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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1908
Page
6
A fragment from Uncle Remus's Magazine recalls a colonial era proverb about perpetual effort. The speaker, referencing the old man and a rustic life, warns that keeping the fire alive may burn up the wood, a metaphor for strain and consequence across hardship and harvest.
In a busy afternoon at Hyman Goodman’s store Yankele Schleifan assists and negotiates a sale of cigars with Levi Micklowitz and Gottlieb’s rival pressure. Yankele cleverly offers to buy two boxes for fifty cents and sells them back to Goodman at a profit, prompting Goodman to match the deal to avoid losing ground to Gottlieb.
An Arkansas farmer hires Esau Buck to help with wood. Esau pretends to saw and avoids work until a sequence with a buck saw leads to a comic accident. The old man returns with a buck saw, a seesaw, and a chain of mishaps ending in injury to Esau Buck and damage to the saw setup.
In a New York Sun narrative, Yankele confronts Levi over cigars he planned to buy elsewhere. Levi accuses him of theft, while Yankele defends honesty and claims to seek fair deals. Yankele later buys cigars from Goodman, paying cash with two dollars plus forty cents change, courting profit.
In a conservatory scene a man asks a woman to marry him and she refuses with a quiet, loving negation. He accepts the outcome calmly and suggests resuming their dance. She plots revenge, then reconsiders and agrees to marry him, as plants seem to mock their exchange. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Buffalo Times note quotes an Englishman praising American men as ideal husbands and expresses a wish that American women would also believe this. The remark reflects lighthearted cross Atlantic views on romance and domestic roles.
The article argues that rising farm prosperity increases demand for better highways. It cites national and state funding, notably Massachusetts and California progress, plus Ohio official George W. Lattimer stressing roads as a top national issue. It notes farmers suffer from bad roads, delaying market haul and raising prices, urging federal state and county support.
The 1905 constitutional amendment allows up to 50 million dollars in bonds for highway improvement. The Higbie-Armstrong act enables state aided plans upon county and town requests, with state paying the larger share. Only about 7,000 miles of state roads are well improved, but a ten percent network could connect major cities and extend access to all farms within five miles of an improved highway.
A smooth tongued book agent questions a little boy about a man at the window. The boy replies that the man is his father reading the newspaper, and he adds that his mother is out. The boy corrects a potential falsehood and asserts honesty.
A historical note states that glass fashioned into microscopic objectives carries a higher price tag than gold, reflecting its scarce value and precision challenge for optical instruments.
In US court Judge Archbald jailed Rev. H. I. Zimmerman of Omaha for six months and fined $100 for sending obscene pictures through the mails. Zimmerman pleaded guilty after witnesses testified to his good character. he claimed the images were for a magazine article in progress. Next capital trial postponed to May 11 due to severance disputes and need for shared evidence.
Harrisburg reports certificates of nomination petitions filed at the capitol were mailed to county commissioners. More than 3,000 names were certified with eight withdrawals including J J Dropeskey of Mt. Carmel and John R Fertig of Lebanon.
Greensburg miner 52 year old James Darnley was fatally shot during a midnight robbery near Hempfield Slope east of Greensburg. He and three family members were attacked by three men. Darnley rushed the assailant and was shot in the groin. One suspect, Mike Strobak, was captured and jailed as doctors say there is no chance of recovery.
Three members of the Brown family perished in a dynamite explosion near Acme five miles east of Mt. Pleasant. Postmaster David H. Brown age 50 and two sons Roy 17 Clark unknown were torn apart after 25 pounds of explosive used to dynamite stumps detonated. Shreds and a lone trunk were found as authorities searched the cratered site. Brown's widow and two daughters mourn the loss. A separate report from Harrisburg notes three Italian men found dead beside the Pennsylvania railroad near Newport, likely struck by a fast express while walking the tracks at night. In other news a state mine code commission based in Harrisburg will meet in Pittsburgh to draft a code with suggestions from operators and miners. Chief Roderick leads the effort with a fall draft planned.
A building housing Borland & Felt general store and the Rockland post office was struck by lightning late last night and burned. Loss estimated at 15,000 dollars with 10,000 dollars insured. All mail matter burned. Odd Fellows lodge equipment destroyed.
Reading railway suspends 160 crews due to lack of business to provide more time for workers. The order affects all divisions and about 200 men will be impacted.
Mya Martha Cartwright of Hollidaysburg rose at night to care for a pet dog. She dropped a lighted lamp, was burned to death, and the house was destroyed. Her son William Cartwright jumped from an upstairs window and was seriously injured.
In Shenandoah and Union townships twenty four saloonkeepers and wholesale liquor dealers were arrested by Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League agents for liquor law violations. The saloonkeepers are charged with selling on Sunday and wholesalers with retail selling. They will be brought to town for hearings. Health officers closed a Polish Catholic church in Johnstown after the Conemaugh congregation ignored a suspension request for services. Officers entered and ordered all to leave as a threatened diphtheria epidemic prompted a public-assembly ban. A report notes Officer Kissel was allegedly struck during the incident.
Mayor Reyburn announced immediate steps to borrow 9 million dollars authorized a year ago. The funds aim to finance municipal improvements and create work for the city's unemployed, with expected fundraising in about 16 days.
Allentown reports Charles Lichtenwalner of Macungie township was instantly killed by a rock from a blast fired by men at work on his farm. The 58 year old, a member of a prominent Lehigh county family, had just alighted from a train when the blast was fired.
An opinion to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction discusses that county city and borough school superintendents do not fall under the corrupt practices act of 1906. Sharon Man Henry M. Cohen is named district deputy grand president of the Binal Birth Judges for Northwestern Pennsylvania, including Meadville Corry Oil City Erie Jamestown Sharon and Bradford. The Butler Fair and Driving Park Company limits displays from 1903 onward to residents of Butler County to curb out-of-county professionals capturing livestock premiums.
Richard Marks, sixteen, died when an aunt turned on electricity while he repaired an incandescent socket at Mrs James A Davis home in Altoona The electrocution delivered a 120 volt shock and killed him instantly.
John Lindsay, a Pittsburg Negro, was acquitted of killing his roommate Mose Hudson at Sagamore mines. Lindsay vanished on the day of the killing, returned last fall, and was apprehended this year. Headlines note other regional items about crime, missing persons, and social ban on a barn dance.
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