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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
1
A string of brief social notices lists visits and guests across towns. Blanche St. Clair returns to Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. D. B. McAfoos visits Deckers Point. A F Cooper, of Pittsburg, visits friends. Sarah Ingersoll, of Pittsburg, and others tour homes in Indiana and nearby communities.
The civil case James R. Dickie v Jos W Dickie begins in ejectment over coal under a Dickie land bought for one dollar. Lawrence Dick pleads guilty to larceny and gets a trip to Huntington Reformatory. Joe Fronts of Clymer and Gavil Pappino are sentenced for larceny and liquor selling respectively. Five years after, Gabriello Colosso is arrested in Fuller for murder of Joe Lambias from a Florida crime. Local sheriffs traced the suspect through several states and prepare for extradition, facing a contested return.
Items of local interest note a $300 robbery at A. L. Freed store Arcadia twelve watches and four gold rings were stolen. Indiana Medical Society to meet January 1 1908 at the courthouse with an unusual program. A railroad spike caused fright on a track near Ernest Sunday night with no damage. Register and Recorder records show 49 nights of Way entered by Central District Printing and Telegraph Co. of Pennsylvania. A slight arc at Mrs Sophia C Lowrys home on Wayne Avenue injured her and burned her face and hands. A drowning near Nan-ty-Glo claims five-year-old John Molesky. Mrs J J Tyger of Juneau operated on at Grube's hospital. German band welcomes the new year on the Pittsburgh stock exchange which has been closed since October 22. January 2 officers and directors elected with no contest. Discussion on stock taking and its moral analogy continues. Conkle arrested in Nevada in Sierra Madre Imperial Lottery probe. bail posted, may face hearing January 15 1908. Josephine Furnaces banked laborers discharged flagged to resume around April first. Mrs Elizabeth Hildebrand 82 fractures hip from a fall. risk of fatal outcome.
A bill by Adair of Indiana seeks to place government funds in the highest bidding national banks. It provides for bids on the first day of July, October and April, with deposits awarded by interest rate. If bids tie, deposits are shared pro rata among highest bidders, with specified limits and public notices.
Mrs. Jane Suter, said to be among the county’s oldest residents, marked her 97th birthday at her Marion Center home on Monday. Survived by several children including J F Grosse, Thomas Craig, Rufus Suter, and Amanda, she remains healthy and sharp recalling many local ties. Her husband passed six years ago at 84. The article notes a Catholic feast day, the Circumcision, and diocese observances in Pittsburgh.
The body of a man believed to be P. A. Garie of Indiana Pa was found in a Hotel Wolf Pittsburg room on Monday December 28 after the Fas was left on full. Garie checked in Sunday night and did not appear at the office the next day. The room was broken into and no papers were found on his person but $40 in cash was recovered.
Mrs Griffith Wits hosted a small group Tuesday at her home. Dr John D Wilson and Mary E Wilson announced a gathering at West Church Street. New Year’s dance in Library hall drew over fifty couples with Kettering’s Orchestra. Supper at Mr and Mrs Clarence McCreight’s on Church Street served about 40 friends. The Magonie banquet featured menu by Ladies Aid Society of Presbyterian church with fine music and dancing. Emerson club of Shelocta hosted by Frank Fleming as chicken and waffle evening. club maintains 22 families meeting every three weeks for readings debates music. Mrs Julia Lewis celebrated eightieth birthday with family at South Seventh Street. The Hanna family of Reed’s Station gathered for Christmas. a sideboard and gifts were presented. Christmas dinner was prepared and enjoyed by all attendees including families from Apollo, Whitesburg, Indiana, Van dergrift, Braeburn.
Lawsuits filed in Cambria and Blair counties seek over 1 million dollars in damages by Pennsylvania Coal and Coke and Webster Coal and Coke against Pennsylvania Railroad. Plaintiffs allege discrimination in coal car distribution since 1908 favoring Glen Campbell Coal and rebates to others, with combined capital about 29 million and about 12 thousand workers under one management.
The Farmers Bank of Indiana outlines self maintaining savings accounts where interest accumulates and is credited every six months regardless of depositor visits. Withdrawals do not affect the remaining balance, offering convenience for distant patrons as deposits require no renewal.
Bishop Howard Gayer Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal Church New York West died at his Brooklyn home on Tuesday after a short grip. The noted preacher who delivered the funeral sermon for President McKinley in the National Capitol rotunda was 828 years old, having been ill only a week.
In the Pittsburg district the upper Ohio river locks and dams near Beaver will be ready for full operation within days. The six chain system, costing about 5 million dollars, will boost river traffic and raise property values along the improved stretch.
Southside Won 78 to 25 over Ola Boys on Saturday night. The win was decisive though not without brief resistance from Ola and the game featured clear differences in pace and scoring runs for the victors.
Emanuel Betts declares in jail that others were implicated and will be tried in March. District Attorney Feit notes strong circumstantial evidence and links Betts’s revolver to the killing of William Cline. The hearing also mentions a shotgun head beating and a missing weapon, with Betts asking Feit to file his statement.
In Export, Rev. Father John Cheselik survived a third assassination attempt Monday night as the parish house was wrecked and a two story frame home housing two foreign families burned. The attacks, linked to his role in pressuring Westmoreland Coal miners to end the Strike, aimed to eliminate early mine entrants. Barney Gayette owned the destroyed residence. Alarm spreads as residents seek permanent state police. officers have no clue to the perpetrator.
The forty-ninth Leaders' Institute session convened at Beaver Falls with County Superintendent Andrew Lester in charge and instructors including Dr. Jonathan Rigdon and Dr. B W Chubb. In Armstrong county the forty-second teachers' institute opened in Kittanning with 350 of 887 teachers enrolled and a lineup featuring Francis G Blair and Dr. Robert A Armstrong. The Indiana County Hospital Association met in Cunningham's hall with plans to select a site and a special meeting for directors was called for next Thursday.
An assault on Rev. Ernest Bweeton in Newburg follows a Sunday sermon denouncing dancing by women. The preacher, battered with rotten eggs and clubs, escaped to a store, later preached a brief sermon, and made no reference to the attack. He is a St. Louis resident described as a holinesa preacher.
Miss Bertha Cook died at her New Alexandria home after a brief illness. Mrs Emily Findley aged 77 died at her father’s Blairsville home on December 23 and was a charter member of Blairaville church. Mrs John D Ferris of Monty township died suddenly in court after hearing of his wife’s death. Judge Telford excused him from jury duty. John Lance, aged 77, died December 22 and funeral held December 24 at his White township home. interment Greenwood cemetery. Jack Gallagher, longtime Blairsville resident, died in Foard City after a short illness. former coke works superintendent at Cokeville. funeral from daughter’s home, Blairsville cemetery. Miss M Kda Ory died in Blairsville Saturday at 11 am of heart trouble. born June 3, 186?. survived by brother James Orr. lifelong Blairsville resident active in United Presbyterian church. funeral Monday at Blairsville cemetery.
The National Radiator company of Johnstown distributed 1276.54 as year end gifts to its veterans and long-term employees. The bonuses reward faithful service with amounts based on tenure and job responsibilities. Workers with less than two years’ service receive no bonus.
A powder explosion at Willock station on the Baltimore and Ohio line injured two miners badly and damaged two houses. Steve Duma, 35, suffered burns and lacerations to head and body while Mike Hazugo, 27, sustained facial injuries. Dunin, near a powder keg with a lit lamp, triggered the blast. both injured men were taken to a city hospital.
Fire destroyed a large barn on Archie J. Stewart’s farm just beyond Greenville on Friday morning December 27, burning thirty five tons of baled hay and about ten tons of loose hay. Firefighters confined the blaze to the main structure, saving an adjacent barn though it caught fire several times. Officials of Jefferson Indiana Coal Co report winter operation of mines with sufficient orders on hand to sustain about two thirds time.
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