Pepper causes sneezing fit during stage play
An audience at the opera house watched patrons peppered with red pepper during the performance of A Fatal Mistake, causing a mass sneeze fit that disrupted the show for about half an hour. Manager Kadhel appealed for order as police investigated the pepper prank and the cast resumed after the commotion.
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Pat Jervis
Ben
Grand Choria
Kadhel
Ka‘lel
Sumner Graff
Amos Shaffer
Ondl
Blacklick
Amos Shafter
Daniel Miller
J. A. Kelly
James Kelly
Indiana
Henry Ramer
A. G. Miller
Macres
Armstrong
Serrist
Samuel Duncan
Barbara Sraka
Leoja
Tomer City
Seacrist
Buffalo
John Fisher
Samuel Furmen
Widerton
Green
Vandergrift
Peter Weezovak
Frank Talaryk
Arcadia
Jacob Wettling
A. J. Truitt
Banks
Exec
Jaques Pearce
South Mahoning
Charles ‘Conner
W. P. Roberts
Wwerekiah
Annie Biss
Vv. A. Bence
Robert McCoy
W. A. Benee
Millie Fleming
Max
David Zachoranski
W. J. Wilson
Joe Biamonte
Creekside
T. Bello Della Walker
Owen Connells
J.W. Latimer
lBairaville
W. Latimer
Mary Latimer
Flairsville
Advain Iselin
Indiana Co. Ry. Co
C.S. Kunkle
W. H. Lower
Homer City
Ann Ruicdes
Tower
Reashyaller
FL. Wood
Uawer
Charles Swearingen
Tesdrona
Frank Bless
A. Barber
S of Green
Af Corel
Wustat Tavis
Saltsbarsy
Coola
Raa
Wal
Cox Alining
Leonard Rawwolf
Conemangh
New Century club reviews civic reforms and nuisance abatement
The New Century club met on Monday afternoon February 21. Members discussed public education from civic work and the need for sacrifice by enterprising citizens. A talk on abating a nuisance focused on unsightly Libonrl and smoke nuisances. A Chester member described the work of the New Century club there. The secretary was asked to send sympathy to Mrs. Birdie, president of the Federation of American Women, for her son’s railroad death. An ad urged saving money, promoting a bank deposit plan at Farmers Bank of Indiana with 4 percent compound interest.
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New Century Club
D. Telttard
Longfellow
Sandolhine
Edward TR. Sutton
Clavece
Mee Creight
Birdie
Federation of American Women
Marriages listed in local society notices
Miss Clara Kerr and Frank Harta wed at M B parsonage on Church Street. Clementine Nelson and W N Divens marry in Altoona with reception in Glen Campbell. Thomas Lambing and Hattie Snyder unite in Rayne township Rochester Mills. Morenca Lowry and J J Purcell wed at North Wirth Street home. Ada M Rob inson to wed J M Stewart at Saltsburg home. Post ceremony plans include housekeeping in Josephine and a wedding trip to Washington and New York.
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Barto—Kerr
Clara R. Kerr
Mark Kerr
Frank Harta
Jesse Cary
M. B. Parsonage
Church Street
Purcell—Lowry
Morenca Lowry
Sopha Lowry
Oakland Avenue
J. J. Purcell
Josephine
N. P. McNellis
North Wirth Street
North Pointe
Notable Obituaries and Wills From Flora Area Records
Obituary notices report the death of James W Neale of Flora aged 56 on February 14 with survivors Lemon Lawrence Cora and Mrs Linnie Ses of Flora plus Homer of Clay among siblings and in laws. Additional items note Alfred McKee dies at seven years from diphtheria, Henry Stewart dies at 60 in Test End, and long lists of relatives. The wills of George Ileming and Jacob Hawk are probated detailing farm sales and specific bequests to wife children and grandchildren.
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Neale
James W. Neale
Flora
Lemon
Lawrence
Cora
Linnie Sesare
Homer
Clay
I. G. McHlwain
Punxsutawney
Elizabeth Pearce
Rossiter
Sarah Bender
Elora
John
Robert Neale
DuBois
Stewart
Henry Stewart
Armagh
Test End
Fitisburg
Omaha
Pittsburg
Maternity Home Advertises Private Care by Dr Beaton
A private maternity home run by Dr Beaton offers best donor services with graduate nurses and careful care for all cases. No differences in the cause, inquiries invited at 5615 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh.
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Dr. Beaton
Penn Ave
Pittsburg
Ordinance authorizes Seventh Street paving in Indiana Borough
Ordinance 164 authorizes grading curbing and paving of Seventh Street from Philadelphia Street to Church Street in Indiana Borough at cost to be determined by plans and a Borough Engineer. The measure notes the segment is under 1000 feet long would connect two paved streets and specifies publication and official enactment steps dated February 10 1908 with council signatures.
Ordinance authorises paving of Tenth Street in Indiana Borough
Ordinance No 168 authorises grading curbing and paving Tenth Street from Philadelphia to Church Street in Indiana Borough Pa Two thirds of the cost to be assessed to abutting property owners per frontage feet under Borough supervision Plans to be prepared by the Borough Engineer and Street Committee The ordinance was presented February 10 1908 and ordered to be published in the Democrat for two weeks Attest Elder Phelor John Taylor President of Council
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Philade
Church Street
Indiana
Philadelphia Street
Democrat Bnee
AttUstt
Phelor
John
Taylor
Tenth Street
Eniladelphia
Anil Church Street
Iadlans
Thiladelphia Street
Democrat
Kodak Verse Contest Advertisement Promotes Prizes
A Kodak advertisement seeks a short 6 to 8 line verse to advertise Kodak cameras in magazines. Top prizes include 1st prize $20, second $10, and 8th $5, with $10 for expenses. Mail lines to W. B. Hambly at 224 Gi street Pittsburg Pa.
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W. B. Hambly
Gi Street
Pittsburg
Notice to Elected Justices and Candidates to File Returns
Legal notice requires any elected Justice of the Peace to file written notice of acceptance with the prothonotary within the specified days after election. All candidates must file sworn expense accounts within 30 days per the Assembly act. A L Gilbert prothonotary.
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Justice of the Peace
Darky choir plan ends with hot incense pot mishap
A Georgia minister visiting New York admired Fifth Avenue cathedral service and trained 15 to 20 young boys as choir. Back home he introduced the idea, but during a Sunday procession the lead boy carried nothing. The minister improvised a chant about the missing incense pot as the boy explained it was too hot in the aisle.
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Darky
Georgia
New York City
Fifth Avenue
South
Harper's Weekly
Great Pigeon Cities in the Swampa May Beaming Ponds
In May flocks of prairie pigeons converge on marshy lake areas across the Swampa region. They choose extensive grassy reeds to build numerous partly floating nests, forming vast colonies that create dramatic, spectacular bird-life spectacles similar to historic pigeon roosts.
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Herbert K. Job
A Sardonic Definition of a Scientist
A playful exchange where a small boy asks what a scientist is and the father defines a scientist as a man who names ordinary things with long terms that are hard to recognize. The quip captures a comic view of scientific jargon through a father son moment.
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