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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1908
Page
4
An old advertisement warns sore throat is serious and can lead to diphtheria or tonsillitis. It promotes TON SILINE as the sole over the counter cure, claiming quick relief after few doses and urging households to keep it on hand. The Tonaline Co. promotes vended doses at 2c and 60c.
Secretary of War Taft addresses the Order of Railway Conductors in Chicago before a political swing through the city. He urges lawful capital labor combinations and warns of a coming clash over profits, noting housecleaning under Roosevelt and vowing enforcement of the law. Taft and entourage face park police but proceed without incident.
In Indianapolis on April 6 coal operators and United Mineworkers officials from Western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois planned a joint wage convention to rehabilitate the Interstate agreement and set a date for resuming bituminous mining if needed. The meeting aims to extend a wage scale with new officers optimistic it will succeed, while Illinois may skip attendance. 40,000 Pittsburg district miners face idle time as operators push for a district wide settlement rather than individual deals.
In Washington April, Democrats face restricted powers as Republicans curb motions to end debates and adjournments. Roosevelt appoints Louis Hammerling to Panama labor commission, per Mitchell recommendation. Misch proposes law to curb railroad capitalization, banning extra issues after one year except for line expansion. Mitchell declines Panama reporting role.
Four policemen were arrested on a conspiracy charge to rob properties they patrolled. William Frost, a plumber, surrendered and admitted the group used his wholesale district shop as a rendezvous. Police recoveries and Frost’s confession place the value of stolen goods at about $15,000, with items including carpet, stoves, cloth, hardware, hats, and more.
Twenty University of Michigan freshmen rehearsing speeches at the annual freshman banquet take refuge on the armory roof to prevent kidnapping by sophomores. Sophomores climbed with ladders but were blocked as freshmen used iron hooks and poles to pull ladders down, a sophomore dangling twenty feet in the air before release.
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