31 Jul 1909
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1909
Page
1
Notice notes the Indiana Post Office designation as Second Class Mail Matter for the Office and Printing Plant located in the New Gazette Building on Carpenter Ave in Indiana Pennsylvania. The entry appears in the Indiana Post Office records and confirms mailing status.
A Punxsutawney column lists multiple residents visiting relatives or traveling, including Kathryn North in Homer City, Fern Miller returning from Cleveland and Pittsburg, Elizabeth Hay in Pittsburg with Rev. and Mrs Hay, Ida Gailey visiting her parents on Oak Street, and others visiting family or returning from trips in Blairsville Cambridge Springs and Johnstown. The piece also notes plans and movements of several locals, with a brief unrelated ad-like segment and a stray line about an arrest and a later note on a jail discharge.
Bible week at Chautauqua New York opens on Sunday with lectures by Dr Russell H Conwell Rev J M Thoktourn Rev F W Bible Prof Richard G Moulton and others including Rev Alfred Lavell Prof Richard Burton Rev George Adam Smith Dr Melvil Dewey Leland Powers Rev A G B Pierge and Rev Anna Shaw.
The Blairsville Enterprise reports the first street car for the new line to Indiana was unloaded and placed on the track. The town council will not permit operation until a new franchise is granted, as the old one has expired.
Relatives surround Mrs. Sarah Anthony widow of Harry Anthony as her health becomes critical. Her sons Frank, a salesman for an Albany paper company, and Ira arrived Friday to stay at her bedside in Indiana.
Allan McHenry reports great progress in the rat business claiming a killing this week of ninety of the seamps some as large as cats. Plumville Review notes two old brick houses on Philadelphia Street that need a modern Pied Piper.
John Bradley of 808 Second avenue died at the Homeopathic Hospital today from heat prostration after illness began Wednesday night. Bradley was an 80 year old sailor. A drug advertisement follows urging Foley's Kidney Remedy for backache and kidney trouble.
The New York Central will run special trains and low rate excursion tickets Sundays August 1 and 8 from Possum Glory Idamar and all points on the Cherrytree and Dixonville Line and Arcadia Branch to the Mahaffey campmeeting.
An unclear fragment notes a contentious remark about Adam and a ship ride, attributed to Boucicaul en Or ee. The line raises questions about intent and context, suggesting a public dispute or literary controversy surrounding the phrase. Further readable details are unavailable in the excerpt.
At the home of Mrs. A M Bergman in Conemaugh township near Livermore a family reunion and surprise reception were held Thursday July 22 for son A G Bergman who works at Cambria Steel Works Johnstown and married July 21 to Mary Williams of that city. Mrs Bergman’s nine children their families and several friends attended.
After Harry K. Thaw is declared sane and freed, he will file for absolute divorce from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in New York. Provisions name two or three prominent New York men as part of the proceedings, according to reliable authority in White Plains.
A Friday afternoon function at the Twolick Country Club delighted 25 young guests hosted by Miss Edith Buchanan of Eleventh Street. The event honored Miss Lena Cooper of East Liberty formerly of Homer City and Miss Olive Mayer of Johnstown.
A dense block of classifieds advertises rentals and sales including storage space, a bargain store building with August 15 possession, No 1 Strawberry plants for sale, a steel range, household goods, a piano, an Indiana grocery store opportunity, oil cooking stoves, and automobiles for sale or hire. Also notes cheap Chevy Chase building lots near B L Junker’s, and help wanted for roomers and a traveling manager. lost and found items listed with contact details.
Fragmentary ad style note from a tailoring shop praising its practice and customers. Mentions Pauch Brothers and Plotzer's Market with a quirky tone and pledge to return. Emphasizes helping others and being philanthropists, though phrasing remains casual and non-specific.
Cherbourg reports the arrival of the Russian fleet acting as escort for the royal yacht Standart off the coast. The czar, czarina, their children, and the czar's entourage are aboard, as salutes echo from the shore.
The French channel fleet formed in opposing lines received the Russian ships and the French cruiser Verite with President Falleries Foreign Minister Pichon Admiral Lapeyrere and Minister of War Brun aboard along the shore.
Preparations under way for the grand opening of the new Picnic ground at Glen Campbell on Sept 6 and 7. Grounds are being improved to become one of the county’s finest resorts with nearby springs to serve picnickers. Speakers include B. W. Wilson M. C. Watson and Ex Judge Harry White from Clearfield Indiana districts.
The Columbia Plate Glass plant at Blairsville will gain a brick building 140 by 101 feet and three stories high, costing 40000 dollars, to partly house pottery for glass production. The notice warns youths near twough creek to cease nuisance behavior, with the signers pledging enforcement.
A Sabbath schools union picnic at Grace Church in Clymer drew over 100 attendees on a Tuesday event day.
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