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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
6
A poetic life meditation contrasts a vagrant stream with the mountain and hillside, praising unhurried movement and nature's fruitfulness. The verse frames contentment found in nature, suggesting that true life is woven by the earth’s gifts, blossoms, and wisdom.
A brief item notes a contest involving the Weather Bureau featuring Robbine in a named role. Details are limited to this mention and the event context remains unclear from the fragment.
In Ardback Corner a veteran postmaster Moses Luf kin dismisses rural free delivery yet bets on a weather forecast duel with Clarence Dole a Weather Bureau assistant observer staying at Blake's. Over two weeks Lufkin forecasts daily while Dole watches tally results to prove or disprove Government predictions.
In a village near Hardback Corner a storekeeper and amateur weatherman, Mr. Lufkin, disputes rival forecasts with Mr. Dole. After an early success predicting fair weather, his authority wanes as a planned picnic on Long Pond proceeds under sunny skies, leaving the elderly prophet humbled and the community eyeing a dry era.
In a simple dinner at Hardback Corner Grandmother Lufkin and family discuss the Weather Bureau and forecast accuracy. Mr Lufkin boasts his own weather wisdom, noting a small shower proves his point while claiming his grandson works in the Weather Bureau.
A Forest Service Circular warns US wood use is far above European levels, risking a timber famine. It notes per acre growth of ten versus an ideal thirty cubic feet, 1880–1906 export and stumpage trends, and urges expanded national and state forest control to sustain production for future generations. It also references 1906 Philippine merchandise exports.
A reflective, nostalgic verse contrasts childhood treks for water with the worn, creaking bucket by the well. It recalls family memory and the labor of carrying water, likening it to Sisyphus and a circus seat granted to Hornena the elephant, referenced from McLandburgh Wilson in The Sun.
A collage of brief humorous exchanges and quips from early 20th century papers. Bits range from a Baltimore remark on broken tones to a Persian penman named Aziz and a gag about singing in the church choir. Other jests touch auto rugs, patchwork pants, and mail order shopping jokes.
A Philadelphia Record item recounts two envelope purchases at a central city store. A young woman sold a single envelope for a cent to a man with a letter, the smallest sale ever. Later a rough man ordered one million envelopes, paid by cash from a roll of yellowback notes, and disappeared after delivery.
A humorous vignette describes a man returning at 3 a.m. to find his wife already home and dressed, stating she had just come in herself. The scene plays on mistaken assumptions and comic gender roles in a light New Voice tone.
State Treasurer Berry reports the general fund ending May 31 at 14,180,801.19, likely the highest on record, up from 10,812,831.19 on April 30. May payments of corporation taxes boosted receipts, with a single day exceeding 1,000,000. The sinking fund rose to 1,879,468.34 from 1,854,144.86 due to interest deposits and 5,000 quarterly interest on state bonds.
A lengthy probe reveals contractor John H Sanderson overcharged the state for marble work on the new capitol. Sanderson received 216 126.40 for marble valued at 31 134, with some items yielding over 56 000 percent profit. Marble mantels and fountains were billed far above market value. plaster substitution and inferior marble noted in the building.
The Greensburg jury sustained the will of Jacob Byers who died three years ago at Mt. Pleasant township. The estate valued at $500,000 was left to a nephew amid contest by Western state claimants who alleged mental incapacity and undue influence by a caretaker. The case has run two years in Westmoreland County Court. In a separate note, Patrick Reardon, 98, is accused of fatally shooting his uncle Thos Norton, 35, and M. N. Moorehead, 65, at 411 Larimer avenue, Pittsburg, before a later self-inflicted gunshot wound. Norton likely to die. Moorehead hospitalized.
The mangled body of an unidentified man was found on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks at Meadows Washington County. His clothing pockets were turned inside out and his watch torn from its chain. The coroner believes robbery killed him and that the body was laid on the tracks to conceal the crime.
Taxpayers allege bias by the city assessors and the board of revision and appeals in property valuations. Altoona city council votes to form a five member committee with subpoena power to investigate the matter.
A broken brake beam caused a fast westbound freight to derail near Harbor Creek shortly after midnight. Five cars of naptha exploded but no damage or fatalities were reported. the incident caused the wreck without further harm.
The Comptroller of the Currency approves organizing Citizens' National Bank of Union City Erie county by D. J. Smiley Rulaf Fuder L. D. Shreve Edwin PF Clark and KH A Shreve with capital of $56,000.
A air motor burst at No 14 colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal Co in Port Blanchard killed John Manley and Richard McCawley and fatally injured Michael Dillon and Henry Waters. Gov Stuart signed several reform bills including registrar pay and hours, Allegheny registration commissioners continuation, and a slate of noted measures from the last Legislature.
A 19th century study details the house fly Musca domestica from egg to adult, noting egg laying around 120 per female, hatching in 24 hours, larval and pupal stages, rapid development under moist manure conditions, and a ten day total lifecycle. It discusses sex differences, parasites, fungal infections, winter behavior, emergence in spring, indoor migration, and notes flies as disease "care users" though not disease propagators, urging pest control.
In Gilgandra New South Wales a new industry yields nearly half a gallon of lubricating oil from 73 pounds of rabbit skins without reducing their commercial value. File: 24 W. FP. Fernald of Old Orchard Maine preserves a large scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings about appendicitis, noting all aspects of every case heard.
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