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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
8
Paoli Mallette and Ern ie S Paw advertise Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills as top stomach and liver remedies addressing constipation indigestion jaundice and related ailments. They claim concentrated Paw-Paw virtues and offer a free sample by mail from Munyon's Homeopathic Remedy Con at 534 and Jefferson Streets Philadelphia.
The piece contrasts man and dog, noting speech separates us though silence can shield virtue. It argues language spurs metaphysics and frees dogs from superstition, while implying humans’ speech elevates moral reasoning beyond deeds.
A London T P's Weekly excerpt criticizes current education schemes. It argues for interior development of natural bent and parent teacher conferences to empower effective schooling and home support with insightful child literature.
The May field work continues across the nation with corn and cotton together likely to cover 145 million acres. Spring wheat adds about 20 million acres, while winter wheat may total at least 30 million acres for harvest. By month end 165 million acres of spring crops will be planted, driven by 60 days of field work, though some corn replanting may be needed.
A described pastime of Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia is mounting a tall observation tower to watch subjects with a telescope. The method is well known to the people, who thus deny the king much chance to observe deeds deserving punishment.
Mrs. Caroline Maher recommends a strap or rawhide belt to secure a baby in a high chair. Create slits in the strap to pass around the waist and chair, forming side slits to the back and opposite side, ensuring the child cannot stand or lean forward.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Americans heading to Canada intend permanent settlement in the Northwest to cultivate waste lands and contribute to the Dominion. Canada needs immigrants urgently and should welcome them warmly as they seek happiness and strengthen the new country.
The New York Press comments that four women are admirable when they choose to be, while a man proves useful when necessary, reflecting evolving views on gender roles and capability.
The Cross and Song general store at Kennerdell burned to the ground at midnight, with $16,000 loss. The post office was looted and most mail destroyed. safes preserved records and stamps. No fire protection existed, and nearby residence caught embers. origin unknown. In Harrisburg, typhoid cases fell in April to 500 statewide, Allegheny County reporting 28 cases, a sharp drop from March and earlier months.
Farmers Edward Shaw and L A Shaw of Hollidaysburg seek to strike from records judgments totaling about $10,000 on grounds their signatures were forged. The suits involve notes tied to Levi D Stiffler of the Kellerman house. Creditors include Northcraft Block Johnstown $1500, First National Bank Hollidaysburg $2500, M S Greenlief $800, Sheriff Adam L Hare $500. Sensational developments expected.
A 1,000 barrel oil gusher was drilled on the David Scott farm near Bakerstown by T. W. Phillips Gas and Oil Co. It ranks as the best strike in Butler County in five years. The well, in Allegheny County line area, began production at 50 barrels per hour, reaching 500 barrels by mid afternoon, as oil was diverted into tanks.
Wilkes-Barre manucuo Collegio, an 84 year old Sicilian married resident, admits killing Gurlio Salterio a tailor in Rochester on August 14 1907. Arrest followed an Italian–language overheard conversation and identification by Rochester detective Elliott. He claims self defense.
Pittsburg boy 11, Klein, dies after John Allen 17 discharges revolver placed to Klein’s head while instructing death by own action. A third boy witnessed. Allen admits shooting. In Rochester, Carl Albright 14 is severely injured after a heavy limb from a storm blown tree pins him. he undergoes skull surgery with doubtful recovery prospects.
In Lockstown hollow between Aliquippa and Woodlawn a gambling dispute led to a shooting in a barber shop. Mike Vegovitch, 25, died minutes after being wounded. John Stepanovic, the accused shooter, fled to the hills.
Fires have burned across Elk county for days with Laurel Mills suffering severe damage to houses and sawmill piles. Water works narrowly saved after pumping station and engineer’s home were perilously endangered by the blaze. A shower aided suppression and extinction is expected. Nearby trails and farms in Fogle area report multiple losses including equipment, power houses, tanks, derricks, and oil property totaling about $20,000.
A furious bull killed John Vaughn, 60, of Pittsburg, as it charged while he led the animal into a barn on D. E. Maroney’s Pittsburg farm, two miles north of town. Tenant Frank Wolf tried to intervene, searched for a shotgun, then used a pitchfork to drive the maddened beast away. Vaughn’s body suffered severe crushing and multiple broken bones.
A deed filed in the recorder’s office transfers 3,000 acres of the Pittsburg vein coal and 4,000 acres of surface holdings in Washington and Allegheny counties to the Pittsburg Coal Company. The consideration is $1,500,000, to be paid in first mortgage bonds dated June 1, 1910.
Erle Mrs George Lander aged 78 was struck while crossing main street near her home and hurled 50 feet. She died instantly as her son and daughter witnessed the crash. Police believe they have the car identified and expect an arrest soon.
A coroner's jury attributed the fatal Diamond Coal and Coke Company explosion near West Brownsville on May 5 to low water pressure and boiler overheating. Three men William Adamson Peter Welch and Paul Brevard died. Changes in Post Offices Announced Pennsylvania rural carriers appointed Allegheny route 3 Lionel H Goer carrier Thomas C White substitute Kittanning route 2 Robert C McKelyy carrier no substitute Frost postmaster Charles G Ladd appointed Athens county Ohio to replace C H Russell remov ed.
Washington county commissioners report a valuation rise of over 7 million dollars since 1907, with total assessed value now at 114,243,390 compared to 107,119,232 three years ago. Big gas well strikes Greene county on Mathias Morrle farm near Rogersville, producing 8 million feet daily. Apollo pastor Rev. H E Barkey installed. address by Rev. H E Blint and Rev. Dr. Alonzo J Turkle. Wilkes-Barre mine workers seek union aid from national president T L Lewis amid a coal strike involving 12,000 Pennsylvania Coal Company workers.
Benjamin B Hampton argues Alaska′s wealth is vast and largely uncounted. He cites surveys showing only a fraction explored and estimates hundreds of billions in placer and lode gold, copper, coal and oil potential, plus timber and salmon values. The piece frames Alaska wealth as public property with huge future stakes.
In hospital operating rooms and wards doctors use a piece of soap as a pin cushion to ease suturing. The Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine cites its adoption after Dr R H Follin noticed a tailor’s idea at Annapolis. The method, inspired by naval cadets, improved pinning through dressings and was widely adopted in the surgical service.
A report from a theater where two young women could not sit together and were told only end seats in adjoining rows might become available. Near intermission one woman asked a heavy middle aged man if he was alone. he replied by concealing his face and saying Shi Wife.
A fragmented OCR shows multiple periodical titles paired with the Democratic party label and page markers. The line items mix Lond Housekeeping American Maganine Cosmopolitan and Democrat with others like National Monthly, The New York Daily World, and Pittsburg Daily Post, each suffixed by a page number or code.
The article lists prominent women and events: Mme. Viardot-Garcia dies in Paris. L. Gibbs seals Kinabalu in North Borneo. Emily Butt first woman on Mississippi Legislature floor. Marie Hall signs $60,000 South Africa tour. Alice Smith proposes women prisoners house of detention in New York. Mary A. Mason wills $500,000 for a town hospital. Theodora Benner drops divorce suit in Omaha. Bessie A. Dwyer among first women staff at Congressional Library. Mabel E. Sturtevant graduates valedictorian after rapid high school completion. Willon M. Henrotin and Dr. Anna Dwyer named to Chicago vice study committee.
Yale defeated Princeton in the annual dual tennis meet while Harvard beat Princeton at Longwood. Freshmen eligibility at Colgate and strong Amherst prospects for New England track are noted. Berna beat Paull in Ithaca’s two mile race by forty yards. Ira Davenport ran 1.48 4-5 for a half mile after a 50 4-5 quarter. International intervarsity games face difficulties. last held in 1904.
Uncle Sam salutes the new Utah as the latest pinnace in a growing battleship armada. The Baltimore American hails the launch as a momentous naval event, noting the ship’s tonnage and fighting power that position it among the nation’s unrivaled sister vessels.
Mme Viardot Garcia, once famed singer and sister to Malibran, dies after scaling Kinabalu Peak in North Borneo at 13,700 feet. Emily Butt wins a coveted tour contract in South Africa worth 50,000 dollars. A women’s detention house is established, while Mrs Mary A Mason of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, probate notes reveal a near 600,000 dollar will. Bessia A. Dwyer, connected to Brookefield, Missouri, is noted in Braun competition alongside Mabel B. Sturtevant Chicago connections.
The Boston Record argues oil as fuel would extend steaming radius and free space aboard, cut crew, reduce smoke, and save time. Freighters already use oil, and battleships are adding auxiliary oil burning gear. It would not take much to establish oil as final fuel.
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