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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
2
A collage of comentar y snippets covers free speech at games, revolvers, hay prices, gasoline costs, pay as you enter fares, gift letters, eclipses, coffee linked to divorce, Harvard elm care, Los Angeles chorus strikes, whale hide myth, 1912 baseball season, Cincinnati curfew debate, cyclone races, and a quip on diamond imports.
A society woman in New Jersey dies while playing bridge. A Princeton student boasts a pocket for a silk stocking. Ohio bans offering cigars to voters by candidates. A Massachusetts heir sells millions, buys a farm, and keeps chickens. A Maryland library delivers books by automobile ordered by telephone. An optimist expects coal shortages to ease next winter. Mars year length claims and Martian calendar chatter.
The report notes eggs in China cost five cents per dozen, but travel to fetch them is impractically distant at 8,000 miles by the shortest route, leaving households to seek alternatives.
A fragment claims Egyptians knew appendicitis 7 000 years ago and hints at how they financed pyramid construction. The dubious link to money remains unclear but invites curiosity about ancient medical knowledge and resource sources.
A scientist states that older stars move faster. The remark links stellar aging with velocity, challenging common expectations about stellar dynamics.
A college professor argues that a woman scratches a match with an outward movement to symbolize female independence. The piece critiques sheath gowns and asserts women's emancipation as a social aim.
Art detectives pursue the famous Mona Lisa now said to be in the United States. The sole clue guiding investigators is her smile which reportedly cannot fade, an identifying mark in these days of elusive artworks.
A garbled passage cites the Toledo Blade remarking on a girl with perfect feet and a preacher’s claim that no man may lie to his wife, even harmlessly, followed by a tangled line about self preservation and nature.
The readable portions indicate a disjointed note or clipping with scattered names and phrases. No cohesive event or individuals are clearly identified to form a complete summary.
United States District Attorney Wise of New York testifies before the house judiciary committee that Judge Archbald accepted a compromise plea from wire trust operators, fining 83 defendants $1,000 each, while sparing leader E. E. Jackson from jail and allowing a $45,000 fine. The case centers on coal dump lease interests and potential impeachment considerations.
Atlantic City quote from Dr. T. Alexander MacNichol of New York condemns alcohol and narcotics as threats to national vitality. He notes census data claiming severe rises in insanity and feeble-mindedness linked to widespread alcohol and drug use.
Carl Peterman a 21 year old St Louis native and naval aspirant staged a rapid weight gain in Minneapolis by sleeping and eating without effort. In 48 hours he gained 9 percent body weight at the local naval recruiting station while explaining the simple method to Lieutenant Emerson.
Frank D. Cusi 43, long noted in Chicago and New York newspaper work, was found dead by gas asphyxiation in a basement linen closet of his New York City home. A gas tube was in his mouth as his hand clung to it. observers noted his despondent condition and melancholia likely led to suicide.
Wilbur Wright, renowned inventor and aviation pioneer, dies at 46 in Dayton after a long battle with typhoid fever. Surrounded by family including Bishop Milton Wright, Orville Wright, Katherine Wright, and Dr. Daniel Becker Conklin, Wright’s life spanned early schooling, printing ventures, bicycle manufacturing, and the birth of powered flight.
Joe Dawson driving a National car won the world’s greatest motor event in a 500 mile race before about 100000 spectators with no serious accidents. The victory carries more than 20000 dollars plus extras. Teddy Tetzlaff finished second in a Flat earning around 10000 dollars with extras.
Fred J. Brown of Easton Pennsylvania shoots 13 year old Annie Lynch near her home in Phillipsburg New Jersey after being spurned in love and while pursuing marriage. He then fires on himself as neighbors rush to help. Annie dies at her doorstep. Brown survives possibly fatally wounded.
In Greenville North Carolina three children died when a rattlesnake attacked a henhouse on George Adams farm. A boy under eight was bitten twice, another boy of similar age was bitten as he tried to quiet the disturbance, and a infant drowned after the mother, washing clothes, rushed to help.
Plutano died at the Home of Mrs. H. A. Warner in Waltham Massachusetts. He was about 92 years old and, with his brother Wano who died in 1905, traveled worldwide. The pair, captured on Borneo, were brought to New York in the early 1850s and proved unable to learn English.
Charles H. Richter, 18, convicted of impersonating an officer, faced sentencing in special sessions. A probation officer testified that a Dr. Parkhurst society had been paying the boy one dollar per church service attended, but the plan had failed to reform him.
Nashville widow Mrs. Jessia C Barnes shot and instantly killed rival Mrs. W. W. Judd on a Buffalo Valley line train. Barnes accused Judd of attention to her husband and opened fire on the car platform before leaving the train at Double Springs. She was arrested hours later.
Bremen Germany Albert Buckstaetter and Lieut Stille die when their monoplane plunges from 200 feet before thousands. North Yakima Washington Philip C Parmalee a Wright brothers pupil also killed in a crash at the fair grounds after a three minute flight. Parmalee who planned to marry Mrs C E Turpin was betrothed and mourned by his bride-to-be amid grief and disbelief.
Nellie Burns of Uniontown asked Yonkers police to recover her diamond ring lost while strolling with Frank Prendergast. He denied any theft, and Burns balked at swearing out a larceny charge, fearing public mockery if forced to reveal details of their walk.
August Johnson, 55, attempted drowning near the Bellehaven dock and was rescued and placed in a padded cell. Hugh Elliott, 30, disrobed at his Railroad avenue home in Eden attire and paraded the streets calling for Eve, then was wrapped in a blanket and taken to a sanitarium.
In Muskingum county two suicide cases were reported. James TL Kirby, 48, of Roseville, killed himself due to ill health amid concerns of consumption. Louis Moore, 31, a local farmer east of the city, hanged himself in his barn after a period of illness.
Peter Sheets fourteen of Youngstown Ohio is hospitalized in Meadville with multiple missing teeth after a rifle misfire during a visit to Vernon township. Sheets was left in the street as others went into a store while a girl picked up a rifle and the weapon discharged.
Mrs. M. E. Fairchild describes a severe leg wound from a fall, spared further damage after using Cuticura Ointment which halted pain and started healing. She praises Cuticura Soap for gentle cleansing without smarting and recommends samples via Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Also mentions a double wedding unrelated to health claim.
A vintage style notice touts Garfield Tea as a uniquely efficient remedy for liver troubles. The copy mixes health claims with light, festive language and contrasts warmth with cold reception.
In Ashland Kentucky Mrs May Wyatt credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of female and kidney trouble. The Camden New Jersey testimonial from Mrs Ella Johnston says the remedy cured a serious displacement and allowed her to return to work. The notice invites letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts with confidential replies.
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