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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
6
Saltaburg inked as the first county town to exceed the fundraising target for Indiana Boy Scout drive. H A Jackson reported 8945 subscribed, with $9,583.30 raised so far. Headquarters lifted campaign restrictions, inviting solicitations in all districts and pledges in fixed annual amounts for a three year period.
Claude Morison, 10, of Washington township, was bitten on the right hand by a cat that, upon examination, showed a violent rabies type. Anti-toxin serum treatment was ordered by wire and the lab is being treated to prevent possible infection.
A Lauderbach Zerby Company sugar shipment arriving at Punxsutawney via the B R & P Railroad was 1700 pounds short. Nathan Kohut, chief claim agent, had four train crew members placed under arrest as 17 bags of 100 pounds each were allegedly found in their possession.
Washington June 25 Switch men in all the eastern yards voted to walk out at midnight tomorrow Union leaders reported a new striker employed at Potomac and Baltimore yards would join the walk out Similar actions occurred at meetings in other East centers Representatives of unions and the Labor Department urging patience for the Railroad Labor Board decision said the Board is deadlocked The men weary of premises and said President's message to the Board will bring speedy action and an award within a week B M Jewell head of the Railway Employes Department and chairman Continued on Page 2 Column 6
Harry Hudson, son of Mr and Mrs James Hudson of Lawrence township, has endured a series of accidents over four years including three firearm wounds. A World War I veteran, he survived France trenches, later injured by a misfired revolver and most recently hit in the right thigh when a gun toppled from a shelf. He remains in Clearfield hospital.
Harrisburg June 25 Sixty two school teachers were retired on superannuated allowances and all school employees on disability allowances at the annual meeting of the state school employees retirement board. The average service 27 years and the average annuity 275 dollars a year. Miss Grace Swann of Pittsburgh and FH. R. Jacques of Johnstown were nominated for reappointment to the board. Retired on superannuated allowances were Miss Jane KE Leonard and Milton Laney of Indiana State Normal School Indiana Pa.
A special meeting of the Hospital Auxiliary will be held at the home of the Secretary Miss Minnie eal on Saturday evening at 7:20. The notice mentions the venue and time for a 7:20 Saturday gathering.
Yale freshmen crew defeated Harvard by half a length in the opening race followed by a junior varsity victory by a length The four mile varsity race was set for four o'clock Yale entered as the early favorite in New London on July 25.
A quiet Y M C A ceremony saw Professor Fred W. Myers award diplomas to twenty five stenographic graduates and five from the commercial course. No formal exercises, just remarks and the presenting of sealed sheepskins. The college will not hold a summer session, reopening in September, while the class and teachers enjoy a Campbell's Mills picnic.
Miss Violet May Myers of White township was elected a delegate from the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Indiana. She travels with Miss Verna Stear, principal of the Bixonville schools, to Akron Ohio to attend the annual Y M W B convention.
William W. Stimson and Miss Ruth Coy of Home were married yesterday at the home of Rev. Dr. FE M. Gearhart pastor of Zion Lutheran Church on South Sixth Street. The couple plan an extended Western honeymoon and will reside in Indiana where Mr Stimson is employed.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission pays noxious animal bounty claims, totaling about 114000, through a centralized system with inspector review to curb fraud. The author argues the new method, in operation for five years, is the best in the United States and minimizes false claims.
The Hon M Clyde Kelly congressman from the thirtieth district and Brad dock resident will address the July 5 celebration at Marion Center. After the day’s festivities a musical entertainment and comedy drama will be staged in the new community park.
Sealed proposals to carry United States mails on messenger route 210748 between the Indiana Post Office and BRR depots will be received by the Indiana Pennsylvania Postmaster until 3 00 P M on Monday July 5. Harry W Fee PM set the deadline and details.
Mr and Mrs Norman Pfeiffer and two sons Kenneth and Paul of Indiana depart 8 20 am for Washington D C to start a new life as Mr Pfeiffer will run a major A and P Tea Co store in the capital City Friends bid farewell with best wishes U V Bible Class notes A reunion for former members Sunday June 27 at 945 am in the First United Presbyterian Church parish house They will attend service at 10 46 am in a body
International News Service lists Wilson era planks on Ireland labor teachers and veterans. Ireland urged to press Irish affairs before the League of Nations tribunal. labor supports organized labor and federal arbitration. teachers to receive adequate pay. steps to aid soldiers and civil service preference for veterans. liquor plank hinted as favorable to administration forces.
Eliza beth Hall widow of Rev. Dr. David Hall died in Washington at 2 a m. Funeral and interment planned in Indiana. Survived by Mrs Laura Williamson of Pittsburgh Mrs Mary Blimyer of New York Mrs Caroline Blair Indiana Harry Hall New York and Edward Hall Washington D C.
A New York jury awarded William McCue 3500 dollars against the Russell Sage Foundation and book publishers over a book titled Boyhood and Lawlessness that showed his image as a boy. McCue, now of age, said he was an altar boy at St Ambrose Church and had no delinquency record. Justice Ford criticized the movement, noting poverty does not imply crime.
Several hundred attended the Indiana County General Hospital nursing commencement at First Presbyterian Church. Graduates were escorted by nursing staff as flowers filled the church, with Rev James A Lawrence giving the invocation. Miss Helen Rink sang two numbers with piano by Mrs Walt H Jackson, as Samuel Black McCormick's address was read by Francis Tyson in his absence. He spoke on nursing’s high calling and future opportunities in private, public health and social service work. Continued on Page 2 Column 1.
W Ross McConnell aged 39 son of Mr and Mrs John McConnell of South Fifth street Carlisle Pa died at home June 23 from malaria complications contracted in Mississippi where he aided in the fight against the cotton boll weevil. He leaves a widow Nell McClune McConnell two daughters Catherine and Helen Eugenia his parents and one sister Mrs RD Wray of Kittanning. A noted entomologist with degrees from Indiana State Normal School and Pennsylvania State College he served on the faculty and later headed the Federal laboratory at Carlisle before illness forced retirement.
Advertisement fragment promotes The Tron Heart a romance of big business featuring Made laine Traverse. It hints at a moving schedule and a last chance to see the show on the Strand theater marquee.
At the New York convention on June 25 Hoover urged the Republican party to make the League of Nations a campaign platform and delete Article 10 from the peace treaty. He favored ratification sans Article 10 to challenge the Democrats and press for international peace without military commitments, relying on moral and economic pressure. Also reports refer to San Francisco convention preliminaries with New York delegates Palmer and Pennsylvania arrival and ongoing contest seating.
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