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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
4
A garbled note states that certain lines named The Spay and jaucers will not operate on Sundays. The fragment mentions weekly service changes but lacks clear context, dates, or proper names for verification.
Dense fog drove two coastwise steamers off course near Sandy Hook. The Seminole grounded on a sand key while lifesaving crews from Bay Head and Mantoloking moved to assist. A second collision in the channel between Liberty Island and the Battery sent passengers scrambling as the Maravelo struck the Brennan but did not flood it, with Fidelity rescuing daunted travelers.
May 26 Spartanburg district South Carolina Henry Fowler a Black man killed white man Boyce Stone after Stone attempted to assault Fowler's wife in the Negro's home one mile northwest of Greer Fowler surrendered to Greer mayor and jailed Two white men Ed Duncan and Charlee Hammett faced arrest and guard in Greer amid fear of prisoner rescue
In broad daylight on May 26, three men attempted to rob Jefferson Bank messengers in Manhattan carrying 43000. Pepper was thrown, one messenger hit with a blackjack, but a waitress from a nearby restaurant named Eva Javornicka screamed for help, drawing a patrolman who captured leader Cosimo Ricobono. Giovanni Salvatore and Dameano Ricobono were detained as suspects.
Harrisburg May 26 The capital trial moved to proofs of metallic furniture transactions between the Pennsylvania Construction Company and the state to show no uniform billing method and that the commonwealth did not receive what it paid for. Invoices beyond the indictment totaled thousands of dollars as experts presented columns of figures and a cross examination sought to fix signatures and invoice details.
Erie Pennsylvania May 26 The keys of the city were turned over to the visiting Koulghis Templars as they arrived to hold a grand conclave. Commanderies parade through the streets with the Imperial Teteques band and a band concert opened the proceedings. A large parade and review followed with prime viewing from vantage points across the city.
May 26 report from Chester Pa describes state constabulary departure amid escalating trolley strike unrest. Police resist rideouts as sympathizers harass crews, a borough official Burgess Frank Kerr is wounded, a strike car is burned near Claymont Avenue, and shootings occur as crowds confront motormen and conductors.
New York May 26 Mrs. Vanderbilt widow of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt received an interlocutory decree of divorce after judge O Gorman confirmed a referee’s finding of misconduct by Vanderbilt. Custody of their child William Vanderbilt awarded to Mrs Vanderbilt. no alimony mentioned. Background notes cite testimony from Vanderbilt’s valet about an incident on a railroad train near Virginia.
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