03 Apr 1909
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1909
Page
1
A note identifies Office and Printing Mant located in the New Gazette Building on Carpenter Ave Indiana. It states entry in the Indiana Mostatioe as Second Class Mail Matter.
A roundup of local happenings shows Frank George of Center township visiting here, and Mrs. M. G. Watson addressing the Church Workers Association of Salisbury on April 8. Numerous residents travel, relocate, or attend events in nearby towns, with council seats and county business noted for Plumville and Blairsville.
County Commissioner D. T. Niel buys a fine work horse from John Wiggins of Shelocta for 187.50 to bolster the County Home team after a prior horse died. Four cows from the County Home farm have been sold with nine remaining, to be disposed of unless milk production improves. The article notes Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for spring colds and urges avoidance of counterfeit products, sells through local druggists. Commissioner Niel and his wife and two grown children recently moved from Flora to the Simpson house at Cheatnut and Sixth streets.
A list of eighteen foreigners from Italy Hungary Germany Norway and France filed intentions to become US citizens. Their petitions will be acted upon at Naturalization Court on August 17. Names include Yari Silvio Giuseppe Esposito Santo Ragono Hyman Seegle and others from Plumville Blairsville Ernest Dixonville and Rossiter among towns listed.
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans to raise the roadbed and tracks from Bolivar to Lockport starting east of Bolivar station to the Lockport depot. The route has a notable dip and tracks may need lifting about seven or four feet. employment will be offered to unemployed men in Bolivar and nearby areas for the project.
The Indianahora l Society will begin a month of serious work for the Music Festival at month’s end. Rehearsals over the next three weeks require regular attendance, with Monday’s session at the Recreation Hall of the Normal School starting promptly at 7 45.
Local correspondence lists moves and visits as residents shuffle to and from Indiana. McCracken relocates to Indiana while Cribbs occupies the Rochester farm. others like Dr. Stewart and Colkitt change homes or duties. The column notes travel, estate matters, school terms, and upcoming events including Miss Carrie Barge’s Home Missions lecture on April 3.
Mrs. Margaret Peelor of Armstrong township is critically ill at Robert Wiggins home. She suffers general infirmities and is the widow of James Peeler. She is sister of Mrs. Harry Anthony of Railroad avenue and was related to Sheriff H. Wallace Thomas’s family.
Found on North Sixth Street a washing related notice. owner may recover by calling 134 North Sixth Street after proving property and paying 20 cents. Various rental notices for properties and rooms in Indiana PA area listed. inquiries directed to Mack's store 1102 W Philadelphia, 735 Wayne Ave, and Gazette Building. Wages offered for selling novelty items with potential weekly earnings of 35 to 40 dollars. box 601 Indiana Pa. Additional notices seek orders for merchandise via Pittsburg-Indiana Messenger Service and Indiana Electric Co. agents.
New York April 3 At 3 o'clock six of the world's best runners will contest the Marathon Derby at the Polo Grounds for a $10,000 purse. Competitors include Tom Longboat Johnny Haynes Dorando Pietri Alfred Shrubb Matt Maloney and Henri St Yves. Shrubb may pace himself early while Longboat is favorite with Pietri close behind after recent Madison Square Garden defeats.
Jerome D. Travers, United States amateur golf champion, sails from New York aboard the Caledonia bound for Scotland to test his skill against British players. He is entered in the British Amateur Championships starting May 24 at Mussfield and will train on British links beforehand. Travers remains modest about his chances abroad.
The Monaco motor boat races open tomorrow in Nice France and run through April 11. Six annual event attracts multiple nations with two American entries the Dixie II and the Standard competing in the Grand Prix international on April 11.
New Orleans on April 3 Robert J Maloney a lawyer convicted of defrauding clients of 300000 dollars was sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary Rollers Decline Wage Cut in Reading Pa April 3 workers at the Carpenter steel works wire mill rejected a ten percent wage reduction
Butter and eggs prices in Pennsylvania and Ohio creameries, potatoes and apples quoted. Cattle, sheep, and hog markets steady to higher with prime and medium grades listed. Chicago grain notes record highs for wheat in May and July futures, corn and oats closing firm.
Local forecast shows rain in West Virginia today with a Sunday of fair conditions. Western Pennsylvania and Ohio expect showers today followed by generally fair skies and a cooler day overall.
A fragment collection quotes Paris Journal and Saturday Evening Post on modesty and global curiosity. It notes Germans questioning the French and Americans exploring European differences while commenting on reliability of courage and perseverance amid setbacks. Foley's Kidney Remedy is advertised as spring tonic for kidneys and blood purification.
The Ohio State Journal recalls a memorable moment about a wrong number and the intimate experience of the telephone. An advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar as the trusted cough remedy, warning against counterfeit substitutes and urging purchase from all druggists.
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