Blairsville Chamber Pushed Projects and Revival Plans
The Blairsville Chamber of Commerce active through the year aided the William Penn Highway opening, water system improvements, and the Conemaugh Works rebuilding after September fire damage. Legion and chamber efforts funded Centennial events while consulting on congressional post office site plans in Fairsville. Cottage prayer meetings drew thousands weekly. revival services begin tonight across town churches. Basketball doubleheader: Blairsville girls 61 Plumville 0. Blairsville boys 35 Plumville 14. Snow barely hindered rail service as heavy storms impacted East routes and local lines.
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Ghotling
E.P. Goodwin
Chamber of Comet
Ireabie
William Penn ‘Highway
Cavity System of Water
Blairsville
Chanee of Commerce
Bishaville
Hillside Row
Chamber Commerce
Conemaugh Tein Works
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
TF. M .Graff
The
Chamel of ‘Commerce
Jocal Post
Azordean Legion
Congress
Nathan L. Strong King
Fairsville
J. Graff
E. P. Goodwin
M. E. Brown
Blairsville ‘Ministerial Association
Methodist
MecGillickcording
Howard ©. Boyd
First Methodist Church
Basketeers
Blairs‘ville
Plumville High
Blairaville Girls
Blairsville High
Blairsville Girls
Plumville Boys
Plumville
Blairaville High
George G. Graym
Homer U S Class Meeting at Homer City Church
The Ever Wilking Sunday School Class of the M M Church in Homer City met with Mrs. Martha Kunkle at Anna Hutchinson’s home on Church Street Friday evening. The program included singing readings and recitations followed by games and lunch. Members present included Winona Jeffries Neva de Vries Jame Foust Founty Seaton Flora MecQuelley June Kunkle Alice McCracken Betty Kunkle Alice McCracken Betty De Boney Twilight Trannl Louise Love Ruth Beaver Sarah Ferguson Geraldina Frederick Helen Unper Roth Neal and Anna Hutchinson. Visitors were Mistress Beatrice Viola Kramp and Mildred Hutchinson.
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Ever Wilking
M. M. Church
Homer City
Martha Kunkle
Anna Hutchinson
Church Street
Betty Kunkle
Alice McCracken
Betty de Boney
Twilight Trannl
Louise Love
Ruth Beaver
Sarah Ferguson
Geraldina Frederick
Helen Unper Roth Neal
Beatrice
Viola Kramp
Mildred Hutchinson
Mammoth Three Day Sport Carnival Proposed
New York January 11 The Intercollegiate A A A A advisory committee proposes a mammoth three day national indoor sport carnival at Madison Square Garden. Track and field boxing basketball wrestling hockey and other events may be decided in this format. The indoor championships were moved from March 6 to March 13 for fuller consideration.
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New York
Gustavus T. Kirby
Intercallegiate
Kirby
Madison Square Garden
Snow Forecast Delivers Cold Week Ahead
Snow for today and tomorrow gives way to a cold spell with high winds. Monday brings snow, strong northwesterly winds, and a cold wave. Tuesday continues snow and chill with highs near the 28 plus 23 degree range and minus readings likely in Alaska and across the U.S.
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BE. C. Lorentz
Alaska
United States
Welcome Girls Must Leave After Last Car, Yorkville Edict
Jan 11. Boys and girls from Martins Ferry and Wheeling attend Saturday dances in Yorkville but must not linger after the last car to Wheeling. Mayor Benjamin Oliver orders the end of girls loitering on the streets in the early morning hours.
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Yorkville
Martins Ferry
Wheeling
Benjamin Oliiver
He Mannequins Make Berlin Hit in Fashion Show
Berlin winter fashion feature spotlights male mannequins displaying new dress suits and accessories at a well known cabaret. Film and vaudeville artists model morning coats lounge suits and topcoats amid applause. Weather outlook for western Penna calls for fair skies with possible rain or snow late week and moderate temperatures through Saturday.
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Berlin
Dan
Western
Penna
Local nurse wins damage and land transactions noted
Indiana County Commissioners to W EB Oaks for 75 acres in Canoe Two area. Transfers include 3142 acres at $1.00 total, and multiple deeds showing 25.00 or 1.00 as nominal sums. Properties cover Garfield West Wheatfield Blairsville South Mahoning townships with mines en trance rights and various lot deeds to named parties.
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Indiana County Commissioners
W. EB. Oaks
Canoe
W. E. Oaks
Hugh & Smeaton
Leonard Biddleman
Kiskiminetas Goal Co
Armagh
Annie FE. Miller
Miller
Garfield
West Wheatfield
Margaret Langley
Joseph Martin
Blairsville
H. Skinner
L. IE. Newland
South Mahoning Township
L. E. Newland
C. H. Skinner
Local car dealers switch brands this year
Since the start of the year Stanley's Garage on South Walnut street relinquished the Studebaker agency and will now handle Hudson and Essex cars. C. W. Hammond of Morewood Avenue who once held the Hudson-Rasex agency has 36 wma in Oakland franchise for Blaffevie.
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Stanley
South Walnut Street
Studebaker
Hudson and Essex
C. W. Hammond
Morewood Avenue
Hudson-Rasex
Wma
Oakland
Blaffevie
Fontaine Fox Joins Gazette and Becomes Syndicated Cartoonist
The article traces Fontaine Fox rising from Louisville Herald to Chicago Evening Post acclaim. By 1920 he syndicates his cartoons to 125 cities, praised for thoughtful, non slapstick humor and meticulous concept development shaping each strip.
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Louisville Herald
Louisville ‘Limes
Poomville
Skipper
Mr. Ange
Tomboy Taylor
Eppie Hows
Chicago Evening Post
Cubs
Chicago
Nox
Fontaine Fox
Jontaine Fox
Fox
Bootlegger Headley Faces Second Offense Fine
Waynesburg Pa January 11 a garage proprietor Frank R Headley of Crucible has been arrested for possessing and selling whiskey while free on bail on a prior whiskey sale charge. He said he expected a heavy first offense fine and rushed business to raise funds.
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Waynesburg
Figshtning
Frank R. Headley
Crucibile
Headley
Italy pays last tribute to queen mother at Pantheon
A solemn funeral procession in Rome passes through the Pantheon for the queen mother. The cortège is guarded by eight cavalrymen as a beam of light from a hidden projector illuminates the bier. Prominent figures including Ambassador Pletcher and former Italian premiers attend the service. Queen Sophia of Greece among European dignitaries present.
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Pantheon
Catafalque
Monsignor
Bevarria
Ambassador Pletcher
Coolidge
Knights of the Annunviata
Giolitti
Bimomi
Sforza
Orlando
General Diaz
Sophia
Greece
Disastrous Fire Destroys Commercial Hotel in Johnsonburg
A disastrous blaze gutted the Commercial Hotel in Johnsonburg while firemen prevented a larger disaster. The fire consumed the building and its stalls, but strong firefighting prevented casualties and greater damage to the town.
All Hard Coal Men May Join Present Strike
A conference proposal states all hard coal miners may join the strike and all plans including the miners proposals open stars plan and Markie plan would be submitted to ex Justice Hughes to craft a contract basis. Operators vote yes. miners vote two thirds. openness resolution rejected by operators. Journal Square arena $7,000,000 to include ballroom and auto parking in basement.
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Hughes
Open Ts
Jersey Guey
Journal Square
The Crowning Moment on the Havana Ocean
Daniel Arment travels from Buenos Aires to East Aurora to wed Ernestine Wilson. On the Havana he falls in love, plans a grand future, and endures a perilous ship collision in the Bahamas. He saves a woman at the rail by leaping into the sea, another act that proves his devotion as the Havana sinks in fog.
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Daniel Arment
Argentine Republic
Ernestine Wilson
East Aurora
New York
Havana
Lie
Fru
Rio Janeiro
Harvard
Bahamas
Arment
Ike
Ernestine
Armient
Wallace H Thomas and Bernard O'Hara Return from Indiana
Wallace H Thomas and Bernard O'Hara returned home from Detroit where they attended a wire reduction convention. Local notables Coulter Wiggins and Jacob Walpace were seen in Indiana for court and business. Various residents traveled to Indiana for meetings, funerals, or visits, including John Bennett, Dwight Gressley, Howard Houck, and Mary Fiscus. Evelyn and John Rezolla returned to college after holiday break.
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Wallace H. Thomas
Bernard O’hara
Homie Seliminy
Detroit
Michigan
Dodge
Evelyn
John Rezolla
Mrs
Administration's New Tax Reduction Bill Split Across Parties
The proposed 325 million dollar tax reduction faces GOP and Democratic divisions on the finance committee. The Democratic repeal of the capital stock tax appears less partisan, with many Republicans also opposing the tax and amusement taxes. Surtax changes favor income brackets from 22 000 to 10 000, arguing greater relief for others in the House bill.
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Finance Committee
Senate
Empress of Asia Sinks Coasting Vessel Tunghsing
In the Yangtze near Black Point the Empress of Asia rammed and sank the British coasting ship Tunghsing, 1900 ton capacity, as it tried to reach the beach. A New York meeting of the Jewish Council of Greater New York adopted resolutions urging Congress to allow relatives of citizens to enter without quota restrictions.
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Shanghai
Black Point
New York
Congress
Jewish Council of
Greater
McCoy's cod liver oil tablets promise quick weight gain
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as fattening pills for men, women, and children with a sugar coated, tasteless form. It claims a user gained ten pounds in 22 days and offers a money back guarantee if at least six pounds are not gained in 30 days.
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McCoy
Daugherty
McCoy's
Home Made Wine Ruling Clarifies Section 29 Tax Exemption
New York wired report outlines Gen Andrews ruling and Judge Roper interpretation of section 29. Householder home fermentation for non intoxicating cider and fruit juices remains legal, while true intoxicating beverages face Volstead act enforcement. Firefighters hurt as Astoria coal yard burns, causing $250,000 damage and 100000 tons of coal lost.
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Roper
Andrews
Hill
Andrew
United States
Isner
Supreme Court
Gen. Andrews
Gen
Prohibition Department
New York
Astoria
Downieville Wallpaper Firm Hopes to Locate Here
A wallpaper manufacturing concern may establish operations in town, bringing anticipated investment and potential employment. Local officials weigh infrastructure needs and tax incentives as part of the inquiry, with site suitability and community impact under review.
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Downieville
New Wall Paper Manufacturing Concern
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Mammoth
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Queen Mother
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Susinesa
George — Deffries
Hester Mitt
Indiana Friends Today
J.T. Davis
Blairs Site
Wes
Jacob Walpace
Frank Cable
Wheffield Township
Indiana
John Bennett
Botivar
Denstone
Dushwe
Bonva
Jner
Dwight Gressley
Home, Pa
Court House
Howard Houck
Onberg
Herbert Long
Penn Albert
Greensburg
Wilson Fiscus
Mary Fiscus
Charleston
W. Vis
Creekside
Lavera Reynolds
Bernest
A. Carter
Charles Horner
K Clymer
Tommy Woods
Josephine
W. S. Rainey
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Pmeltine Pere
Tt. Tel
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Heevee Iens
Bot ‘Steel Eyes Adm Baldwin Vieserateene
BOM Tees
M. St
Goodrich Tee
Kan
Nivkependenee
Lehigh Val Gay Magna
N. Y
Pac Reid
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Royal Dutch
Rene Ettae
Studebaker Ab
Ind
Rhea
AG AG
TP. C
Union Pac
U. &. Steel
Westinghouse Obettols Eudeve
Willys
Overlutidl
Brairig Eeet
Eben
Hay Consol
Ain, Steel & Mye
Occa
Anaes
Barndall A
Motors Whee
el Fisk
Fister Body
Beeen
Otis Steel
Neee Rens
Phillips Pet
Anh
Packard Motor
Heenan
Ieree Arrow Dee
AD AL Radio Corp
Spicer Mfg
Yo Tim
R. Bear
A. BE. Masten & Co
Vanderfrigt
Pittsburgh
Moorhead
Glasser
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