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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
3
A first Music Festival by the Indiana Choral Society drew a nearly full Presbyterian church crowd and enthusiastic out state visitors. Artists praised the venue and chorus, with remarks by Carl Bernthaler Victor Kolar and Walter Earnest. finances show a comfortable surplus after high expenses.
An expert review of a recent music festival concert praises the performance. Conductor Carl Bernthaler leads a strong opening with a Bach related overture and Fritz Goernst earns applause for cello. the main highlight is Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor and The Creation, performed with clear diction and expressive phrasing. Gertrude Clark is noted for a pleasing perceptible vocal presence.
A second concert at the Music Festival drew a modest afternoon audience as it ran an hour and a quarter. Overture Jubel seven minutes and Ballade of Fair Ellen thirteen were brief, while the evening featured Tannhauser Overture and The Creation for two and a half hours with strong orchestral color. The Egyptian Ballet and Victor Merbert’s American Fantasie impressed, and the star soloists, praised for their voice and range, electrified the crowd with patriotic finale The Star Spangled Banner.
Ira Myers was a business visitor in Pittsburg today. Danony Williame returned on the 2 16 train from a week’s visit to Pittsburg. Mrs Charley Dauer of St Marys visits her son and daughter in law in Ernest. Mrs Martha Gompers of Johnstown and Mrs Matthias Yost of Butler visit friends in town. Mr and Mrs James Claypool of Worthington attended the music festival hosted by Mr and Mrs Findley on Church Street. Mrs Watt Kinter of Chambersville and her children visit her parents on West Cheatnut Street. Mr and Mrs Frank Graff of Blairsville attended the music festival. they were in Indiana as guests of S W Guthrie of Church Street. Mrs Mary E Wilson of Church Street returns from six weeks in Philadelphia for her health. S W Guthrie leaves for Atlantic City for a meeting of the Advents of the Equitable Life Insurance Co. he will visit son Milton at Lafayette College. Mrs Libey of Punxsutawney, Mrs Jack Story and Mrs O B Fink of Latrobe, Mrs W A Speer, John Moorhead and party of Blairsville, and Mrs Charles E Beeson of Pittsburg were among visitors during the music festival. For sale sorrel pony, good saddle and driver, and rubber-tire runabout. Inquiring G O Litale, Philadelphia.
Three Blairsville suspects were jailed by Sheriff Jacob Wettling. B J Kaufman and Maud Kaufman were held on liquor selling without a license. Addis Long faced larceny charges with bail set at 500 dollars. Waldek Marzuiek of Rossiter was arrested on a charge of op find.
Several hundred men in Ernest were laid off today as general business gloom strikes. Rochester & Pittsburg coal operations there are extensive and coal quality is high. Downtime leaves scores of empties on B&R P sidings as mines have slowed. Mrs. Elizabeth Kinter, 82, widow of John Kinter, died Tuesday at granddaughter’s home in South Third Street after pleurisy. Survived by sister Jesse Saltagiver, daughter Mary McCausland, sons Jason and William, nine grandchildren, seven great grandchildren. Funeral by Dr. H F Shank Friday 10:16 at the Shank home. Burial in Washington Cemetery, Rayne township.
G L Stephenson of Peterborough Ontario suffers ten years with piles before using Dr Leonhardt Hem-Rold. After three boxes he is fully cured and his health improves. He urges others to try the remedy. Price $1.00 from T E Hildebrand in Indiana or Dr Leonhardt Co Buffalo NY.
P L Carpenter proprietor of the Capital hotel Johnstown will on May 1 open his new summer cottage above Yoder Falls on Paint Creek. The rustic white birch log dwelling was built with logs secured from New Hampshire. Before buying a sewing machine see Appleby Peterson.
Notice advertises Bow River Valley wheat land in southern Alberta Canada with contact J. McElboe, Agent, Indiana. Mentions renting a spring machine via Appleby & Paterson and Poultry Wire and Garden Tool at Bellor Bros, North Sixth. Includes 1982 reference and address fragments.
Blairsville Presbytery held meetings in Derry with Rev. Frank G. Schlotter preaching. Rev. John C. Steele was elected moderator and Rev. Armstrong treasurer. Prof. Scanlon of Pittsburgh spoke on temperance. Delegates to the General Assembly in Kansas City, May week, include Rev. CG Hays, Rev. H R Johnston, W C Smith, and Alex Daff. Nevin, Snowden, and Lafferty were reassigned or released from several charges. June meeting set for Cresgon.
Anti local option leaders report that at recent primaries only 41 of 207 House candidates favor local option. Officials say fewer than one fourth will support local option, with estimates indicating an 8 to 1 anti local option majority in the next House.
Edwin J Hadley presents new moving pictures at Library Hall next Wednesday evening. Includes French comic scenes and varied views of places and people, plus a range from gay to serious. The program has drawn praise in East cities and shows growing audience interest.
The case against B Cunningham of Kent versus National Bank of Indiana is heard before Judge Omerod. Lawyers clash over authority and agency in a retrial where Cunningham originally won 2700 and the paper trail involves multiple banks and witnesses. The lengthy proceedings attract a large audience as evidence and testimony unfold.
Commencement exercises for Bolivar high school are set for Tuesday with a senior class that includes Carrier, Ralph Hammond, Ruth Meal, Thompson Cromer, Grace Gilspur Seaton, J. C. McDowell, Ray Hail, and Elizabeth Hudson. A play and bac calaureate service will follow on the weekend.
The Dreamland theater shows a comedy and a feature titled A Gentii Has Keen Eyes. Also noted is a memorial message for Punule Swankow and Fred Schultz of Pittsburgh who died from injuries after an earlier accident near Bolivar. Beffalo and Blaireville residents are mentioned including Ada Rowe and Misa Cora Srp at a local concert. Dr Truitt is cited as able to relieve a swollen jaw.
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