Speech of Wood Clark on Auditor General nomination
The Pennsylvania Democratic nomination speech argues the Auditor General must check state funds and expose corruption. It warns voters against Republican failures, urges enthusiasm and reform, and emphasizes honesty, common sense, and duty to the commonwealth.
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Wil.lamsport
Clark
Bernard J. Clark
Altoona
George M. Dimeling
Clearfield
J. B. Benny
Johnstown
Humphrey D. Tate
Bedford
D. 1
Tomb
Indiana
Ackerman
Greensburg
United States
Treasury Department
Courts of Justice
Department of Auditor General
Office of
Auditor General
Democratic Party of Pennsylvania
Ileakt
Anathing
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Republican Party
Social gatherings noted at homes across town
Mrs John JL Getty hosted a bridge party on Church street with four tables. Iva A Myers of East Philadelphia street hosted at 500 on Friday. Grace Cunningham threw a luncheon in honor of Mrs William M Armstrong. R D Hetrick hosted a Noo party on Friday for his niece Mrs W M Armstrong. Edna Sansom entertained guests for Hazel Crawford of Wilkinsburg. Margaret and Sarah Pollock from Greensburg were guests at a Chestnut Grove event. Virginia Junker plans a gathering for Miss Neil Hetrick’s upcoming fall wedding. Bess McCormick from Pittsburgh attended a corn roast at Hetrick’s bungalow. A party at New Indiana House hosted by Mrs G L Riddle and Mr Charles Callahan from Clearfield. Mrs Margaret Loughry celebrated her 91st birthday with family dinner and calls. Jean Johnston entertained 15 friends for Miss Helen Tytle of Apollo and Miss Margaret Neeley at Dr J H St Clair’s residence. Mrs S O Clements celebrated her 80th birthday with a dinner party at her son’s home. State College will accept a diploma from Indiana High School in place of freshman entrance exams. Bridge luncheon at Summit House in Uniontown hosted by Mrs J K Beeson with 25 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John JL. Getty
Church Street
Iva A. Myers
Philadelphia
Grace Cunningham
William M. Armstrong
R. D. Hetrick
Hazel Crawford
Wilkinsburg
Margaret
Sarah Pollock
Greensburg
Chestnut Grove
Virginia Junker
Neil Hetrick
Bess McCormick
Pittsburg
Hetrick
Loughry
Jean Johnston
Helen Tytle
Apollo
Margaret Neeley
Town
J. H. St. Clair
South Tenth Street
O. Clements
North Sixth Street
Inlaw
Joseph W. Clements
F. Ernest Work
Judson P. Welsh
State College
Ploma
Indiana High School
C. W. Beeson
Morewood Avenue
James G. Johnsten
Washington, D. C
Charles Huston
Columbus
J. K. Beeson
Summit House
Unionton
BE. A. Bleln
Vandergrift, Heights
Indiana
William Walkinshaw
Blairsville
J. K. Hilty
Oakland Avenue
Salina
Sarah K. Smith
Edith Smith
Alliance
Frank Kiss, Sr
Wayne Avenue
Hag
Frank
Cleveland
Bertha Kessler
DuBois
Mary Ralston
Paul Carson
J. C. McCresor
W. C. McKee
Waterstreet
Fairfield
A. T. Botsford
Kittanning
William Loving
Grove Chapel
Viola Smith
Jurieat
Robert Jackson
Rossiter
J. E. Keeler
South Thirteenth Street
Mary Evans
Maple Street
Atlantic City
John M. Leech
Townsend
Saltsbore
A. F. Bowman
Leechburg
Bowman
A. F. Cooper
F. J. Curtis
J. Lane
Margaret Steving
East Oak Street
Plumville
Smaline Wangaman
Saltsburg
James H. Whitehead
Vandergrift
Squire Leonard Wilson
Struthers
Ohio
P. $. Youngblood
Oak Street
Emma Ashworth
Pauline Ashworth
North Ninth Street
David J. Price
Clymer
Mr. Price
Ashland
Lena Youngblood
Horace Youngblood
Walter Wilson
Suganna Peterman
Near Advance
Nelson Craig
James
Jacob Peterman
Wellington B. Clark
Mahaffey
T. B. Clark
I. A. Nolf
East Church Street
Big Run
Mary
Lavina Townsend
South Bend
John W. Stewart
South Sixth Street
John B. Key
Joseph William
Chaptice
Alice
Molly Smith
East Water Street
David Bilis
Ridgeview Park
Suey Milhouser
Lulu Glasser
Chautauqua
Olive Butterbaugh
Frank Hamill
Montreal
Canada
M. M. Connelley
Montral
Can
Booth Sixth Street
G. W. Parker
West Philadelphia
J. & Brown
H. D. Candron
J. Wilse McCartney
Jay Camp
Chicago
Ill
McCartney
James W. Mack
JD. J. Waller
Muskoka Lake
Williams Grove Picnic Reduced Rates by Pennsylvania Railroad
Williams Grove picnic notices advertise excursion tickets to Williams Grove from Pennsylvania stations and from Baltimore Elmira Frederick and intermediate Northern Central Railway stations August 24 to September 2 at reduced rates good to return until September 7. Dr Walker leaves Clarksburg for Dayton Armstrong Co after two years serving the community with well wishes for success in his new field.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Willams Grove
Williams Grove
Pennsylvania
Baltimore, Elmira
Frederick
Northern Central Railway
Walker
Clarksburg
Wm. B. Walker
Dayton
Amstrong Co
Mahaffey to visit New Indiana Hotel this fall
During September first three days Mrs W E Mahaffey of the firm W and Mahaffey Pittsburg Pa will be at the New Indiana Hotel. No representatives. The canal boatmen reunion, recalling the era of the Pennsylvania canal and Portage railroad, was held at Blairsville on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Mahaffey
W. &. Mahaffey
Pittsburg
New Indiana Hotel
Pennsylvania Canal
Portage Railroad
Philadelphia
Blairsville
Local notes on community events and business
Local items report a $1,000 policy held by Dr. A F Purington with the Independent Order of Heptasophs, a festival planned at Hood schoolhouse White township next Thursday, and a Congregational meeting in Clymer that led to Rev W J Sproull being called for half time. Also noted are Mrs Isaac Tiger recovering from typhoid near 80, a lot sale on Locust and Sixth to Mrs C E Gorman for $400, a Prohibitionists’ outing in Marion Center with speakers, Profs J N K Hickman and Albert Heckle occupying a rented house for the Normal School, and local civic updates including a hot water system installation by R Lumsden and trips through Indiana and Punxsutawney for a regiment reunion. A Naturalization Court representative examined 18 applicants. six were accepted with papers issued.
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A. F. Purington
Independent
Order of Heptasophs
Hood
White Township
W. J. Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Isaac Tiger
Canoe Ridge
Oakland Avenue
J. N. K. Hickman
Albert
Heckle
R. Lumsden
L. A. Hollister
Wilmerding
Indiana
Cherrytree
Hannah Hollister
Punxsutawney
Pennsylvania
Naturalization Court
United States Department of Commerce and Labor
John Wells
Frank Villella
Joseph Shearer
Stephen Mileovic
William Barclay
Edii
Salvatore Bianco
Clymer
Vinante Blige
Jiselin
Our Successful Fair Grows With Wild West Shows And Races
The Idiana fair enters a big week with open entry books through Saturday for wares advertising and cash prizes. A Wild West show with bucking broncos and bulls joins daily free exhibitions, plus speed events headlined by horses from Kittanning Butler Greensburg Altoona Johnstown and Brookville circuits. The program lists Wednesday through Friday trotting and pacing races with purses up to 400 for the Free-for-All, 300 for other trots and paces, Strobel’s Airship demos, and concerts by Phil Apple’s Johnstown Reed Band and Henry Wilson’s Big Run Band on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Blair
State College
Kittanning
Butler
Fred‘ Jamison
Greensburg
Altoona
Johnstown
Brookville
Strobel
Court House
Phil Apple
Henry
Wilson
Jefferson County
Pensions Granted by Commissioner of Pensions
The Commissioner advised Hon. J. N. Langham that several pension claims have been allowed. Johannas Storke of Reynoldsville receives $12, John Farnsworth of Marion Center $20, Jacob Mack of Clyde $20, Margaret Steffey of Marion Center $12, Jane E H Pierce of Big Run $12, and James W Murphy of Sumerville $12.
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Commissioner of Pensions
J. N. Langham
Johannas Storke
Reynoldsville
John Farnsworth
Marion Center
Jacob Mack
Clyde
Margaret Steffey
Jane E H. Pierce
Big Run
James W. Murphy
Sumerville
Phillipsburg Prepairs for Old Home Week 1909
Phillipsburg Center County Pennsylvania plans Old Home Week from September 12 to 19 1909. Elaborate arrangements are under way to entertain visitors and friends who may come. G F Dunkle is secretary and requests inquiries for particulars.
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Phillipsburg
Center Co
G. F. Dunkle
Ballad of Wall Street and the Fleece Theme
A New York World lyric fragment laments economic turmoil with lines about shearing, release, and a return of prosperity. The verse blends metaphorical imagery of wool and capital, evoking cyclical struggles on a financial stage.
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Wall Street
Ani Yvar
New York World
Alligons and Bryans hold first Homer City reunion
The Alligons and Bryans held their first annual reunion in Byershall Homer City on Friday with over 100 attending. A noon dinner, talks, and singing followed. Next year’s gathering will be at Indiana’s fair grounds. committee named W. B. Bryan John Campbell James H Alison.
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Allilgons
Bryans
Byershall
Homer City
Fair Grounds
Indiana
W. 2
B. Bryan
John Campbel
James H. Alison
Bennett family tied to Pine Township history in reunion
August 18 marked the 4th anniversary of Mr As Ik Bennett and birthdays for his son William and brother James with talks by Dr. J Orner Armstrong Cot Att to Cresswell and Rev Nevins. Cresswell traced the Bennetts to Pine township’s early settlement, noting John Bennett’s arrival by 1804 and the family’s masoning legacy in local buildings. Attendees from Blairsville and nearby towns joined the picnic at Rich mond. the Alcorn reunion will be held August 26 at L B Clawson’s farm near Avonmore.
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Pine Township
Indiana County
John Bennett
Mr. Cresswell
Wiliam
Michiel
Jacob
Peter
Abraham
Peter Bennett
Cresswell
Strongstown
Alcorn
L. B. Clawson
Avonmare
Sale of Gas Plant Sealed by Indiana County Transfer
After lengthy talks the Indiana County Gas Company plant changed hands. The American Natural Gas Co purchases 29 wells in the Willett field northwest of Indiana and related lines serving about 1900 customers in Indiana and Homer City. Estimated cash price around $200,000 for 4000 shares, with new owners plotting no gas price rise but a rate of 25 cents per 1000 cubic feet for prompt payers and 27 cents for holdovers. The former board, including Harry W. Wilson and Joseph W. Clements, oversaw twenty years of steady operations with prudent management.
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Indiana County Gas Company
American Natural Gas Co
Indiana
Indiana Company
Willet Field
Homer City
Cewners
Harry W. Wilson
Dick Wilson
Joseph W. Clements
John F. Clements
A. W. Wilson, Jr
Thomas Craig Killed in Vandergrift Train Tragedy
Thomas Craig died instantly and his brother William was badly injured when both were struck by a freight and passenger train while returning home near Vandergrift. The accident left Thomas’s wife and mother, Mrs Charlotte Craig, in sorrow as William lay critically hurt. Remains were taken to Indiana for burial after services in Oakland Cemetery.
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Vandergrift
Thomas
William Craig
Thomas Craig
Bracken
Welrum
William Kauffman
Robert Getty
Frank McGregor
Indiana
Taatana
Oakland Cemetery
Park Veterans Drum Corps to attend 74th PA reunion
The Park Veteran Drum Corps of Indiana sails tonight to Punxsutawney to join the 74th regiment Pa Vol at their reunion tomorrow. Veterans who served in the War of the Rebellion comprise the unit with officers and members named including T. B. Clair Thompson president and J. Wilson Shields drum major among others.
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Park
Park Veteran Drum Corps
Indiana
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Remaley School
Wherry School
King’s Grove
W. 8. A. Wilson
Olivet
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Edwin Miller
A. D. Wilson
John
Annie Blystone
Plumcreek Township
Armstrong County
Archie Blystone
Whitesburg
J. W. Heasley
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Lucky Hit
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W. CG. Deemar
Frank Daugherty
Vandergriff
HW. B. Deemar
W. C. Keim
Neals
Hamilton
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Lytle
Center Township
Agshhaugh
Morrison’s Siding
Mahonings
Rayne
Westmoreland County Veterans Association
Oxford Park
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Grays
Shaffer
Shaffers
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Covade
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Samuel Harbart
J. R. Stampf
Walter Ayers
Joseph Kine
W. D B. Stahl
Charles Niel
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