19 Apr 1906
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1906
Page
1
Walter H. Jackson serves as editor and manager of the weekly publication in a brief note dated Wednesday highlighting his role and leadership within the newspaper operation.
Professor BR Mechem of Chicago University argues honesty is failing amid dishonesty and corruption. He contends laws are largely adequate and abuses arise from individual irresponsibility and group actions. He cites labor unions and large corporations as prime examples.
Mrs Russell Sage argues drinking among women is deplorable and smoking is far worse, denouncing it as abominable for women. She links tobacco use to demoralization and warns of lasting influence on youth for generations to come.
A local sale offers household furniture including e gata china and kitchen utensils at 16 South Ninth Street Indiana. The listing notes household items available for purchase and urges interested buyers to inquire locally.
An Indiana trade notice extols Mi-ona stomach tablets as a cure for indigestion and related ailments. A testimonial letter from F. W. Devoe & Co references paint costs and a Brewster, New York bank president’s residence, emphasizing quality and longevity of Devoe paint products.
A local notice lists marriage licenses and commercial notices with Corsets in all sizes at Helena B Vogel's shop. The brief item highlights licensing and a clothing retailer offering a range of corsets, signaling a small business notices section.
A massive earthquake tests San Francisco’s skyline as tall steel frame structures survive better than brick. The Monadnock building near Palace Hotel suffers rear wall collapse while docks and sheds slide into the bay. Fire spreads through Market Street and embraces the city’s burned district as St. Agnews asylum is wrecked and troops patrol after the tremor.
Fires swept the city after the quake destroying the Metropolitian Opera House the Parrott building and the Academy of Sciences as crowds watched the blaze rise in waves. Police attempted to restrain looters while a relief effort coordinated by Gen Funston and Secretary Taft prepared tents food and medical supplies for thousands left homeless.
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