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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
2
A sweep of 1907 era items reports Judge Gary denying plans for a steel cartel, Senate moves to reopen Lorimer’s election, Fry charged over federal repairs pay, and a tobacco trust ruling as a Sherman Act monoply. It notes Knox arbitration talks, a 1907 hours of service ruling, and various other world and domestic events with names, places, and dates.
The Emperor of Russia will personally visit the American battleships at Cronstadt during their stay. Governor Wilson plans to apply energy to passing the 62 bills stalled during his absence upon returning home. Mary Mannering remarried in New York to Frederick E. Wadsworth after divorcing James K. Hackett in 1910. The Right Rev James J Keane named titular archbishop of Cais. Andrew Carnegie honored by National Liberal Club in London for peace efforts. King George invites trades union reps to his coronation.
Attorney General Wickersham told a House committee the Oil and Tobacco rulings clear the way for jailing corrupt trust officials. Senator Grady pushed a bill in New York to require signed newspaper editorials. Church disputes between Union Theological Seminary and the Presbyterian General Assembly look close to settlement. Over 1,000 Brooklyn Navy Yard workers were laid off for lack of work, three dry docks sit idle. Pennsylvania’s second class city charter bill passed in the Senate after Governor Tener signed it. William W. Astor gave half of the Waldorf Astoria to his son. If the estate had been disposed by will the state would have collected 208000 in inheritance tax. Richard B. McIlvaine, 27, Pittsburg lawyer, died in his sleep from a fall. The Massachusetts House approved without debate the move to elect US senators by popular vote.
Prince N C Pickering decorates as first American honored since Agassiz. Diaz warns peace needs his methods if crisis hits. would return if Mexico troubles rise. Conneau wins Nice to Rome air race in eight hours. 100 English Mormon converts reach Montreal. Castro plans invasion. US informs Portugal. Sunstar wins Coronation Derby before royalty. Diamond lost near London found by street boy. Sir Henry Seymour King loses seat over lavish constituent care. Silverton BC burned to ground. Sennet contest proceeds pledged by Aero Club of France. 1910 mutual betting totals 74.9 million. 1.5 million donated to charity. 120 tied to attack in Managua. British Commons passes antiair over coronation woods bill. Berlin wire on ransom for Mount Olympus captive. Grey says Morocco command must leave Fez soon. London visitors to US drop 2702. price hikes blamed. French force with 1500 camels held by tribes near Secht. 3000 troops to aid. Berlin records Germany open to arbitration treaty draft.
Former Allegheny County district attorney John S. Robb Sr died at his High Cliff home in Emsworth after a long illness. Born April 30, 1839, in North Fayette, he graduated from Jefferson College in 1864, served in the state legislature 1870-71 and twice as district attorney from 1878-84, later focusing on advisory work. Robb, a Republican leader, was active in church and fraternal circles and ran unsuccessfully for judge. He left a large family, nine children with wife Mary Hemingway.
In Marion Ohio a widow is named defendant in a suit to set aside a deed of a brick business block her husband William Barley Foye conveyed to her shortly before his death on June 2. Plaintiffs Charles Merkel George Foye and Frank Foye allege he was of unsound mind when signing. In Baltimore a fiftieth anniversary of Cardinal Gibbons priesthood is noted as a notable event on Tuesday afternoon.
Wellsburg W Va July 6 will mark the formal opening of Dam No 11 on the Ohio River during Old Home week. Officials and guests include Col John E Vance president of the Ohio River Improvement Association Senator Theodore B Burton Congressmen A J Barchfeld and James Francis Burke, Superintendent Frank W Halbrooke and Major Newcomer US Engineers, with river men from New Orleans to Pittsburgh attending.
Harrisburg Pa An order from National Guard headquarters moves the Second Brigade encampment from July 22 to July 29 with the location shifted to Indiana.
Canal Dover Ohio plant of the Tuscarawas Valley Brewing Company offered for sale at public auction but drew no bids. Foreclosure filed by Colonial Trust Company of Pittsburgh, holder of first mortgage bonds. Appraised at 98000 dollars. President Taft, returning from Chicago, stopped two hours in Pittsburgh, rode in an automobile, and visited his sister in law, Mrs Thomas K Laughlin.
Miss Dora Harben shelters from the world to craft sad verses in a dell behind the manor. A mysterious male poet adds lines to her work, provoking a confrontation. He reveals himself as Arthur Wayne, a traveling suitor. The pair discover mutual wit, spark, and vows of future travel and companionship.
Lady Sybil Smith, militant English suffragist, lands aboard the Lusitania and begins outlining stay plans with J. Pierpont Morgan Jr. Vivien Smith interrupts her to urge restraint as she mentions June London parade participation before heading to Canada, Vancouver, and then London.
A Marshall man jailed for vagrancy faced a defense where his 400 pound wife testified. The lawyer asked the jury if anyone could doubt the defendant’s lack of visible means of support, and the jury agreed. This report from Saline County News notes the unexpected testimony and the jury’s conclusion.
Mrs Violet Cole of Philadelphia relates a healing tale from 1910. She credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with curing her childhood eczema and easing her five children’s severe cases including scalp sores hair loss and ringworm. The notice invites readers to obtain a free skin disease book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp. Boston.
The exchange centers on travel costs on a southern state branch railway. A New England woman says five cents a mile is extortion, while a southern cousin notes it seems cheap by the hour, around thirty-five cents, highlighting regional views on rates.
A quirky item notes a formal garden and Knicker-Have inquiry about rules. Bocker asserts no chickens allowed while Garfield Tea regulates a lazy liver. A witty line suggests a wife and sins will reveal the truth.
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