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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
3
The forecast says it will be warmer tonight and Friday with rising temperatures. Expect clear skies turning to partly cloudy conditions and light winds as the day progresses. Highs will approach the mid 70s with mild nights and muggy in spots.
Names of residents and spouses listed for various towns including P Wisecarver Indiana Sue J Williard Jefferson Lawrence Mercer MecKean Venango Evans Hays Warren Mangsner Smith Thompson and Rodgers in a condensed community notice.
The Palace Skating Rink will open tomorrow evening for a benefit to aid the Indiana High School Baseball team managed by John W. Barr. A strong program includes a mile men’s race for a solid gold cuff buttons prize from The Hup, a ten-lap ladies race with a shirt waist prize from The Faction, a ten-lap girls under 13 race with an Axminster rug prize from Yellow Front, and a ten-lap race by Dugan Glass Co employees plus a team race with prizes from Dugan Glass Co. General skating starts at 7:30 PM, races at 9 PM.
WEDDINGS Burlew of Pittsburg and Laura Hobaugh of Saltsburg united in marriage by Rev George Holmes at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage on Church Street Wednesday June 5. Chalmera Lucas and Minnie Pearl Iseman, Indiana, wed by Rev Crawford at his residence on South Sixth Street Wednesday evening. Notice is hereby given a rehearing will be held by Pennsylvania Board of Pardons on Carmine Renzo murder case. BE Walker Smith, H E Anderson, S J McCarrell, E E Bidleman, Attys for Applicant, 239-11.
The piece explores how myths of half man half horse arose from early horseback riding among Thessalians and how Pappe and American Indians misperceived riders as single beings. It notes a Doctor scene with cholera amid Punjab workers and references misused remedies in a historical context.
A New York public school applicant recalls being asked about his father's business. The boy answers proudly that his father is a book maker. The teacher later asks him to carry home a note requesting the cost of rebinding and get of Appleton's Cyclopedia.
Huxley and Sir William Gull discuss whether nature heals or kills. Gull dismisses nature as often fatal, saying nine times out of ten nature does not want to cure but to put him in his coffin.
A quoted remark from Mlegenude Bjaetter laments a missed chance for delay in a family wedding. The speaker, addressing Lady Today, muses on age and the desire for parents to postpone their nuptials by a decade.
A sweep of social notes lists numerous residents and visitors in Indiana and nearby towns. Names include R. A. Thompson, Edward St. Clair, Mr. and Mrs. T. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kinter, Miss Minnie Stewart, Mrs. Mary Wood, Attorney Ben Clark, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. St Clair, D. L. Moorhead and his brother, John Kaughlin, Prof. E. Percy Case, Johnston Moorhead, Nathan Kohup, Miss Carrie Lytie, Mrs. Amelia Lytle, Mrs. G. P. McCartney, and many others, with travels to Pittsburg, Chambersville, Blairsville, Winchester, Latrobe, Punxsutawney, and Princeton mentioned. The piece notes social calls, business visits, vacations, and a possible federation effort among local women’s clubs.
The official returns from last Saturday show Republican nominees and vote totals: J Blair Sutton 2206 for Register and Recorder with a 704 majority over D E Thompson of Blairsville who had 1602. Elkcio 2707 vs Mahan 926 in District Attorney race for a 1781 margin. D Lynn Moorhead 2099 for county surveyor with no opposition.
A broad advertisement touts Dr. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid as the sole internal tablet guaranteed to cure piles with a month’s treatment for $1. The notice invites readers to contact T. & Hildebrand in Indiana about the product, listing Dr. Leonhardt Co. of Niagara Falls, NY.
The Normal Conservatory of Music hosted a Wednesday afternoon recital for parents and friends. The young performers impressed listeners with piano pieces by Mary Longwill Nellie McGregor Hazel Douglass Denman Spencer Flossie Williams Ruth Thompson Florence Wallace Alice Brown Alice St Clair and Ione Karl and violin solos by Ernest Caldwell and Joseph Wilson.
A Chicago Tribune fragment reports Arvid, son of the coachman, being unwelcome at Jennie’s kitchen. The girl slammed the door in his face, and the boy told a neighbor with indignation that she shut the door right in his loaf.
The breeding and sale of canary birds in Germany now controls world markets with an estimated value of 238000 dollars.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a professor delivering a blunt object lesson on tobacco use. The speaker, reflecting with irony, notes long-term smoking and critiques the audience as short-winded and idiotic while asserting personal experience with smoking.
Bath Meat Market advertises tender steak available by phone at 239-26 with pickup or delivery options. The brief notice highlights quality meat and convenient contact for ordering.
An old advertisement argues the average man should be his own doctor for minor ailments. It promotes Chamberlain remedies such as Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, Cough Remedy, Pain Balm, Stomach and Liver Tablets, and Salve. One bottle of each costs 1.24 dollars. sold by drug stores.
The Wednesday Night Dancing Club announces a dance to be held tonight in Library Hall after last night’s failure to secure the venue due to An Indian Romance. Prof Blackburn's scholars and friends are invited, with the Opera House Orchestra providing music.
A scrambled OCR passage mentions tablets with laxative effects and free samples at druggists, a stern police remark to a tramp about not fishing or drowning, a vignette with a girl and her aunt about a fly with a tack in its tail, and a kitchen cabinet sale at Appleby and Peterson’s offering items for two dollars and sixty cents.
A fragment from Fry's Magazine notes quilts as an outdoor pastime, calling it one of the oldest and most scientific forms of outdoor Baudelaire, reflecting on the craft's longevity and method.
Gilbert Sullivan one act comic opera Trial by Jury to be produced by Normal School and town singers in Library Hall Friday June 14. Directed by Prof Hamlin FE Cogenel. Burlesque on breach of promise case with bright music and elaborate costumes. Cast includes Edna Cogswell, Ed Sutton, Hamlin E. Cogswell, Walter Jackson, W Pearl Walker, John Pierce.
Hy o mei marketed as the Little Pocket Physician promises to cure catarrh without stomach dosing. An outfit including the device and a bottle of Hy o mei sells for one dollar, with Tom I Hildebrand offering full outfits on trial. A kitchen shower for Miss Aletha Longwill noted as she announces engagement to Mr Paul Zink of Youngstown Ohio. wedding planned in about a week.
A tidy customer suffered a chronic tatter on hands for years and could not tend to duties. One box of Chamberlains Salve cured her completely, with Chamberlains medicines praised in the Almond Alabama community. Sold by M H Rodney & Co and by all druggists.
Wayne Riggs has been taken on by KR W. Wehrle & Co. the jeweler as an apprentice. He arrives with about a year of experience from Kittanning, where he lived before his family moved to Indiana. His father works at the Hetrick & Wilson flour mill.
An old advertisement fragment promotes Tt as an antiseptic liniment that prevents blood poisoning from cuts, bruises, or burns and speeds healing. It also claims instant burn pain relief and mentions it is sold by druggists. Additional notices include an engagement announcement for Maude Mas Pennman and J Wilbur Cunningham, a local bank ad, a local pump line, a meat market roast offer, and a spring suit ad from Vogel Brothers.
Stockholm June 6 King Oscar and Queen Sophia celebrated their golden wedding in a gala, nation wide fete. The public and European notables sent addresses while the royal family welcomed delegations despite the king’s illness. A public collection funded access for poor patients to sanitariums founded on Oscar’s reign.
Deposits in the Farmers' Bank of Indians earn four percent interest with semiannual credit, interest credited regardless of depositor visits, and withdrawals do not reduce the remaining balance. Accounts open from one dollar. the notice cites an 1886 furniture mover's advice urging persistence in moving.
A dated literary fragment cites Altungo and a quip about despotism. It mentions a tree uprooted by a despot and a helper who prunes away redundancies. The passage references Appleby & Peterson as a literary house.
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