Local Civil War Company D135th Message and Visits
Partially readable notes show Co. D 135th Pennsylvania events and social visits. Mentions Elder of Dubois, Balentine of Philadelphia visiting friends in Park area, Dinsmore family in town, and county official Johnston from Cherryhill Township traveling to Indiana for naval exhibition duties Overseas and local kinship ties appear in fragmentary lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irv
OC. C. Dinsmore
A Street
Pittsburgh
Johnston Head
Cherryhill Township
Indiana
Widdowson's hifth ih-curve defeats Christians in league game
Widdowson struck out 10 and allowed one hit in five innings as Baptist nine beat Christians 2 to 0 in 60 minutes. D Barry and McGregor plus Lewis provided key hits. Umpire Livingstone. Game at 6 20. League standings show four teams tied for second. Methodists hold cellar. Presbyterians plan to beat Methodists tonight with Harry Harhart aiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widdowson
Rev. Clarke
D. Barry
McGregor
Lewis
J. Barry
Livingstone
Storer
W. Sexton
Tima
Methodists
Harry Harhart
Crowds Honor Bodies in Rimouski Identification Efforts
In Rimouski crowds waited as 188 bodies from the wreck of the Empress of Ireland were brought in aboard the Grey and Waxer ships. Coffins were laid out under a shed, survivors searched for relatives, and officials noted extensive violence from the disaster. Only 21 of the 188 were identified. total fatalities exceed 1,000, with many bodies unlikely to be recovered. Unknowns will be buried after embalming and photographing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quabée
Rimouski
Lhé -Muiprets
Ireland
Lady Gréy
Kapmijesty
Waxex
Atty. Gallors
Colmn
Wonen
Canadian Pacific
Mexico City Mediation Fails To Halt Huerta Talks
Reports from Niagara Falls say Huerta may consider retirement if mediation fails. Lozano’s resignation weakens his cabinet, while Suárez Mujica’s detention by Bryan sparks commentary. Washington notes discouraging initial signals as U S troops prepare for possible movement into Mexico amid rising tensions and formalities over recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hind
the Hind
Mexico City
Huerta
Ibelief
Senor Lozano
Lozano
Onl
Senor Suaraz Mujida
United States
Bryan Ls
Washington
Niagara
State Department
Bryan
Shipisell
Mexico
Ity
War Department
House in Summer Time Dr Dixon health talk
Dr Samuel G Dixon notes ancient households relied on minimal gear but modern homes accumulate clutter. He urges removing heavy curtains thick carpets and seasonal furnishings to improve coolness cleanliness and comfort. He praises porches as versatile healthful additions for children rest work and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Dixon
Windber Bride Marries Wilkinsburg Engineer
Miss Margaret Marron wed Karl Haight at 11 oclock Thursday morning in Windber. The ceremony at the Marron home on Ginhany avenue was conducted by Rev. I G Moody of Windber Presbyterian. Attendants were Cynthia Sloan and Delehunt. After a wedding dinner the couple departed for Johnstown to begin their honeymoon. Miss Marron is a former Indiana Normal student known to Indiana residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haight
Marron
Margaret Marron
Windber
Karl S. Jlaight
Wilkinsburg
Ginhany Avenue
I. G. Moody
Windber Presbyterian Church
Cynthia Sloan
Indiany
Delehunt
Balegroom
Johnstown
Funeral Services for Mrs Martha Mabon Held
Martha Mabon died at home on Roll road avenue Saturday at 5 30 am age 80 lifelong Mahoning County resident born East Mahoning township widow of Samuel F Mabon member of United Presbyterian Church attended service despite infirmities three sons A W Mabon of J M Stewart Co Indians attorney Alexander Mabon of Pittsburgh and James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Mabon
Roil' Road Avenue
Ewing
Jucksonville
Greenwood Cemetery
East Mahoning Township
United Presbyteran Church
A. W. Mabon
J. M
Engine Derailed Five Die as Trainmen Are Killed
A passenger locomotive derailed on the Connellsville division injuring two others. Engineers Harry Hughes and Wm. Floyd, conductor G. W. Jean, brakemen Ted Riser and J. Romesburg are among the dead or fatally wounded. An extra crew rode to relieve another. the engine left the rails and collapsed into a crash. Eugene Millar is listed among the injured. Other victims include Myster and Cornoulisville figures. An unrelated note reports a man found nude in the Mahoning River in Youngstown after claimed robbery. In Altoona Grover A. Miller died after stepping from a trolley and being struck by a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
Rie
Ftimere
Obie
Oaks Malls
Tere
Runalya Light
Harry Hughes
Wittsburg
Iocdituelive
Myster
Cornoulisville
Floyd
Fragmentary note hints at border fares and radical move
A garbled fragment mentions Mexico City, border measures, fares, and a radical move by a group or faction. Details are unclear, but references to travel costs and policy shifts imply possible border or transit reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Per “Carrangé
Mexico City
Langley’s Machine and Flight Idea Ties
Aviator Gurtlis Gradiea flew over a lake where Langley’s experiments inspired many of the aviation ideas. The article links his aeronautical breakthroughs to Langley’s early work and notes the influence on recent flight ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurtlis Gradiea
Lake i
Habln
Dr. Langley
Fire loss puts on clerks at Union Depot mail burn
Kansas City May 29 postal clerks Claude Wanamaker Lee Winemiller faced charges after the 1908 post office annex fire at Union Depot threatened registered mail. The government sued the clerks, but an agreement with the surety bond and U S attorney settled for 1000 dollars plus costs, acknowledging possible mail loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Union Depot
Claude 1
Wanamaker
Lee Winemilller
Post Office Department
United States District Attorney
Rooster Day Adopted by Pennsylvania Farmers
At the Stroudsburg convention on May 24 a unanimous resolution by W. Theodore Whitman of Mt. Gretna decrees that a Rooster Day be observed statewide. By that date every rooster in Pennsylvania shall be killed sold or penned to curb egg overproduction. Pennsylvania becomes the first eastern state to inaugurate this custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Stroudsburg
W. Theodore Whitman
Mt. Gretna
Flight of White Calf Boosts Native Pride in Dobbs Ferry
A dramatic flight undertaken by Dion Two Guns White Calf and a party of Blackfeet, arranged by W. J. Thomas of Bath, unites tribal pride with a perilous ascent over the Hudson. White Calf, son of a Plogan chief, spoke of bravery and burial beside his forebears if he should die as the crowd watched a shaky machine skim the water and ascend, while medicine man Medicine Owl invoked Great Spirit protection. The event highlighted tribal leaders and a notable land history linking Glacier National Park to U.S. territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbs
Ib Motillind
Charles
Gritiih
United States
Did
Tor
Montana
Thomas
Bath Ni
Lavy Roy
Dion
Washington
Witte Cais Spenh
Elvey Laxy Boy
Thrree
Boh
White Calf
Glacier Park
Citef Medielnne Owl
Charm
Brown
Marriage of President's Daughter Cited in Oral Exam
A playful scene at Melrose Montana features Miss Ella Crowley, county superintendent of geljcals, posing to Montane pupil Willows McAdon about cabinet achievements. The humorous exchange ends with McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, noted as having married the president's daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Crowley
Geljcals
Melrose
Mont. Histore
Mrr. McAvoo
Treasury
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Ives
Mall
Williams Mfg
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Cleveland
Indiana, Pa
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Venango Oil and Supply Company
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