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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
6
A lengthy report outlines Senate votes on the income tax substitution for the corporation tax, with 45 voting yes and 31 no. Democrats largely supported the income tax, joined by insurgent Republicans such as Borah and Follette. Decisions favor prohibition of price coupons in tobacco and snuff, and Beaubien members pushed broader tobacco schedule changes.
Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania appoints the examination board for nurses under the new act. Dr Williams Higbie Dr Alpert Blackburn Dr Alice Labrook Miss Ida F Giles Miss Roberta West comprise the board. The act forbids use of the title registered nurse without board certification after required examinations.
At Newport England twenty men perished when a wall of a trench at Alexandra dock collapsed. The trench measured about 106 yards long and 80 feet wide, trapping workers at the bottom with little chance of escape. Some near the surface were uninjured as the incoming tide hampered rescue efforts.
A radical plot during an Imperial Institute at home gathering ended in the shooting of Lt. Col. Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie and others. The assailant was restrained by bystanders until police arrived. Separate reports note a $10,000 bank robbery at Rainy River, Ontario, and a minister's death in Xenia due to a food poisoning incident.
The article recounts Johnson's first appearance in Pittsburgh and the heated debate over his championship caliber. Fight fans question whether the challenger could have been stopped earlier, noting Ross's limited resistance and Johnson's evident power throughout the six rounds.
A Friday fire in Os balt Ont destroys kitchens and many structures from a Chinese restaurant on Halleybury Road owned by Joe Lee. Officials report 2000 residents left homeless with losses estimated at 350000 to 400000, six injured or dead. The blaze spread rapidly and raged for miles along both street fronts, consuming stoves saloons and other businesses. Municipal authorities will shelter those displaced.
Four thousand workers oppose an open shop order tied to the Amalgamated association. In the Wheeling district 5 skilled men walked out at Aetna Standard Bridgeport and Laughlin Martins Ferry plants and Cambridge plant. The Whitaker Glessner mills in Wheeling and Martins Ferry signed the Amalgamated scale for the year, keeping about 1200 men employed.
Washington reports say the British steamship Ethelwold was detained by U S customs officers in New York on suspicion of planning a filibustering expedition against the republic of San Domingo. Haiti’s minister at Washington is said to have complained that John St Pierré Gior dante and General Juan Jiminez were involved in the venture to aid a filibustering expedition.
In a landmark build in St Louis a new apartment house offers a month of free rent for each baby born to tenants. The building bans childless tenants and provides a baby bonus with each birth. The project, valued at about 300000 dollars, aims to attract families by rewarding newborns with rent credits.
Southern legislators challenge census plans to employ only white enumerators in districts south of the Mason-Dixon line. They pressure President to intervene as Virginia reports partial patronage concessions, while Du Rand indicates republican referees' recommendations will guide supervisor designations, with Negro enumerators limited to areas with only black residents.
Dun's Review of Trade reports overall improvement in business conditions across the iron and steel sectors with rising prices and more independent manufacturers. Retailers show strength in seasonable fabrics and garments as wholesale clearance sales enliven departments. knit goods and hosiery demand grows for spring delivery.
A committee led by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, including Dr A D Melvin and George P McCabe, found the Hast St Louis meat inspection service honest and efficient, with no unfit meat passed. Wilson ordered the summary dismissal of Meat Inspectors Harms Bishop and Veterinary Inspector Michael.
Charleston West Virginia city council refuses to renew liquor licenses. city marks midnight closure of forty saloons and six wholesale houses, closing 142 saloons statewide. Second Degree Verdict For White delivered in murder case at Point Pleasant. Cambria Steel's ten percent wage increase in Johnstown raises payrolls by about a million dollars annually. Drys win in real local option election at New London.
The Lokal Anzeiger reports Count Zeppelin will attempt a North Pole voyage with a specially strengthened airship. Emperor grants protection for the undertaking after Kiel reviews by Professor H. Hergesell of the University of Strasbourg. Expedition led by Count Zeppelin, aiming first to explore polar regions.
Two Avoca children aged seven and five were struck by a northbound train while watching a southbound express from a crossing near Boranton Pennsylvania. The boy Willie Atwell died within an hour from skull fracture and leg injury while Hilda Walcott lost a right arm and suffered crushed toes and eventual blindness. The incident occurred as they walked hand in hand toward Sunday school on the tracks.
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