15 Sep 1910
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1910
Page
1
The item notes postal matter handling under Second Class Mail authority. It references placement in the Indiana postal system and standard mailing procedures for periodical distribution within the state.
Saltsburg reports show residents attending a Bowman reunion near Bowman Mines and praise for W C T U hospitality at the county convention. A restaurant will open at the Kiski hotel, Rev A J Bowser moves, Oscar Fink is ill, Ralph Lytle returns to study in Philadelphia, William Hatch relocates to Youngstown, counterfeit coins circulate nearby, Clair Weamer to attend Waynesburg College, Helen Fair to Boston Conservatory, Mrs Marinda Cook returns from Cleveland visit, Mrs James Rees and daughter back from Europe.
Watertown man J A Swensen credits Boeklen's Arnica Salve with curing ten years of eczema after 15 doctors failed. The ad touts relief for skin eruptions and related sores and sells the product for 25 cents at Daugherty Bros.
Tickets to Rocky Mountains Pacific Coast Western Canada Mexico and Southwestern points on sale September 14 to October 14 inclusive at reduced fares. Consult nearest Ticket Avenu e or Jas. P. Anderson D. P. aA. Pittsburg Pa.
Classified notices include labor calls for carpenters and a modern house, lodging and room rentals, a large land parcel for sale, and a free dump site offer. Also an advertisement for Dr Shoop Restorative addressing weak nerves with local drugstore distribution.
Rothbarth a longtime New York agent for a famed international firm confessed to a bank swindle scheme. He admitted using false credit statements to obtain funds from Mercantile National Liberty National and National Park banks, hoping to secure a million and then face prison for up to ten years. He said he is glad to be caught and wants a lengthy sentence.
Dover Del reports six men escaped the county jail after knocking down Sheriff Maloney. Teander De Shields, who masterminded the escape, was captured while swimming the St James river. Louis Brittener, held for swindling, and Ernest Pinmiller, an imprisoned man linked to a shooting at a camp meeting, also attempted to flee but were surrounded by a pursuing crowd armed with guns and revolvers.
An explosion from a gas cycle at Camp di Vandalla mine near Linton Indiana fatally injured one miner and left five others seriously hurt. Three hundred miners were working when the blast occurred forcing others to evacuate as rescue efforts began. Nearby towns report a separate scene of public drunkenness and disorder linked to police detentions and minor punishments.
The Black Hand is described as a tag used by criminal groups acting under a secret central authority. They engage in blackmail, murder, arson, kidnapping, and bombings to coerce submission. The piece notes immigrant temperaments and fear of extortionists, with references to a controversial emblem and the fear it inspired among Italians.
A Samoan fishing bee features a long leaf chain of coconut leaves stretched across tidal waters. Villagers in paopags deploy the chain, guiding water and fish ashore as the coconuts’ spines drive them toward the beach. The fragment hints at methods and ritual prep but is garbled and partial.
A fragmentary account traces the origin of Denmark's cross flag to King Waldemar and a vision guiding troops against Livonians. It notes the cross on the banner, tied to legends of divine favor and bravery, and mentions early orders and rituals surrounding flag display and military virtue.
A damaged newspaper fragment shows unreadable text with scattered letters and possible place names. The legible bits suggest a local item but no clear event, date, or involved persons emerge from the OCR garble.
A garbled OCR fragment claims a truth is the strongest argument and references Sophocles. No clear event date place or names are readable. Summary cannot identify persons organizations or concrete facts from the readable text.
Scattered scores show games held in rain affected lines. Ewing Moran Reutbach Weaver King and others top Chicago and Philadelphia matchups with mixed outcomes. Details list results by city including New York Pittsburg St Louis and Detroit with pitchers and line scores.
President Taft intends a Cincinnati speech to curb river and harbor pork barrel favors and to signal veto risks to propped projects. He will meet Republican leaders and private interests, while navigating factional tensions and upcoming legal actions.
Oswego resident A. Cooper swore by King's New Discovery as a cure for a merciless lung racking cough that resisted remedies for years. He claimed it ended his nightly wheeze and praised its quick relief for stubborn colds, asthma, croup, whooping cough, hayfever, and other lung troubles. Trial bottle free, regular 60 cents, $1.00 for larger, guaranteed by Daugherty Bros.
Mrs F Marti of St. Joe Michigan credits Foley's Honey and Tar with saving her son's life during a severe bronchial illness. She notes the medicine cured coughing choking and gagging spells and helped him recover quickly. She states they are never without it and that it saved them trouble in the past. Sold by all druggists.
The New York Herald recounts Sir John Astley’s odd Windsor chicken races. Officers each picked a hen’s chick marked with a ribbon, racing fifty yards to their mother. Repeated wins by a speedy cockerel led rivals to suspect favoritism, ending the fixture.
Mia Rose Glaser of Terre Haute Indiana reports long suffering from kidney trouble and costly cures. After trying Foley Kidney Pills she says they provided a permanent cure enabling her to work again and she would recommend them. Sold by all druggists.
W I Harrison announces the sale of his Fifth Street grocery to Robt McCoy of McCoy and Long Philadelphia Street who will assume charge immediately. McCoy brings years of experience and many friends in Indiana ready to serve customers with a first class grocery line. Harrison thanks patrons for their support during his tenure and signs off sincerely.
Secret Service indicted George W. Fitzgerald, a former Chicago sub-treasury teller, on four counts including embezzlement and larceny for $173,000 missing since Feb. 19, 1907. He was arrested on a bench warrant after a secretly returned grand jury indictment on Feb. 17, 1910, and bail was set at $90,000.
A sum of money earned by convicts at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus was stolen from a desk while guards left to lunch. Warden Jones withholds the amount as investigators search for the thief among hundreds of inmates. Around the same time, Mrs. Albert Weoltge and her husband mourn the loss following his death, Mrs. Weoltge a former governor of New Hampshire’s daughter.
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