05 Apr 1920
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1920
Page
1
Cardinals event features brass performances and special wartime style displays. Off the lid field marks a community celebration with music by the brass band and local participants.
April twenty second marks the opening of the championship season for the Baseball Club at Foxbes with heavy local interest. Noted veteran star Gibson is mentioned as part of a drive started weeks ago, while Blairsville is highlighted as the sole town on an official list.
The article foresees a stronger Pirates lineup with additions George Whitted Lefty Grimm and manager George Gibron plus a seasoned pitching staff led by Carlton Pondar and Wisner. It notes Dreyfuss masterstroke in hiring Gibron and predicts a better chance than last year, with opening ceremonies at Forbes Field on April 22 and a home schedule through May including a Cubs series in Chicago.
A long reminiscence recalls William S Tittle of Brown Street San Bernardino celebrating his ninety birthday at 324 West Fourth Street. It details his 60 years in San Bernardino, his musical activity and frail health, and describes the rising playground movement supported by borough council members. The piece notes a parade and large turnout of schoolchildren, arguing for a city playground before summer and critiquing street traffic for hindering playground use. Why does a kibton play?
The brief notes that followed describe the procession advancing with purpose as the line moved forward and achieved its objective, despite interruptions or incomplete phrases. The fragment underscores a ceremonial display and the crowd's reception, emphasizing continuity of pageantry and movement.
Fragmentary news notes indicate Love Deniel continued freeing page one and a bean sent to high parents home in Punxsutawney with funeral services having much yet to be completed.
The Civil Service Building in Washington DC, once urged for government use by Theodore Roosevelt and used to employ hundreds of thousands for civil service exams, has been purchased by the Salvation Army. It will host a Salvation Army facility with voter accommodations, bowling alleys, grub rooms, and sleeping quarters for government workers and applicants.
Public sale of livestock and farm machinery on C B Rhea farm 12 miles north of Kent on April ?, 12 o'clock. Items listed include a black team seven years old 3300 lbs two general purpose horses 1250 and 1200 lbs one year old mare 1400 lbs 18 Holstein cattle 12 Berkshire hogs. Also sale of a flame house with bath hot air furnace garage 650 by 200 ft inquire 1062 Grant Street. For sale a five passenger Ford late model inquire 119 South Sixth Street. Girls wanted see ad on page 4 King Razor Mfg Co 82 North Street Indiana Pa. WANTED good housemaid or middle aged widow to do general housework good wages to right party must come well recommended J C Haslinger 553 School Street Homer City Pa. WANTED cook for boarding house inquire Bell 32 Homer City Pa. WANTED butcher for market in central Pennsylvania give age and references single man preferred reply C care of this paper. 150-x
Classified snippet shows a lodging offer at 937 Churel Street with a note that furnished rooms are not available and gentlemen preferred. The fragmentary text suggests a rental ad from a historical newspaper page.
Forecast calls for fair to cold conditions this week with frosts and freezing temperatures in the first half. Expect chilly nights and light winds as fronts move through, with gradual warming toward the weekend. Early cross-regional lows may dip below freezing in rural areas.
Indiana residents invited to join Pittsburg friends for a reunion lunch with afternoon plans. Tickets 2.50 distributed by Miss Ethel Waddle 66 Sprague Avenue Bellevue. Also notices of Public Service Commission filing by Pennele Water Company for water storage, transport, and furnishing.
Public hearing set for April 2 1920 at 9 30 o clock A M to consider a petition for water power reservoirs in East Wheatfield Township Indiana County Pennsylvania bounded by Bang Hollow extension of Penna R Ry Coonemaugh and Conemaugh Rivers with authority under 18th clause Section 2 Act of April 29 1874 as amended May 27 1889 Attorney David L McCahill for petitioner and Benithim Trees Building Pittsburgh Pa April 6-12-x
The fragment blends James Allen’s thought on cultivation of the mind with a visual oddity from Bowls Newfane Vermont. It notes a tree grown around a hollow, the interior of an old implement tree, and pieces of a bard foca found where the ends of an old bard pulled, illustrating growth around a core.
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