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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1906
Page
2
The Chicago Board of Trade quotation sheet, reported by Endinwe Brokerage and Duventient Co., lists numerous stocks and futures including Amana Lot Ama Smelt and Ref Avebleon B&O. It notes prices and dealer details from 28 Warnhall Building with dated entries and firm names such as Pid Mo Pas Ey R. and Iron- Sep Pid.
Philadelphia report details the rescue of seven year old Freddie Muth from kidnapper John Joseph Kean. Kean, a former stock broker turned real estate agent, was captured after detectives cornered him at 426 North Gend Street. Despite a large police effort, misleading newspaper stories had misled the public as the kidnapper demanded $6,000. The child, hungry and dirty, was returned to his parents at 1082 Columbia Avenue.
A thunderstorm toppled the dome of Avalon United Presbyterian Church on California Avenue Avalon displacing a stone upright causing the dome to crash into the building. Carpenter James Stewart aged 46 was killed and Walfar Dowlin William Campbell and Grant Couts were injured. Reports also note royal visits and other distant items read together from the source.
A head on collision south of Bridgeport between a special Baltimore & Ohio train and a loaded ore train injured six men seriously and caused many others to suffer minor injuries. Engineer Will Scott and fireman Frank Davidson were among the worst hurt. several others suffered burns and crushed bodies. Six crew jumped from the engine and escaped with minor injuries. A dispatchers error is blamed for the collision at high speed.
Former Major Waver McCornick urges Cumberland County Democrats to back a free unbossed state convention for governor. He argues against corporate influence and pledges support for Lewis Emery if the convention agrees the surest path to defeat the opposing ticket is to nominate him.
In Rochester on June 19 Bert Holt aged 24 was struck by lightning as a severe storm hit. His right shoe was torn off and a gas fire in the room was extinguished. Holt inhaled escaping gas but survived the incident amid the storm with injuries noted at the scene.
Prank Malkin, former Corry bank examiner, is appointed a draughtsman in the state department of in tional asfates, replacing Robert C. Stuckenrath of Meadville, who was dismissed by Secretary Brown following the Republican convention.
Roanoke Virginia reports Police Chief William Renfro of Dorchester was shot and killed in the suburbs while investigating after hearing gunshots. Assailants unidentified, no clues to their identity.
In New York on June 19 a would be jewel thief cut Mrs. Rebecca Kupfer as he tried to wrench her diamond earrings from her ears. The robber Joseph Caresaccia, 23, was beaten by a mob and then jailed after a responding policeman battled for his life amid hundreds of Hebre ns seeking vengeance. Kupfer is 24 and had been visiting friends on Houston Street when attacked.
A former Swift & Co. foreman from Chicago says Sinclair’s Packingtown narrative is true after visiting Lexington. He notes outside cleanliness masks inner filth and cites no rats or refuse piles like those seen in Chicago. He praises the courage of exposing outrages but warns of inward conditions.
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania face showers and thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday with fresh south winds. West Virginia also expects showers on those days. The rest of the scattered text indicates standings and scores from early baseball games and a stray city listing, with unclear fragments remaining unreadable.
Midwest rains dampen wheat corn and oats markets with declines across contracts. Wheat July quotes near 82.88. Nearby corn and oats fall as traders digest weather impact and supply signals. Pittsburg and New York listings show mixed shifts in livestock and dairy prices across cattle eggs butter and cheese.
A farmer near Fort Smith and his two children Bola aged 5 and James aged 7 months died in a Fort Smith hospital from certain poisoning after eating Bologna sausage. A daughter aged 7 is dying. The incident occurred near Little Hock Arkansas on June 19.
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