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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
2
Samuel Harden Church argues that broad hostility to wealth is unfair while praising the overall honesty and service of corporate leaders. He acknowledges abuses such as stock manipulation and discriminatory practices but insists most American corporations operate within the law and contribute to civilization.
In a chaotic scene on a Chicago Board of Trade report ledgers page a dangerous attempt to adjust a sliding iron plate ended with Judge converting injury as his right hand was severed and Glynn suffered a crushed left hand while co workers struggled to reposition the plate and avert a broader fall. In a separate incident Charles Nady’s collie Lady saved him from a 200 pound boar in a Michigan cornfield after the animal charged him, while a veterinarian treated a chest wound on the man and a bystander noted the tense rescue.
A guest’s toast at Mrs. Percival J. H. Whittaker’s New York home ends in a burglary as a thief fled across rooftops with $200 in jewels from a maid’s boss. The scene erupted with guests standing to toast, causing the thief to abandon the robbery and slip away.
Two New York ironworkers, Oliver Jude of Manhattan and John McGlynn of Long Island City, lost a hand and severely damaged another as a massive iron plate slid toward the river edge. They had been guiding the plate into a socket when it began slipping before securing, and both workers acted to save others, reaching St. John's Hospital in time. The incident occurred on Glickwell's Island in Ravenswood, Long Island City, as riveted booms and a crane placed the plate into position.
A man named Jan Collier killed his eight year old blind son Edwin near his wife’s grave in Ravenna then shot himself. Collier, who had recently sought medical help for his son’s eyes, left a note expressing fatigue with life and a hope for forgiveness. Both bodies were found frozen and injured.
A jagged historic clipping reports multiple terse items. a man frozen to death after exposure near Pittsburg, a violent incident involving a mother harming her child, a man found dead by train, and a prominent death by suicide. It notes Harvard's student total around six thousand eight hundred and eighty eight.
Advertisement promotes overcoats for men and boys with price cuts from 22.50 to 7.50 and lower, highlighting reliability in quality, style and value. Includes men’s and boys’ suits and trousers discounted up to 50 percent with clear emphasis on quick purchase.
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