Office adds Clags Mail Matter
In a terse postal update the agency announces new mail matters and clags added to processing. officials urge caution and highlight changes to handling routines at the local post office.
22 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1912
Page
1
In a terse postal update the agency announces new mail matters and clags added to processing. officials urge caution and highlight changes to handling routines at the local post office.
Everett C. Ake and Miss B Kha ffler of Glen Campbell were married December 18 in the parlor of the Houee Altoona by Rev. Dr. John B Hj pastor of the Presbyterian f Cherrytree. After a wedding dinner the couple went to Washington DC and Virginia for a brief visit before returning to Glen Campbell for January. The groom is a son of Mr and Mrs Miller of Glen Camp. He has worked for two years at the National Bank in Glen Campbell.
A Boston attorney, Rudolph Smithern, confronts naval officers aboard a Charlestown yard vessel. He declares membership in the Massachusetts bar and demands to be heard, but the officer orders him off the ship. The incident highlights tensions between lawyers and military authority at sea.
A sailor named Alexander Digmpson, twenty four, hijacked a touring car in Georgetown and back, robbed a saloon for 40 dollars, and a grocery for 12, engaging in running gun battles with motor cops. Charles Osland and Stephen Kalles were injured. police pursued the car, exchanging shots as they chased through the district.
A suffrage march moved toward Albany from Rhinebeck New York with fifty marchers. Recruits Miss Ye. Coursen a Vassar graduate and Frances Hart joined, bringing the force to six. The group, including pilgrims from Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, and Stawats, was observed by Vincent Astor and Eleanor Huntington from an automobile.
The Furness liner Florence foundered near Cape Race after departing Halifax bound for St Johns. Twenty-two sailors perished, including Captain Burr. A lifeboat survived with the second mate and four sailors who drifted for two days before rescue by a small steamer bound for St Johns.
An advertisement urges readers to visit Tom E. Anderbrand to obtain a stomach prescription for 150 rents. BI-O-NA Tablets are promised to stop dirtiness after meals, fermentation, gas, heaviness, and indigestion, with a money back guarantee. The copy also links relief to headaches, dizziness, nervousness, sleepiness, sallow skin, pimples, and other upset-related ailments.
Through work text extols Woan's Kidney Pills as a tested remedy for kidney and backache. Includes user testimonial from Mrs. Alexander Grier of Indians, Pa, stating two boxes cured her trouble. Ad urges asking for Woan's Kidney Pills by name and cites Foxler Milburn Co. as proprietors in Buffalo, N Y.
Washington report to President Taft from Commissioner Conant details how major railroads and steamship firms dominate regular steamship routes on the Atlantic and rivers. New Haven and Hastern lines suppress competition, with Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Pennsylvania lines also heavily invested. Great Lakes fleets, coal traffic on the Ohio and Mississippi, and Pittsburgh Coal Company control key waterways and tonnage.
Governor Glasscock announced that all firearms taken from residents of the Cabin Creek military district during martial law will be returned to owners starting Thursday December 26. Militia officials say there have been no outbreaks since the force was withdrawn ten days ago.
The forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Tuesday with moderate west winds. Minor reading errors in the source are omitted, preserving the main weather outlook and wind direction.
A child’s white and grey coat went missing Friday evening in the Sand 10 store. Finder is asked to leave it at the Gazette Office.
Classified note offers two modern six room frame houses for sale and five vacant lots. Contact W B C Swson at 73 4tg ed for details. Another ad lists a driving mare with family brake buggy and harness offered by D Altmus for 59.
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