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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1915
Page
1
A humorous dialogue contrasts nostalgia for the past with modern pretensions as Mr Growcher jokes about women with curl papers at breakfast. A Washington Sur note mentions Sandstone geology and its high water absorption, unlike granite which holds little.
Remarkably good Guatemalan native pottery shows high craft and artistic feel. Early colonial and precontact pieces reveal skilled artisans in the use of kiln and clay. Finds from ruins and townsites indicate Guatemala’s residents possessed keen pottery traditions long ago.
Justice John P. Elkin returns to Philadelphia while Clyde Wine visits Pittsburgh on business. Dr. J. Grier Miller returns from Latrobe weekend visit and Dr. J. W. Cary trips to St Louis. W. T. Wissinger departs for a two month journey via Johns Town Ohio and Virginia. Miss Margaret Campbell of Johns Town visits Franklin borough, re-elected to school post. Mrs S. R. Pollock and children visiting Irwin. Pollock to Irwin by car. Miss Alice Gailey hosts part of Sabbath School class. remainder Thursday evening.
Clarence Poe recalls a simple Lucknow tomb for Sir Henry Lawrence, the 1857 mutiny hero. He died guarding civilians and dictated his own epitaph, Henry Lawrence Who Tried to Do His Duty, as a lasting testament. The piece compares the modest stone to famed monuments like the Taj Mahal and the river view at Benares.
Said Pasta ordered a $5,000 assortment of bulbs to be shipped from Holland. The secretary, unaware of the order, diverted the bulbs to the kitchen. The cook then served the new onions hot at a banquet, and the bulbs proved unsuitable as food. The affair damaged Pasta’s gardening passion.
Gold plated hardware dominates $25,000 a year Fifth Avenue residences with hinges, brackets, fixtures, and door handles treated in gold. Dry leather rubs keep the finish, while wood near gold is left unfurnished. Silver plate on white metal trims dining rooms, and nine coats of paint cover walls with a soft finish.
An item from Household Journal notes Miss Paull, a Sturday mission teacher, leading a Sunday school lesson on The Second Commandment. Miles Paull asks Adelbert Dugan if there are idols in the country, and the boy replies that his father and uncle are idle.
A letter dated 3661 notes The Mermaid tavern ran up a bill on tick amounting to £1500. A later document says Everyone runs upon tick. The text traces early use of the term in historical commerce and slang.
The excerpt recalls old beliefs binding meat quality to animal treatment. In Leicester records from 1467 a common hall decreed no butcher to kill a bull until baited, while in Henry VIII’s Winchester an order restricted bull baiting to the bull ring only, shaping local practice and social ritual.
A playful exchange figures love suspicion in Stray Stories as a character recalls a motor ride where nerves made a car behave erratically. The dialogue hints at a romantic spark while the narrator tries to interpret the other’s feelings through comic, literal misfires of the vehicle.
A seller advertises 5-A Auto Robes and a broad range of Wool Cotton and Linen Lap Dusters Auto Driving and Workmen's Gloves Heavy Cord Net Hoods Fly Sheets for work horses Cottons Head and Bar Tips Leather and Cotton Flank Nets all purchased from factories and offered at reasonable prices to save middleman profit.
London’s Madame Tussaud’s company features a rolling display of famous figures from royalty, literature, and military history. The article notes the steady pace of adding likenesses, casts of Robespierre, Danton, and Marat, and details Madame Tussaud’s life from Paris to London, her marriage, and her death in 1850 at age ninety one.
The lace of Venice long celebrated for centuries was originally made by nuns in convents for ecclesiastical garments. After the fall of the Venetian Republic the convents closed and the lace industry nearly vanished.
Harper's Weekly notes that on the eighteenth of the month the former Queen of Italy, Princess Margherita, moved to revive lacework in Venice as a government subsidized employment program for women. Women of all ages sit with cushions and pins, weaving by rapid shuttle motion, producing lace that can be worth thousands, with rose point taking longer to develop than simple laces.
In a French village a debtor sold two beautiful windows to a wealthy archaeologist. A government inspector halted dislodgement, ruling the windows remain government property. The buyer may view them but cannot remove any stones.
Fragmentary source mentions a person named Tady Russell and a volume title Awal lewigld with unclear context about ownership or labor. No clear event, date, or organization available in the readable text.
In the Gershire estate transfer to Sir Henry Russell, a friend of Dr. Johnson, a lunch table remark sparked debate. The doctor argued no man loves labor. Reynolds countered with Pope who valued fame over labor. The doctor dismissed Pope's Hellespont swim as proof of affection for swimming.
A Wisconsin State Journal note reports a three days old infant discovered confined to a single room at a residence. The unusual situation prompted local inquiries into care and safety.
The fragment features a dialogue where a character questions a lady and a man named Robert explains the family physician advised long walks after meals. The tone hints at a social or literary scene with dialogue heavy on exchange.
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