29 May 1916
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1916
Page
1
RH RAY manager and editor. FRANK M SMITH city editor. MILES C YOUNG advertising mgr.
The piece recalls how after the Civil War southern and northern widows mothers and children laid flowers on Confederate and Union graves alike. It notes the gesture fostered national amity and healing, turning Memorial Day into a shared remembrance beyond regional grief.
In a wartime message Capt McLain informs his command that a telegram offers an opportunity. The note notes officers must reply quickly by letter and includes details such as regiment birth date and post office address. No final acceptance has been confirmed by any officer yet.
Heavy gun fire heard in the Baltic toward the Gotland Islands as a German ore laden vessel, escorted by a warship, was spotted just before a bombardment began. Reports from Ofse Stockholm on Sunday describe the naval activity and convoy details amid the ongoing conflict.
International News Service reports the Senate defeated a filibuster today on the 13 million Rivers and Harbors bill by a 27 to 47 vote. If Husting’s motion to recommit had passed, the Commerce Committee would have been directed to draft a bill with a 20,000 dollar lump sum for war secretary discretion.
Capt Charles L McLain reports a telegraph from the Adjutant General announcing May 4 act that appoints up to three enlisted National Guard men to West Point. Twenty two cadets to be admitted July 10 after a competitive exam June 6. Candidates must be 19 to 22, unmarried, and have at least one year service by July 10, 1916. Report to Fort Slocum, New Rochelle.
Memorial Day services are described with veterans from Co G and other units honored. A church service, court-room attendance, floral offerings, and a parade featuring the G A R veteran organizations are noted. Plans include a march to memorial sites, speeches, and community gatherings with local clubs and bands participating.
The Public Service Commission will meet at the Court House in Pittsburgh on Wednesday to hear cases from the western State. Included are Drew-Levick Company vs National Transit, Apollova Borough and Apollova Water Works, Allegheny Valley Street Railway vs M Mohney et al. The commission may approve contracts and jitney-bus line applications. West Penn Railway seeks grade crossing approval in Dunbar Township Payette County, with other street railways also seeking grade crossings.
William Taylor a Chanhersburg boy aged lieutenant may undergo operation at State Hospital Spring City after being accused of setting fires to two buildings. Deputy State Fire Marshal says doctors report a mania for starting fires caused by a low skull mood. he will be taken to Spring City next Thursday for observation.
Mrs A T Simpson of Covedy was injured at her home near Prickly Fork around noon while descending cellar stairs with leftovers from lunch. She lost sight in her left eye and suffered facial lacerations and a deep gash requiring stitches. hospital care considered, condition described as serious but not life threatening.
A fragmentary social notes item lists residents and visitors on a winter day. Mentions include Wallace on Chikiand avenue, Robert Mudlen, S Sutton, Dorothy Witty of Water street, Meg dee Rad, Nicholsen with the farmer's mother Mrs Nuchulata Water free Janie and Mrs JON Lisheham, and Mrs John Bboy visiting Clare. Substantive details are sparse due to OCR damage.
Fragmentary item lists unnamed individuals and placements in a state department and county commission context. The text is garbled with multiple misspellings, making exact names, places, and dates unclear. It hints at a train event and a county commissioner role but lacks coherent, recoverable facts.
Fragments describe funeral plans for Vance Widdows drowned in Oklahoma with services at his parents home and burial at Greenwoul cemetery. The text lists relatives and other local notices, including receptions and memorials for various residents, though many portions are garbled.
A family mourns the sad death of infant Bennett of the Seventh Street area. Church and cemetery notices mention burial at Oakland Cemetery with expressions of grief from Mrs. Joy Purl Bennett and others.
A damaged OCR fragment presents a sequence of garbled lines touching on poetry, a Bay woodn reference, and scattered names. It reads like a broken literary page with stray phrases about animals, educators, and a winter march toward unknown events, lacking clear narrative or dates.
Fragmented OCR text shows a county news section with scattered names and places. It references people such as Joseph and Dixonville and mentions various locations like Peelharte and Cdyrath, but most details are unreadable. The fragment lacks a coherent event or clear reporting.
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