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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1925
Page
2
A lengthy fragmented text blends wartime aviation notes with political disputes over arbitration and coal prices, then shifts to upcoming church services across towns. It lists various clergy, Sunday School times, and open-air Salvation Army meetings, plus local religious calendars and notices.
Vic Kennedy writes praising Indiana for hospitality and the Camp Rest-a-While pool, thanking locals and club members for the courtesy. He plans to spend his next vacation in Indiana, praising the state as a pretty, clean, health-giving place near easy reach.
From the LaFayette Hotel suite the widow spoke of the public tribute to her late husband. She recalled the rain soaked flag saved from the casket by Kelso Rice, a Chattanooga officer, and noted the flag's preservation as the most memorable moment of the funeral. Rice received Bryan's engraved silver fountain pen in thanks.
The 1925 gathering features poems and recitations by Jim Daupherty and others from Indiana counties. Mrs. Lottie Bhe welcomes guests in Rossiter while Mrs Patterson of Penn delivers remarks on reunion success. Officers elected for 1926 include H. T. Jamison as President and Annia V. Leach as Vice President. The Jamisons claim 48 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren, tracing line to a Jamison captured by Indians in colonial days.
Rumor says progress in enforcing the Volstead Act could dictate a second year of prohibition drive or push for its modification. Mellon backs Congress if enforcement fails, with claimed conferences among President Coolidge aides and business leaders. Judge Elbert Gary and John D. Rockefeller Jr. named as participants, amid concerns over rising crime tied to prohibition.
A brief procession led by Burgess H Wallaee Thomas and Major C C McLain, with officials and veterans groups, proceeded despite threats of bad weather. Attendees witnessed the Wolf Cubs Drum Corps, Boy Scout Band, and Kecks Battery, honored at Memorial Hall. Commander Chage’s message concludes the item.
Ellsworth Here spoke of cutting through three hundred tons of snow with no failures beyond three wooden shovels and a few trench knives. His narrative described feverish efforts and moments of discouragement faced by the men, highlighting a united effort and the broad heart of their work.
Thirty years ago the Ard of Matis papers describe a grand Indiana county fair set to feature a top concert by the Blairsville musical organization and a balloon ascent and parachute jump from Trenton New Jersey. The event includes flying trapeze artists, a racing program, and 26 seat admission for all.
Detroit faced a severe storm with hundreds of thousands in damage to pavements and sewers. Telegraph and electric service lagged, crews restored power, and flood like conditions closed Hamtramck Avenue. Auto plants Ford Highland Park Hudson Chrysler Continental Packard halted operations.
Railroads vary in loading and unloading service at New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. Generally railroads relieve themselves of these duties at all points except the three seaboard cities where charges are implied.
A long list of Indiana visitors and local residents is recorded in yesterday’s Indiana news. Emilia A. Savage of California attended a service with Neate Bava and family, while Mary McKnight and Mrs. Charlés Flinn of Wilkinsburg arrived for the dedication service of a grand niece. Other names include Aunt Saintburg and Helen Flinn. A new Booth Tarkington novel is advertised at the Gazette. Various locals posted business, hunting license, and court-related notes in Indiana and surrounding townships. In Memoriam Doris Beatrice Little February 23, 1925 aged two years six months and twenty three days. We had a little treasure once.
The report notes mixed July weather with no heat spike for the coming four to five days. It mentions a weekend forecast with showers then clearing, cool conditions persisting, and a gradual rise in temperatures into Monday.
U S Senator George Wharton Pepper declares the dispute over John H. Glass as United States Marshal for central Pennsylvania ends, despite Gov. Pinchot alleging Glass remains an ally of bootleg interests and an enemy to the prohibition cause. Pepper cites a lengthy letter from Attorney General saying the matter is resolved.
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