08 Jan 1924
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1924
Page
1
The Indiana Evening Gazette shows advertising and publication details including rates for various durations and insertions. It notes rates for six months and monthly periods, with one cent per word for advertisements and a minimum charge.
A Pennsylvania Motor Federation circular reports that 13 million U.S. motorists pay an average 9.50 annually under the wartime excise tax. Motor clubs nationwide push for repeal, arguing combined federal and state charges are unjust, hurting drivers and farmers facing poor roads and higher repair costs.
In Allentown Pennsylvania three siblings aged eleven and younger perished after venturing onto thin canal ice at the Levendus Canal home. A Lehigh Valley Railroad brakeman located caps, and rescuers later recovered three bodies from the icy water.
Fears of new labor violence drive Chicago police to deploy 60 officers at Central and Kespianes stations amid a union clash between Teamsters factions. John Gilmore was killed and John Dunne wounded. Patrick Borrell shot in Haymarket Square earlier as a West Side meeting planned to install Frank Buchanan as business agent.
General Butler warns police to act and vows no further leniency. City officials pledge to close gambling joints and vice dens in Philadelphia as part of a crackdown. Mayor Kendrick and Butler say there will be no lid lifting under the new administration. John H. Gibson Paul G. Wells and John Richards return to Allegheny College after holidays.
Turkish head of government Kemal Pasha was spared serious injury when an assassin hurled a hand grenade at his Smyrna home. His young wife, detecting the visitor’s suspicious conduct, urged him to enter first and the blast wounded her as Kemal escaped unhurt. He had travelled from Angora for a rest due to ill health.
The Vatican was informed that France accepted Pope Pius XI's appeal for amnesty for Germans expelled from the Ruhr by Franco Belgian forces. Paris will classify deportees by culpability and pre exile status to decide on re admission to occupied districts, as the Pontiff had urged for December reunions.
Washington January 8 Postal receipts in December 1923 set a record for the Post Office Department. The aggregate receipts in 50 selected cities totaled 81,381,015 dollars, up from 20,150,025 dollars in December 1922, a gain of 7.55 percent.
United States Steel offered its common stock to employees at 100 a share, seven dollars below last year's employee price. The announcement nudged the stock to 100.40, a peak since its fall low of 85.50, with 41,950 employees having bought 103.70 shares last year.
The Big Warehouse presents itself as a long standing town institution founded seventy one years ago. It emphasizes welcome service, faith in customers, and fair dealing rooted in trust, aiming to embody ideal service though acknowledging limits to perfection. Current leadership pledges to sustain the store’s community driven spirit and depositions of faith in transactions.
Marlin Bingham Stephens born May 10 1860 at Dilltown Indiana County died after a work accident left him with a serious thigh fracture. The ex judge had recently retired and moved between Johnstown and his Dilltown farm. He served as district attorney and later president judge of Cambria County. He was active in Morgan horse breeding and local fraternal orders. Funeral arrangements were not set.
The British government protests to the United States over the seizure of the steamer Kwasind at Wilmington North Carolina amid liquor suspicion and awaits a report on the Muriel Winters seizure. Officials fear repeated actions jeopardizing a rum running treaty and warn of possible unhappy consequences. Henry Getty Chilton filed the protest with the Department of Justice, noting similarity to the Tomoka case.
The Atlantic and Pacific fleets prepare for a potential entry through the canal when war comes. Balboa Sound hosts the Pacific fleet while the Atlantic fleet, dubbed the black fleet, eyes strategic chokepoints. Experts note the lack of an advance base near Culebra Island as a key weakness.
An overheated flue caused a fire at Jeff Kunkle’s West Washington Street home this morning at 10 30. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, leaving a large roof hole but small overall loss. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to neighbors friends and I C O I Lodge for kindness after the death of Ferman Shank.
Mack was chosen head of the borough council as residents debate street upgrades and the need for aerial ladders. William Chrisman urged a grade setting at Wayne avenue and Lowry Street while Robert O. Vail pressed for affordable tie-ins. The borough treasury holds about $34,000 with $125,000 spent on last year’s street improvements.
An agent will attend a campaign meeting in Indiana this week with a committee list including Be De Mee Crae C H McCall John Campbell and several others. Dr Brimer from the Bureau of Animal Industry will outline procedures for Indiana County Farmers Institutes. Four institutes are planned at Marion Center Willet Filders Ridge and Brushvalley on February 19 20 21 and 22 with programs to be announced later.
Lincoln Neb Jan 8 Legal action contemplated against anyone misusing the American Legion name to back political candidates after Scotts Bluff county chief Ayres said a post endorsement occurred. Ayres retracted clarifying the vote was by members, not the post.
Radio KDKA lists a 6 15 P M concert by the Tort Pitt Hotel orchestra and Children’s pot. 8 P M National Stovhauan Farmer market reports. 9 55 P M Arlington time signals and weather. 11 80 P M special late evening concert by Queen City Orchestra with assisting artists. address by Dr Ruy J Ewers of East End Christian Church Pittsburgh.
Disease vandalizes crop in Danaton threatening principal cat industry. Withering disease causes serious uproar as growers seek remedies and officials investigate. Local farmers warn of potential economic impact if infection spreads beyond fields.
In a 1923 Western newspaper tale, Sylvia, mourning a past betrayal, attends a Colonial era party alone with her aunt. Dr Richard Boynton Dormer declares lasting love after revealing he saved her during a hospital head injury. He vows to restore her happiness and charm.
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