01 Jun 1925
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1925
Page
1
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A crowded weekend scene captures Memorial Day visits across Indiana with gatherings at homes of the Penningtons, Clarks, and Tavines. Local residents including Albert Zellers, Reynolds family, Shields, Kiesinger, and many others travel to see relatives in Vandergrift, Wilkinsburg, and New Kensington. Attendees include doctors Fetters Laughlin, J. Wood Clark, and several businessmen. trips extend to Pittsburgh, Wellsville, Swissvale, and beyond.
Shanghai reports fresh bloodshed as police fire on a mob blocking traffic on Nanking Road. Ten to twenty Chinese wounded. total deaths rise to eleven amid protests over Japanese factory layoffs. City also moves to ward construction of a $30,000 sewage disposal plant.
A plan to cast Mr. Coolidge unknowingly as a featured player in a fictional educational life drama at the Naval Academy is underway. The presidential train to St Paul and Minneapolis on Saturday marks the end of Mr. Coolidge’s travel efforts, mirroring any citizen’s journey.
Wednesday Ford Day features a noon free dinner in the Rest Room and a 3 00 parade on Philadelphia Street from Fifth to Ninth. The grand prize drawing occurs around 5 00 P M in the White Lot on Philadelphia Street. Entrants must be present with one hand to claim the car. Ford employees and ticket-giving store staff are not eligible. More details appear on the last page.
Death notices recount the passing of a Civil War veteran from the 208th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Survived by a widow, several children in Canton Ohio and Honolulu, services planned at his home Tuesday night and Wednesday in Greenwood Cemetery with a military funeral led by Indiana Post No. 28 G A R and assisted by American Legion Past No. 141.
A plan to connect Holmesburg with a modern trolley line links Rhawn Street and Frankford Avenue to the present northern terminus of the Frankford elevated. The idea envisions transfers to the Frankford elevated and a branch from Poqueasing Creek to serve Holmesburg Torresdale districts, contingent on city and private terms. The measure mirrors wartime shifts at Geneva and Ireland’s woes, juxtaposing global politics with local transport needs.
Postal inspector Be Neves reports a criminal entered a car in an empty sack in a case noted by the Boston Transcript.
Courtesy note states Wesley Askins a well known citizen of Cherry Hill township is visiting Fleming Center County Pa with his son for a month.
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