Election returns and court cases in progress this week
The week closed with election tallying by W M Mahan and Marty W Kee as tellers. Court resumed Monday noon with Wagner and Donaldson vs Orin W Stiffer over a $100 store bill, disputed as paid by note later redeemed. The bank suit First National Bank of Barnesboro vs S I Sawyer involves a $700 note. jury sworn Tuesday afternoon amid forged name allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Mahan
Marty W. Kee
Wagner and
Donaldson
John 4. Campbell
Mgr
Orin W. Stiffer
First National Bank
Parnesboro
S. I. Sawyer
Assumpsit
J. Smith
Smith
S. J. Sawyer
D. B. Taylor
Cunningham
Fisher
Banks and Getty
Margi
Cambria County
Public School Enrollment and Attendance Report
Principal Ernest F. Work reports 986 pupils enrolled with 448 boys and 438 girls. Attendance this month stands at .96 for both genders. Since opening, 260 boys and 267 girls have not missed a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest F. Work
Five Candidates For Judge In Armstrong County Race
Borough Treasurer John B. Taylor reports last spring balance 1775.50 as funds available though summer paving and sewer bills exhaust receipts totaling 26773.93 for the last year. Armstr ong County judgeship race features five contenders including Patton Fullerton Rayburn King and McCullough with party factions and anti saloon league mobilizing for the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Taylor
Taylor
Kittanning
Menfay
Armstrong County
W. D. Patton
Patton
Rush Fullerton
Calvin Rayburn
J. W. King
R. A. McCullough
E. J. Ashe
D. B. Heiner
S. F. Booker
W. B. Heiner
Harry B. Henderson
John M. Williams
R. H. Meeran
Irwin T. Campbell
Fullerton
Anti-Saloon League
Mere Coal Options In Indiana And Armstrong Counties
Interests friendly to the Wire Buffalo and Susquehanna and Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg railroads are taking options on valuable coal properties in Indiana and Armstrong counties. Rivalry among three companies for control grows, with large deals expected. Erie interests may back major tonnage from the region, while options carry high prices and quick closings. Louis Abramson, liquor wholesaler agent for Spangler, posted a $100 forfeit to appear at December term on illegal liquor selling charges. arrested at Lovejoy Friday by County Detective Josiah Neal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Armstrong Counties
Wire
Buffalo & Susquehanna
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Erie Railroad
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Company
The
Erie
Louis Abramson
Lovejoy
Josiah Neal
Normal Football Trip Delivers Narrow Defeat to Kiski
A packed special train carried 235 Normal students to Saltsburg last Monday to watch Normal battle Kiski. The game ended 10 to 6 after Kiski scored a late fluke after Indiana had tied the score, despite Normal’s strong play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltsbury
Kiski Warriors
Indiana
Smith Station
Blairsville
West Penn Road
Saltsburg
Kissi Bunch
Forest Fire Expenses Hit County Budgets This Year
County Commissioners report high costs for firefighting with 1167.08 paid to fire wardens across townships including Bans Burell Cherryhill Canoe Center East Wheatfield and White. State funds cover two thirds but a large year’s bill risks pro rating. White's Woods has burned ten days with Harry Long commanding twenty men, costing hundreds added to White township's share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bans
Burell
Cherryhill
Canoe
Center
East Wheatfield
Grant
Rayne
White
Auditor General’s Office
White’s Woods
Harry Long
White Township
Indiana Bear Club Plans Big Game Hunt Across Counties
Indiana residents plan hunting trips to Huntingdon County Center and nearby areas for big game. Participants include James N. Stewart D. A. Hetrick J. M. Simpson J. C. Conner Elmer Williams Wilbert Fowler Fred Herlinger T. B. Clark L. F. Sutter Rev BP McNellis Jack Nees G. C. Dickie James Evans Leslie Pattison H. B. Engle John Russell John Hershberger John Daugherty Samuel Miller Robert Fleming Clark Daugherty Dr Miller A F Moreau John Selig Dr W D P Gates William McMichaels John Stadthilled Franke Ross W B Britton Dr Harry Guessler Kellar Harris Fred Rising Noah Seanar and others. A Grisemore resident identified as Mr. Davis reportedly shot two bears and captured one allye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Clinton and Center
Huntingdon County
Indiana Bear Club
James N. Stewart
D. A. Hetrick
J. M. Simpson
J. C. Conner
Samuel Miller
Robert Fleming
Shelocta
Clark Daugherty
Dr. Miller
Jeannette
A. F. Moreau
John Selig
W. DP. Gates
William McMichaels
John Stadthilled
Franke Ross
W.B. Britton
Harry Guessler
Kellar Harris
Fred Rising
Rayna
Noah Seanar
Mr. Davis
Grisemore
Veterans to attend Fredericksburg monument unveiling
A party of 20 Civil War veterans from Ebensburg and Johnstown accompanies officers and townsmen to Fredericksburg Virginia for the unveiling of a Pennsylvania monument to Humphrey's division fallen in 1862. Governor Stuart and his staff will attend the exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
J. Stewart
Thompson
John Manners
Clair Thompson
Home
206Th
Daniel Tong
Levi Keith
Grisemore
Mielders
John M. Jones
138D
P. W
Ebensburg
Johnstown
Apron Sale Planned by Christ Episcopal Ladies Guild
The Ladies Guild of Christ Episcopal Church will hold an apron sale in the Parish room on November 14 starting at two o'clock after noon and again in the evening. Fancy articles and caulies will be sold. All are invited to attend and support the fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Guild
Christ Episcopal Church
Personal mentions from Vandergrift and surrounding towns
Yamill of New Warence has been named seventh grade teacher in Vandergrift, succeeding Miss Mangum. Various locals, including Baltimore-bound travelers, visits to relatives in McDonald Bloomsburg and Chicago, and civil engineer Al Cunningham’s return visit are noted. The list mentions Mrs J M Marshall, Miss Elizabeth Waller, Miss Nellie Guthrie, and others visiting family and traveling to cities such as Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Yamill
New Warence
Indiana Normal
Vandergrift
Miss Mangum
Ohio
F. Bell
Buffalo
Annie Brandy
McDonald
A. ©. Lichteberger
North Sixth Street
J. M. Marshall
California
Indiana
Pittsburg
Cr. Meade Marshall
A. 8. Cunningham
Aspinwall
Elizabeth Waller
Bloomsburg
James Mack
Henry Frailey
Mary Mahaffey
Chicago
David Mullen
North Ninth Street
Chusago
Nellie Guthrie
Charles G. Rudi
Dora A. Lewis
Blairsville
N. McNellis
Miss Lewis
Elsworth B. Campbell
South Seventh Street
Cunningham Company
Rudd
Germany
J. ©. Studtmiller
Turns Half a Township Into Vast Apiary
A Reynoldsville backed plan to form a stock company turning half of Indiana county into a large apiary to produce thousands of tons of honey for America and Europe. J L Getty Company promotes bee culture, small farming, poultry, fruit, mechanical arts, and a combined college for instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynoldsville
United States
America
Europe
Indiana
Indiana County
Jefferson
J. J. Getty Company
Reynoldsville Company
J. L. Getty Company
Bee Supply and Honey Company
Third Annual Corn Show at Harrisburg Prizes Ahead
The Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders Association邀s third annual corn show in Harrisburg January 26 to 29 with silver cups priced 26 to 50 and 45 cash prizes. A $50 cap awaits the best show of 100 cars by any subordinate Grange. Exhibits of dairy products and stock study items will accompany contests with prize lists available from Secretary BE S Bayard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders’ Association
Harrisburg
State Board of Agriculture
Penn’a Dairy Union
Penn’a
Penn
Stock Sanitary Board
BE. S. Bayard
East Wid Pithsurvy
Pennsylvania
Dayton fair seeks $1000 appropriation for fair length
Dayton fair officials plan to apply to the county commissioners for the $1,090 state allocation. The Kittanning association is disqualified for a three day exhibition, not meeting the four day requirement under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Kittanning Association
Local Items Highlight Charity, Dedicatory, and Losses
Community notes report a Women’s Christian Temperance Union supper at Odd Fellows Hall raising over $100. Indiana’s I G Farr underwent an Indianapolis surgeon’s procedure at Johnstown City Hospital. Greensburg Presbyterian plans a $40,000 brick church dedication November 22 with Rev. W J McMichael. A surprise birthday for Martha J Helman drew sixty-two guests and yielded over a hundred gifts. Altoona sportsmen hunt in Indiana county. local names include McFesly Reilly Lynch Miller Shaw and Dr. William Johns joins Homer City practice. A barn north of Creekside burned with five October 2 incidents destroying livestock and contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Odd Fellows Hall
Johnstown Tribune
I. G. Farr
Indiana
Johnstown City Hospital
Ll. &. Russell
Cincinnati
Greensburg
W. J. McMichael
T. Hl. McMichael
Monmouth College
Martha J. Helman
Tanoma
J. J. Rowe
Helman
Altoona Gazette
Altoona
Indiana County
James McFesly
J. P. Reilly
Walton Hotel
T. J. Lynch
Spelling Bee Fundraiser For Indiana Hospital At Library Hall
Indiana County Hospital Association plans an old fashioned spelling bee at Library Hall on Thanksgiving night to raise funds for the new hospital. Tickets cost 50 cents. attendees should come in fancy costumes. Spelling starts at 9, followed by refreshments. Committee includes Mrs. J. Clements Hasinger, Mrs. B. H. Lichteberger, Mrs. J. Elder Peeler, Misses S. Jo. St. Clair and Fannie Gessler. Hospital work progresses with furnace and plumbers at work and furnishings donated by Misses Fannie Nixon, Mary Palmer, and the W C E Union. aims to open before month end. The project seeks community support due to mine-related injuries and patient transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spelling Bee
Indiana County Hospital Association
Library Hall
Therois Ily
J. Clements Hasinger
B. H. Lichteberger
J. Elder Peeler
S. Jo. St. Clair
Fannie Gessler
Fannie Nixon
Mary Palmer
Women's Christian Emperance Union
Hospital Association
Indiana
Hammers Under the Knife Operation for Gall Stones
Friends report former County Superintendent Prof. A M Hammers underwent gall stone surgery at Grube hospital Punxsutawney with Dr Robert Stewart of Mercy hospital Pittsburg and Dr J S Hammers assisting. He is recovering and expected to regain full health soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Hammers
Robert Stewart
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburg
J. S. Hammers
Grube
Punxsutawney
State Troopers Establish Sub-Station Details
State Constabulary Captain Reese of Troop D moved three men to a sub station for an indefinite period. Troopers at In-Mann Station include Larden Keogh and Moore. Wachman's outfit has horse arms and equipment. Trunks and private belongings shipped here. Twenty nine troopers reassigned to sub stations with constables patrolling from headquarters. Details list New Bethlehem Gallitain Kersey Philipsburg Harnesboro Brockwayville Curwensville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Reese
State Constabulary
In- Mann
Larden
Keogh
Moore
Wachman
New Bethlehem
Gallitain
Kersey
Philipsburg
Harnesboro
Brockwayville
Curwensville
Card of Thanks from Stormer Family for Kindness
The wife and children of the late Charles Stormer express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and aid shown during their bereavement.
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Charles Stormer
Marriages Reported in Clearfield and Nearby Towns
A long list of marriages is recorded from White Township to Blairsville and beyond. Couples include McFarlane-Jose, Elsmore-Swaddle, Akins-Brandon, Lowman-Mock, Johnston-Stewart, Laird-Cooper, McTigue-Weaver, McCanley-Rowley, Metz-Beer, Pearce-Snyder, and Reichmiller-Fritz. Several couples wed in October 1908 with ceremonies in home settings and churches, noting residences in Idamear, Glen Campbell, Saltsburg, Clymer, Dixonville, Armstrong and Blairsville areas.
Diphtheria Quarantine Placed In First Ward Home
Health Officer J W Thompson quarantines the Edward Vogel residence on North Fifth Street due to multiple diphtheria cases in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Thompson
Edward Vogel
North Fifth Street
Will of Sarah Ann Kunkle Probate in Conemaugh Township
The will of the late Sarah Ann Kunkle of Conemaugh township has been probated. Real estate is left to her two sons William and Mantel Kunkle. Other children Bern er Kunkle and Mrs Maggie Bowmay receive $100 each. Deceased's personal property to be sold and proceeds divided among her children. Will dated January 12 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Ann Kunkle
Conemaugh Township
William
Mantel Kunkle
Bhner Kunkle
Maggie Bowmay
Storage dam at Creekside to rise 25 feet high
The 1, 1, & P. is building a masonry storage dam across the ravine at the Y near Creekside. It will be about 25 feet high and several hundred feet long to supply engines at the point. Stone for the dam is quarried on the M I Rankin place at Galbleton, owned by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creekside
M. ‘I. Rankin
Galbleton
Deaths in Blairsville and nearby areas 1900 era
Obituaries list residents of Conematug Blairsville and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs. William Reffner Mrs. Mary A Shaffer Mrs. G W Harkness D D Gingery Mrs H W Singer Miss Elizabeth Renwick Harrison Mary Ann Dick Robert Coad Frank Campbell Elizabeth and Dorothy Campbell among others. Interments noted at Greenwood Blairsville cemetery and local plots.
Pittsburg Gazette Times offers $500 for story solutions
The Pittsburg Gazette Times invites readers to solve the mystery in Helen Mather's unfinished serial Love, the Thief. A $100 prize will go to the best solution, with $25 for second place, $10 for third, and $5 each for the next 75 entries, from readers who submit viable endings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Gazette Times
Pittsburg Gazette
Times
Helen Mather
Love
Gazette Times
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Troopers
Ellsmore—Swaddle
David John Elsmore
Elizabeth Jane Swaddle
Noch Davis
Glen Campbell
Akins—Brandon
Oliver ©. Akins
Misa Minnie J. Brandon
Washington Township
H. F. King
Hig
School Street
Lowman—Mock
Bert Lowman
Misa Della Mock
Woodward Pelfer
Hast Oak Street
Johnston—Stewart
Harry Johnston
Bessie L. Stewart
Center Township
Rey, C. 1B. McCauley
Samuel Stewart
Laird—Cooper
Robert P. Laird
Elizabeth Cooper
Clymer
Squire G. W. Frantz
McTigue—Weaver
William McTigue
Idamar
Jane Weaver
Arcadia
Squire C. EB. Frantz
McCanley
Rowley
William McCanley
Nettie Rowley
Dixonville
Squire J. G. Pleming
Carpenter Avenue
Metz—Beer
John Metz
Laura May Beer
Armstrong Township
George J. Russell
Reithmiller
Fritz
Frederick M. Reithmiller
Monessen
Susan B. Fritz
James J. Fritz
W. W. Criley
Reichmiller
Frederick Reithmiller
Ernest
Monesgen
Rudi—Lewis
Reffner
William Reffner
Conematug
Bright
R Samuel Bralner
Gingery
D. D. Gingery
Woodland
Clearfield County
Singer
H. W. Singer
James Forsha
Burrell Township
Coad
Robert Coad
William Coad
Livermore
Battle Creek
Mich
Colorado
Michigan
Campbell
Frank G. Campbell
New Kensington
Julia
Dorothy
William McGregor
Martin Little
Wm.Trimble
Frank Stormer
Lewis Hay
Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
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