07 May 1908
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
1
A reader urges clearer explanations from assessors on why Philadelphia street properties are taxed unevenly versus opposite-side parcels and why business districts are undervalued. The letter supports higher Main street valuations to spur sales, improvements, and better storefronts, and asks assessors to share any unified plan for fixing values. Taz Payer III.
Sincere thanks from Mrs. M A Drake of Utica New York praises Hyomel for instant relief from catarrh and bronchitis. Columbia Ohio reader credits Hyomel with curing bronchitis. Pleasantville Pennsylvania curves touts Hay Fever relief and claims Hyemel cures multiple ailments with money back promise. Also note Rossiter baseball team reorganizing and seeking first class teams in Indiana Jefferson and Crawford counties with E P Murray as manager. Caldwell Co announces spring browns and blues sale dates.
The Golden Gate welcomed the Atlantic battleship fleet as it anchored in the harbor and paraded past San Francisco, Oakland, and nearby cities. Crowds poured into streets while commerce paused, marking a rare spectacle after the fire's devastation and a three week voyage set against a 14 mile cruise and weeks of target practice.
Governor Gooding granted a reprieve until July 2 for Harry Orchard who was to be hanged next Friday after a petition from his attorney Frank Wyman. The board of pardons would not meet at a special session, and the governor promised a hearing before any execution. Local Civil War veteran John Milliken received the flag of his company, presented by Zollarsville women. Troop B of the Ohio National Guard will patrol the Brown county tobacco district to counter Kentucky night riders. In Minnesota, Governor Johnson’s supporters won a sweeping Democratic primary, defeating Bryanites for state convention delegates.
At the Conemaugh School board meeting Miss Alice Sensi Katharine Carberry and Laura Bagh were elected to eight month terms. Miss Bash will leave her Progress building school to assume new duties. Teachers reassigned due to a diphtheria related vacation. Norman horses from Indiana county farm drawn by Maj e Stephens, a noted breeder.
Rev Currie of the Presbyterian church will deliver his farewell sermon to Rossiter congregants on Sunday evening Ney 10. He plans to move to Duquesne to lead the Duquesne Presbyterian church starting the 16th of the month.
Misa N Balla Stumps of Blaizeville and A Blair Sabt of Mogaeen were married in a ceremony noted in this wedding brief. The event marked the joining of two families with local attendance and customary rites.
A string of brief notices from May 7 reports events across several towns. Fires injure a widow in West Lafayette. Allegheny Steel resumes after a long shutdown. Bluffton sees an elderly woman visit schools. John McCarthy, a Weatherly paperman, dies unexpectedly. Big Four cuts wages in Bellefontaine. a Lexington man dies from blood poisoning after scratching pimples. local option party names are filed in Cambria County. Gov. Stuart attends a national resources congress at the White House. George Kern is arrested in Crown Point in a murder case. two thugs rob a switchman in Youngstown. Pennsylvania Window Glass company increases stock and debt. guards receive funds for ranges. a murder suspect in Grand Rapids is captured in Lorain. Somerset directors face charges over county home abuse. streetcar strike violence continues in Chester. John Ballman flees after a broker’s failure. a Brownsville river drag searches for a drowning victim. Mrs Lipscomb acquitted in Cleveland murder case. Red Man council concludes in West Virginia with Charleston as next site.
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