Death notices for Charles C. Curry and William Lohr
Charles C. Curry of North Fifth street died of pneumonia at Indiana Hospital Tuesday at 6 15 pm. He had worked with Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co and was active in Presbyterian Church Y M G A and Elks. Survived by widow Della Corry and a son. brother John Carry killed last August. Funeral Thursday at 2:30 pm at his home, Rev. Dr. Hinitt officiating. interment Greenwood Cemetery. William Lohr of Washington township died in his sleep from heart trouble, after a year of serious illness. son of the late E. M. and Alice Edwards Lohr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Curry
North Fifth Street
Indiana Hospital
Enpira
Pleanora
Jefferson County
Indiana
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Presbyterian Church
Indiana Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Della Corry
John Carry
Frederick W. Hinitt
Greenwood Cemetery
William Lohr
Washington Township
E. M. and
Alice (Edwards
Quiet wedding folds over local community notice
A quiet wedding occurred this morning at the Lutheran parsonage on South Sixth Street. Miss Odie Burnheimer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Burnheimer of Locust Street, married William Shaun of Verona Pennsylvania, son of JH L Shoup of Ducor California and a former resident. Rev. Dr. Bieber officiated. The couple left for Punxsutawney then New York state for a month. They plan to reside in Verona after March first and may move to California later for their future home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sixth Street
Odie Burnheimer
William A. Burnheimer
Locust Street
William Shaun
Verona
JH. L. Shoup
Ducor
Calif
B. I, Bieber
Shoup
Punxsutawney
New York State
California
United Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary Meeting
Preparations are made for the Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary meeting in Memorial Hall tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock with an officer installation. A covered dish supper is planned at 6 30. Members are asked to assemble at the M C A tonight at 7 30 to march to the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Union Veterans’ Auxiliary
Memorial Hall
Wood's Bakery Transferred to New Partners in Indiana
John Woods disposes of his bakery at Philadelphia and Sixth street to George S. Witzhonts and J. E. Marshall of Hamar City. The shop will continue as Marshall's Federal Bakery. Woods has not decided his next venture but will remain a prominent Indiana resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Woods
Philadelphia
Sixth Street
George S. Witzhonts
J. E. Marshall
Hamar City
Marshall's
Federal Bakery
Mr. Woods
Indiana
Large enrollment anticipated for Indiana Sabbath School teachers
Program notes praise District No 18 officers for strong reports and high participation in the coming School of Religious Education. Enrollment has been steady since early January with many teachers and Zion Lutheran members already signed up. The First United Presbyterian Church provides comprehensive facilities and registration will occur next Sunday at 8 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
Sabbath Schools
Indiana
First United Presbyterian Church
Christian Sabbath School
Thas
Zion Lutheran
Zion Lutheran Sabbath School
Hotel meeting at Altoona
Maurice Stern proprietor and H B Nixon manager of the Moore Hotel attended the first annual Pennsylvania Tourist Hotels association convention and banquet in the Penn Alto Hotel. Members subscribed 17500 dollars to fund an advertising campaign to sell Pennsylvania. banquet featured an elaborate menu and 230 attendees including William A Leech president Colonel Charles Duffy David B Mulligan and Dr Robert A Addowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Stern
H. B. Nixon
Moore Hotel
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Penn-Alto
Stern
Nixon
Association
William A. Leech
Presiwent
Charles Duffy
Williamsport
David B. Mulligan
Monteul
Canada
Robert A. Adwood
Atlantia City
N. J
Surprise Birthday Party for Mrs McAfoose Ends Night
Thirty friends gathered at Mrs C B McAfoose West Philadelphia street at eight o clock last night to honor her birthday with a delightful surprise party. A light lunch followed by cards music and games. Also advertised new spring suits for 1928 offered at 19 50 by The Men's Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. McAfoose
West Philadelphia
Ae Sali
New Baker Heir In Pittsburgh Is Hunting For His Cousins
Findley Torrence Baker claims to be a great grandson of Colonel Jacob Baker who served on George Washingtons staff and left about 5090 acres in Philadelphia. He seeks direct descendants of the Colonel through Jagal Perry Peter or Susan Baker to share in the estate as Philadelphia prepares to settle a lease. Other claims are noted from Western Pennsylvanians including Vandergrift residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Pittsburgh
Findley Torrence Baker
Jacob Baker
Cgeorge Washington
Yast
Philadelphia
Hiram Baker
Jagal Perry
Peter
Susan Baker
Findley Terrence Baker
Colonel Baker
Open Covenants Rule the Boards at Havana Meet
The Havana meet features strong performances as open covenants shape the boards. U. 3 puts all her cards on the table to calm suspicions while on route home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
U. 3
Coolidge
President Coolidge In Jacksonville On Holiday Tour
INS President Coolidge arrived in Jacksonville aboard his presidential special train at 9 this morning. He left the train for an hour to visit Florida northeast coast sights before continuing northward toward the White House on a return trip. Havana hosts Pan American delegates as Dr. Rafael Martinez urges Latin American states to set aside rivalries and focus on friendship and cooperation at the opening session of the sixth Pan American Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Coolidge
Florida Northeast Coast
White House
Havana
Rafael Martinez
Cuba
American delegation seeks to win over Pan-American nations
Havana dispatch reports the American delegation at the sixth Pan-American conference is pressing hard to persuade South and Central American states that the cards are on the table, face up, as they work to secure trust and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
South and
Central America
Exonerated Man Sentenced to Workhouse for Molestation
Russell Thomas, 20, formally exonerated of murder suspicion in Thelma Young’s death, receives 18 months in Allegheny County Workhouse after pleading guilty to molesting three Washington, Pennsylvania women. Alderman Carmichael had ruled six months on each of three counts, to run consecutively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thelma Young
Russell Thomas
Allegheny County
J. F. Carmichas
Thomas
Warren Burchinal
Washington County
Carmichael
Bezdek's Son Missing From Dartmouth After Holidays
Hugo Bezdek Jr. son of the Penn State football coach vanished January 3 while returning to Dartmouth from Strate College Pennsylvania. His mother directs the search aided by Dartmouth officials as the coach's illness compounds family distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N. H
Hugo Bezdek, Jr
Pennsylvania State Collee
Dartmouth College
Strate College
Confessed Slayer Hotelling Seeks Venue Change
In Owosso and Flint reports, Adolph Hotelling, the man linked to attacks on children and the earlier “ape man” terrorizing Owosso, offers a self written amplified confession. Attorney William A. Siegmiller asks the circuit court to transfer the case to Genesee County to avert renewed lynching fears as the case nears trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Adolph Hotelling
Genesee County
Wm. A. Siegmiller
Qwosso
Hotelling
Owosso
Inonia
Gan
INSI
Dorothy ‘Schneider
Carpenter
Mason
Dorothy Schneider
Hickman
Toe-bending wakeup tale lands man a fine
Kansas City January 18. A wife was within her rights to bend her husband’s toes to wake him after other methods failed. Municipal court Judge Carin P. Smith fined Walter Trimble for disturbing the peace when the toe-bending wakeup method woke him to go to work on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Carin P. Smith
Smith
Walter Trimble
Homer Firemen Event Thursday Supper Tickets Sell Strong
About 00 tickets have been sold for a Homer City Fire Department supper set for Thursday evening. Arrangements are complete and all ticket buyers are expected to attend. Anyone missed by the sellers can still attend at the door and be accommodated. The department appreciates the strong response to ticket sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City Fire Department
Lutheran Men Leave For Kittanning Meeting
Between 25 and 80 Lutheran Church members will depart at 6:80 to attend a U S meeting in Kittanning supporting a 4 000 600 occasion fund Speaker lineup includes Dr Newcomer Dr Lurgess Pittsburgh Synod president and Attorney Rabin Wolf from Pittsburgh The item also advertises spring ladies wear from The Man's a Shop and second hand washers sweepers and ironing machines from J M Stewart & Co with several bargains and sales pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church
Kittanning
U. S
Newcomer
Lurgess
Pittsburgh Synod
Rabin Wolf
Pittsburgh
J. M. Stewart & Co
Tax forms to be mailed to 28,000 Western Pa residents
Pittsburgh January 18 1928 federal officials announced that income tax blanks for 1927 returns would be mailed today to more than 28,000 residents across 24 counties in Western Pennsylvania. The distribution aims to collect income data for the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Chiropractors Seek State Examination Board
In Pittsburgh at the 1929 Legislature final hearing Senator William C. Freeman led a commission of laymen and doctors on whether a single standard qualification should govern chiropractic practice in Pennsylvania. Chiropractors demand an examination board with their members and others to enforce the code as it stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Wiliam C. Freeman
Lebanon County
Dr Coe Speaks At Kiwanis Meeting In Indiana
Dr B F Coe of Indiana was guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club weekly supper. He traced great advances in medicine and surgery in a most enlightening manner. Notice: Having sold my bakery business here, all persons owing accounts are requested to make settlement with the army residence, 480 Washington street. John Weede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Coe
Indiana
Kiwanis Club
Acte
Army
Washington Street
Republican Women Tonight Dinner Program Set at 6:15
The Council of Republican Women hosts a dinner and meeting at Christ Episcopal Church this evening at 6 15. All members and their gentlemen friends are cordially invited. Speakers include Dr McInnis state hospital superintendent Torrance and Mrs Walter Whittaye of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Republican Women
Christ Episcopal Church
McInnis
State
Torrance
Walter
Missing heiress Frances St John Smith hunted by police
In Northampton on January 18 INS reports state police intensify search for Frances St John Smith a New York heiress and Smith College freshman presumed slain. A second disappearance of Alice Corbett from Utica two years earlier sparks fears of kidnapping and ransom. Senator Hale prompted investigation and Governor Alvaro Bluhar was asked to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mags
INS
Frances St. John Smith
New York
United States
Frederick Hale
Maing
Miss Smirk
Sale
Alvano I.buhar
Tase
Social event at Trunzo home in Homer City
A Punxsutawney crowd surprised local businessman Trunzo with an Italian spaghetti party at his Trunzo home. From 1000 to 1200 PM the affair served 40 couples, blending old-time friends with a unique social gathering in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Dan
L. Trungo
Hell
Mr. Trunzo
Punxsutawney
Mer
Truhao
Marriage Announced in Youngstown Miss Reeves Weds Mr Miller
Announcement from Youngstown reports Miss Exthe Marie Reeves daughter of Mr and Mrs ReW Reeves of Youngstown married C Walter BK Miller formerly of Indiana. The ceremony was performed by Rev Mayenet of the Mathodine Episcopalars with guests including Miss Anna Reyes and George Trevor Graivt. The bride wore a beige pale green dress and a blue hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Walter BK. Miller
Girard
Indiana
Marie Reeves
Rew. Reeves
Mayenet O
Mathodine
Episcopalars
Anna Reyes
Geeres Trevor Graivt
Biege Peergetle
Larry
Lark
Barn Dance Tonight Promises Large Attendance
A further Barn Dance in the ongoing series will be held tonight at the venue. Organizers report past dances have drawn big crowds and expect a significant turnout again. The event benefits the local community, with participation from residents and attendees from surrounding areas.
Boy runs away after quarrel with younger brother
Robert Cunningham, 12, of Tarentum, vanished Sunday afternoon after anger over smoothing his younger brother. He traveled from Tarentum to Freeport and then to Kittanning, boarding a car to reach his mother's home in Kellysburg. He was found Monday evening at Me and Mira J. Peterman’s home, tired but unharmed, after a long hike and a ride by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeenger
Robert Gwen Cunningham
R. L. Cunningham
Tarentum
Parens
Mira
R. J. Peterman
Kellysburg
Treeport Vale
Mr. Cunningham
Wrurliedt
Treepert
Tarentim
Freeport
Wottannine
Kittanning
Joe
Revert
The
Inc
Jentor
Christian Endeavor Lovisty
Central Presbyterian Church
Finest Produce and Chops On Display At Show
Harrisburg January 18. The Pennsylvania exhibit halls host the annual farm show with a billion dollars in crops produced last year. Sale of purebred swine opened amid thousands of visitors as farm groups met for luncheons and meetings including Horticultural Association and Dairy and Milk industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Telfah
Pennsylvania
He Capital
Inter
Joe Horticultural Association
Marin Bureau Federation
Four Hundred Hoboken Guests Looted by Gift Bottle Raid
Four hundred Hoboken Chamber of Commerce members aboard the steam ship Berlin after their annual dinner were halted by twenty customs agents at the gangplank. Bottles of whiskey and champagne were seized as souvenirs. some guests discarded packs into the river and others hid under lifeboats. No arrests made amid threats of retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
N. J
Kings of
Sour Humtred
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Charles
William Shoup
U.S. V. Auxiliary
Charley Curry
Wood’s Bakery
Mary
Mrs. McAfoose
George R. Holmes
Blairsville
Saltsburg
Harrison
BR. A. Walker
Saltsburg Press
Walker
Scout Organization
Bezdek
Esther Skinner
Oak Hill Cemetery
Owasso
Ella May Horn
Carland
Little Porathy
Jekyll and Hyde
Tennessee
Homer Firemen
New Spring la
Leas L
Ela
Chiropractors
GWN Board
Commission
DR. Coe
Kiwanis Meet
John Weede
Frances Smith
Trunzo
Bob Cunningham
Peterman
Society of Farm Women
Eevervih
M. Stewart & Co
Venuhie Pe Cinding and Connectrol Ye Barthe, Auto Parts Co, Vie
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