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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
6
The poem speaks of night and shifting shadows over distant mountains and burning empires. A traveler recalls friends, a waiting woman at a golden window, and the healing power of a lover’s tears as he returns travel-scarred and seeks cleansing in her embrace. John Leas, in The Academy.
A famed longhorn from the K Slash herd, marked by a white circumferential band, survives a wild life on Sheep Mountain. He winters alone in a cedar refuge, battles a cinnamon bear, leads a wild cattle band, and endures a severe blizzard before dwindling to a bone frame with horns still intact.
The column urges selflessness and kindness to improve home life and public cheer. A cheerful spirit, practiced discretion, and a sunny demeanor aid harmony more than words alone, with a smiling face capable of lifting others in daily life.
In May a Bar D cowboy found the skull of a longhorn near Little Chief Cedar and tied the remains behind his saddle. Wolves or natural death ended the wild cattle’s life this winter, but the open range preserves the memory of a character who thrived free rather than penned and driven.
A column discusses girls angling for husbands, arguing that women may charm to win love while warning against deceit. It notes that a girl may not propose directly and urges careful, honest pursuit to form a happy home, contrasting sincere effort with vanity-driven scheming.
London Globe recalls a famous Indian big game hunter noting that after skinning a tiger, guarding its whiskers is vital. Natives allegedly cut the whiskers into tiny pieces and mix them into rivals’ curries, causing irritation and often serious harm.
A quirk in a Current Literature feature calls Solomon the wildest of mankind instead of the wisegh, provoking discussion among editors and proofreaders about accuracy and authorial intent.
Oliver I Piper, former cashier of the Peoples Bank of California, pleads nolo contendere to three indictments of embezzlement and falsification totaling 69285 dollars. Judge Taylor defers sentence as cases against Piper Lenhart and Avener proceed with continuances and bond adjustments.
Harrisburg report states 270 men captured or convicted in the war on the Black Hand extortion gang terrorizing foreign populations. Authorities aim to crush the organization before it spreads to Americans. State police have hunted gangs in the anthracite regions and extended efforts to Northumberland and Allegheny counties with protection for prominent locals in Pittsburgh.
In Dunbar a clash between occupants of two boarding houses left two Croatians dead and six others injured from cuts and stab wounds. Forty five people were jailed in Uniontown as weapons were seized. victims include Mike Shirasco and John Porinto among the dead.
The Farmers and Drovers bank failure in Waynesburg prompted two Greene county suits by First National Bank of Grafton against C F K Auld and James K Samis over a $1,500 note allegedly made by Auld. Former cashier J B F Rinehart indorsed the note, it was protested, and a sheriff sale yesterday in Whitley township sold three coal land tracts to Spencer Kent. Rinehart previously acquired the coal rights from the original holders for $120 an acre.
John Olson, driven by a grip illness, attacked his family in Warren Ludiow. He slashed his 13 year old daughter’s throat and then his 11 year old son’s throat before the wife’s alarm aided in overpowering him. The town reeled at the shocking incident. Alongside this, the Roundhead Company of the One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry held its reunion at Hotel Main with 35 veterans, Captain Joseph Walton as guest and J. L. McTeeters delivering the address.
A West Finley farmer was struck by a hay fork from a nest dispute as he hayed stacked bales. Washington foreman D F Christman survived 2,200 volts while working with high power lines at the electric plant. A father in Locust Gap shot his son after a quarrel, arrest followed. Uniontown and region report over 100 measles cases since January.
Sharon-Elimer Bentley a defeated Democrat constable candidate will contest the election after presenting the case to District Attorney T. C. Gochran. He seeks to void the Second precinct votes citing irregularities and illegal ballots with a potential ten vote margin. In Butler, William K. Jastman a Democrat council winner faces eligibility challenges due to federal employment as a post office clerk.
Washington county officers clash over a 200 reward for the arrest of Joe Ross who died by suicide in the county jail after a ten year sentence for dynamiting the residence of his former sweetheart at Charleroi. A New Alexander constable who arrested Ross seeks the money, while Charleroi Chief Albright and Detective Riggle say they earned a portion by collecting the evidence leading to Ross's arrest and conviction.
In Shamokin at Midvalley colliery 28 workers were trapped after a collapse. All but one were rescued. Frank Orloskie fell down a chute and was killed. Rescued miners had dug a long distance through the coal fall and showed no serious ill effects.
A fire destroyed the Bradford home of Richard Carl, killing an elderly man and his grandson in an upstairs room. Carl’s father Thomas B. Carl, 64, and his son Ralph, 234 years old, were cremated, while other family members escaped. The blaze, likely sparked by a gas jet, left the rest of the family unharmed.
Butler remonstrances target 27 retail applicants for liquor licenses noting licenses clash with the U S Constitution and Pennsylvania Constitution. Six Butler men face charges in remonstrances while two Saxonburg applicants are unopposed.
The will of Catherine Crawford Way of Waynesburg details gifts of 200 dollars to Greenmont cemetery 100 to the Foreign Missionary Society and 100 to the Home Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church and 300 to the Woman's Thimble Club Society. The remainder goes to her nephews and nieces. Also mentions Charles McLean known as The Pirate, sentenced eight years in prison by Judge Walling after pleading guilty to lakefront robbery.
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