Indiana Postoffice Second Class Mail Matter Entry
Noted as entered in the Indiana postoffice as second class mail matter. This line records mail classification status for publication handling.
30 Jan 1911
Page 1
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1911
Page
1
Noted as entered in the Indiana postoffice as second class mail matter. This line records mail classification status for publication handling.
A detailed look at how Supreme Court justices prepare decisions and dissents. It explains conference procedures Under lock and key drafting stages dictation printing and final publication. The process covers assignment by the Chief Justice writing opinions deliberations and eventual release to the court and readers.
Pall Mall Gazette reports that in St Marys church Dover plates are to be substituted for collection plates, on the express ground that many buttons have been found from the latter.
Mrs Malvina Hammerstein began divorce proceedings in Nyack New York Supreme Court for an absolute divorce from Oscar Hammerstein on statutory grounds. The suit cites a prior Texas case where Frances Lee claimed damages of 106000 for alleged breach of contract over failed opera singing services reportedly rendered in nursing and other care.
Pittsburgh January flood forecast warns of rising river levels after heavy rainfall. Predictions indicate waters could reach 27.3 feet with a 20-foot stage likely, following recent downpours. Northside residents were alerted by police to prepare for high water.
Experiments by Dr. J A Littlefield and A H Hawkins of Cumberland show the deaths of Miss Grace Blosser and Charles Twigg Keyser occurred from fumes of a gas stove, not cyanide of potassium. A cat placed in the couple’s couch spot died after exposure, with autopsy findings mirroring those of the pair, clarifying the incident on the eve of their wedding.
Charleston West Virginia January. Governor Glasscock plans to sign the commissions of Watson and Chilton as United States senators as soon as they are elected. The move realigns the state senate for a fresh election of U.S. senators, drawing mixed reactions from Republicans and Democrats. The Wheeling incident earlier in the week is mentioned in passing, noting the gunboat’s safe return after a blast at sea.
Chicago Record-Herald notes oppressive practice of English parents naming children with grotesque or embarrassing monikers. The piece cites examples like Roger the Ass and Boadicea Bushur, detailing the social pain for youngsters and the blunt disapproval they face as they grow up. The article critiques how caprice and vanity in naming can scar innocent youths.
During the 1859 Solferino campaign Jean Henri Dunant witnessed wounded soldiers left untended. With peasant women he organized ambulances at Castiglione, aiding French Italians and Austrians alike. His acts and words led to the idea of the Red Cross and a humane code.
A theater manager sought a drop curtain from French artist Meissonier claiming it would draw crowds. He estimated the needed 18 by 14 meters, but Meissonier priced it at 80 000 francs per meter, totaling 21.6 million francs, and warned it would take 12,000 years to complete at 25 centimes per square meter, joking that the artist was too old for the undertaking.
Washington dispatch reports Stan Clark of Missouri, soon to be speaker, opposed to removing the speaker's power to appoint committees but endorsing a test of Democrats in Ways and Means control. He warns a Democratic czar in the House would be deplorable and that the coming caucus will discuss tentative committee plans amid friction and pressure from members seeking assignments.
Cleveland may host Olympic events with a proposed 250000 appropriation and a joint Cleveland and federal commission to be appointed by President Taft. A separate note reports the drowning of 83 year old Lina Davis in West Virginia while visiting relatives near Beacons Ferns. Also, Milton Keller of Butler, aged 20, was fatally injured by a falling tree at John Sullivan farm, Garver area.
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