24 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
1
Walter H. Jackson as Managing Editor and C. C. McLain as Business Manager are listed along with the Office and Printing Plant address in the Gazette Building on Carpenter Avenue Indiana Pennsylvania. The newspaper is entered in the Indiana Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter.
Joseph McCormick of Heilwood spends day in town. S K Rank of Hillsdale registered at the Indiana House. Taylor Simpson of Covede was a business visitor to Indiana. Silas Kerr of Plumville visited Friday night. Moses T. Steele of Marion Center was in Indiana today. H Levy of Pittsburg Furniture Exchange visits Pittsburg. Mr and Mrs Pan Reidy guests of Squire and Mrs James Crossman. Harry Crawford of Marion Center attended Company F drill Friday night. Mr and Mrs George Keet of Harrisburg guests of Mr and Mrs John M Daugherty. Mr and Mrs Percy Bowman and children return from Punxsutawney. Mrs A C Smyers of DuBois returns from visit to Chestnut street parents. Arthur Lowry, UM graduate, back in Indiana visiting family on School street. Mrs M S Stevens and son Lloyd depart for extended Eastern trip. Stanley Books returns from UM and to represent Ladies Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post this summer. Dr J A Cathcart and wife, Chicoke dentist, pass through Indiana en route to Chambersville to visit his father. Dr Cathcart was in Company F during the Spanish American War. Edward Buchheit, Buchheit Bros. manager, leaves for Lancaster to marry Rosa Vollrath on Tuesday June 27. H Buchheit of Sykesville will supervise store.
The article outlines start of commencement week with sermons at the Presbyterian church by Rev. Willey of Christ M. E. Church Pittsburgh, a special music recitation, campus play, and meetings. It notes attendance by graduates, parents, and friends, plus a centennial week plan and students arriving for ceremonies.
A historical guide from the University of South Carolina emphasizes dry subgrades for sand clay roads. It outlines drainage ditches four to five feet wide and one to one and a half feet deep, ditch slopes, and frequent outlets. It details steps from removing debris to mixing sand and clay with a disk harrow, spreading six to eight inches of sand, and shaping the surface for a stable, dry roadway.
The city of Ephesus in Asia Minor, once a major trading center west of the Tauros, founded by Androclus and later under Roman control, housed the famed temple of Diana. Saint Paul stayed three years there, and the Gothic destruction in 260 A D dealt a lasting blow. Massive remains near the western edge, excavated since 1868, sit on the temple site.
A Nantucket windmill, claimed oldest in active operation in America, was built by sailor Nuthan Wilbur from timbers of shipwrecks. It has run daily for 105 years, driven by wind turning its weathered wings, reflecting a storied craft from Nantucket’s maritime past.
Concrete macadam roads are being built in many counties to prevent rutting and worsen under heavy trucking. Wayne county, Michigan, reports nearly eight miles of two course concrete roadways over two seasons. Bottom layers use limestone concrete with varied mixes, top layer uses crushed cabbles. Depth is six and a half inches, width from fifteen to nineteen feet.
A nationwide proposal would divide roads into short sections and assign local taxpayers to maintain each segment. Workers would scrape ridges, crown surfaces, and seal pavement after rain, with sessions lasting under two hours to avoid farm disruption.
The article argues that more railroad mileage increases the strain on country roads rather than reducing it. It cites data suggesting United States teams haul limited loads on the worst routes, while France expects higher capacity on good roads, projecting longer hauls and greater power demands.
A badly garbled OCR passage argues that improving country roads should interest matrons and mothers for the health and happiness of themselves and their children. It emphasizes road safety and access impacting family well being.
An advertisement touts Persian Sage as a guaranteed remedy to stop falling hair and itching scalp, claim it drives out dandruff and kills dandruff germs. It markets a large bottle for 60 cents and pledges money back if unsatisfied, urging readers to join the bandheaded clans.
Following a stroke shortly after her daughter's death, Mrs J B Washburn of Lorain Ohio mourns a twin loss. Margaret Morton Rager wife of Elliot Rager, aged 78, dies at her Johnstown home after a life spent in Blairsville and nearby communities. She was a well known county resident.
A playful exchange about boys mischief ends with a grocer’s note praising Hewitt's Easy Task soap. The child complains of dirt from play. The mother defends leniency while noting the soap makes cleaning easier and cleaner, priced at five cents a cake at all grocers.
Steam of New Alexandria married Mass Lena M Lene of Laval Hanna Township Westmoreland County on June 14. Rev. Fisher officiated. The bride taught in Saltsburg schools the past winter.
Lost license found between Josephine and Indiana to return to Irvin J. Shick at Gazette office. A gray and black overcoat and a buffalo robe were lost between the Court House and Bryan's hill. Reward offered by Stephen Kiss at Farmer's Bank.
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