mrs Ismay and officials boarded a tender to meet the managing director saved from the Titanic wreck. Colonel Concannon said Ismay would not speak while a British inquiry proceeds, and Mrs Ismay complained of his treatment.
A brief ad-style notice touts Chamberlain's Liniment as a quick remedy for rheumatism and urges readers to try it now with a single application claimed to prove its merit. Available for sale from all dealers.
New York May 11 observances mark Mothers Day with sermons orations music and the wearing of white carnations. The aim is to honor uplift and bring happiness to mothers everywhere Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia is credited with founding the day J M Howell a Greensburg Kentucky druggist praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as excellent and available from dealers
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