Social Roundup from Blacklick Town
Local items list residents and visitors including Jacob George in Pittsburg, Miss Cora Craven with Miss Stella Uber, Miss Alice Flollis visiting grandmother Mrs Jane Bell, and Blairsville residents in town. Mentions of church events, family visits, fishing at Bell's Mill, and guests like Mrs Mary Berry and Miss Bertha Barron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacklick
Jacob George
Pittsburg
Cora Craven
Stella Uber
Alice Flollis
Apollo
Mis
Jane Bell
Morars
C. J. Short
John Graff
Blairsville
Ela Duncan
Tarentum
H. L. Rowe
George McGeary
Johnstown
John Stonebacke
Rhea
Clare
Anna Caulfield
Sangome
Indiana
Bell’s Mill
Blairaville
Camp meeting tinder Bro sparks local chatter
Jent supervision continues amid heat as residents favor woods gatherings over church sermons. Barnside picnic attendee Mias Uora Radcliffe. Sadie Strassler of Punxsutawney visits. Stoker brothers depart for ventures leaving unpaid bills. Nan Hurd and son Ralph visit Chest Creek. Irwin Gardener family from Glen Campbell visited nearby friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias Uora Radcliffe
Barnside
Sadie Strassler
Punxsutawney
D. E. Gormans
Neat
Virginia
Messrs. Stoker
New York City
Nan Hurd
Ralph
Chest Creek
Irwin Gardener
Glen Campbell
Strongstown Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
A Strongstown correspondent reports on visits among residents and relatives. Susan Strong of Stoyestown visited G D Orner and Mrs Susan Michaels last week. Maggie Wetman of Mt Pleasant and family toured Daniel F Osner’s home and aunt Ra Burkhart visited. Charles A Orner and wife from Johnstown visited George D Orner’s father. William Knaur and wife of Veteran visited Mary C Orner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strongstown
George D. Orner
Susan Strong
Stoyestown
G. D. Orner
Susan Michaels
Maggie Wetman
Mt.Pleasant
Daniel F. Osner
Henry Burkhart
Charles A. Orner
Johnatown
Ambrose and Nearby Visitors Across the Region
Ambrose reports Mies Mable Lydie of Jacksonville visiting friends nearby while Mia and Hugh Morrow and Tirna of Johnstown visit relatives near Ambronze. A recent game between Kenlysburg and Ambronze ended 22 to 30 in favor of Kellysburg. Mrs Harvey Brady of Du Bois also visits. Miss Dunmire of Homer City spoke to a large audience last Saturday and announced a Baptist Church lawn fete next Tuesday August 21 to raise funds for a new organ. Atlantic City excursion of the season goes tomorrow. Saeed Tae Dexooga is priced at $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Mable Lydie
Jacksonville
Mia
Hugh Morrow
Tirna
Johnstown
Kenlysburg
Ambronze
Kellysburg
Harvey Brady
du Bois
Miss Dunmire
Homer City
the Baptist Church
Valley Guests and Local Transfers Noted
Aruvsh Valley and Turtle Estate visitors include Mr Fohnt Crawford and wife with Mr and Mrs T Ovardorff and M H Myers party. Rev Cook spent Sunday with Brush Valley friends. Mrs B A Stitz to move to town on September 1. L D McNutt returns from a short relatives visit to Leechburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aruvsh Valley
Fohnt Crawford
Turtle Estate
T. Ovardorff
M. H. Myers
Holth
Alex, Campebell
Indiana
Rev
Cook
Brush Valley
Seven Billions In Trusts In A Nation Of Corporations
A historical overview from The Saturday Evening Post analyzes the vast scale of trust capitalizations in the United States. It cites thirty combinations each exceeding fifty million dollars, totaling about two and a third billion dollars, nearly exhausting the nation’s cash if liquidated. The piece notes rapid trust growth despite federal and state prohibitions, contrasting lax New Jersey Delaware and West Virginia laws with Massachusetts strictures requiring full capital stock payment and regular corporate reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Saturday Evening Post
Congress
New Jersey
Delaware
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Rev Dr Francis E Clark Safe During Boxer Troubles
In China during the Boxer disturbances Rev Dr Francis E Clark, president of the Christian Endeavors, is reported safe. The piece reviews John Chinaman at Home in the Saturday Evening Post, with Clark recounting soldiers starved and ill equipped, powder stolen for firecrackers, and soldiers lacking bullets after periods of salute gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis E. Clark
Christian Endeavors
China
Saturday Evening Post
John Chinaman
Paoting-fu
Pekin
Ward
Big Fire in Hanover Ends 16 Buildings Lost
A Sunday blaze in Hanover Pa ranks as the worst in local history, destroying 16 structures including Hotel Obald and five dwellings. The fire spread from the hotel stable to the adjacent J.C. Tanger hardware warehouse, where an explosion of gunpowder or dynamite nearly demolished the building. The loss is estimated at 40 to 50 thousand dollars, with about half the property insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover Pa
Washington Letter on Asia Turmoil and U.S. Politics
Washington letter reports Russia China tensions with Britain sending troops to Shanghai, Germany appointing a foreign troops commander in China, and China’s government trying to lure ministers out of Pekin for capture. It notes U.S. ministers, cabinet absences, and potential scapegoats while detailing Democratic momentum in the Midwest and quotes from J H Ralston on Quincy political views. Naval figure Hobson is hospitalized in Yokohama and seeking Chinese invasion command, with Remey denying the request. drummer Bailey comments that Democrats offer relief from trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HeOm
Wasnrarow
Russia
China
England
Shanghai
Germany
Pekin
Washington
Tien Tsin
Middle West
Bryan
Stevenson
J. H.ralston
Quincy
Michael Pigpot
McKinley
W. A. Richardson
U.S
Hobson
Mortimac
Naval
Yokohama
Remey
Hong Kong
Manila
J. VT. Bailey
Little Rock
Ark
America
Destocuar
LOS
Democrat and World
Bryan and Bryan Victory Call in Imperialism Fight
A writer asserts the Republican party is controlled by trusts and urges support for Bryan and Steven, noting gold Democrats who backed McKinley in 1896 have pledged to work for Bryan. He predicts Bryan will sweep the nation as Cleveland did in 1892 in the struggle against imperialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Bryan
Steven
McKinley
Imperialiam
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Cleveland
Excursions to Atlantic City on 1990 Pennsylvania Rail Road
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces a last low rate excursion to Atlantic City and nearby shore points on August 16, 1990. Tickets cover return in sixteen days, with a special Pullman and day coach train from Pittsburgh at 8:55 AM, via Altoona and Philadelphia, arriving Atlantic City for supper. Stops include Jeannette, Greensburg, Latrobe, Tarentum, Butler, Freeport, Blairsville, and Altoona, with multiple return options and Philly overnight stay. contact ticket agent or Mr. Thomas F. Watt for rates and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Raiload
Tte
Atlan- Atlantic
Altoona
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Delaware River Bridge
Market Street Wharf
Broad Street
Broad Street Station
Pittsburgessers
Jeannette
Son
Greensburg
Latrove
Cnestene
Tarentum
Wei
Natrong
Wu Tal
Butler
Freeport
Tal
Saltsburgists Eee
Indianguesecccese
Blairaville
Blairsville
Johnsown
Pittsburg
Thomas FE. Watt
Summer Tours to the North by the Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers two personally conducted tours to Canada and Northern New York in July and August 1900. Tours last fifteen days, include Niagara Falls, Montreal, Lake Champlain, and Saratoga, and cost 125 cents round trip with meals, parlor car seats, and hotel entertainment. Each tour has a tourist agent and chaperone. details available from agents in New York Brooklyn Newark or Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Canada
New York
Wiagara “Falls
Thousand Islands
St.Lawrance
Quebec
Saguenay
Montreal
Au Sable
Chasm
Champlain
George
Saratoga
Tate
Broadway
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Broad Street
Newark
Nat
Geo. W. Boyd
Philadelphia
Reduced Rates to Chicago for Grand Army Encampment
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets from points on its line to Chicago at a single fare round trip for the Thirty fourth Annual Encampment. Tickets sold August 25 26 and 27 with return allowed until August 31 or extended to September 30 by deposit with a joint agent at Chisago and a fifty cent payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Chisago
Experiments in Wheat Growing at Halatead Kansas
At Halatead Kansas a Rural New Yorker summary notes experiments in wheat growing. Last fall about 160 varieties from around the world were seeded. about eighty were in good condition in spring. Researchers aim to identify which foreign wheats suit Kansas climates and to improve each variety by grafting and cross fertilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halatead
Kan
Kansas
New Yorker
McKinley prosperity cited by Dun's Review and steel trust critique
May 1900 set a record in Dun's Review with 947 compared to 581 last year and 917 in 1806, signaling the extent of McKinley prosperity. President Gary of the Federal Steel Trust says demand does not meet production, urging curtailment, while trust managers face campaign pressure to stay open post election. The piece argues the bottom is out of the McKinley boom and health ads accompany the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun
Gary
Federal Steel Trust
Iron and Steel Industry
Hanne
McKinley
Hanna
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Tur Democrat
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Lotto
Wilbur
Ti Nanyte
Col. Jones
R. W. Weble
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