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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
3
The Gazette announces a five week circulation contest starting Monday with The Spratt Baker Syndicate managing. Prizes include two diamond rings and other valuable incentives displayed in local merchant windows. Diamonds and incentives attract buyers as the plan aims to boost advertising revenue for Indiana county merchants.
The term grand jury completed work with a brief presentment urging immediate attention to jail plumbing and courthouse walls and ceilings. Upcoming trials begin June 10 with multiple cases including burglary, larceny, embezzlement, illegal liquor sales, and assault. Continuous docket through June 14 lists defendants such as Robert Bunyan, Hugh Byers, Thomas Kalki, Matt Mackalje, Eliza Dickey, S. P. Shepley, John Leggett, Alf Gaston, Mary Smith, James Ober, Edgar Bergman, and others.
Commonwealth versus PR and BR and Co. plus Commonwealth versus Joe Smith listed for a Tuesday proceedings. The terse entry notes a burn related homicide matter and nuisance elements tied to the Commonwealth cases.
The First National Bank of Indiana reports strong growth from Nov 12 1906 to May 20 1907 with higher surplus and profits and increased deposits and total assets. A 4 percent semi annual dividend of 8000 has been paid. The bank credits public confidence for its expansion and invites new business seeking safety and courteous treatment. Also noted is Children’s Day at Presbyterian Church with service at 11 o'clock and Sunday School at 10 15 prior to the service.
Mrs W F Grosse of Oak Street slipped on a banana peel in front of the courthouse Thursday night and fractured her left wrist. Dr W A Simpson attended her at the scene or afterward.
First carload of iron street railway poles arrived in Indiana, with delivery distributed to key depots. Workers prepare mounting crews as the project advances toward line completion.
The Thursday session of the Children's Aid Society of Western Pennsylvania closed with an election of officers. President Mrs. Mattie E. Sowers of Ridgway, Secretary Mrs. J H McLean of Allegheny, and Treasuries listed. An evening address by Rev George S Holmes followed a day of readings and songs by local educators and a quintette. He praised the society's work in a second-page continuation.
John M. Daugherty and R B Young plan a fire proof automobile garage on their rear property on Philadelphia Street. Building will be one story, 36 by 72 feet, with ground cleared today for erection by D A Hetrick at the rear of the Hetrick building. Washington Palmer and Peter Washington Jr and Misa Palmer of Marion Center married Thursday by Rev Hackman and plan a two week eastern city trip. Indiana Electric Supply installs a 5 horse power Westinghouse motor at R E Young’s marble works to power an air compressor for pneumatic marble tools. Work begins on a new building with excavations for a cellar by Frank Vilella on West Philadelphia Street near B and P railroad. Presbyterian church pie and cake sale set for Saturday afternoon. See Keystone Supply pumps before buying. Town water sometimes muddy. J M Stewart Co sells filters.
A major fire swept Seward on a Thursday evening threatening the entire town. Spreading from A. J. Spackman's general store, flames were fueled by a strong wind and scarce water. Reinforcements from Johnstown arrived as extensive property losses mounted including Clark and Cunningham properties and a foreigner’s body found in the Clark undertaking rooms. Total damages estimated around 30000 with several businesses and residences burned or damaged. The fire prompted a bucket brigade and emergency response from nearby towns.
Frank E. Heckert, Allegheny music dealer, sues Prof. Ross Blackburn for 50 000 alleging his wife Mary M. Heckert’s infidelity. Heckert states separation since April 10 and recounts Blackburn’s dancing classes, arrest, and ties to Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. Blackburn described as a noted dancing instructor with history and two children.
At a meeting at the home of Miss Martha Williams in South Fifth Street Indiana members of the clans of 1905 of the Indiana S N School organized a club named the L A F s to further the class interests. It will have about twenty members meeting at members homes. Dr and Mrs Walter Mitchell are honorary members. Officers for the year ending July 1908: President Thomas T Hill Vice President Sara M Gibson Treasurer Melinda Detwiler Secretary Isabel Allison.
A garbled array of stray phrases from a local newspaper page notes weather remarks about hail storms and a June brides crop, mentions milk watering rumors and water company milking claims, and teases local ads for Bath's Meat Market and Vogel Bros Spring Suits amidst scattered snippets of society and economy. The tone resembles a busy miscellany column with quirky observations and brief notices.
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