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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
2
A brief item notes ribbon prices holding at 19 cents and 29 cents per unit this week, reflecting stable market costs for office and craft needs. The notice emphasizes affordable supplies amid ongoing retail offerings.
Rush to our millinery sale as 200 trimmed hats valued at 4 to 5 dollars sold for 2.95. Women praised the bargain and flocked to the store in Indiana seeking the wide selection. Another hundred hats arrive today in various colors and styles.
Local shop features untrimmed Sailors hats in assorted colors at 75 cents each, down from 1.25 dollars. Formerly priced 1.25, the sale marks a notable discount to buyers seeking Shirt Waist Hats.
Numerous brief items from Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia report accidents deaths and legal cases. Notable entries include John Pfahler's heart failure during a goball game in Meyersdale Pennsylvania, a fire at Steubenville Imperial 98 plant, and a fatal shooting near Scranton involving an Italian merchant. Local officials in Toledo announce turpentine production plans while Leechburg prepares for an upcoming water-rate increase amid a prior court win by residents.
The Indiana County Street Railway Co sets a Saturday schedule for Ernest and Creekside Lines with first and last cars not running on Sundays. Departures from Indiana are at 8 00 am and other times listed, with Creekside departures at 6 40 am and noon or 1 20 pm, and special no Sunday service noted for the first and last cars.
Fragmentary box score notes show teams Chicago Cleveland St Louis Detroit New York Philadelphia Washington and others with unclear figures. Tomorrow’s games include New York at Chicago Philadelphia at Detroit Boston at St Louis Washington at Cleveland.
Charles Cook aged seventeen was found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Charles Bennett in New Kensington Pennsylvania. He faces a life sentence under West Virginia law. Lita Fane Cook and Jo Bop R Wethe await trial on related charges.
George Siler aged sixty two, a Chicago boxing writer and noted referee, died of heart disease. He refereed many famous fights, including Corbett vs Fitzsimmons and Jeffries vs Sharkey, and accompanied Nelson. Bryan Nomination Assured as 697 delegates pledged to vote for Bryan at the Denver Democratic convention.
Fragmentary forecast shows fair conditions for Tuesday and Monday with a cooler trend. Mentions high temperatures and a mix of fair skies but text is garbled and unreadable in places.
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