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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1908
Page
4
Lawmakers hear that mineowners press for abolishing the card system and a police measure may be rushed through. An impromptu caucus is convened to discuss a law against killing and boycotting in any form as the session nears its twenty day limit.
Victorio Mas Mienala of Galion was lured to a Bucyrus site with a promised ransom of 600 dollars but paid only part. He was beaten but spared after agreeing to furnish 500 more. Muzienata, a musician, has been displaced by the Black Hand and a Columbus stabbing target is cited in a related note. A Tyrrell farmer, J. Cushman, faced a Black Hand demand for 100 dollars with threats against his home and barns.
A diverse news mash shows the American torpedo flotilla arriving at Buenos Aires after leaving Rio Yansiro on January 21. Commandant Moreno welcomed the officers aboard Whipple. The flotilla will stay until Thursday, then proceed to Bandy Point to join the battleship fleet. In Cumberland, Amos McElfish, a hermit, left an estate worth 850000 dollars, including thirty five farms, and a pattern of bidding at auctions. In Algonquin, a cave-in claimed Paul Jones, age twenty one, with rescue efforts failing. In Fairmont, Elks plan a state association to protect the order emblem from misuse. In California, orange crops set to break records, with an expected 30000 carloads and 9 million boxes. In Monongah, Nos. 6 and 8 resume after the 1906 explosion, with two bodies found as work continued.
Forecasters predict snow and colder conditions across West Virginia on Monday and Tuesday with high northwest winds. Western Pennsylvania will turn colder Monday with high northeast winds and lingering snow near Lake Erie. Southwest fall regions expect cooler air from Monday with windy conditions and occasional snow in northern areas.
The fragment mentions a request to Murray to send an address, and includes the line about ten dinner guests and being helped last. It cites a dialogue from Wonan's ome Companion and a note to write a letter to Murray.
A historical query notes a poet known for lines like To night hate and mentions an occultist and the Philadelphia Press. It references a concerned reader seeking the author of the noted verse and its publication context in early American periodical press.
A fragmentary exchange centers on labor and pride as a character named Carl questions weekly tasks. The garbled dialogue hints at an unresolved tension between work and personal achievement, reflecting a bygone newspaper voice and era.
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt will wed Count Laszlo Jene Maria Wenrik Simon Sunchenyi today at noon in the Vanderbilt mansion. The marriage links American wealth to Hungarian nobility, described as a love match despite pressure from suitors and social circles.
Pittsburg on January 27 was hit by a fierce storm with thunder, lightning, rain, hail, snow and strong winds. The city faced record rainfall and property damage as trolley wires fell and telegraph and telephone services were obstructed. Police and fire communications were disrupted during the emergency.
New York reports the Carnegie Steel Sharon plant will install the largest engine ever built with a capacity of unknown horsepower. Two castings weighed 118 tons each. Five reinforced freight cars transported the machine from Altis-Ghilstmers to Sharon. When installed the engine will weigh 450 tons without foundation plate or flywheel and will be used to drive rolls in a steel mill, reversing quickly as load varies.
Dean Mathews of the University of Chicago warns that Christian attitudes risk erosion by unscrupulous business. He argues the new social order creates a church crisis and identifies four hypocrisies from the pious to the philanthropic, all among the respectable classes.
A refined display highlights the highest class of workmanship in tailored suitings.
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