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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1925
Page
2
The court holds Allie guilty on possessing liquor and related offenses. Plea details include cruelty to animals and aggravated assault, with liquor forfeiture and continued possession noted. Cicero case context referenced alongside intoxication charges and battery counts.
A daring theft on a passenger train near Erie disrupted traffic as authorities pursued suspects who boarded the express and fled with loot valued at over a million dollars. The robbed car remained uncoupled as teams searched the rails toward New York and points beyond without locating the culprits.
Suggestions emerged as President Coolidge weighs reducing Mitchell suspension. Mitchell declines comment, says the air war will continue. He faces potential court testimony on naval aviation conduct while Navy backlash lingers. The five year suspension could strip rank and pay, yet he remains subject to War Department orders.
J Norman and local delegates from Blairsville and Indiana areas presented an application to supply scout equipment due to scarce membership. The Council approved the request and planned sending a Patrol of Scouts to the Regional Jamboree DeLee in Philadelphia during June and July. Scout Executive Ralph A. Harrison reported on the proceedings.
David A Hollenbaugh of Glasgow born 1869 Perry county died after a complication near his home. Survived by wife and two daughters Mildred and Alina. Funeral at Pleasant Hill Cemetery Altoona. Joseph I Sedlmeyer longtime Johnstown banker died at Mercy Hospital aged 68. Funeral at Our Mother of Sorrows Our Lady church with high Mass. Burial in St Josephs cemetery Gettsown. Honorary pallbearers listed. active pallbearers are nephews Ruths and Krabs.
Speaker Lewin warns miners will endure a long siege through 1926 or 1927 as a strike drags on. He claims union members will surrender or face annihilation, credits miners for accepting Governor Pinchot’s peace plan, while accusing anthracite operators of spurning it and laughing at the governor. He notes miners would accept arbitration on contract length but operators refuse.
In a bold raid, eight bandits occupied a rural Iowa village while a bank cashier H S Likwa was wounded when he turned on a light. The attackers shot out the light, Lekina was struck in the leg, and six blasts rocked the town as robbers battered the bank vault. Screams from nearby homes filled the night.
Four children of Mr and Mrs John J Hoey are missing and believed dead after a fire destroyed the Hoey home near Holden Massachusetts. Mrs Hoey and her one year old daughter Mary were badly burned. Hoey and the baby escaped from the burning dwelling.
A jumbled column lists many Indiana area residents and visitors from nearby towns. It mentions R D McCall of Saltsbury, Charles Bennett and Charlie Sheffer returning from Merckville deer hunting, Clint Weaver of Logan Ohio visiting Indiana, and others including county treasurer Joli Bennett on a Pittsburgh trip and S C Steele banking visitor. It notes college students arriving for Christmas, and several adults visiting or staying with friends and relatives in Indiana.
Belfast dispatch reports American girls as flat footed after field hockey match with the Trish girls team returning from a tour. Miss McKisack of Belfast notes Americans did not lift their toes in running, allowing the faster local team to win. In New York, Loueria Bisardi, a cobbler, heated old shoes in a stove causing an explosion that seriously injured him and a firedepartment crew.
Five more prizes will be awarded tonight at the poultry show in the Armory. Mayvey Wise of Commodore won a Barred Rock cockeral donated by Pat Hasinger. Lester Williams, 1180 Washington Street, won a Brown Leghorn cockerel donated by Mrs. A. C. McCoy. Paul Getty of Blacklick Ave won a White Leghorn cockerel donated by Walter Evans. Prizes tonight include a peck of apples two pecks of potatoes a pair of pigeons and one dozen fresh pigs. A number of farm products and poultry will be auctioned at 8 o clock. The event is educational and sponsored by the Indiana County Poultry Association. Coops cost 1000 and are partially financed by a local bank loan. Proceeds hope to fully repay the debt.
Cleveland December 18 The former president of the Cleveland Discount Company Josiah Kirby prepared for his sixth trial to prove innocence of charges tied to its partial collapse. Judge Killits set January 11 for the retrial after jurors neared two days of deliberation on mail fraud counts. Previous juries varied from acquittals to convictions on the same facts.
M Y Ossing state executioner Join Hulbert posted a record year by collecting 2250 dollars in fees for executing fifteen murderers at Sing Sing prison.
Fragmented text mentions names like Lydia and Baer with unclear context. Notes reference economics and repeated phrases but no verifiable event, date, or organization. Unable to determine a coherent news item from the provided snippet.
In Chicago a man identified as Camps bell McCarthy, aged 18, faced hanging for the murder of Christian Geltzen. Five hours before the scheduled execution Judge Joan P McGoorty granted a reprieve after McCarthy’s attorneys filed an affidavit claiming insanity. They rushed from the judge’s home to the county jail in a mobile unit as deputies prepared the gallows.
Bordighera reports Queen Mother Margherita, previously ill with influenza and pleuro pneumonia, showing improving signs. A bulletin states her pulse and temperature are nearly normal and she is likely to pass the crisis today.
A crayon portrait of George Clymer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, hangs in the Savings and Trust Company Bank office. Indiana town founder, he helped lay out the town and granted land. Indiana was laid out in 1905 with Clymer as a leading figure. the mining town of Clymer grew to be the county’s third largest.
A fragmentary OCR item mentions a girls' store and a person named with initials Nies Cee. The readable text is garbled and lacks clear actions, dates, or locations to form a full report with identifiable entities or outcomes.
Bill the oldest horse, aged 61, owned by Rev. Dr. Uriah Myers of Catawl, Newark area, dies after a long career noted for steadiness and hard work. Police trace a six months theft spree worth over $60,000 to a gang of boy thieves, with a 12 year old among those arrested.
Letters testamentary on the estate of John M Gamble late of Indiana Borough deceased have been granted to the undersigned Peeler and Feit Attorneys instructing all claimants to present authenticated claims for settlement and those indicted to make prompt payment.
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