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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
6
A fragment from a Boston transcript presents a meditation on what truly matters at life’s end. It contrasts worldly wealth and fame with the lasting value of good deeds, love, and the positive impact left on others as one moves toward a dim distant horizon.
Lisette Norman snubs Henry March for social ascent and a marriage to Hubert St Armand. Ernestine Grey, doubtful of Lisette, marries Harry March. Lisette later weds in a European match funded by Lisette’s own money, while Ernestine builds a quiet life with a carpenter husband.
Lisette, a bankrupt liquor-seller’s victim, seeks help from Ernestine March and Harry Mareh after being betrayed by a scheming suitor. Ernestine welcomes her, Lisette rests in the spare chamber, and the couple reflect on the misjudged marriage to a carpenter. The scene ends with a hint of past romantic regrets.
A varied 1907 newspaper digest notes an express engine uses about ten gallons of water per mile and NYC transit spends 101400 daily. It mentions a Missouri woman who married for support, 920 patents issued in Connecticut in 1907, a record small seal catch, a Waldoboro man cutting an oak 110 years old, and 25 NY policemen studying foreign languages. Other items include Krupp projectiles for Kronstadt, fish sleep with eyes open, amphibians eat only alive prey, frogs and snakes, a rain-predicting frog barometer, a Wheaton church counterfeit preacher controversy, and Mrs. Wren Toothaker preserving a fifty-year-old cloved apple keepsake.
The article explains how joss sticks used in Buddhism are made. Decker and Harrier describe a bamboo stem coated with a blend of fourteen perfumed drugs. Notably aconite protects against rodent damage while camphor ensures steady burning without frequent extinguishment.
Auditor General Young announces affidavits required for all state travel and personal expense accounts with April deadline for sworn statements. warrants to pay such bills will be issued only if properly sworn. Deputy AG Fliets says nonresident oleomargarine license holders cannot sell in PA. revoked if used by a resident. Dauphin county court upholds Beaver Valley Railroad track rights in Beaver street per charter.
William Y. Yolds, a United States bank examiner, filed two informations with U S District Attorney J W Dutkle against Henry Relber, paying teller, and John Young, bank auditor, alleging embezzlement and misapplication of 85000 from Farmers Deposit National Bank. Deputy marshals arrested them. a preliminary hearing was held and they were jailed without bail. Relber served 32 years and Young 25 years with the bank.
Butler E. G. Fleisher awoke to intruder in his kitchen. With an unloaded revolver he fired twice and then threw the gun, striking the burglar. The attacker fell as Fleisher discovered his wife had removed the cartridges earlier.
State police report a sharp drop in Black Hand activity across Pennsylvania as immigration authorities apply the anarchy provision to letters from Black Hand operatives. Officials say calls to police have dwindled compared with months earlier when suppression work was widespread.
In Conemaugh, Cambria Steel Company's coal shop an 11 year old Polish boy named Thomas Ree was ground to fragments after being imprisoned in a high revolving cylinder filled with coal. The accident went undiscovered until engineer Daniel Grove spotted fragments of a body within the crusher.
Twenty five thousand men and boys to return to work as 65 collieries and washeries of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company resume on April 1 after a two month half time. Also notes political endorsements, withdrawals, and local appointments across Jefferson County Armstrong Kittanning and Westinghouse Air Brake stock increase.
2140 Pennsylvania Railroad workers in Altoona are suspended in a company wide cost cut. 8000 staff remain, with workweeks set to 50 hours or longer shifts. Some may return by April as business allows. Train crews on the eastern division are spared until week’s end. Construction for the New Castle Harmony line proceeds with day and night shifts aiming for June 1 completion. Ridenau power house is active with ten cars ready to operate at 70 mph.
Harrisburg C W Hawkins withdrew papers for the Democratic congressional nomination in the Adams York district at the state department. Alexander Smogens of Shamokin withdrew as a Republican candidate for the Northumberland county district. Josiah M Landis, a Republican candidate in the Third Montgomery district, also withdrew.
Frank Lutz aged 40 died from injuries after a hog attacked him while he was leading the animal from a pen at the county home. He was found unconscious and died later in the hospital.
Mrs Louisa Gerheim and Miss Minnie Gerheim sue the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for injuries suffered in a passenger wreck at Kellys station on the Allegheny Valley line last year seeking 1000 dollars in damages.
Official notice states the Natalie colliery idle four years due to war stockholders in New York and Pittsburg will resume on April following with 700 men and boys to be employed.
In Harrisburg and Washington county stock increases were approved for several lines including Elizabethtown & Florin Street Railroad up from 30000 to 220000 and Donora & Eldora up from 24000 to 150000. The Reading Railroad cut 300 shop jobs as demand fell and payments plunged from 350000 to under 200000. A church in Pittsburgh extended a call to Rev John Alison of North Presbyterian, Bing hampton NC, while Meadowlands miners hall burned for 1600. James W Blessley of Harrisburg received six months jail for employment fraud against foreigners. Joseph Crayne died after a buggy accident near Waynesburg. Postmasters Bates recommended Ruppert for Connellsville and Venen for Ebensburg.
The article traces the rise of modern patent medicines from household remedies once common in every home. It notes early housewife made tonics and bitters evolving into larger scale products like Peruna, popularized by Dr. Hartman for ailments such as coughs sore throat bronchitis and general diseases, earning the trust of thousands of families.
Fragmentary report describes efforts to domesticate elephants for forestry work. It notes a four month wet season during which elephants are not used, and discusses how trained elephants differ from wild ones and the challenges of using older wild recruits.
Mrs Marie Sipfle of Helena Montana endured seven days of pain and fatigue before trying Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports relief from the first dose and a complete lasting cure after four boxes. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
A Tarkio Herald story quotes a West teacher asking who led the children of Israel to Egypt. No one answers until a child blurts responses about moving this week. The Kansas City Journal notes the humorous exchange as a weathered memory.
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