30 Dec 1909
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
1
A brief note highlights the Printing Plant located in the Sewickley Gazette Building in Carpettier Avenue, Sewickley. The item mentions a Second Class Mail matter and postal details.
Mr and Mrs Frank D itr of Mena Ark visit the home here. James McGregor JD Dick Wilen and FB Ross are business visitors in Pittsburg. Mrs S S Taylor and son of Avonmore stay with Mr and Mrs W C Orr on Church Street. Ed Berk of Wheeling visits old friends here and is a basketball enthusiast. Esther and Nett McCune formerly at the Bon Ton holiday at Marion Center. John Raytie of South Thirteenth Street, now with Indiana Gas Co Branchlands WV, works on a Rossmoyne district well. Edgar Moorhead arrives from West Newton and goes to Barnesboro for an insurance map. Mrs F D Glover and Misses Erma Grace Cunningham with Ralph S Cunningham take a sleighride to Jacksonville. Arthur Lowry, dental student at University of Michigan, spends holidays at home. brother Clay stays at Ann Arbor working in a railroad office. Opioid cough medicines are dangerous. Foley's Honey and Tar relieves and cures coughs, ask for the yellow package.
Real estate transfers show multiple parcels changing hands including James B. Graham to Webster Griffith for 5555 dollars and 668 acres in Ingt on. Transfers involve Alexander A. Wiggins to B M Clark trustee and several parcels in Burrell Rayne Cherryhill Montgomery and others with sums ranging from 75 to 5500 dollars.
An old business testimonial from Peoria relates a traveling sales agent's mention of Foley's Kidney Pills from Beers at 612 7th Ave. The testimonial claims kidney trouble relief after one bottle and cheerfully recommends the remedy to others.
A garbled historical fragment mentions a pest and fog or mist as a warning for a man who is coming, followed by a shock. The readable text is limited, but suggests a cautionary note or superstition about an approaching individual and a mysterious pest.
A historic reminiscence follows Gemma a seventeen year old orphan who joins a doomed child crusade to rescue a companion Nina. She travels through Europe to the Danube and Black Sea then sails to Constantinople later landing in Venice with Dino the rescued boy, now grown, reuniting in a bittersweet ending.
The London Chronicle notes Welsh mothers wrap babies in shawls, forming a pouch at the center where the ends meet. The weight rests on the hip distributing support over the torso, keeping the infant secure and comfortable during carriage. The practice, common in Swansea, shows mothers using shawls to safely cradle children.
In 1710 Dean Swift notes lodging at Bury Street St James with a week gone and a plan to leave the first floor dining room and bedroom. He mentions deep Craguy but minimal spending on meals and rarely using a coach, remarking that it will be expensive.
A fragmented Local item notes inquiries by a traveler in Drearyhurst about objects of curiosity. The scene includes rural chatter from Uncle Welby Gosh and a bemused response about mining curiosities in a plain village setting.
Six rooms available in a house at 1046 Church Street with hot water heater and bathroom. Read as a rental notice listing facilities and contact details.
Wanted young men to learn automobile business by mail and prepare for chauffeur and repair positions. We offer ten week training, no fee, secure positions. Good pay, pleasant work, strong demand for men. Write for particulars and sample lesson. Empire Automobile Institute, Rochester, New York. 99-4
White and black spotted female hunting hound located at 667 Railroad Ave. Owner must prove ownership and pay the notice fee to reclaim. Tuesday sighting noted. 99-2tp
In a city council meeting, J. W. Cook was declared unable to continue as councilman following a forgery allegation. William MacCorkle announced Cook could not serve and that G. L. rine was chosen to replace him, with the council voting to confirm the change. Cook began an investigation into the matter.
President Taft departed Washington this morning to attend the wedding in New York of his niece Louise Taft, daughter of Henry W. Taft. The party includes Miss Helen Taft, Robert Taft, Captain A W Butt, and Assistant Secretary Mischlet, with Mrs Taft remaining in the capital. Louise Taft will wed George H Snowden of Seattle this afternoon. The president and party plan to return tonight and reach Washington tomorrow morning.
Los Angeles December 30. Mrs Jennie Priest seeks district attorney help in probe into the death of her eighteen year old daughter Bessie May Priest. The mother alleges a rival and a Newark New Jersey millionaire's son Harry Sayre were involved with a 20 day business prior to her death on Christmas Eve. Search for the other women continues.
Indiana manufacturers affected by the corporation tax organize to challenge its constitutionality. At local meetings of corporate heads the fight is discussed and it is understood an organization has formed with legal advice suggesting the law may be held unconstitutional.
A major blaze in Brooklyn New York destroyed eight dwellings forcing residents to flee with only some belongings saved as flames consumed four houses entirely after a kerosene stove explosion. The story notes state Governor Hughes honoring requisition papers related to arrests tied to the murder of Qoey Bread, a separate Albany update.
A fourteen year old, Herman Miller, son of John C. Miller, hanged himself in Toledo, Nebraska after his mother refused to buy him a pair of water shoes. The incident occurred in the cellar where he resided. Police report and investigation are pending.
Lexington society reels from the shock of Miss Lauring Crosthwaite marrying Goodwin Chase of Los Angeles. The ceremony occurred in Los Angeles after recent announcements had invited society to a different marriage to Charles Blaine of Spokane, nephew of the late James G. Blaine.
Secretary of War Dickinson and General Clarence R Edwards chief of insular affairs visited City Hall in San Juan and were received by Mayor Delvalle and the city council. They reviewed the Porto Rico regiment.
Roy McKinney of Indianapolis, a married man, killed Dora Chapel, eighteen, in the Boarse hotel dining room by pressing a pistol to her chest and firing. He then killed himself, dying without a word while still holding the weapon. The motive remains unknown.
London dispatch reports Englishmen engage in a duel in Paris with one participant seriously wounded while other details remain unclear. The telegram from the Paris bureau notes a high tension atmosphere and confirms the incident occurred in France during ongoing hostilities.
Reports say a well known Englishman, seriously ill, was wounded in a pistol duel Monday with another Englishman after a bitter quarrel. The fight occurred just outside Parla, and the injured man was rushed to a country hotel in an automobile, where he is said to be progressing favorably.
Mies Elien McMullen, superintendent of the Mission Sunday School, thanks citizens for their liberal contributions toward a Christmas treat.
A pupil named Jimmy pleads to stay home after days of attending school. He says he is tired of the quiet and that teachers forbid talking, expressing fatigue with classroom rules and routine.
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