05 Apr 1906
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
1
A critical editorial argues against private control of gas and rail systems, urging government seizure of franchised utilities to stop abuses. It denounces antitrust and pro-trust laws, warns trusts overrun public service obligations, and calls for a general freight agent to enforce uniform rates.
The state armory board awarded a 25500 dollar contract to erect an armory at Pottstown as the first of several funded from a 250000 dollar statewide appropriation. Corrs City offered three sites for armories, with plans for additional facilities in Congellsgilh and Chester as well as a new armory in Pottstown.
Alieh Aprio 5s Mias Tda Gomes aged US sues Jacob and wife for $10,000 alleging they spread stories causing her to break off her engagement and remain a spinster. She charges the brother with assault and battery. Miss Cass laments ruined matrimonial prospects. Fugitive captured in lumber camp Missouri man Charles W. McGlewen wanted for embezzling about $3,000 from Union Central Life in Cincinnati.
Letter to D W Simpson of Indiana Pa explains Devoe paint guarantee policy and dealer discretion. Cites J H Asher Co Rhinebeck NY selling Devoe with only one complaint since 7e to date. Describes weatherrelated paint failure on one house side and dealer’s fair remedy. Mentions new quick desserts by grocers and ordering details.
French sculptor and amateur aeronaut Paul Nocquet perished during a daring flight from the Bronx to Jones Beach Amityville area. His deflated balloon was found on the muddy bank of Bass Creek after a days long coastal and marsh search conducted by the Aero Club of New York and local life saving crews.
E C Swift of Chicago a Swift & Co member died at the Quincy house in Boston after two weeks of illness from pneumonia. He left Beverly Farms to be near N E B Hollis of Boston during an operation. His daughter Mrs Clarence Moore of Chicago and his wife, en route from Europe, were noted. Swift, a Sandwich native, helped advance the packing industry and refrigerator car systems. The report includes a second item about strike riots in Abbeville France where locksmiths sacked homes and set fires, with reinforcements ordered.
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