20 Jun 1914
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
1
The notice describes rapid fire contests for teams and individuals with prizes including a gold medal and bronze figure. Prizes require multiple wins over time and specify distances of 200 to 600 yards. It notes eligibility rules restricting team members from entering other rapid fire or individual matches.
D W Williams of Johnstown was a visitor here yesterday. Hiram Smith of Saltsburg was a business visitor in Indiana today. Mrs R S Shumaker returned home from Pittsburgh. Mrs W E Mahavey the Pittsburgh optician visits Indiana. Miss Anna Mary Jones of Johnstown visits Miss Ella F Thompson of Railroad avenue. John McKeage who came for the Creighton Wilson wedding returns to Burnside. Mrs Edward Rowland leaves for a month in Detroit. R M Ewing and daughter of Pittsburgh visit McClain Davis of South Seventh street. Arthur Russell of Indiana becomes Cyrle Cay Co representative and received a Cycle car model. Rev Emilio Farvi of Ernest sails for Italy for summer and early fall returning around October 1. Mr and Mrs A W Standish of Oregon visit with relatives in the area. Standish travels east with his wife and brothers and sisters.
A narrative fragment traces Adlai E Stevenson’s early life with farm work and schooling, including carved wall inscriptions and moral lessons from his father. It notes his later rise in public service and names Ellen as a young confidante, while recounting his persistence and educational path.
The Washington party declares a Progressive platform opposing Penrose and his allies, pledging to end corruption and special privilege. It condemns tariff policy, supports Roosevelt era reforms, calls for local option, a nonpartisan constitutional convention, civil service merit, and robust labor and consumer protections amid plans for road, tax, and public utility reforms.
Modern explorers note that ancient peoples covered heads and bodies with sheets of gold to take an impression of the deceased. Schliemann described tombs with large gold masks in repousse work, some reproduced in engravings for his Mycenae studies.
A mocked legal theory holds a criminal’s family liable when the culprit escapes justice. The piece notes a religious view that abandoning parents damns the soul, pushing prompt compliance with the law. John Chinninan is cited as preferring not to risk this drastic consequence.
In Bermuda the rain catch is a key landscape feature as the sole water source. Residents collect rain on whitewashed roofs or build open cisterns with cemented, whitewashed walls and a tank at the base. The surface beneath is coral rock, scraped and cemented. The note also mentions wealth and a local attar of roses and weaving craft.
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