07 Apr 1916
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1916
Page
1
Fragmented passage explains baseball actions including pitching, hitting, and outs. It notes batter swings and misses, trapping at the plate, and fielding plays as teams alternate at bat and defense. It describes outs and base running in a period-voice style.
The passage notes fans cheer for runs yet reviewers claim old time crowds showed little courtesy to players. Spectators laments arise as calls like Horseshoes and You lucky slobs echo in the stands.
The brief asks about roof gutter sags as mosquito breeding sites and raises statements on public health, including the idea that babies are America’s most valuable crop, cigars as a health menace, a library of medical slides, typhoid accuracy of community intelligence, whooping cough deaths, housing affect on health, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever spread by wood ticks.
Sheriff Harry A. Boggs was called to Edri to confer with Faster Ming officials over looming labor trouble. Eight men were deputized to serve as guards at Edin for an indefinite period as unrest threatened to spread to the mining fields.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions names Ralpine St A beta Grek Mary Campbell and Brushvatley with unclear context and no verifiable event.
Stella Widdowson of Hopewell is visiting locally for a few days. William W. Hopkins of Marion Center was a business visitor. Miss Margaret Wilson of West Water Street returned from Clearfield and joined her father J Willis Wilson for a Windber visit. Maud Hall of Clearfield traveled to Pittsburgh for Nursing School graduation events. Sarah Helen Whitman appears in fragmentary note about china eggs and a fair azalea.
Multiple small ads show items for sale and rent including pork, a washroom, a property west of Court House with 10 rooms and bath, and a purchased farm area. Also mentions residences in Philadelphia area and West of Court House. The text is fragmented and contains garbled street names and incomplete phrases.
For rent four rooms in a residence at N Sixth Street. Call the number listed for details and availability.
United States newspaper items report the Peninsular and Oriental liner Simla, taken for government use, possibly sunk by a submarine off the Greek coast amid heavy seas. Dispatches note a transport loss or torpedoing, but no official confirmation by 1 pm. The fragment includes political notices from Indiana County Republicans listing candidates for a May 26, 1916 primary along with party officials.
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