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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1906
Page
2
A narrator recounts a bold tunnel kiss on a night train with Aunt Agnes, a deaf schoolteacher. The exchange ends with surprise and laughter as the black nurse sits nearby, the kiss igniting a mix of embarrassment and curiosity about the woman’s language skills and future encounters.
The Colorado Springs federation denounces Chancellor Henry A. Buechtel of the University of Denver, a Republican candidate for governor, for anti union stances. It claims the Methodist Episcopal church favors dollars over workers and urges unions to withhold votes for Buechtel.
A man arrested at the Bellevue Stratford hotel in Philadelphia gave false names Harold Morgan and later Dr John Winship. Police found over 100 blank checks and several payees including Alexander H McComas and EB Berry cashter of Farmers and Mechanics Bank, all drawn on banks in Washington Baltimore and Alexandria.
Newburgh report describes Lizzie Halliday a murderess at Mattenwan hospital attacking nurse Nellie Wicks. Wicks died hours later after Halliday stabbed her in the throat with scissors. Halliday once killed her husband and two others in 1893.
Mrs How ard Gould's sister Miss Willa Clemmons has married Sun Yue, a Chinaman, in an elaborate Celestial ceremony. The couple now live in a tent after the quake destroyed their original home in Clinatown, and the marriage is noted amid family estrangement and social tension.
Homer Bassford of the St. Louis Republic reports William Jennings Bryan will support Hearst with enthusiasm. He seeks to end rumors of a rift with Hearst, pledges public and private backing, and may travel to New York to speak for Hearst. He views Hearst as a strong candidate and capable executive.
Chicago reports 302 violent deaths in September per Coroner Hoffman. Breakdown includes 3 auto fatalities, 15 by street cars, 24 by railroad trains, 24 by self harm, 14 murders, 10 accidental burns, 3 accidental poisonings, with others from falls, drownings, and accidents. Squirrels in season. hunting good. Daugherty Bros. gun line noted.
An engraved calling card package offers a suitable birthday present for a young man or woman and siblings. The ad invites readers to view latest styles at the PROGRESS office. It also promotes two large, well lighted rooms one square from the P R R Depot, furnished with water, light and heat, with inquiries at the PROGRESS office.
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