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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1909
Page
1
A garbled OCR style notice describes B.00 se ya vee 02 Office and Printing Plant located on Carpenter Ave in Endians, Ma, with phrases hinting at a past or ongoing mail matter and beyond class mail matter.
A fragment discusses dirt on boys and washing routines. It contrasts old washday labor with Task laundry soap which claims to halve washing effort and save time, praising its fifty percent labor reduction and value for households.
Following Roosevelt guidance and a $500000 grant, the Eva and ships carry lumber and materials to construct 600 houses for Messina earthquake victims. Two more vessels with supplies for 2700 additional homes to be en route by week end as Pay Inspector Mudd organizes rapid loading and dispatch from Brooklyn.
Boston January delegates of the Massachusetts state conference on oral and dental hygiene convene for a three day session to promote classroom dental care, school infirmaries, and disease prevention, arguing public awareness has lagged and citing a Cleveland neurologist's link between dentition defects and criminal instincts.
In Springfield Illinois on January 6, Governor Deneen was sworn in for another term as Republicans and a bipartisan coalition including Democratic assemblymen backed Speaker Shuttleworth. The session moved to address a U S Senate seat to replace Hopkins while Republicans fear insurgent and Democratic opposition could deadlock the senatorial election.
An old advertisement touts Munyon cures for cold, throat and chest ailments and fevers, promising quick relief from runny nose, chest congestion, and infections. It claims preventives for pneumonia, says a druggist can supply Manyou’s products, and mentions kidney and bladder remedies and a Vitalizer for restored strength.
New York January 18 The hat manufacturers association votes to push an open shop and fight to a finish amid a strike. Mundheim reports 15000 to 50000 strikers with many non union workers ready to fill vacancies. The union label is said to be useless and unwanted by buyers.
Rachel Crothers drama The Three of Us stars Janet Waldorf and follows three orphans in a Nevada mining camp. The production toured Atlantic City and appears at Cambria Theatre Johnstown Mishler Altoona Greensburg with Waldorf in the lead role.
An old advertisement warns that a famous millionaire’s dyspepsia led to an incurable condition. It touts Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets as a guaranteed cure costing 25 cents, promising refunds if not satisfied. The copy urges readers to try the product via local stores or by mail from Kimer W Allison.
In Augusta on January 1, Dr. Walker known as Black Spurgeon presented Taft as a popular and conspicuous American statesman. He praised Taft’s leadership and encouraged a strong Y M C A program. The speaker claimed Taft owns vast land and $20 million in property taxes.
A subscription drive is launched in Pocahontas Tug River Thacker and Clinch Valley coal fields to aid widows orphans and dependents left without support after the two explosions at Lick Branch mine Switchback W Va costing 118 lives. Independent operators and local people ask public contributions to the fund with subscriptions addressed to Toney president of First National Bank Noerblork W Va.
Coroners jury finds explosion caused by an overcharged shot in room 21 of the mine. Sixty-five men died and the Pocahontas Consolidated Golliery Co and the Lick Branch Colliery are cleared of fault. Dr. Mitchell to report to the state legislature.
New York state suffragists start a two week campaign beginning tonight in Yonkers and extending to Albany. They plan large meetings in the state capital January 25 and 26 to persuade legislators of support for women's voting rights.
A large fire at a major automobile storage and repair plant near Park Square Boston destroyed 348 autos valued at about 750000. The blaze also damaged the Park Square station trainshed and pavilion used for exhibitions. In Monongalia Pa a birth notice reports Mr and Mrs James Sickles Calatio welcoming triplets two girls and a boy bringing their total to fourteen children.
Springfield Ohio January 18 Peter Kelly a 26 year old miller wooed Mrs. Alice Timmona 33 then tried to murder her with a razor when refused. After the failed attack he drank carbolic acid and died in a patrol wagon en route to the city hospital.
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