15 Feb 1908
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
1
President Roosevelt urges focus on protecting children from factory labor and ensuring their health and education. He emphasizes the need for hygienic conditions, moral training, and strong health oversight in schools to keep children healthy in soul body and mind for the nation's future.
A speech by Secretary of the Treasury urging broad future planning and steadfast effort in American business. It praises merchant courage, persistence, and the American payroll as proof of material greatness, tying payroll to home, school, and savings bank envy worldwide.
A colonial advertisement column lists advertising rates and payment conditions, then shows a succession of items for sale and notice notices. The sale items include three building lobes on Washington street and a large second-hand heating stove, with names such as J.P. Black and John A. Pierce involved. A ring is lost with a yellow stone setting, with a reward offered. Rooms for rent are advertised at 548 Philadelphia street.
Arrangements are in place to begin construction on the Donora Web Water bridge by March first. The report cites preparations in Washington and Philadelphia as the project moves toward start, with regional notices from Pennsylvania and nearby towns.
West Virginia Senate kills the prohibition amendment as 19 vote for and 11 against. One senator abstained, insisting on name by name voting and explanation, but the two thirds needed was not reached amid crowd demonstrations.
Washington County registers admit two checks totaling 10000 dollars drawn by LN Close of Washington county and payable to his wife. Close died after surgery. wife seeks funds via the checks. Banks refuse payment, deeming the maker dead. The case hinges on the legality of the two payable instruments. In London, suffragist leader Mrs Parkhurst and delegates arrest lead to six weeks bail rather than sureties.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals in Frankfort reversed a lower court, ruling the Louisville cemetery is for human burials only and a pet dog cannot be buried there. In another case, Vassar versus Atlantic Coast Line Railway Co., the decision held that a person hired to handle freight and paid with train passage cannot claim employment status for injury coverage.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a city with a population around 638 and claims it is the largest in Australis. It mentions crowded conditions, a population of about 2,731,000 residents, and references New York City in a garbled form. The passage is incoherent and incomplete.
London reports a practical breakup of the European concert over the Macedonian question. Germany rejects joint action on Turkish demands and insists Turkey consent to all powers. The developments risk reopening the Near East, inflaming tensions between Russia and Austria Hungary, and delaying reforms in the region.
New York February 15 Deputy Chief Charles W Kroger longtime figure in the fire department sacrificed his life in a Canal Street blaze. He led his men through smoke and water filled cellars and a trap door into a sub basement before succumbing to his injuries. He was dead upon removal.
The 77 year old fire chief Kruger, long a department member of 36 years, was killed during a basement blaze. Kruger often led from the front and his men recall his habit of saying follow me as he directed them into danger. He previously acted as chief during Croker's suspension.
In Pottstown Pennsylvania on February 15 a tinshop visitor, awaiting a trolley during a storm, debates the armory’s grandeur with a local, then discovers he is Mr. Pennypacker. The exchange features phrases about trimming and high minded builders, ending with a language quip from an Italian visitor.
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