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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1925
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment references banking, purchases, and store activity with unclear names and places. The legible bits suggest discussion of credit practices and departmental duties in a traditional shop setting, but the overall meaning is not recoverable from the snippet.
Fragmentary OCR style note mentions people such as Abirigh Houk and Silvetor Smith, with references to visits by Mr and Mrs Jess Har tenbaugh and Currey Nichol of Swissyard. It hints at grippe illness and brief guest stays, but details are garbled and inconsistent.
A short local blurb records residents including Mr and Mrs Cunningham and Mr and Mrs ham spending Christmas with relatives in Indiana and a Palmer family member visiting on Monday as part of a sewing circle gathering.
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana had an indictment dismissed in Washington with Judge Bailey ruling he cannot be tried on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and obtain oil and gas land permits. The case tied Wheeler to Gordon Campbell and Edwin Booth over permits and land arrangements, but a prior Montana acquittal and legal questions led to the dismissal. Wheeler hailed the decision as a victory after a high profile pursuit by the Justice Department.
Fords and towns blend as Mrs Kathryn Bell of Altoona and Mr JOA Brown of Krape Avenue join Indiana business visitors yesterday. Attorneys and Mrs John Getty return from Youngstown after Christmas week. Several locals like Miss Gaye Griffith plan weekends with Mrs Margaret Mitchell in Oakmont and others spend holidays with kin in Blainsburg Homer City and Blairsville area.
Sheriff Markel reported four prisoners including John Lowery Jesse Mowery and Forrest Platter faced charges after a failed jail breakout led by an overseas veteran of the A L I who intervened. Grand jury urged a new jail, likely boosting calls for a modern prison alignment. Prosecutions will follow for attempted jail breaking.
Mary Eaton, famous co star with Eddie Cantor in Kid Boots, has developed pneumonia and will be confined to bed for some time. Doctors report the flu like cold she caught a week ago worsened, forcing her withdrawal from the company.
A segregation of notes stresses dry housing and proper ventilation to protect poultry in cold weather. Key points include leaving some openings for air, avoiding overcrowding, allocating four square feet per bird, hatching pullets at optimal times, providing ample mash and feed access, and avoiding damp grain to prevent digestive issues. Farmers plan new houses and larger flocks.
Reported settlement talks in the mining dispute center on arbitration and the check-off. The Markle and Pinchot plans attract serious discussion but both sides have rejected or signaled rejection of arbitration or the check-off, leaving a settlement hinge on these two issues.
Wheeler submitted a plea of former acquittal as chief basis for throwing out the second indictment. He insisted that the alleged over acts in both indictments were identical. Since Wheeler's Minlana trial, Campbell was convicted of using the mails to defraud in connection with an oil promotion scheme.
New York December report outlines reinvestment peaks with January as the key period for bond and stock activity. It notes dividends cluster near year ends, while bonds mainly due at month starts and quarterly beginnings. bankers push proper pricing to avoid dilution, with improved market stability shown in recent years.
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania will invest 27.226 million dollars in the state next year to expand the telephone system. About 240,000 telephones are expected to be installed, averaging 776 daily. Net growth of roughly 65,000 phones remains after removals. 1926 projections include 4.6 million daily local calls and near 6 million toll calls, with over half the budget for outside plant such as cables and poles. New buildings, machine switching offices, and additional manual offices are planned, with major additions to facilities in Altoona, Philadelphia, Reading, Pittsburgh area, and elsewhere. The plan anticipates continuing use of manual offices alongside expanding machine switching.
In a long session, miners and operators discussed the Markle plan and price fixing claims in the anthracite trade. Both sides spoke of a potential permanent peace and a long term contract while debates on wage and price arbitration continued. Uncounted funds loss since September 1 highlighted the stakes.
In Harrisburg, a December report from the Secretary of the Commonwealth shows there were 548,081 fewer registered women voters than men. The data, released today, highlights gender gaps in state political participation and registration totals.
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on December 30 authorities report that anthracite bootleggers have escalated theft by promising to deliver a ton of coal at night for 11 to 12 dollars. Housewives paying above cost risk no recourse as purveyors refuse to return excess funds and buyers face arrest for possessing stolen goods if police act.
A summary shows totals for voters by gender and party, with 1358138 women among 3244864 registered voters. An Oct arrest list notes eight Chicago area women to jail for contempt over antipicketing during last spring’s garment strike. A Harrisburg contract of 90564 funds builds 9686 feet of highway in Bullskin and Upper Tyrone townships.
A. A. B. Musten Dex reports from Vandergrift Pennsylvania on a local building matter. The dispatch notes conditions at the Vandergrift Building and references ongoing construction and inspections affecting the area.
In Plymouth Vermont Colonel J C Coolidge, elderly father of one President, faces likely loss of mobility due to rheumatic circulatory illness. Doctors say his condition has improved recently yet a final step seems unlikely as he uses a wheelchair and awaits grandson John Coolidge’s visit before resuming studies at Amherst College. A note on local sewage plant expansion follows.
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