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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
4
Schedule in effect Saturday for Ernest and Creekside lines with Sunday service. Creekside line leaves at 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM, other times 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM from Toon to Clymer with daily Sunday runs noted. Schedule lists run times and line names in imperfect OCR.
An early morning steam automobile explosion on Stickey hill near Painesville killed Biheeds aged sixty-five and Mrs Mary Howden aged sixty-five instantly. Fred Beckwith age forty-one and Mrs Hose Beckwith aged forty-three died later. Bessie Beckwith sixteen suffered severe injuries while the mother-in-law, wife and daughter rode to hospital after the blast. The Beckwith party from Windsor was en route to the city when the car exploded.
National League scores show Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Brooklyn results with Corridon McQuillin Dooin Sel field Cammitz Gibson and others. American League details Chicago New York St Louis Cleveland Detroit Washington with multiple pitchers and line scores. Also notes Chicago Grain Market and Pittsburg and cattle and hay markets.
A garbled OCR passage lists scattered names and places including Den Kan Tex Kan Tex Pid Distillers Pid Mo Paa Ly Weot'r Penn's R. R People's Gas B&O BR T Reading Rep Tron Pid Telard Goutham Revy BPMberservessers Bh Paubirccsesses Texas. The text references Chicago quotations and dates Now 17 and 18 with unclear events or outcomes.
Sparrow Bush residents learned from Gene Tisdell why his fiddle dropped during a church concert while playing Pop Goes the Weasel. He claimed rattlesnake publicity and a rattlesnake violin caused the scare as rattlesnakes hatched from rattles stored in the instrument. His brother Walter warned of explosive gasoline fumes from cars in the sky, predicting a red hot meteor might trigger a destructive explosion.
Peter Bacher of Osuten endured a twenty eight day slumber caused by failure to sell a steel patent. Doctors used electric batteries and mental suggestion to rouse him. Electric current applied to a spiral column and his feet prompted Bacher to awaken and he finally opened his eyes to the clinic team.
A lavish Auckland reception and shore leave marked the visit of Rear Admiral Sperry and the United States Atlantic battleship fleet. Officials, civilians, and sailors toured sights, attended luncheons and theater parties, and exchanged questions on pay and regulations. A machinist died aboard the Missouri from a steel shaft fall while awaiting duty.
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