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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1906
Page
9
An automobile driven by a New York man crashes into W. W. Devitt's store in Nyack breaking the plate glass and causing extensive damage. Two occupants of the car are injured but promise to pay for the damage as clerks and customers flee to safety.
Herman Recktoff a Jersey City dog catcher bears scars from 516 bites and claims hydrophobia is a myth. He has 263 wound cauterizations, insists immunity protects him, and recounts his belief that fear of hydrophobia is taught rather than real.
Samuel B. Wetcher, arrested as a bank swindler, was Boyd H. Stoneroad a respected Cornapolis resident for five years. He allegedly carried on fraudulent operations forging certificates of deposit and looting banks nationwide, while employed as a telegraph operator for the Wabash railroad.
The body of 59 year old Joseph Spachmann of Terryville, missing since May 8, was found hanging from a tree near Bristol. He had not removed his spectacles and his pipe remained in his mouth. Medical examiner rules it a suicide.
In White Township on June 10, 1871, W.R. Mahan aged 20 married Alice Sewart aged 19, before a minister without a license, amid a gathering of relatives. The ceremony followed a playful exchange about support, and the evening featured speeches, music by the Mahan children, and a modest communal feast marking six years of marriage.
Obituary notes Mathew Conner of White township aged 71 years 10 months 8 days with surviving children William Mrs Lizzie Reese Vandergrift Mary Lewis Cherryhill township and Thomas Conner White township. Includes a sentimental verse about a father and a separate death notice for Mrs Nannie J Depp wife of Hiram J Depp of Indiana with son Frank and daughter Edith. Also a humorous line about a jeweler and a London Sketch item.
The caller jokes about mendacity as Mrs. Lapsting replies with humor. Includes a Chicago Tribune quote about Mecca pilgrims and detailed figures on 38 170 pilgrims with breakdowns by nationality and class. Also advertises Prairie State Poultry Feeds and breeding stock from Prairie State Inculator Company Homer City Pennsylvania.
One complete circular saw mill with daily capacity 50,000 feet offered in exchange for lumber or sale to quick buyer at a low price. Address Morris-Berts Co Homer City Pa May 2 18 11. Fort Sani CieAP second-hand Conk horse hay rake nearly dow. Mrs N Meninney 150 W Philadelphia St Indiana Pa.
The notice advertises coal revenue bonds issued by the Borough of Tadiana offering 4 percent interest tax free and described as a solid investment. Details appear on another page.
A Wisconsin farm family faces poverty with many children helping on the plow while neighbors intervene. The father Dumdie explains hard times and health issues as eight children assist in planting and chores, revealing a gritty, noncruel struggle for daily survival.
Notice gives that an application will be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania on a date in 1906 for incorporation of the Wehrum Supply Company to deal in dry goods groceries hardware bugle and notions including furniture and articles of daily use with the usual corporate rights and privileges. The filing is by Alex Stewart Ly Moorhead and J Wood Clark under the 1874 Act and its supplements.
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