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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1908
Page
6
A plat gentleman pretends friendship until money runs out, then vanishes. The speaker recalls fair weather friends who stay only to profit from others, while contrasting them with a true friend who lends real support in hard times. A closing lines cites a needy friend’s cheerful but hollow refrain.
In Castiedare and Port Stewart, the McConathy brothers are famed for bold deeds. Willie McConathy, hurt and reading a book by a bridge, recalls a magical night with Oberon OBrien and a river misadventure that ends with his recovery and a Sunday mass for the drowned Willie, while Cormac and Bridget fear for him.
Willie McConathy, stranded and believed lost after a Dreen river incident, returns to his village church. The priest’s sermon links his misfortune to potheen, while Bridget McConathy and Lizzie Burns mourn, and Willie confesses a fairy king spared him. He resumes work on the freighter and remains sober, his fortunes improving as Bridget’s stocking fills with silver.
A collage of curiosities notes Japan’s many residences and costly artillery, the Salt River name for East River two centuries past, 1848 and 1908 Niagara crossings by dryshod, and a note on old Fogg as pensioner. It also mentions Euclid’s fifth proposition gossip, NYC salaries versus US army costs, kite-carriage tests, Grand Central and street walking to midtown stations, and a Latin Bible in the Cottonian library used for coronations long before 1000.
In Johnstown Loganstown miner Mike Shuneik tossed a cigarette butt into a powder can causing an explosion that burned his clothing and hurled him from a second floor. The house was demolished and adjacent homes damaged as fire was contained by other boarders. At Twin Rocks a lamp spark ignited powder, fatally injuring two men and wrecking the house.
Rocco Rocco, alleged founder of the Jack Hand society in Lawrence County, is jailed after transfer from Riverside penitentiary Pittsburg where he served a year for defrauding an Italian school teacher in Hillsville. He faces March trials on two Black Hand robbery charges. Bail details from 1906 New Castle arrest show Italian citizens funded bail via a local bank. He was captured in New York en route to Italy.
In Lancaster Pa a man identified as George M Gable reappears after 17 years to claim 12000 from the estate of his uncle Jacob Gable. He had disappeared leaving a wife and several children and was long deemed dead. Executors had blocked the inheritance until a Sacramento California search located him. The wife, now remarried, testifies to his identity as the rightful heir. Her second husband faces a divorce proceeding.
Bank examiner informs the district attorney that state banking department lawyers will assist in the People's Bank prosecutions. Defalcations are estimated at 75 000 to 83 000 dollars, with Cashier F Piper and W L Lenhart of Brownsville on the hook for about 65 000. Piper and Max Avner are charged with conspiring to defraud 7 000 to 8 000. Over 34 000 reportedly came from cashier's checks bearing forged Mary Bird signatures.
The East Huntington Mt. Pleasant and Allegheny township schools will establish circulating libraries funded by M A L Keister of Scottdale First National Bank. Each library will house 1000 books chosen by County Superintendent R C Shaw and Professor Edgar Reed. About 200 titles per library cover farm fire topics and access remains for all township residents.
A 125 year old log house used as an inn and relay station on the Pittsburg pike burned beyond Greensburg borough limits. The familiar stage coach era landmark, located about a half mile outside town, was destroyed by fire.
Robbers broke into the East Side drug store of Charles L. Hay at Du bois where a post office branch is housed. The interior was wrecked with show cases smashed and money stolen from the cash register. Stock losses around $1000. Several mall pouches in the post office were opened and stamps taken.
Gabriella Colossa, confined in Brookvilla jail, admits killing a fellow Italian in St. Augustine, Florida, seventeen years ago. He says a shadowing man forced the act and fears for his life. The magistrate reported to St. Augustine that Joe Landia, a wealthy Italian, was murdered in 1890 and the culprit fled, with a deputy sheriff noting the suspect may be moving north.
The third assassination attempt against Rev. Father John Chenelik of Ex pert occurred when the parish house was damaged by dynamite and an adjoining two story frame home housing foreign families was destroyed. Reported to be motivated by his role in ending a strike, with plans to also target workers reentering the mine.
Three Italian youths named Philip Biglioni aged 14 Angelo Talmeiri aged 16 and Peter Falconi aged 17 drowned when a pond ice near Bangor collapsed under a large crowd. The bodies were recovered.
Lehigh Valley Railroad conductor Charles Stanley of Jersey City was found dead on a freight car at Haston. Reporters note a hole in his head and railroad men doubt a bridge strike, arguing he was too careful and an overhead collision would have crushed his head.
The regular meeting of the board of pardons will be held January 15, when the cases scheduled for the December meeting will be heard. Gov. Stuart granted a respite to Bavario Curcio from January 17 to January 23. his case will come before the board on the fifteenth. Historic Mine Fire Extinguished at Heckscherville ends after 18 months of effort. Reading Iron & Coal Co officials say fire burned 28 years and now the old and new workings will be joined. Over 4,000 Return to Work as Cambria Steel resumes operations January 1, with about 76 percent of laid off workers to rejoin.
Captain Nathaniel J. Hurst of Company H Tenth Regiment N G P has resigned due to private business. A veteran of the Spanish War and the Philippine campaign, his successor will likely be Battalion Adjutant Lieutenant James Harkins.
Robbers broke into Cameron Cool's West Pittstan home fracturing his skull with a blunt instrument and stealing 300 dollars. Cool died tonight. he bred and owned racehorses in Waynesburg. Nearby, diphtheria spreads in Jefferson with three War nett family cases and other infections in Uniontown. In Washington, burglars struck Mrs. Mary Vitka in Canonsburg, stealing 8 dollars and jewelry.
An advertisement extols Borax as a simple safe method to prevent contagion from typhoid by flushing two tablespoons in hot water through drains. It claims Borax cleans pipes, softens water, whitens linens, freshens skin, cleans bottles, and is harmless, economical, and purchasable at druggists. A free Jingle Book offer accompanies two carton tops and 6c in stamps.
The article argues athletics improve discipline and morale, reducing drinking during football or baseball seasons. It notes that athletes who excel become desirable soldiers and that strong athletic teams enhance a post’s reputation, attracting better recruits to enlist.
A London Globe note explains hippophagy's long history from ancient China to Europe. It notes horseflesh was common in the past, was banned in Europe by Gregory the Seventh’s papal decree, and revived by Napoleon’s invasion famine in Germany, where it continued.
A watch for the blind marks hours with movable relief buttons on the dial and uses a strong minute hand for minutes. A blind person feeling the dial can locate the button indicating the hour while navigating social mood as implied by the text.
Reports note an improved Zeppelin carrying one hundred men and Lord Kelvin buried in Westminster Abbey. November yields all records for Panama Canal work, Paris tourism reaches new heights, and a major naval mobilization of torpedo boats is planned in Narragansett Bay next spring and summer.
The western states together hold more than 23 billion dollars in wealth while eastern states total about 330 billion a United States wealth distribution figure from the era contrasts regional economic strength and signals shifting economic power between regions.
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