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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
6
Poem fragment recalling a rural scene with cottages by a green bank and singing woods. It names Amy Kingsland Pennington and evokes distant days of play and love in nature, mixing imagery of hills, streams, and violet growth with nostalgic tone.
In a quiet study, Una confides her father's pressure to marry her to a suitor while she longs for Little Dan. Ted confronts the dilemma as Una reveals she loves Dan and fears an aging father's insistence on duty over happiness. The moment strains their bond and shatters a cherished illusion.
In a candid chat a young woman urges patience with her father while she confesses love for a man named Edward, who resembles the narrator. The narrator resolves to reveal the affair to the father, ending with an embrace and the implied marriage.
The Rhodesia Herald reports in Lomagundi that elephants blamed on the Wesseyan Mission lead by Rev. Mr. Grantham have surged from about a dozen to over 100. They raid kraals at night, destroy crops and fires, and have caused several settlements to abandon dwellings. Natives are injured as herds, including calves, roam the Unvokwe Range in stealthy, rapid movements. Officials plan possible government action to rid the district of the pest.
The New York Society of Founders and Patriots asks the Treasury for permission to place an inscription on the new Bowling Green Custom House wall. It commemorates Fort Amsterdam in 1626, Fort George until 1790, the New Netherlands settlement May 26, 1626, Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage, and the American independence era 1776-1783.
The article traces grain grinding from hollow mortars to Roman millstones and 18th century Evans automation, then the 19th century roller flour revolution. It notes the shift to removing outer skins, middlings regrinding, and improved flour quality, contrasting previous practices where coarser middlings went to cattle.
A condensed definition of political parties as fluctuating bodies forming to pursue aims against opponents, developing esprit de corps and tradition, and sometimes adopting new doctrines to win power. It notes how parties persist beyond initial aims and may accept principles as tools for victory. The Atlantic is cited regarding Mr. Bryan and free silver.
Excerpt from Appleton's Magazine extols American progress over a year of discussing diverse innovations. It praises cheap and varied food processing, kerosene pricing, valuable by products, widespread manufacturing, and the expansive railroad system that fuels growth and global trade.
The text discusses precocity seen as an early sign of degeneration affecting mental faculties. It cites Lombroso and notes a senile prenatal period in the fourth and fifth months, linking growth arrest to degenerates and precocity as a development defect. Historical examples include Relief de la Bretonne and the adage “A wit of five is a fool of twenty.”
In Uniontown and nearby towns foreigners who invested with Peter Rutsek faced disturbances as a $90,000 shortage surfaced. Rutsek’s deposits and exchange receipts totaling about $15,000 over seven months vanished, and authorities suspect he fled to Hungary with his family.
An order for 60 000 barrels of cement has been placed with a Pittsburg firm via Stewart Supply of Williamsburg. Deliveries start at once by carload lots, totaling 600 cars, for the Bosstown Water Company power dam near Huntingdon and the nearby Raystown dam. The project supports power and light for the region including Altoona, marking one of the year’s largest cement orders. A separate note reports a $1,000 reward offered by county officials for the killer of Volsta Sluchek near Mt. Pleasant, with Sheriff Shields and DA Wentling assisting in the case. Charles Williams, a young Black man, was arrested after discovering the child’s body and gave varying alibis.
The report covers Frank Irvine being moved to the State Hospital for the Insane after deteriorating during his capitol conspiracy trial, Meadvill e widow Mary Jane Regal hanging herself, John V. Harris jailed for bank fraud, widespread wheat and hay crop forecasts in Bellefonte, and a York widow accused of cruelty while blind. Gettysburg College pledges $100,000 for a science hall, with a matching promise expected.
A dozen West minster students plan summer work in camp schools for foreigners in Western Pennsylvania teaching English and coaching them in American customs. In Washington, Theodore Reed sued neighbor Henry Doehre for $10,000 after his stable was searched for stolen corn. the jury awarded Reed six and a quarter cents.
Hundreds of workers return to the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad as ore hauling season opens. Every locomotive is in service, Conneaut harbor to handle 500 cars daily increasing to 600 next week. Carnegie Steel official predicts July and August ore movement will beat last year’s record.
Fayette county jurors convict William L Cate of first degree murder in the 1907 Belle Vernon killing of Chief Thomas Guess. Cate wept as the 12 hour deliberation ended. Damages totaling 8249 awarded in three cases against the Pennsylvania Monongahela Southern Railway for right of way takings between Brownsville and Millsboro. Postal clerk E F Woodward arrested for embezzlement tied to a $184 shortage. Mt Pleasant fire damages include Ruder Inn buildings and a horse loss, with other properties burned. Mary Van Dyke of Clintonville celebrates her 101st birthday recalling Jefferson era. Nicola Mondilio sentenced to 13 years for murder in the second degree after a plea. Hattie and Emma Gordon plead guilty to theft. father sentenced for receiving stolen goods. Fire at Woodruff destroys wool and grain house, $50,000 loss, incendiary suspected. Wedding near Saxon, Butler county attended by eight. Wilson Busch fatally wounded by Dayton Osborne in Stroudsburg. State armory board to build New Brighton armory. Read ing armory pending clear title.
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