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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1906
Page
8
A man with wealth faces imprisonment after a spree of bumper ride thefts near Panhandle roads. Police wire for information as detectives pursue leads. The suspect allegedly financed his trips with money from a crime spree, losing funds during the escape and later slipping free from custody.
A gendarme in Iiemes France discovered a basket of apples from a burglary and noted a tooth-marked fruit. He then offered apples to two suspicious tramps on the road, snatching bites to compare marks. One apple bore teeth marks matching the first, leading to arrests and confessions of the burglary.
A string of bee stings leads to multiple deaths and medical emergencies including John Westover and Cesar Springs resident causes. In Paris a mad cat on stage at the Ambassadeurs theater incites panic among dancers before a policeman ends it with a saber.
Centennial Coke Exposition ticket sale Aug 13 15 with good return until Aug 20 from Pa Railroad stations including Pittsburgh Butler Allegheny City Indiana Bennington Murase Kaylor Syberton Windber Dante and intermediates. Consult ticket agents for details. Reward offered for dog Dash recovery or information locating the guilty party. Storage room from the depot inquire at Progress Levi McGee Clyde? Pa. Find place corner Fifth and Philadelphia streets Indiana Pa. Premium list by secretary David Blair Indiana Pa.
Transferring properties across Montgomery to Sivoski and others, with multiple to 30 properties moving to various buyers including the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and local banks. Notable sums include 31250 for a Blairsville lot and 4000 for several 2-lot transfers. Also notes a Fall Term start for Williamsport Commercial College and a bank promotion offering 5 percent on time deposits.
Sabbath school topics to be discussed this month by two district conventions at Clarksburg and Armagh. Each convention sessions over two days with detailed programs across Tuesday to Wednesday. Clarksburg covers Armstrong Conemaugh and Youngstown townships. Armagh includes Mushrvalley Burlington West and East Wheatfield townships.
The column lists multiple brief items: resignation of J G Phelps Stokes from the Independence league. Russell Sage’s will leaving most to his widow with minimal bequests to relatives. a federal grand jury in Chicago to probe Standard Oil transport methods on August 6. an explosion injured six on 16th Street and Third Avenue in New York. a drowning rescue by Police Officer William Heddeman results in his death at Cromwell Creek. a skeleton found in a Louisville well 60 years old. Maxim Gorky appeals to Americans to aid freeing Russia from parasites. Jesse Viltegerald arrested for murder in Barboursville after a bloodhound chase. two indictments against three corporations in a U S district court related to American Sugar Refining rebating. Huldekoper and Clark sentenced for fencing government land with fines and 24 hours jail.
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