30 Jan 1928
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1928
Page
1
Dozens of figures from Stabirgh Plumville Cher Tree Heilwood and nearby towns spent a weekend in Indiana and Armagh to handle assorted business. Visitors included clerks, miners and local residents meeting friends, transacting affairs at offices and markets across the area.
A fragment from a report details a high school girl at Milton Academy named Jenny, an honor student, whose life and family pressures are explored. The piece notes her thesis criticizing herself and mentions an impulse to run away, deterred by lack of a clear cause and fear of loss.
A speaker notes that business leaders shoulder hard work and heavy burdens, driving American growth. He predicts further development beyond current limits, rejects saturation anxieties, and envisions a distant promised land that remains elusive yet increasingly approached as progress continues.
An English botanist reportedly discovered a plant in Tibet bearing a perfectly black flower. The find highlights rare floral pigment and expands knowledge of Tibetan flora. Further studies are expected to confirm classification and potential horticultural uses.
The article discusses a modern reproduction Dutch Colonial house with a broad front, red brick chimney, and bright exterior colors. It describes interior layout including a spacious hall, large living room, dining room, kitchen, and sleeping porch, plus two bedrooms on the upper floor. Redwood interior finishes and paint guidance are noted along with durability and aesthetic tips.
Forecaster E C Lorentz reports a slight relief from the recent cold with expectations of another cold wave tomorrow. The Osrentas weather note cites snow, warmer daytime, then colder, stormy nights for today and Tuesday, with temperatures ranging from the low teens to mid twenties and a 12 degree below normal average for the nine days ending Friday. The cause is a northwest cold wave meeting a northeast moving low pressure from the Carolinas, sparking widespread but lighter snowfall along the middle and north Atlantic coast.
Five persons were recovering today from carbon monoxide fumes from a new oven in the Ekert bakery in Elwood City New Jersey. The victims were found by friends after Mrs Wm Newton collapsed near their door.
President Coolidge is set to address the United States Government business organization from Washington at 6 45 p m EST broadcast by 28 NBC stations including Pittsburgh outlets. In other Pittsburgh police news a bomb incident at a home wounded a man. gunfire at a wine party injured one guest. several suspects arrested.
Youngstown January 30 INS reports Mayor Joseph L Heffernann after reading essays by policemen on What is wrong with the police department plans to start an elepentane school for them.
Police say five Magrino family members were beaten and two shot after intruders ransacked a Barrow home. Alexander Barrow was arrested at the scene while Magrino and Traveling were hospitalized in critical condition. Black Brothers and Joseph Barnow later sought treatment at Allegheny General Hospital. several family members held on charges as police hunt additional suspects.
The Wednesday morning session lists speakers James G. Nelson and Charles Graham from Pittsburgh, A. M. Stlteler Beaver Falls, A. T. Upson New York, George N. Glaas Pittsburgh, Edward Wlaman Washington, and Robert Parker Miles. In the afternoon, J. B. Wallace Pittsburgh, J. G. Marke of Cresson, Charles O'Neil president of the Bituminous Coal Association attend.
The event lists D W Lipon of Indiana PA and 8 Means of Pittsburgh among speakers. Rev G Baily of Greensburg, PA opens with Abraham Lincoln address. A debate on Wood Substitutes features A Haines W R Mowry Geo W Bagachard 0 C Cluse. Judges include A Walters S P C Andrews J M Smith W L Liphart Milloy and W J O Mara. Cora Wilson Stewart of Chicago to speak on world liberty. cost accounting talk by W C Moore. Alvin C York of Tennessee to headline the banquet with President Daugherty presiding. other speakers George Taylor and Thomas Hendricks. Gala banquet Thursday at 6 30 followed by annual ball.
The Tickman murder trial resumes with defense seeking to prove hereditary insanity. Depositions from Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma suggest a lineage of mental illness. Witnesses include relatives and former associates and 37 typewritten documents await reading to the jury. Alternate jurors remain to be chosen.
A winter storm disrupted travel across Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgomery and York counties. Lancaster logged 24 inches unofficially as drifts reached 12 to 15 feet. A passenger car stranded between Harrisburg and Linglestown for an hour. Several traction lines failed, with steam lines more affected. In New York waters, two coast guard patrol boats went missing after leaving Curtis Bay. The storm caused traffic accidents and five deaths in the metropolitan area, including a Brooklyn car plunging into the Gowanus Canal and a youth killed in Manhattan.
About 65,000 persons in Great Britain pay taxes for using armoured carriages and automobiles. The item notes the high cost and social impact of motor transport in the era.
Markets opened with uneven declines across Industrials as leaders failed to advance yet oils rallied. Utilities and transport companies showed weakness in December earnings, while some specialties drifted. Gulf Mobile and Northern and Chicago and Alton posted sharp declines. Atchison fall held within a 22 percent drop, and December net income for several lines contrasted with 1926 figures.
A $20,000,000 telegraph cable will start from San Francisco linking California to the Orient. Ceriton, president of Western Union, said the line will run from San Francisco to the Sawalian Islands, then to the Philippines, China, Indo China, and all of Southern Asia.
A blaze at Villanova spread to additional campus buildings injuring several firefighters led by Chief John Riggs and officers from nearby towns. Among the wounded are Red McLaughlin Ardmore Edward McGoldrick N. P. Persons and Howard V. Sweeney with burns and injuries. Students Irwin Booker James Leib Larry Ciccero Harry Barker and Francis Crimmins were overcome by smoke or cut by glass. A short circuit is suspected as the blaze origin.
The article discusses sections of the United States in the Caribbean as a debate topic. It notes expectations that no single act will be named, but references should be clear. Dr Mauritia is anticipated to report that nations can no longer ignore global obligations and pursue programs contrary to international law.
The missing submarine submersible is being sought both on the surface and from the air. The new aircraft carrier USS Saratoga joined the search, sending planes within a 160 mile radius. The report notes the vessel’s displacement and armament and mentions a severe Atlantic gale that separated the vessel amid rain and snow. officials fear possible motor damage and radio failure may explain its silence.
Vintondale High School teams swept Armagh High in three games at Vintondale. Boys beat Armagh 23 to 18, girls defeated Armagh 9 to 3, and Vintondale Reserves edged the Junior High 7 to 1. Referees were Lybarger and Morris.
Kiski dominated the Indiana YMCA squad with a fast start and steady scoring, finishing 43 to 33 behind strong play by Miller Crissman and Sawyer while Elder fought through a knockout. Indiana led late in the third but foul play and timely substitutions swung the momentum for Kiski.
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