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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
12
A lengthy moral discourse condemns whisky as the chief destroyer of virtue. It argues alcohol creates strife, wrecks homes, destroys ambition, and weakens resistance to disease. Warns that even moderate drinkers enable a broader social harm and urges total abstinence and preventive action.
Across towns from Munbury to Uniontown on December 16 dates span fires and explosions. Gas plant blast injures an employee Wesley Campbell. state police enlistment terms for 23 of 57 re enlist. bank president William A Foltz ill with typhoid in New York hospital. Reverend Beveridge Lee promotes ministry among Washington and Jefferson students. A death due to heart trouble occurs in Bellefontaine John Young, 70. A circular saw accident injuries Joseph Yeager near Zollarsville. Mayor George Guthrie in Pittsburgh receives death threat. window glass workers strike in Morgantown. murder conviction in Reading. Joe Callante located in Onondaga prison. Professor George C Butz commits suicide at Penn State. postal clerk Howard Willemen jailed in Columbus. Fire alarms by youths eddie Bivans and Willie Lewis arrested in Youngstown. Robberies, shootings, and accidents reported in several towns including Harrisburg and New Castle. A mix of crimes, labor actions, and personal misfortunes color the regional news.
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