Fatal Accident Kills Seven Year Old on Homer City-Armagh Road
Dorothy Rice seven daughter of Mr and Mrs Marts Rice of Waterman died after a car driven by Daniel Altemus of Johnstown struck her as she waited to cross the Homer City Armagh highway last night about 9. Witnesses said she stepped into the path of the Altemus vehicle after the lead car passed. She died at Indiana Hospital at 10 from chest injuries and internal contusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Rice
Marts Rice
Waterman
Daniel Altemus
Johnstown
Homer City-Armagh
Altemus
Artemus
Indiana
Girls Camp To Open Tuesday In Two Week Session
The Mahoning area hosts a two week girls camp opening Tuesday after a successful boys camp season. Indiana, Punxsutawney, Tarentum, Du Bois and Clearfield will send about 80 girls, with 300 visitors last Sunday. W A Rounsley directs with Shannon Shook Yarentum Everett and a strong staff inviting visiting on Thursdays and Sundays and any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahoning
Indiana
Punxsutawney
Tarentum
Bridge jumper rescued on Monongahela River in Pittsburgh
A 20 year old woman Josephine Hatley of Youngstown leapt from the Smithfield bridge into the Monongahela. Captain George Nottingham and crew rescued her as she sank. She was treated at Allegheny General Hospital and later questioned at Central Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Smithfield
Monongahela River
Layatangene
George Nottingham
Helen. C
Allegheny General Hospital
Central Station
Josephine Hatley
Bride Street
Youngstown
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Albert Zellers Is Operated For Acute Appendicitis
Albert Zellers, assistant manager of Daugherty's Drug Store, underwent an operation for acute appendicitis at Indiana Hospital shortly after noon Saturday. His condition was reported satisfactory this morning amid good news for his many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Zellers
Daugherty’s
Indiana Hospital
Miss Marian Williams Bride of Stanley B Rapp in New Kensington
Miss Marian Williams became the bride of Stanley B. Rapp in New Kensington on April 6. Miss Betty Clawson engaged to be married, details recorded in local society notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Williams
Stanley B. Rapp
New Kensington
Betty Clawson
Nuptial Notes and Engagements Highlight Local Notices
Mrs. Leda Williams of Water Street announces Marian E Williams to Stanley B Rapp of Reading. The Altoona ceremony occurred April 6. Miss Williams is Pitt class of 1928 alumna and former New Kensington high school teacher. Mr. Rapp, Penn State Class of 1924 engineer, works for West Penn Power in New Kensington. The couple depart for Lake Lynn, Pa for a week. Also noted: Spence Patriquin marriage in Westminster Md June 22. Engagements: Bertha Overdorff hosts Blairsville party as Miss Betty Bell Clawson of Indiana, Pa., weds H Victor Luke of La Porte, Ind. Pink and white decorations. prizes to Miss Mary Kohl and Miss Helen Pender. Wedding planned for early autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leda Williams
Waterstreet
Marian E
Stanley B. Rapp
Reading
Altoona
Miss Williams
University of Pittsburgh
New Kensington
Rapp
Pennsylvania State College
West Penn Power Company
Bertha M. Overdorff
Blairsville
Betty Bell Clawson
Indiana
H. Victor Luke
la Porte
Ind
Mary Kohl
Helen Pender
Funerals for Blast Victims in New Kensington
Hundreds attended services for seven Logan's Ferry plant explosion victims in New Kensington Pennsylvania. At St Peter's Catholic Church mourners remembered Josephs Larios Bartelo Lopez and G Gallamdo. Firefighters held services for Andrew Katzman. Three others were buried in separate rites while three injured remained hospitalized in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Kensington
Logan’s Ferry
Aluminum Company of America
St Peter's Catholic Church
Josephs Larios
Bartelo Lopez
G. Gallamdo
East Kensington
Andrew Katzman
iCtizens General Hospital
G. Mautos
G. M. Scogalis
T. Bronis
Handcar and Auto Collision Kills One in Uniontown
A collision between a Pennsylvania Railroad handcar and an automobile near Holgsetts Cut Uniontown on July 22 killed J. D. Rodney twenty one manager of Rodney Huffman store Jeannette and injured David Huffman and six handcar crew members. Rodney died at Uniontown Hospital from a broken neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Holgsetts Cut
J. D. Rodney
Rodney-Huffman
Jeannette
David Huffman
Rodney
Uniontown Hospital
Legion Ladies Picnic At Cliffside Park This Week
The American Legion and the Auxiliary plan the county picnic at Cliffside Park on Thursday afternoon and evening August 1. Posts across Indiana county will cooperate to ensure a big event, with Kiddies care planned. Further notices will follow this week. Also noting July clearance at Buchheit Bros with savings on living and bedroom suites and porch furniture including Hexeatones and rugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Auxiliary
Cliffside Park
Ind Ina County
Buchheit Bros
Chinese troops move toward Manchuria amid tensions
Tokyo reports Chinese forces advancing toward Manchuria with mobilization at Changhun and trains carrying artillery toward the Siberian border. About 3000 troops mass at Hailar to guard against Soviet entry. Japanese residents urged to evacuate Manchus. Soviet subjects flee as Soviet railway workers quit, hampering service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Changahun
Siberian
Hailar
Manchus
Harbin
Manchuria
Kirin
Traih
Foster father fights for boy in custody case
Pittsburgh July 22 A foster father from Weirton West Virginia George T Evans seeks custody of his adopted son George L Evans via habeas corpus. The boy was placed with foster mother Anna Belle Hall in Carnegie after a June divorce from Louise A Evans. A hearing is set for August 6 at the common pleas court to decide the child’s living arrangements and potential return to his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
George T. Evans
Weirton
W. Va
Louise A. Evans
Annabelle Hall
Carnegie
Evans
Ride Victim Identified In Pittsburgh Slaying
Pittsburgh morgue attaches tentatively identified Risorta Tazzaro, 36, of Cleveland and Sewickley, as the man slain in a gang related drive by shooting while seated in a car with a driver. The victim was believed taken by rivals in a machine by a member of an Italian clique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
INS
Risorta Tazzaro
Cleveland and
Sewickley
Allegheny County
Robbers Quickly Caught After Pittsburgh Club Heist
Two armed men robbed the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, seizing Queenie King the maid and taking 648 in cash and checks. Night manager A L Cooper pursued, securing one suspect. Patrolman Reynolds arrested both as police arrived. Suspects were Joe Virzi 34 and Tony Insinna 21, the latter a known East Liberty boxer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mss
Pittsburgh Athletic Association
Queenie King
A. L. Cooper
Cooper
Edward Reynolds
Oakland
Reynolds
Joe Virzi
Tony Insinna
Insinna
East Liberty
Fatal Crash Near Seward Claims Leather Merchant
Johnstown July 22 Peter Omodio a 25 year old leather merchant of 162 Adam street died after his car struck a large stone and crashed into a culvert under the West Penn railroad at Seward He and workman Michael Bilano 21 of 405 Bedford street were returning from Pittsburgh when the accident occurred Omodio died en route to Mercy hospital Bilano hospitalized with facial injuries. condition listed as favorable last night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Peter Omodio
Adam Street
West Penn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seward
Omodio
Michael Bilano
Bedford Street
Dittsburgh
Mercy Hospital
Bilano
Colored Baptists Hold Special Service in Chevy Chase
The Ernest and Blairsville Colored Baptist churches joined worship at Beulah Baptist church in Chevy Chase last evening. A special program with music and an address by Miss Jane Wilson highlighted the service, drawing over 800 members from local and visiting congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest and
Blairsville
Beulah Baptist Church
Chevy Chase
Jane Wilson
Notice to Road Houses in Indiana County
The Gazette requests all road houses barbecue stands goft drink stands camps and similar establishments in Indiana County send the name address kind of stand operated and proprietor's name to compile a complete list. Do it now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Indiana
Doran License for Distillers Coming Soon
Doran plans a five year supply on hand with 2,000,000 gallons of medicine whiskey to be produced for the United States in 1930. The move signals renewed government regulation of distillers and a broader public health effort. Officials indicate the program aims to stabilize supply and ensure quality during the transition to stricter licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senator Thomas opposes reopening medicinal whiskey plants
Washington July 22 Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma predicts a congressional investigation into the need to reopen distilleries for medicinal whiskey if Treasury officials move to stock medicine whiskey. He argues there is no necessity and cites widespread prohibitions. he vows to fight any licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 8. Neal
INS
Washington
Prohibition
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Thomas
Congress
Treasury
Seek Swindlers Of Hotel Man
Pittsburgh, July 28. Detectives announced two men held in Newport Rhode Island were to be brought here for investigation by Jacob C. Hazelbaker, a former hotel operator. Hazelbaker said he lost 186000 in a Montreal race track scheme last August and learned of two suspects named Coe and Meyers, accused of a swindling plot targeting a Newport woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Newport
R. 1
Jacob C. Hazelbaker
Frank R. Boyd Sait
Hazelbaker
Montreal
Canada
Coe
Dacoh “Meyers
Wily sisters travel to care for ill sister in Canton
Madge and Edith Rue departed last evening for Canton Ohio to assist their sister Mrs Korb, who is ill with typhoid fever. The note adds a brief, odd reference about something new and a dated business line that seems unrelated to the main fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mienes
Madge
Edith Ruepert
Canton
13 Korb
Sloan Couple In New York City Visit
Clair Sloan proprietor of Sloan's Department Store and Mrs Sloan left Saturday for a business trip to New York City. In the city Mr Sloan will buy new furniture rugs and carpets and latest offerings in children's and women's wearing apparel for the fall trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Sloan
Sloan's
Nome New York Flyer Crashes In Canada Flight
An Army captain returning from Nome to New York crashed near Fairmont British Columbia after leaving White Horse Yukon. Captain Ross G Hoyt survived without injuries as the 1100 mile leg from White Horse to Edmonton failed amid rain fog and headwinds. He planned to reach New York after Edmonton and Minneapolis stops. The crash ends the longest hop of the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
INS
United States Army
Ross G. Hoyt
Fairmont
British Columbia
Nome
Alaska
New York
Hast
White Horse
Yukon Territory
Hoyt
Fairbanks
Minneapolis
Mrs Mary Jane Johnston Dead at Creekside Home
Mrs Mary Jane Kunkle Johnston aged nearly 84 died after a long diabetes illness at her Creekside home. Born September 8, 1845 she was a lifelong Creekside resident and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev Camby Moore Tuesday at 2:30 pm in the church, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. She leaves children Elizabeth Feasley I A Clark and Joseph M Johnston of Creekside Simon EB Johnston of Lidiana and W L Johnston on the homestead, plus fourteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. two children Michael A and James A Johnston preceded her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane (Kunkle) Johnston
Jin Creekside
Michael
Elizabeth Kunkle
Methodist Episcopal Church
Camby Moore
Greenwood Cemetery
Lizabeth Feasley
I. A. Clark
Joseph M. Johnston
Creekside
Simon EB. Johnston
Lidiana
W. L. Johnston
Michael A
James A. Johnston
Police raid Summit Inn targets liquor law violators
Summit Inn on the William Penn Highway near Blairsville was raided Saturday night by State Police officers Sergeant Vincent Bunch E W Morrison and Charles Horton following complaints. Proprietors John Lee and Dr Ts Russo were detained and a quantity of liquor found. They posted bail for a hearing before Justice Walter H Jackson on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Inn
Wiliam Penn Highway
Blairsville
Vincent Bunch
E. W. Morrison
Charles Horton
John Lee
Ts. Russo
Walter H. Jackson
Caccitore Lass Honored At 12th Birthday Party
Mistress Delle Couvitore was guest of honor at a birthday party hosted by her grandmother Mrs. Ida Potts of Ben Avon on Saturday afternoon. Twelve friends attended, they played games, and a dinner followed with a cake featuring twelve lighted candles. Luxenberg's offers a liberal allowance for your old alarm clock for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delle Couvitore
Ida Potts
Ben’ Avon
Dioitie
Luxenberg
Riot at Clinton Prison Dannemora Ends in Loss of Life
Albany dispatch reports a 1000 prisoner riot at Clinton Prison in Dannemora. Two guards and two inmates shot. the outbreak began after breakfast as prisoners moved to the yard. Guards and federal soldiers hurried in, with 60 to 100 troopers deployed to quell the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Institution
Albany
Clinton
Dannemora
Plattsburg
Harry M. Kaiser
Perential
N. Y
United States
Clinton Prison
State Commission of Correction
Harry Kaiser
Lads on Trial for Murder in West Virginia
Welsh West Virginia July report on Cornell and Hobart Hamilton ages 10 and 9 charged with murder of Raymond Colley, found in Dry Dork River. Prosecution may push Juvenile Court transfer. defense seeks jury trial. Prison complaints and pretrial interest rise as hearings loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W, Va
Cornell Hamilton
Hobart Hamilton
English
M Dowell
Raymond Colley
Dork River
Salvathon Army
Coley
Thesehildren
Colley
Selisly
Tragic Death of R. R. Fireman in Pennsylvania Freight
A Pennsylvania railroad freight fireman Alwey Barton reportedly died from injuries after his train struck a standpipe while taking water. He was admitted to Cambria hospital after the accident near Jas Jubmatown and Haw. The death occurred in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alwey BA Iyrton Ang Mmiteason
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sang Holbo
Mas Herlea
Cambria Hospital
Flarton
Jubmatown
Marcur
Select a Streit slumber chair at Buchheit Bros Sale
An urgent trade in sale runs for a few days at Buchheit Bros inviting customers to bring in old alarm clocks and upgrade. The promotion highlights available Streit slumber chairs and Luggenberg items, urging quick action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streit
Buchheit Bros
Luggenberg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Waterman Lass
AUTO
Machine
Armagh Road
Joseph Phillips
Hazelwood
BE. P
Twin Gables
Auto Parts' Co
Ritz Theatre Bldg
Spence-Patriquin
Westminister
Boyd Spence
Merna Patriquin
Ernest
P.R.R. Handcar
Auto Collide
Legion
Colorado
Pullman
Cear
Stratton
Colo
James Young
Tokio
Manchuk
Whittall
Pla. A
Colored Baptists
Sloan
New York City
NEW York Flyer
ST. Louis Flights
Lamburt Field
St. Louis
Mary Jane Johnston
Caccitore Lass
R. R. Fireman
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!