16 Jan 1923
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1923
Page
1
A 1920s article discusses tensions in professional baseball as the Coast League considers independence. It notes major leagues restrain player movement, while the Coast League weighs a bold break to protect revenues from star players. The piece argues the majors face no loss if the coast acts, given the current imbalance and market potential.
Cleveland report says International News Service sources indicate umpire George Roede and contractor Robert J. Burke, along with Ollie Chill, are being questioned by police over the shooting death of 26 year old Edward J. McGregor in a Ruclid Avenue apartment. Chill and the others were with McGregor at a wild party before the slaying. they heard two shots but claim they found him dead only later. McGregor, a World War II veteran, kept an Italian pistol on display in the residence. Taxi driver Joseph Johnson testified that he drove the party to the apartment after a quarrel over drinks, and left before the murder. Chill was knocked down during the altercation.
Des Moines was a banner convention city in 1922 with about 300000 delegates hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. The Grand Army of the Republic held the year’s largest gathering. Plans for 1923 include national conferences of Christian Endeavor Societies and the National League of Women Voters.
Laurel Swamp representatives Mrs. Jay Gibson and Miss Ethel Erigh attended the convention at Clymer on Saturday. Mrs. Zenas Stephens hosted a Wednesday evening call at Frank Adams’ home. Helen Huston, returned from Indiana to resume studies. Mrs. Zenas Hines and children visited Pittsburgh last week. Elsie Adams remains bedridden. J H Smith and Ford Smith with children were guests in Clymer Tuesday.
The new Pennsylvania governor pledges to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act, eliminate saloons, digitize state efficiency, and pursue fiscal responsibility. He links policy to Rooseveltism, calls for clean government, and asks public support to implement his platform across the commonwealth.
Residents report seeing a strange nighttime light show described as a lunar bow display near Eugene Oregon on January 10. The event, labeled by locals as an “almilay” engine sighting, drew attention from nearby communities shortly after dark.
The article reports Martin J. Gavin of the US Bureau of Mines arguing that if petroleum shortages arise the oil shale industry could become crucial. It details Green River formation deposits in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming with potential yields of 35 to 85 gallons per ton and substantial ammonium sulfate by products, plus regional shale potentials across Nevada, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and more.
The seventeenth annual National Western Stock Show begins January 18 in Denver and runs to January 20 with nightly performances and matinees. The event gathers cattle swine sheep and draft horses from Illinois Missouri Texas and Montana, with 1 654 animals entered and 260 horses on show grounds. 231 carloads of beef pork and mutton arrive, including steaks for epicure tastes and beef for feed lots. Cattle horses swine and sheep require 500 railway cars to move the exhibit.
London reports show women stirring the veiled boundaries of the club world. Bath secretary Wilson Taylor notes a club with 2600 members includes 460 women and grants them rooms and one bath day weekly. He predicts exclusion will become difficult, reflecting broader shifts in English social life and bathing culture.
Breeders from nineteen states sent twelve train loads to the West'n Own Big Show as exhibitors. Ohio and California provide pioneers to Montana and Minnesota with Texas feads among entries totaling 240. Nebraska shows 26 groups across all divisions, Wyoming 16, Missouri 10, Kansas 19, and Ohio supplies Shorthorns and Aberdeen-Angus. Also Montana Minnesota Washington Oregon California Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas Illinois Iowa Indiana join with one or more exhibits each.
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