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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1925
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a college team, a conference, and a city transit dispute. It references compensation of 236000 dollars for profits and a 1923 construction item. No coherent event or names are readable.
A garbled court report describes a jury examining a field and yard details, concluding the defendant could neither climb the fence nor pass through the gate. The fragment ends with uncertainty about proceedings and the outcome.
A hunting party returns after a two week trip, reporting deer tracks in fresh snow. Following hoof marks over ten miles, they reach an open clearing and find a red cow instead of a deer, puzzling the travelers about the surprising prints.
A dispute over Arch street subway bids led to a court dispute and repeal of an ordinance after a firm higher than the lowest bidder was awarded the work. Separately nominations for Rhodes Scholars from several states show strong interest in Gsell Rhodes program and its educational impact.
Merchants Auxiliary urges permanent parking bays on Philadelphia street for Indiana Salinburg and Punxsutawney bus lines. Council discusses requested spaces, noting desire to advertise routes. Saltsburg bus currently parks near Eighth Street by the P&RR station and Punxsutawney bus in front of J. M. Stewart Co. opposite the Gazette office.
Holiday shoppers face long lines and heavy bundles as stores extend evening hours beginning Thursday. Community Rest Room remains open for out of town buyers, with added protection against theft and secure bundle deposits. Local stores keep a busy pace as Indiana Yule displays and New York notices mix with regional commerce. Covispring carload potatoes shipped to Pittsburgh.
Funeral notices from Barnesboro area list deaths of Taressa Steffy John W Fair Marlin McFadden Samuel Barraclough Andrew Most Mrs Eliga Johns Lawson and relatives. Interments in Mount Zion Calvary Cemetery Greenwood Cemetery Army Cemetery and local plots. services conducted by Rev Ritchie and others. survivors include children siblings and grandchildren across Brushvalley Pine Heilwood and Indiana County communities.
Unmasked Ku Klux Klan members roamed Fort Pierce hotels searching for Mrs. Leonard Kip Rhiinelander. Police stationed reserves and motorcycle officers patrolled highways after Klan groups warned hotel managers not to admit the quadroon woman. Klan patrols lined the Dixie Highway and city rail stations, with no violence planned unless she is found.
A stray note urges readers to support Christmas Seals to fund tuberculosis prevention in Indian county. The piece emphasizes local fundraising, urging those who can to buy stamps and place the emblem on mail. It mentions Y M C A headquarters handling seal distribution and appeals for volunteers to report how many seals they can supply.
Police found the renowned boxer Battling Siki dying on a New York street near the Tenderloin. Officer Meehan identified the body and reported Siki had talked to him hours earlier. Siki, born in St Louis of Senegal in 1897, rose to fame by defeating Carpentier for the light heavyweight title. He later lost to Mike McTigue and was known for his tumultuous life and public brawls. No arrests were made as investigators searched for the assailant.
Negotiations finalize for a new orel hotel at Penn Avenue and Sixth Street on the General Turbos site formerly the Colonial Annex. The 650 room structure will front both Penn Avenue and Sixth Street, extending 160 feet along Sixth and 120 feet along Penn toward the Lyceum Building, with razing of the present building to begin soon.
Journal notes show many residents visiting the Gazette office and renewing subscriptions, with several Indiana and Blairsville locals calling in. Visitors include Frank Kerr, Justice of the Peace. Constable George Brubaker. and Hon. J Wood Clark from Pittsburgh, reflecting holiday business and community activity.
Fragmentary program grid lists multiple stations and time slots. Entries include book chat, sacred songs, dance music, world cruise program, Wee contralto harp, saxophone octet, Ross Gorman, Golodie and Dustie, Everearly Hour, and pop concert from WEAF. Additional items show Lopez, Hartisen's Orchestra, Sacred Music, Song Review, Old-time Barn Danse, Accordion Novelties, Applesance club with Hot Springs and KYW Chicago references.
A fragmented OCR style roundup catalogs various energy and manufacturing firms including Sugar, Cuba Amn, Col, and Lehigh Valvesas Magna Cop, with percentages and product notes. It mentions companies like Royal Dutch, Sinclair Oil, Studebaker, Union Pac, Westinghouse, and Willys Overland, and references Vandergrift Building in Pittsburgh.
In Kokomo Indiana a lawyer who had been the second husband defends his wife in a divorce suit, representing Zella J Wellington against Samuel DL Wellington who accuses cruelty. The case opens in the circuit court with Meade Mays on behalf of the defendant.
Four hundred heavy chickens offered Friday December 18 from 10:00 to 2:00. First prize three dollars for heavy hens ten or more, second prize two dollars for heavy springers ten or more. Last Saturday's prize won by BE, H. Putt, Clymer, Pa. D0x, Farmers Exchange.
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