Debate over Church Unity Sparks Catholic Protestant Row
Rev N P McNass objects to Rav Small's Catholic critique in a long letter to the Democrat. He condemns Small's attack on Catholic doctrine and notes charts claiming Bible alone versus Bible plus tradition. McNass defends Catholic teaching, argues against sola scriptura, and questions Small's use of a Greek manuscript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rav.Small
Democrat
Small
Christ
Lutheran Church
Presbyterian
Christian” Church
Ray
Rome
British Museum
N. P. M’narss
Railroad and Goal News on Indiana Branch Track Progress
The Indiana Branch of the B R and P track reaches Indiana with regular track laid to Philadelphia street. A construction train led by engineer Chas E Pendleton and crew moved from donkey track to full track. 150 to 200 laborers assist. Six weeks more for Elders ridge branch track and ten weeks to complete the funnel arch, not yet let by contract.
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Indiana
Philadelphia Street
Chas. E. Pendleton
Fred Barlow
Brady Elder
William Roberts
Harry Warrick
William Lawless
Clint Stachell
John Conway
Soho Vane
Mike Bruin
H. N. Rupert
Staechell
Rupert
Eldersridge
Baltimore's Great Fire Engulfs City Core
Telegraphic news reports a massive Baltimore fire burning for 32 hours, surpassing 80 blocks and 160 acres in the heart of the business district. Estimated losses reach 100 to 200 million with 2,0500 buildings destroyed, martial law declared, and dozens injured while aid comes from multiple regional fire departments.
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Telegraphic
Baltimore
Chicago
Wilmington
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Altoona
Washington
Odd Fellows Banquet at Schreckengost Hotel
The Plomyille order of Odd Fellows held a banquet at the Schreckengost Hotel on Thursday evening February 4, attended by 75 to 80 banqueters. The event was a social success with short talks by Murray Pierce, Elisha Green, and others.
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The
Plomyille Order of Odd Fellowg
Schreckenggost Hotel
Murray Pierce
Elisha Green
Local social notes from Punxsutawney to Blairsville
A compilation of personal mentions records visits and travels of locals from Punxsutawney Pittsburg Blairsville Greensburg and nearby towns. Names include William Pollock Arthur Wilson Delos Hetrick Florence Lowry John Selig and others with brief travel or visit details and a note on Marie Stephens returning from Africa as a missionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pollock
Punxsutawney
Arthur Wilson
Pittsburg
Delos Hetrick
Ing
Blairaville
Florence Lowry
Oakland
Kittanning
John Selig
Franklin
Daugherty and Wilson Host Social Evening in Pittsburgh Area
Social notes show Mr. and Mrs. James R. Daugherty entertaining Thursday night at West Church Street. El W. Wilson hosted a one o clock dinner Tuesday for Mr. and Mrs. Horace Thompson of Marion Center, with Mr. and Mrs. S. R. McFeaters of Wilkinsburg present. McFeaters is superintendent of the Pittsburg Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad. Mrs. Sarah A. Sansom gave a dinner for friends Thursday at her Chnich Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Daugherty
West Church Street
Mya
el. W. Wilson
Horace Thompson
Marion Center
R. McFeaters
Wilkinsburg
McFeutera
Pittsburg, Bessimer & Lake Erie Railroad
Sarah A. Sansom
Chnich Street
Lautermilch Case Probed Across States in Search
Edward Lautermilch of 6865 Penn avenue Pittsburg travels to Indiana to pursue leads about his father Edward Lautermilch missing since September 16. He has hired a detective at his own expense and will continue the search until the father is found dea or alive, reexamining all ground covered last fall despite costs.
Local Notices From A. H. Campbell To Banking Woes
A. H. Campbell of New Castle visits in town with valentines and varied goods at Henry Halla. John Saltagiver of Rayne township slips on ice and fractures his left elbow. W. D. Keys resigns from Columbia Plate Glass plant leadership in Blairsville. Indiana A A A ties Windber 16 to 16 in basketball. Grant Ramey seeks County Treasurer’s post for next year. Train collision near Saltsburg Injures conductor F Clark and D A Farley. both return home to Allegheny. PRR supervisors consider moving from New Florence to Derry affecting 200 men. New Florence wrecking crew to move. Samuel Kealer from Advance injured in hayloft fall. breaks shoulder blade, sprains wrist. Harry Clark injured after sleigh topple on Two-Lick Hill. uses crutches. Six men fail in post office robbery at Leechburg. nitro blasts fail to loot cash. Panxsutawney Mutual Building Loan Association assigns. assets exceed liabilities by about 10,000. foreigners pull funds as bank activity fluctuates.
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Farmers Bank
John Saltagiver
Rayne Township
W. D. Keys
Columbia Plate Glass Company
Blairsville
Indiana A. A. A
Windber
Grant Ramey
Saltsburg
F. Clark
D. A. Farley
Allegheny
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New Florence
Derry
Samuel Kealer
Harry Clark
Glen Campbell
Indiana
Twolick Hill
Leechburg
Waldorf
Panxsutawney Mutual Building Loan Association
Building & Loan Association
Smallpox cases ease in county amid hopeful reports
Over the past week the county shows improvement with only one new case, Rev Elfie of Beaver Falls, who spread the disease after contact near Rossiter or Hillsdale. He is treated by Dr Morrow at North Mahoning, while families in Melsaac and nearby areas remain uninfected and under care. Nurse Gertrude McNally oversees Rafael cases as doctors report progress. A church street house and lot for sale in Indiana at 936 Church Street is advertised.
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Elfie
Beaver Falls
Rossiter
Hillsdale
H. A. Melsaac
North Mahoning Township
Morrow
Melsaac
Regent Deaths and Local Obituaries in Blairsville Era
Howard P. Shepley 62 dies at Blairsville home February 3 born New Glauster Maine 1841 principal Blairsville Seminary 1852 educated at Widersridge Academy Jefferson College married Laura Purse 1872 survived by wife two children funeral in Blairsville Presbyterian church interment Blairsville cemetery George W Gilbert 47 dies Wayne Avenue nervous prostration born Conemaugh July 12 1856 resident Indiana County 20 years teaching 18 years in fire insurance and real estate survived by second wife six children mother sisters brothers funeral by Rev Crawford Greenswood cemetery John Widdowson dies at 80 at son in law John Houck home Weat Indiana Hotel born near Dixonville married 51 years ago to Ann Ober four sons four daughters interment Twolick graveyard near Dixonville Thursday.
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Howard P. Shepley
Blairaville
New Glauster
Maine
Samuel JH. Shepley
Blairaville Seminary
Widersridge Academy
Jefferson Quilege
Blairsville
Presbyterian Sabbath School
Laura Purse
Johnstown
W. ©. McKee
New York
Samuel Shepley
Blairsville Presbyterian Church
Gilbert
George W. Gilbert
Wayne Avenue
Conemaugh Township
Indiana County
Indiana
Martha Gilbert
Thomas A.and
A.L
Samuel Nicholson
Daisy. Gilbert
F. 8. Crawford
The
Presbyterian Church
Greenswood Cemetery
John Widdowson
John Houck
Weat
Dixonville
Joseph Widdowson
Ann Ober
George
Shelton
Nebraska
John M
Carrolltown
Ill
Harry M
Mahaffey Enos
I. 8. Barr
East End Hotel
L. Houck
Onberg
G. Bush
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Twolick
Widow Mrs Ann Hunter dies at 78 in Armstrong township
Mrs Ann Hunter widow of James Hunter dies at her home in Armstrong township on Sunday February 7 from general debility at age 78. She leaves five daughters and one son including Martha and Margaret at home, Mrs Robert Cunningham of White township, Mrs P H Clawson of Indiana, Mrs Banks Kirkland of Bairdstown, and J O Hunter of Omaha Nebraska. Funeral services by Rev J M Welch on Wednesday at 10 AM with interment in Oakland cemetery.
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Ann Hunter
James Hunter
Armstrong Township
Martha
Margaret
Robert Cunningham
White Township
P. H. Clawson
Indiana
Banks Kirkland
Bairdstown
J. O. Hunter
Omaha
Nebraska
J.M. Welch
Oakland Cemetery
Local Notables Die In Indiana County Neighborhoods
Obituaries report Theodore Stuchell Bluchell near Blairsville after a brief illness at forty five. Lincoln Overdorff Jr of Johnstown, aged five, succumbed to scarlet fever with prior sibling illness. Albert Beatty formerly Blairville died in Westmoreland Hospital with pneumonia and gangrene after exposure. Mrs Mary Brickel of Burnside died of stomach cancer at seventy four. J. B. Nell of Cherryhill died in Scottdale from lung trouble. survivors listed.
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Beatty
Albert Beatty
Blairaville
Westmoreland Hospital
Derry
Ferrier Malinda Ferrier dies after short illness at 33
Malinda Ferrier of Glen Campbell died on a Tuesday evening after a week of illness. She was 33. Interment was held Thursday afternoon at Fairview Cemetery.
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Ferrier
Malinda Ferrier
Glen Campbell
Pat
Fairview
Hayes Family Funeral in Allegheny and Vandergrift
Maya Hayes aged 66 died of pneumonia at home in Allegheny on Friday February 4. Survived by his wife Lavina Pringle and later Gertrude Muffley with seven children. Funeral held at Apollo Baptist Church conducted by Rev Bricker, with burial in Vandergrift. Also McClintock family obit of Laura McClintock aged about 24 in Dumas Somerset County. Interment in Washington church graveyard after services at parental home.
M Kendricks Wife Dies at 25 in Cherryhill Township
Mrs Joseph McKendrick died at home in Cherryhill township on Monday at age twenty five. She was a daughter of the late Jacob Dick and survived by her husband and an infant five days old. Funeral services will be held this afternoon.
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Brick
Mary Brickel
Urey
Burnside
Bernaide
M'Kendrick
Joseph McKendrick
Cherryhill Township
Jacob Dick
Cherryhil Township
Deaths of Dale R McDivitt and Clare Buterbaugh
Dale R McDivitt eight year old son of Mr and Mrs J E McDivitt formerly of Smicksburg died at home in Wilkinsburg Sunday morning from spinal meningitis. Remains brought to Indiana Tuesday morning and interred at Mahoning Baptist church graveyard. Clare Buterbaugh two years five months died at an aunt’s home in Johnstown Tuesday night last week. Son of Frank and Ella Buterbaugh both deceased. Interment in Buffington cemetery this county Thursday.
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M’divitt
Dale R
J. E. McDivitt
Smicksburg
Wilkinsburg
Indiana
Mahoning Baptist Church
Clare Buterbaug
Johnstown
Frank
Ella Buterbaugh
Buffington
William Bartley Barley Dies in California at 71
William Bartley Barley died at his California home at seventy one. He was born in Blairsville and never married. In 1852 he and brother Thomas began their trek to California, and Thomas died aboard a ship three days after leaving Panama.
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Barley
William Bartley
California
Blairsville
Thomas
Panama
Wilson McDowell wedding in Johnstown and Bolivar
Harry Wilson of Johnstown and Mise Rachael McDowell of Bolivar were married at the bride’s parents’ home on Wednesday February 3 by Rev. H. C. Beacom. They will reside in Johnstown.
Marriage Notes Include Two Local Unions in February
Raymond R. Ryan of Gipay and Gertrude Palmar of Rochester Milla wed February 2 at the bride’s parents home in Rochester. Squire J. Bird officiated. Roy Liechtenfels and Tillie Frain of West Wheatfield township married February 4 at Squire R. J. Hood’s office in West Wheatfield township.
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Ryan—Palmer
Raymond R. Ryan
Gipay
Gertrude Palmar
Rochester Milla
Ce. John Palmer
Squire J. Bird
Lichlenfels—Frain
Roy Liehtenfels
Tillie Frain
West Wheatfield Township
Squire R. J. Hood
Ofls
Weet Wheatfield Township
Marriages Recorded in Blairsville and Nearby West Lebanon
Cribbs with Fleming wed in Blairsville on February 3. Calhoun couple Helman and Calhoun married in West Lebanon on February 4. Dauer and Griffith tied in Indiana on February 2. Buchanan weds Roomburg set for February 11 in Philadelphia.
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Buchanan—Roomberg
Emanuel Buchanan
Blairsville
Lena G. Roomburg
Philadelphia
Coal land sale in Pine township to Thomas Barnes
The coal beneath the land of the late Joseph Burna heirs in Pine township was bought by Thomas Barnes of Barnesboro. The sale covers four hundred fifty six acres at a price of 100 dollars per acre. The funds have been paid to the landowners.
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Joseph Burna
Pine Township
Thomas Barnes
Barnesboro
Walk Built by Popular Subscriptions at Marion Center Depot
Citizens of Marion Center erected a sidewalk funded by subscriptions from the town to the new B. & P. depot. One hundred forty six dollars subscribed, twenty days labor with teams and twenty one days of individual labor pledged. Cash on hand and promised work is expected to complete the walk.
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Marion Center
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Father McNells
Evangeliat Small
Railroad and Goal News
David Jatmaton
East End
John Brallier
Latrobe
North Sixth Street
Edna Sansom
D. H. Tomb
Myrtle Kunkle
Mt. Pleasant
Sand White Township
Alex, Smith
the Messenger
Harry Houck
Braddock
West Indiana
John V. Dunlap
Chest Spring
John B
F. G. Hutchison
Harry Davidson
Greensburg
B. ¥. McKee
Vandergrift
W. C. McKee
J. M. McKee
David Ellis
Church Street
Theodore Stuchell
Ed. H. Sutton
R. E. McClure
U.P
E. M. Critchfield
Philippines
A. W. Engle
Pine Flate
Miss Crawford
O. W. Cressley
Floradora Cigar Company
U.S
T. C
Robinson’s
Carnival Company
Richmond
Marie Stephens
Africa
Liverpool
Mont. Stephens
South Tenth Street
A. H. Campbell
New Castle
J Bean
Henry ’ Halla
6Th
10Th Streets
Gallator
Burpley
Hunter
Bltuchell
Newville
Verdoref
Lincoln Overdorff, Jr
Lincoln Overdorff
Fry Cemetery
Overdorff
NEFP
J. B. Nell
Scottdale
M.clintock
Laura McClintock
H V. McClintock
Dumas
Somerset County
Capt
Mis
John Kinter
Gaibleton
Washington Church
Imlman—Calhoun
Charles Helman
Clarmont
Merta Calhoun
Parkwood
West Lebanon
E. R. Ralston
Dauer
Grieeth Wright
Laura Griffith
E. Lee Parry
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