07 Jul 1914
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1914
Page
1
Wanted small capital and space to handle a poultry and tobacco trade venture. Cordelle Cigar Co invites inquiries in Philadelphia and Versailles markets offering weekly salaries, and notes May issue details. ll
A crowded column records visitors and guests in town homes from Pitts and McKee to Water Street and Logan Hollister, plus a Sheridan laundry venture. It notes D H W Truitt’s return after bronchitis, Rural Letter Carriers convention hosts, and a playful family party with a nine year old birthday. A reunion date for the Ubers is announced and tax notice info appears. An ongoing Dr Samuel G Dixon health talk urges fly control, home sanitation, and proper garbage disposal to curb breeding grounds.
The Cumberland Maryland license was granted yesterday to Wesl Whitman Woodall Ernest and Myvie Mae Walker Homer City Y M C A. Notes report a hustlers intermediates swimming meet with Ritzel and Wilson leading. a tennis court is ready for members. The town council enacts traffic rules including speeds not over ten miles per hour and many safety provisions on streets and alleys.
Miss Le Wantworth unveils her 56 inch wide hat named Imperator with a stateroom aboard as part of a nautical display. The piece draws attention to its grand dimensions and the accompanying observations describe the scene and the shippers involved in the event at the pier.
A local notice outlines a one hour time shift in Kenosha Wisconsin to start a sports event earlier. The plan mirrors a national example and aims to align with daylight timing for workers and attendees. A new engineer named Gertie is mentioned in context with a separate note about the Culebra Cut rename and a statement by Representative Chuley of South Carolina. The article references the president’s approval of the plan and notes broader timing changes affecting workers and venues.
A brief ad summary notes heavy invoice flow and deliveries while promising more details tomorrow. It highlights marked summer dresses from a New York supplier at 7.50 to 8.50, plus wash skirts, hosiery, and stockings in large stock, with prices driving purchases.
A cautious expansion of parcel post allows books to travel in the same class as merchandise, boosting library outreach. Virginian state library notes increased book circulation as parcel rates rise, while a German compressed air monoplane prototype demonstrates new flight propulsion with a three cylinder engine and sustained lift.
July 7 report from Freeport New York describes a staged re enactment of the murder of Mrs. Louisa A. Dalley led by W J Burns and Dr Edwin Carman with Burns detectives acting as witnesses and suspects The account notes witnesses such as Celia Colenson Hazel Combe Hannah Kahn and others detailing the rehearsal and conflicting testimony during a short inquest while references to other shooting incidents and a box of cartridges surface amid the inquiry.
Reports from Juarez say a peace compact between General Carranza and General Villa was arranged with high officials meeting in Torreon to settle southern campaign plans. Villa's reps said he would follow Carranza, acknowledging Carranza as supreme revolutionary leader, while authorities pursue alleged Villa money transfers and cleaner borders.
Chicago jury awards James B. Wilson former freight conductor on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad $76,000 for injuries after being forced to work sixty three hours out of seventy two. He testified he worked three days and nights Aug 19 to 24, 1918 with little rest and fell between a car and engine in Peninsula Pennsylvania, crushing his right arm and injuring his spine while switching a freight car.
Albany July 7 Malcolm Gifford Jr. is kept under constant guard at Albany county Jail after a changed demeanor. Sheriff Peasley says the prisoner has lost his nerve and only relatives may cheer him during visits. District Attorney Alexander declares a retrial for the fall, arguing seven jurors’ vote for second degree murder at the first trial requires another proceedings.
London July 1 for the first time in eighteen years the lightweight world title will be fought on English soil. Willig Ritchin the American title holder faces Freddie Welsh the British champion at the Olympia tonight. Mine foreman's home dynamited in Pittsburgh. Henry Sweinsberg, a mine foreman, his wife and child injured as the blast wrecked their house.
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