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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
3
The fragment presents a Welsh pastoral scene with cows and milking imagery linked to Alfred The Yellow Cream. Readings shift to a personal reverie as the speaker recalls Gwen and Merceval Graver in London Athenaeum, hinting at literary reception of rural verse.
In a warehouse counting room a joke about Kitty Gregory's marriage triggers astonishment among clerks. Miss Gregory, recently inheriting fifty thousand dollars, reveals the marriage rumor and then confesses she authored the Record notice herself, prompting a reconciled proposal from Francis Reynolds and an eventual engagement.
The Chicago Tribune offers concise guidance for business leaders. Focus your time, avoid competitor talk, and hustle rather than wait. Don’t overplay promising customers, rest the crew, limit product variety, and use follow-ups to secure orders.
From Kitty’s house lawn to Baxter’s jealousy, the scene unfolds as Reynolds, Kitty, and the lovers are seen together arm in arm. Interpolated Puggles and Wilson query the sighting while the clerks stare, culminating in Baxter’s vow to punish the boy.
An Appletons writer notes NYC traffic costs rise from trucking while rail rates fall. A study shows auto delivery wagons can replace two to three horse wagons, running 50 miles daily vs 15-20 for horses, with faster service and less stable space. Monthly savings around 120 dollars, yearly about 1439, against horse costs.
A collection of pithy sayings from Ave's Epigrams in the New York Telegram. It wittily contrasts piety and promises, wealth and bragging, love and secrecy, and hard work with luck. The quips lampoon social norms, fashion, money, loyalty, and the quirks of romance through witty aphorisms.
Two Americans and an Italian died in a blast at Charles Kehoe stone plant near Hazleton. Contractor Kehoe says deaths were accidental. victims: William Burton 50 John Singers 26 Charles Gatsy 45. One miner Gottfried Ross killed in Bellevue colliery Scranton. Benjamin Hughes Arthur Jones fatally injured. four others hurt. Gas ignition from a naked lamp blamed. mine damaged.
The Magee annex at Mercy hospital in Pittsburg reports a real cure for tetanus or lockjaw using magnesium sulfate injected into the spinal column. Harry Gilbert, fourteen, discharged as cured after severe symptoms began July 4 when a toy pistol injured him and convulsions followed on July 14.
Butler engineer B K Richey of Standard Steel Car yard held to the throttle as a derailed engine plunged down a 20 foot embankment and turned over. Tireman Lawrence Geppner and General Manager John H Allman, aboard during a test run at 20 mph, jumped clear unhurt. The engine plowed 200 feet before the plunge and one freight car was wrecked.
Butler Harry Hoffman reports his No 32 well near the original McBride gusher struck a second pay zone. The small producer began at 15 barrels per hour and shows no decline. The nearby original gusher, 126 feet away, has produced 12 000 barrels and remains strong.
Eric-William H.E. Wynn, manager of the Pour Mile Creek vaudeville theater, was electrocuted during the fourth act after an accidental touch of a switchboard. Actress Dora Pelletier was seriously shocked trying to assist and is expected to recover.
Isaac N. Taylor a 45 year old son of a Pittsburg dry goods merchant shot himself in the yard of the East End hotel. Wealthy traveler with his invalid wife for 15 years the tragedy was attributed to worry over her condition and his domestic affairs.
During a riot at a Hungarian ball in West Homestead, six persons were wounded and eighty seven guests were arrested. Among the injured are Chief of Police McDermott and three officers. About a score of others suffered minor cuts and bruises amid the excitement.
The Greene county wool clip is the largest ever produced in the Waynesburg area, selling at thirty cents per pound with an estimated value around $250,000. In Greensburg, Mrs. J A Neilson of Greensburg died after predicting her death in Stockholm six months earlier, leaving her husband and nine children.
The Democratic committee on vacancies named Attorney Edwin W. Humphrey of Portersville to the Legislature replacing Marion Henshaw of Butler, who withdrew.
Washington DC reports under the Dick Militia bill the National Guard of Pennsylvania will receive 133,467.47 dollars from the war department. At least 33,267.41 dollars must fund rifle practice training and 100,012.26 dollars may buy arms and equipment. The full sum may be used for rifle practice at officers discretion.
In Leechburg the Small family gathering in the Kiskiminetas valley attracted over 200 attendees. John B. Small served as president with George Graham as secretary and J. G. Small as treasurer, directing the annual reunion activities.
A foreign bank operated by Joseph Marchneck was closed and he was arrested on three charges of embezzlement brought by foreign depositors. He appeared before Justice J P Ross and gave bail totaling 2400 dollars. Marchneck said the matter would be settled satisfactorily and the bank would reopen soon. Two Killed in Coal Mine Near Shenandoah
At an inquest led by Coroner W H Sipe into Frank Talmer's death new evidence led to the arrest of Mrs Talmer for murder. Her mother Mrs Margaret Roberts was also arrested as an accessory. The dead man's 14 year old daughter Goldie testified she saw her mother shoot Talmer.
New Castle resident Amos Martin aged 110 died at his home with his stepdaughter Mrs Daniel Looney. A veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars he was born in Scotland. He could walk Sunday but suddenly failed Monday. He retained a clear mind to the end.
Two hundred employees at Driggs Seabury Ordnance Corporation are locked out after a strike threat. A notice states the plant will close indefinitely. On July 9 the company announced a wage reduction effective July 16 averaging 7.34 percent.
Work for 450 resumed at Plant No 1 of the American Tin Pirate Company in Scottdale. The factory, with nine will and employing 450 men, will resume operations in August.
Eight frame houses burned in Newville borough population 1600. Property loss estimated at 4000 dollars. All occupants escaped unharmed. In Connellsville a deaf mute boy, William Duffy, 10, was struck by a West Penn trolley near Lessenring No 1 and died at Connellsville hospital.
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