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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
3
The piece expresses a poetical plea for divine and earthly love, contrasting inner silent passion with vocal revelation. It invokes sacred imagery of wine and devotion, hinting at a deep, unspoken longing and the promise of future fulfillment within a romantic bond.
An Englishman rides home at sunset to a drought scarred village. A ragged boy tends a few cows and recounts his family's struggle to survive. The boy worships a shrine to his holy grandfather, claiming miracles and a lineage of followers, while the Englishman listens to a tale of faith, poverty, and intercession.
An English traveler records a child healer who tends his grandfather’s shrine. The boy believes in faith and ritual, cures fever with prayers and burning lamps, but coughs blood and foresees an early end as his mother and brother remain in poverty. The chronicler departs with the boy fatefully fading.
The piece contrasts truly social clubs with ceremonial or proprietary ones. It praises White's Garrick and Bachelors as living exemplars of informal fellowship, where members greet each other and conversation flows. It notes solitude in ceremonial and “pot house” clubs, contrasting old models with newer imitations.
Instructions from Scientific American describe fastening the print to a board, brushing away residue, washing in water with 60 parts carbonate of ammonia per 1000, rinsing, repeating on the back when dry, moistening with dilute vinegar, washing in weak calcium chloride solution, then final rinses and drying in sun or oven air. The aim is a perfectly white paper with no print damage.
The article traces the origin of all big gun ships to early target practice in the American navy. Range finding proved unreliable and calibers caused confusion, leading to the concept of a battleship with uniform large guns. Plans by Homer Poundstone led to the design, adopted before Britain launched Dreadnoughts and Japan’s Aki.
This piece argues women measure political impact by home concerns such as water quality and street cleanliness rather than national issues. It notes Denver women pressured authorities for city improvements while criticizing a city government seen as business-led, with other ordinances unevenly enforced. The Atlantic is cited.
West Chester reports 100 cattle killed after authorities investigated a herd afflicted with foot and mouth disease. Snyder county saw nearly 150 cattle killed, and 600 Canadian beef were culled at the stockyards after an embargo prevented sending them to England. Local dealers bought the meat as the ship Hast Point’s cargo was diverted. New Kensington man Andrew Mantesta, held on $1,000 bail for blowing up the home of Andrew Fish. Fish and eight boarders escaped harm due to limited dynamite.
A joint meeting of committees from the Washington council the Washington Historical society and the Daughters of the Revolution decided Washington will celebrate its centennial in September 1910. Livery society lodge church and school will appoint committees to confer with a general committee on plans, aiming for the biggest celebration in Western Pennsylvania.
A blaze at the Gal litin mine tipple of Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company, three miles from here, burned one week after completion, causing $30,000 in losses and leaving 400 workers idle. The Tempest brick works beneath the tipples was threatened. 150 miners fought the fire, but water supply failed to save the plant. The cause remains unknown.
In bleachers chatter at On the Bleachers st N readers compare football awe to sacred worship while Micky’s view of baseball as the serious vocation echoes through the piece. The writing notes familiar sports devotion, with players cast as demigods and a shared profession’s likenesses across locales. The score-card will reveal the game’s artistry.
An unnamed man in today’s Russia is jailed for preaching sobriety and honesty within his church until he becomes a bare cell inmate. He is denied writing materials, contact, and a name, living in a slimy cell with a greenish window as death looms. Another figure, Shubin, an Old Believer, spent 63 years at Solovetsk Monastery fortress.
James Artz died at the hospital after lying unconscious for 36 hours following an accidental hunting injury near New Castle. He is survived by his widow.
State Highway Commissioner Joseph W. Hunter inspects Greene county roads and plans that all state roads there shall be brick. He cites limestone abrasion and automobile wear on macadam roads, with dust clouds sweeping over and eroding the roadbed.
The Aldred bank, a private institution capitalized at $400,000, has closed its doors causing panic among local depositors. Directors promise dollar for dollar payment, with estimated liabilities near $160,000 and assets around $140,000, while owners include Meadville and western investors.
An epidemic in Muncy prompted State Board of Health orders to close all churches and halt a moving picture show in the Opera House. Schools closed until further notice. In Washington, farmer Benjamin Johnson, 75, suffered a paralytic stroke alone in a field and later contracted pneumonia. Lebanon Court House burned, gutting the attic and destroying the courthouse, judges' libraries, and Historical Society papers. loss estimated at 60,000 to 75,000 dollars.
Ten of Rimersburg’s best business buildings and residences were destroyed by fire causing losses over $50,000. Half a dozen other structures including a hotel and the First National Bank suffered heat damage. Ford City Power Company organized in Kittanning to supply light heat and power to nearby towns. Rimersburg borough to vote December 18 on a proposition to increase indebtedness by $16,000 to buy the local electric plant.
Improvements at the Greer Un plate mill cost sixty thousand dollars and make it one of the nation s most modern plants. After months idle it will soon resume operations and provide work for about twelve hundred men. Killed by Train in Pittsburg. Miss Lillian McKee longtime Northside schools art supervisor died under a Pan Handle train in dense fog at Rosslyn station near Carnegie.
Edward Shatzer a Spanish American War veteran died in hospital in New Castle two days after injuries from a fall under a moving train. The accident occurred locally with Shatzer later succumbing to his injuries.
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