19 Nov 1906
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1906
Page
1
The piece discusses how humor varies by locale, noting Americans and English react differently to satire and stage situations. It contrasts English taste for absurd situational comedy with American savvy at interpreting humor and reveals mutual respect and misperceptions about actors and plays between the two nations.
An advertising blurb promotes the First National Bank of Indiana as the strongest safest conservative bank in the county. It markets four percent on time deposits with withdrawable funds and urges readers to have Vogel Bros make their next suit of clothes.
Indiana readers express ongoing praise for Dean's Kidney Pills with testimonial from Herman Smith of 252 Church Street. He credits long term relief from backache and kidney issues since 1897, urging others to buy from Foater-Milburn Co. Buffalo as sole U.S. agents. Remember the name Dean's.
A heavy storm from Nov 19 across Mississippi Arkansas and Tennessee caused five deaths and extensive property and crop damage. Memphis reports rail traffic demoralized by washouts and many trains annulled. Damages centered in central and delta Mississippi with fatalities from collapsing structures and a fire.
Fragmented OCR reports mix from Naples to Lehigh and Indianola. A scientist from the University of Naples is misquoted amid chaotic notes on trials and protests. In Pennsylvania a fatal Lehigh collision kills one, injures four, and destroys two milk cars. Indianola faces warnings of fire threatening the business district in Mississippi.
President Roosevelt and party sail at 1 am for Police after a farewell in Colon. He rides through muddy streets to meet Panama Canal officials, praises canal progress, defends critics, and thanks Shonts Stevens and Rixey. Heavy rainfall floods Chagres and Rio Grande rivers, causing landslides and railroad track damage.
Reports from the Cowlitz River region say the flood crisis has passed as waters receded from Castle Rock Kelso Ostrander and Olequa. Property destruction was heavy on both sides of the river but there were no reported fatalities. Many livestock were lost and residents camped in the hills. In Independence Oregon John O'Brien of Lima Ohio oil executive died of heart disease in Nowata Oklahoma.
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