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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
6
A poetic meditation on fate and patience urges acceptance of life’s currents and the futility of resisting nature. The speaker, Ell a Wheeler Wiens, contrasts human effort with divine order, urging inner star seeking over outward strife and urging alignment with God’s plan rather than fighting the storm.
Penelope, staying at the Walts, balks at an arranged marriage plan framed by Mrs. Walt and a wealthy American visitor. A bargain to seat them together and foster friendship develops into genuine affection as Penelope forgets the scheme, only to fall ill and retreat to her room to reflect on the tense situation and looming choices.
Penelope faces conflicting loyalties as an English affair collides with an American suitor. She reflects on past overheard plans, weighs outcomes of marrying abroad, and confronts pressure from matchmakers as Boston Post reports a tense, bittersweet social dilemma.
A mosaic of world notes from 1908 era: Uruguay to plant 140000 olive trees yielding olives and oil. England horses numbered 1,494,089. Madagascar cavalry mounted on oxen. Berlin life expectancy gains. Morocco census estimates. Venezuela migration stats. Russian sunflowers and army desertions. Japan food policy sparrow subsidy. Salvation Army founding in 1865. Chile rubber plant discovery. Dion Benton theatrical car. UK 1907 mining and quarry workforce totals with underground and aboveground splits.
Irwin Westmoreland reports show no borough tax levy in four years and a $400 treasury balance. An electric light contract at $300 yearly is set for four lamps on principal streets, with school funds of about $74 monthly and a $300 balance. Sayette County coal plans merge seven plants into a $2,590,000 operation, controlling 5,000 acres with 780 ovens and 150 more to come, backed by steel contracts.
Albert H. Heald, 69, a Pennsylvania Railroad conductor with 49 years of service, was killed after stepping in front of a shifting engine. Heald had hoped to stay on until he turned 60 next February. He was supervising a wrecking train. two of his sons were aboard the crew and rushed to help but found him beneath the locomotive.
Philadelphia officials of the Lehigh Valley Railroad announce a new agreement with locomotive engineers from Jersey City to Buffalo. Jersey City to Easton weekly trip pay rises to 5 60, Easton to Sayre rises to 15 from 14, and pusher engine men get 3.75 for a 10 hour day.
A blaze in Clymer Indiana destroyed the opera house, a foreign banking establishment, and a livery stable. Two horses burned. Mrs. Spaks, wife of the banker, was carried from the flames. Losses: theater 7000, Spaks building 33000, Keely's livery 2000. the latter uninsured. Cause unknown.
Severe cold and heavy traffic push Pennsylvania Railroad to add trains in Altoona section. Over two weeks the section averaged one trainman’s death per day amid the record pace of freight and passenger service.
The state board of public grounds and buildings reduced Capitol insurance from 3 000 000 to 2 000 000 citing fireproof construction and prior fires that caused no damage since erection.
Postmaster at Point Marion Fayette County will continue in office with Howard Frakenburg. He has been recommended for reappointment by Congressman Cooper and the commission is expected to be issued later.
A two year machinists strike at the Chicago Theumatic Tool Company air compressor division has been settled. The open shop was the issue, but the settlement terms are not disclosed.
Rev. Marquis, former pastor of the First Person Church, resigns after five years in the helm. He came to the duties from Burlington, Louisiana, and the resignation ends a tenure marked by steady leadership.
An explosion at the Red Ash shaft of Lehigh Valley Coal Co in Milvale injured two miners and left two others entombed. The injured are William Chillecie 23 of Midvale with serious arm and body lacerations and John Silaskitis 24 of Port Bowkley badly burned. Fire hampered rescuers as a miner’s naked lamp sparked the blast.
The state pardon board in Harrisburg recommended James R. Smith of Fayette county be pardoned. Smith, about 60, is serving five years for assault with intent to kill at the Western penitentiary. He lived at Smithfield and was implicated in an attempt on W. T. Wirsing, who eloped with Smithfield’s daughter.
Harrisburg reports four Pittsburg companies filed notices to raise capital stock to multimillions. United States Aluminum climbs from 250000 to 2000000. Aluminum Ore, American Bauxite, and Electric Carbon rise to 2000000, 2000000, and 250000 respectively. They paid 73000 as a state bonus. Most were chartered recently. R. E. Withers named president.
Secret Service operatives in Altoona uncover a counterfeit nickel and dime gang led by Lewis C Statler once imprisoned in 1894. Officers from Pittsburg raided his home, and Statler was jailed in Pittsburg.
In a Franklin residence of Dr. G. J. Peebles a fire caused $1,000 damage. Eleven year old Genevieve, a daughter, carried her rescued kittens through smoke saying she saved them in her arms. In nearby New Kensington two pastors announced resignations: Rev Benjamin Keener Hay from Trinity Evangelical Lutheran and Rev Finley M Wilson from First Reformed of Parnassus.
Kittanning residents William Clark and Michael J. Coyne of Sharpsburg purchased the Hotel Alexander from C. A. Replogie for 42000 dollars.
Samuel Lipschutz of Lipschutz Bros. cigar makers fell to his death in an elevator shaft at their plant in Philadelphia. The door to the shaft was left open, causing the fatal accident for the Quaker City firm.
Dr. Charles B. Dudley chief chemist for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company died of typhoid pneumonia. Dudley was among the nation’s leading scientists and prominent in his field.
James B McGregor marks his eightieth year at North Newport. Alfred Lewis Jones of Elder Dempster dead. Mayor-elect Gaynor dedicates annex to Brookyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum. Joseph Fisinger dies in Pelham Manor crash. Jay Gould declines to testify in breach suit as letters read. Taft attends Yale enrollment and banquet luncheon. Magistrate Barlow backs stricter chauffeur laws. Dr Grenfell predicts Labrador exports. Governor Hughes returns to Albany for father’s burial. Hitchcork tops bachelor list amid pink tea social rounds. Jeromine campaigns for Liberals in England. Tred Countiss named youngest Chicago Stock Exchange president. Taft urges Red Cross endowment collaboration.
The Christmas mail exceeds 1908 levels while Princess Louise fights for a share of King Leonard's estate. An Auburn operation using stouraine succeeds. The Temps salutes Theodore Roosevelt's creed. Navy ships grant shore leave in New York. Belgian Socialists reject allegiance to Albert and back a republic. The Napo arrives in New York after a 2400 mile Amazon voyage. Diet seeks injunction to protect his book collection as Loeb challenges Richard Parr for sugar fraud prize money. The American Bankers Association shifts detective work from Pinkertons to Willard. A Belgian throne bid for the five year old Duke of Turquevis emerges. A key American history volume catalogs British archives on New York's 1780 evacuation.
A New York World idea proposes applying a submarine style drive to aircraft. A stall chamber could provide lift and assist engines during ascent, while reducing drag and improving controllability in descent. The combination might enable an aerial voyage lasting about a week.
A string of society notices from New York City and nearby areas reports divorces and separations, marriages in New York and New Jersey, and social court actions. Notable items include Mrs. Adam Eugenia Warrar known as the Countess von Boos Farrar securing a divorcee, a $2000 breach of promise verdict for Miss Hero against Dr. Zelaya, and Miss Augusta Schwartz defending a suit for separation in New York City. The Night Court hearers include Mrs. O H P Belmont posting bail for four shirtwaist strikers. Julia Marlowe and EB H Sothern are involved in court actions over stage rights and performances. Brooklyn officials fill posts at the disciplinary training school. Nebraska clubwomen push a state law dedicating school district funds to libraries.
A Boston Post recipe describes making a cream sauce by melting butter, whisking in flour, then adding milk and salt to form a smooth thick sauce. Fold in boned fish, heat thoroughly, and serve over well-browned toast with a poached egg for each family member if more quantity is needed.
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