Visitors and students noted across towns in Friday report
John Miller of Glen Campbell and M B Grown of Blairsville visited Indiana Friday while W S McClain of Pittsburg was here on business. Meredith Riddle and Margaret Wilson returned to Wellesley and National Park Seminary respectively. Miss May and Bertha Brownlee resumed at Wilson College. Charles Park attends State College agriculture lectures. Paul Hamill reads the Democrat daily. Mr. and Mrs. A W Wilson spent Sunday with Mrs. Annie Wilson. Alice Taylor returns to Penn Hall, Chambersburg. Viola Simpson home from Allegheny College. Frank Donahue attended Richard Watson's New Year dance. County Superintendent J T Stewart recovers from grippe. May Wilson returns to Chicago. Royden J Taylor heads to Chicago for Geological Survey work. Mrs. F D Glover visits her mother Mrs A S Cunningham. Glover spends Sunday here. Roy Gilleland from Allison's Drug Store vacation at Snow Shoe returns New Year’s Day. Mrs. A S Cunningham summoned to Sharpsburg for daughter’s pneumonia. Mrs. Walter Williams returns to Wilkinsburg. Dr John D Wilson resumes duties at Jefferson Medical College after a week with his mother. Mrs. John Meckley hosts James Couch and Edith McGara. Frank B Cunningham resumes work at Cheyenne with Ft. Morgan government buildings engineers. Charles McGee back to work after typhoid fever at Pittsburg. Paul Mack, John Sutton, Audrey Mabon back to Brucecon. James Jack to Yale. Robert Sutton to Chester Military. Milton Guthrie to Lafayette. Harry Wilson to U of P.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John &. Miller
Glen Campbell
M. BE. Grown
Blairsville
Indiana
National Park Seminary
Washington, D. C
May
Bertha Brownlee
Wilson College
Charles Park
Marion Center
State College
Paul Hamill
Pineton
Democrat
A.W. Wilson
Kis~ Kiminetas
Annie Wilson
Alice Taylor
Penn Hall
Chambersburg
Viola Simpson
Allegheny College
Meadville
Frank Donahue
Richard Watson
J.T. Stewart
Grippe
Mary Davidson
Gaye Griffith
Sharpsburg
May Wilson
John R. Wilson
Chicago
Royden J. Taylor
Geological Survey
F. D. Glover
Pittsburg
A. S. Cunningham
Glover
Roy Gilleland
Allison
Snow Shoe
Huntingdon County
W. A. Irwin
Walter Willams
D. C. Mack
Wilkinsburg
John D. Wilson
Jefferson Medical College
John Meckley
James Couch
Punxsutawney
Edith McGara
Pittsburgh
Frank B. Cunningham
Cheyenne
Ft. Morgan
Charles McGee
Street Railway
Paul Mack
John Sutton
Audrey Mabon
James Jack
Yale
Robert Sutton
Chester Military
Milton Guthrie
Lafayette
Harry Wilson
U. of P
Social gatherings in Marion area honor New Year
Notes on social doings list New Year Eve euchre and skating parties hosted by local residents. Mr and Mrs Leslie Pattison Mr and Mrs Frank Keener and Miss Bess Campbell Miss Margaret Wilson and Mr Harry Wilson Jr hosted friends. Marion Center Lodge 105 Odd Fellows held third annual banquet with Andrew Husinger and John Weamer providing music. Mr and Mrs Silas Work marked their 40th wedding anniversary with relatives including N C Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Pattison
Frank Keener
Euchre
South Seventh Street
Bess Campbell
Elmer &. Campbell
Margaret Wilson
Harry Wison, Jr
Palace Wink
George Simpson
Laura
Marion Center Lodge
Oxier of Odd Fellows
Andrew Husinger
John Weamer
Indiana
Dollie Laughlin
Marion
Silas W. Work
Marion Center
Lengthy court fight over Mikesell and Ketbler continues
News of the Courts outlines a protracted ring fence case with two firms opposing each other as witnesses fill a crowded docket. Jurors report illness and a Tuesday trial last week without a verdict. The land dispute centers on a claim under $200 tied to a printing press sale. Elizabeth Cochran sues the P&R Railroad over a 1906 death on a crowded car platform. James R. Dickie wins a land ejectment case in Cherryhill township after arguing his brother’s partial signing of a farm transfer may have been improvised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mikesell
Ketbler
D. M. Smith
Attennee
J. A. Stokes
W. JL. Lyda
Stokes
Lyda
Blairsville
Elizabeth Cochran
John Cochran
Fatal mock duel ends in death in Punxsutawney
Sevidge, a seventeen year old Punxsutawney resident, challenged William Hill to a playful duel with twelve inch knives in G W Thomas meat market. The knife slipped and pierced Sevidge near the heart, he collapsed at Dr Grube's office and died minutes later. Hill was released on $1000 bail. Sevidge was an orphan son of Polish parents living with Ed Williams family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hill
Peter Sevidge
Punxsutawney
G. W. Thomas
Sevidge
Hill
Normal Alumni Banquet at Reynolds House Kittanning
Indiana Normal school alumni residing in Kittanning and vicinity held a Thursday evening banquet at Reynolds House. Forty guests attended the event with a formal dining experience and an elaborate menu. The program featured solos by Prof. Cogswell, Prof. Wrigkly, Miss Edna Cogswell, and Miss Jane BH. Leonard, with active participation by the Indiana representative. Officers named: President Miss McMullen, Vice President Miss Moore, Secretary Miss Nellie Madson, Treasurer Miss Johns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McMullen
Miss Moore
Nellie Madson
Miss Johnsto
Clerk Carrier Examination for Indiana Post Office Jobs
An examination for clerk and carrier positions in the Indiana post office will be held on January 18, 1907. Salaries progress from 600 to 1600 over four years. substitutes earn 75 per month. Applications go to H. A. Borland, local secretary, Indiana post office, by January 16, 1908, 4 p.m., with forms filed through J. J. Vogel in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Post- Ofce
H. A. Borland
Indiana Post Office
J. J. Vogel
Philadelphia
New Trustees Elected at Hirst United Presbyterian Church
The annual congregational meeting of Hirst United Presbyterian Church was held Monday morning at 120 o'clock. A T. Mavarhand and James W. Mack were elected chairman and secretary. W. M. Mahan, treasurer, presented the annual report. Two trustees were elected: J. Wilse McCartney and Chas. A. Nichol. Mr Mahan declined a $100 salary for the year and the salary discussion was dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirst
Closing Out Sale at Cunningham Store on Tenth Street
On Thursday January 9 Mr A 8 Cunningham begins a ten day sale to close out the entire stock of his store at the corner of Philadelphia and Tenth street due to time demands from other business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham
Philadelphia
Tenth Street
Walter Malcolm
Walter
A. S. Cunningham
Clark Neal
Josiah Neal
State Pharmaceutical Board
Local representative for Indiana renewals and subscriptions
Wanted for a prominent monthly magazine to manage renewals and grow the subscription list in Indiana and nearby areas. Salary and commission basis. Experience desirable but not necessary. Good courtesy for right person. Address Publisher Box 59 Station O New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Station O
New York
Local Interests Report From Pennsylvania Telegraph Listing
Items of local interest note changes in telephone operations, a Creekside meat market purchase, visiting guests at a New Year dance, a twin birth, and a major closing sale on Tenth street run by A S Cunningham. Poker of shifts include a pharmacist exam success, a Creekside yard operator reassignment, a Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment reunion in Pittsburgh, and hotel ownership changes. Republican ward meetings are scheduled January 11 in designated locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Married couples Hazlett Miller wed in Vandergrift Blairsville
Roy Hazlett of Vandergrift and Miss Bertha Miller daughter of Blairsville residents were married at the Baptist parsonage Wednesday evening by Rev J Thomas Davis. Also Alfonso Bonomo and Miss Francesco Bayrka of Windber Pa married January 7 1908 by Squire Fleming of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazlett—Miller
Roy Hazlett
Vandergrift
Bertha Miller
Harry Miller
Blairsville
Baptist Parsonage
J. Thomas Davis
Bonomo
Barika
Squire J. FP. Fleming
Indiana
Alfonso Bonomo
Francesco Bayrka
Windber
Lydie Hazlett and Howard W Lydie United in Marriage
Howard W Lydie of Mahaffey and Gertrude Hazlett of Gipsy were united in marriage on December 31 in the afternoon by Rev Dr F Swartz Crawford at his residence on South Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydie—Hazlett
Howard W. Lydie
Mahaffey
Gertrude Hazlett
Gipsy
F. Swartz
Crawford
Siath Street
Gamble Krout Muted In Indiana Wedding
Estela Krout daughter of Mr and Mrs J C G Krout of South Tenth street and Matthew Gamble son of Mr and Mrs Matthew Gamble of West Philadelphia street were married Monday evening by Rev Huy at his residence on South Sixth Street They will go to housekeeping in Indiana Gamble is a carriage trimmer at the Indiana carriage factory and his wife is the daughter of another factory employee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamble—Krout
Estela Krout
J. CG. Krout
South Tenth Street
Matthew Gamble
West Philadelphia
Huy
South Sixth Street
Indiana
Gamble
Cooper Stuchell wed in Blairsville Ohio January 2
William G. Cooper of Blairsville and Edith Stuchell of the county wed in Youngstown Ohio. In Greenwich, a rifle accidental shooting killed 13 year old Ruhl Lunt, son of A W Lunt, before four minutes passed. the boy’s younger brother Bar_vunt caused the fatal shot while fleeing a companion as he ran into aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper—Stuchell
William G. Cooper
Blairsville
Edith Stuchell
Youngstown
Ruhl Lunt
A. W. Lunt
Greenwich Hotel
Barl Vunt
Lunt
Johnstown
Fatal Shooting in Ernest Boarding House Dispute
In Ernest a Tuesday afternoon dispute led to Mike Dora shooting Mike Helinger in the neck twice with a .38 revolver at a boarding house. Helinger was taken to Advain hospital. Dora was arrested and jailed here awaiting Helinger’s condition. No tearful aftermath until the wound outcome is known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Mike Dora
Mike Helinger
Smith & Wessba
Helinger
Advain
Dora
Payne ers Bank of Indians Builds on Steady Strength
Four hundred thousand dollars in capital and surplus backs every depositor in the Payne ers' Bank of Indians. The bank boasts a conservative board of directors, every member successful in his own business, and has operated for almost one third of a century, remaining stronger than ever today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payneers’ Bank of Indians
Supreme Court Decides Key Pennsylvania Cases
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued five opinions on Monday, reversing lower rulings in several wills and financial disputes. It upheld a will contested on testamentary capacity, affirmed lower court decrees on coal land options and commissions, and remanded for retrial in a forgery case involving a bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Joseph Painter Witl
Lowry
Elford
Joseph Palmer
John Plal
Beneficatiea Wider
Munday
Ettl
Pearl Palmer
M. McFleury
Robert Mitchell
McHenry
Mitchell
Patton
Aml McHenry Witts
Indiana Court
R. FL. Cunningham
First National Bank of Indiana
Cunningham
D. M. Smith
Court House shifts and Johnstown land case heard
At the Court House Horace M Lowry retires after six years as Recorder and John Blair Sutton is sworn in as his deputy. W F Elkin becomes District Attorney succeeding George J Feit. D Lynn Moorhead remains County Surveyor and auditors H S Buchanan Chas A Nichol and W Ewing begin county audits. Jury Commissioners J K McHihoes and W F George seek five hundred jurors. The Johnstown land case against Thomas Fears over river encroachment is taken up in Ebensburg after 1905 ruling. the case awaits final disposition with several Johnstown residents to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace M. Lowry
Recorder's Office
John Blair Sutton
Blair
W. F. Elkin
Gilbert
George J. Feit
D. Lynn Moorhead
Lynn
H.S. Buchanan
Chas
A. Nichol
W. Ewing
J. K. McHihoes
W. F. George
Indiana
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Stonycreek
Holt
C. C. Greer
Railroad and Road Through Indiana Surveyed
The New York Pittsburg and Chicago Railway Co. surveys through Indiana county outline a high grade line from Beaver County to Northampton, passing Beavercounty Alwood City Pittsburg Kis kiminas Leechburg and McKeesport with tunnels and minimal curves, backed by New York Central interests and local promoters. J M Floesch, former B R T P chief engineer, retires to Canada with J H Corbett as partner. A new Pennsylvania railroad schedule shifts the evening train to 7 04.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fee Pond
White's Round
Beaver County
Alwood City
Pittsburg
River Hills
Allegheny River
Kiskiminetas
Leechbarge
South Bend
New York
Northampton County
New York Central
H. B. McIntyre
Jacksonvilte
New York Central Railroad
Center
Blacklick
Young
Conemaugh Townships
Twolick
McKeesport
Lake Erie
Old Boys Defeat Butler Loyals In Clever Match on NYE
In a New Year’s night contest Old Boys edged Butler Loyals 29 to 22. The MIensburg team beat a picked up squad from the same city 31 to 19, showcasing strong performances from local players and a festive atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Boys
Butler Loys
Miensburg
Bblensburg
Indiana
New Rector Dr Gilbert Arrives at Christ Episcopal Church
Dr. T. H. Gilbert arrives as the new rector of Christ Episcopal church and stays at Moore hotel with his family as the parish residence is leased to Mr. Dickson Yom. He hails from Keokuk Iowa, has held several pastorates and contributes to church periodicals. He will preach in Indiana each Sunday morning and at Punxsutawney each Sunday evening, directing a congregation of six in Indiana and receiving seven hundred dollars annually here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
Indiana
Punxautawney
Altoona Merchant Leases Elk's Storeroom At 1760 Rent
J A Berger of Altoona leases the large first floor storeroom in the new Hawkins building for 1750 per year plus basement. The space fronts 45 feet and runs 100 feet deep. He plans a ladies furnishing store selling garments and related goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Elk
J. A. Berger
Hwk's
Berger
Free literature on Single Tax by Henry George bureau
Literature offered free upon request from the Henry George Literature Bureau Box 137 Philadelphia Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry George Literature Bureau
Philadelphia
McCracken and Local Notables Mourned in December Deaths
Local region records a series of deaths from December into January. Joseph McCracken, aged 88, died at home after three years with his son in law Daniel Smith. he leaves eight children and 12 grandchildren. George W. Close, former county resident, died of heart failure at his Kingsley residence. he leaves a wife and five children. Other obituaries include infant Cable in Creekside, Lucinda J. McNutt of Homer City, Mrs. Stear of Punxsutawney, Mrs. S W Morgan of Philipsburg, young William Merton Davis of North Fifth Street, Charles Grumbling Jr of Seward, Clyde Russell Crawford of Railroad Avenue, and Mrs. Margaret Hammar Elder of Philadelphia. Interments occurred in Richmond, Five Points, Blairsville, Greenwood, and local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCracken
Joseph McCracken
Daniel Smith
County
Ireland
Thomas
Deckers Point
Gipsy
Creekside
William Gardner
Glen Shell
Sarah
Ann
John Paring
Richmond
Emma
Love
Methodist Episcopal Church
J.H. Allison
Armstrong Township
Margaret Hammar Elder
James F. Elder
Philadelphia
Blairsville
Farmers Bank of Indiana Promises Safe Lending Terms
Avoid the risks of loaning money or keeping it at home and receive a fair rate with safety. Interest is paid or credited to the account every six months promptly, with no renewal required. Farmers' Bank of Indiana advertises secure deposits and reliable returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Bank OF Indiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
James R. Diddie
Cherryhill Township
D. H. Tomb
James R. Dickie
Pennsylvania
Telephone
Frank Wilson
Bayless & Zimmerman
Todd Cochran
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gilmore FP. Bell
Savan
61St Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment
Monongahela House
Co. M. Wortman
Charles ‘Hi, McGinley
Clawson House
J. M. Flosch
DuBois
Mr. Floesch
J. H.corbett
Canada
John S. Fisher
Ace
Cambria Coal & Cole Comany
Coffee, Il
A. V. Barker
Ebensburg
John W. Mvans
Ofbensburg
J. T. Mitchell
John 5. Imsher
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cable
Buelah Catharine Cable
John O
Mabel
Mndré
Stear
Frank Stear
Punxstitawney
Charles Stear
David: Stear
North Point
Davis
William Merton Davis
Merton Davis
North Fifth Street
Grumbling
Charles Grumbling,Jr
Seward
M. DB
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