Williams murder trial halted by juror illness
Juror John R. Bryan in poor health forces postponement as 11 jurors are detained at the courthouse. Bryan is home with kidney trouble and general illness, possibly five days from return. Court proceedings pause with doctors and counsel debating next steps and potential for mistrial or retrial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Bryan
Williams
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Library Hall
M. M. Davis
South Fifth Street
J. Willis Wilson
Samuel Cunningham
The
Commonwealth
William Fairman
Pollock Drives Auto To Moktor Music Store
Ren Pollock drives an auto with Len Pollock to root the Mok tor music store, departing from C. BR. Work and Cc, a mobile mission noted in local transit records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ren Pollock
Len Pollock
Moktor Music Store
C. BR. Work & Cc
Miss Dawson to Wed in Sharpsburg Service
Miss Mary Catherine Dawson of Sharys burg will wed George Kennedy, son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Kennedy of Buffalo New York. The ceremony is set for Tuesday evening June 20 at Sharpsburg Presbyterian church with Ria Dawson as maid of honor and several bridesmaids. Best man will be John Kennedy of Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Catherine Dawson
Sharysburg
Gay Grifith
George Kennedy
Hugh Kennedy
Buffalo
N. Y
Sharpsburge Presbyterian Church
Ria Dawson
C. T. Matheson
New York
Muitian of Honor
Julia Kensnely
Janet McIintosh
Sharpsburg
Marion Jean Kirk
East End
John Kennedys
New Attorney Makes Court Debut in Olisches Case
In Indiana county, new attorney William N. Liggett joins Wallace C. Chapman to defend Joe Olisches of Rossiter after juror illness halted the criminal list. Olisches found guilty of receiving stolen goods in a larceny case and faced a burglary charge for taking meat and ham from a Rossiter cellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Bryan
Joe Olisches
Rossiter
Olisches
Smith
Telford
William N. Liggett
Wallace C. Chapman
Liggett
Indiana County
Ada
Cunningham & Fisher
W. L. Fairbanks
Chapman and Liggett
W. F. Elkin
Blairsville Sees Philadelphia Autoists Pass Through
Blairsville, Pa June reports describe a line of Philadelphia bound autos on the run passing through Blairsville at 9:40 this morning. The pathfinder car arrived at 7:05, another at 8:10, and the convoy departed Johnstown an hour and four minutes earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Piye
Philadelphia
Dittsburg
Johnstown
Marriage license taken out at carnival affair
A young couple publicly married at the carnival obtained a license permitting the marriage. The Fashion on Philadelphia street celebrated by offering an exact cost wedding outfit for the groom. Velaire displayed a bicycle act thrilling spectators, with repeats planned each afternoon and evening during the carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Velaire
Clymer Cars Schedule Ties Indiana Line To Rail Waits
The Indiana Clymer trolley schedule aligns with steam rail lines at each end, with multiple connections to NYC PRR BPR and other trains. An annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in Bedford Springs June 20 to July 1 features addresses by Todd Eaton Apple and Smithers, with a banquet Thursday night. The Indiana list includes local members and Goldenrod flour from Hetrick & Wilson at $1.50 per sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana-Clymer
Indiana
Go'elock
Clymer
Ing
Ph. R. OR
P. RR
PL. R. R
P. R. St
Idamar
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Bedford Sprigs
Honry Hampton Todd
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
William H. Staake
William P. Lloyd
Amasa M. Eaton
Providence
R.I
Thomas W. Dorr
Dorr
Rhode Island
John W. Apple, Esq
Lancaster
Gibson
William W. Smithers
Todd
Stuart
Murphy
Mr. Eaton
George S. Schmidt
York
W. Russell Carr
Uniontown
Jon. Banks
Samuel Cunningham
John P. Elkin
John S. Fisher
Summers M. Jack
J. N. Langham
John A. Scott
8. J. Telford
Methodist Men Entertained By Women Society Reception
On Tuesday evening June 15 the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church hosted the men of the society at the parsonage on Church street. A fine literary and musical program was rendered followed by light refreshments. The event drew a large crowd and was regarded as one of the most pleasant in the organization’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Church Street
Death notices from Punxsutawney and Wilkinsburg
Recent obituaries list Jacob K. Smith of Punxsutawney who died on June 12 and lived on a Gas Kill township farm with surviving children Philip Daniel Mrs D A McKee Cyrus Mrs Clayton Wilking Cora Clark and Withington. Mrs Catherine Dougherty wife of John Dougherty died yesterday at Columbia Hospital Wilkinsburg born in Indiana County 53 years ago and Baptist church member no children survive. Mrs John Cure died at 24 in Deckers Point after brief illness with husband parents two brothers and two sisters. Interment in Shiloh cemetery
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Jacob K. Smith
Punxsutawney
Gaskill Township
Jefferson County
Philip
Rockton
Daniel
Big Run
D. A. McKee
Creekside
Cyrus
Yatesboro
Clayton Wilking
Wilkinsburg
Cora
Clark
Withington
Catherine Dougherty
John Dougherty
Columbia Hospital
Indiana County
The
Baptist Church
Gazette Times
John Cure
Deckers Point
Shiloh
A Happy Husband Buys Soap That Cleans The Home
A well known man describes improvements after his wife switches to Easy Task laundry soap. He claims it is made from coconut oil tallow borax and naphtha and not only cleans clothes but antiseptics vessels and everything washed. They bought two cakes for ten cents with refund if it failed and the product did not disappoint.
Blairsville Girls to Wed Under June Licenses
Marriage licenses issued on June 14 by Squire Jacob Geib of Blairsville through Register J. Blair Sutton list two couples. Charles W Walmer of Wilkinstars weds Miss Blianebe B rat of Blairsville and Charles Adldi son McKinney of Pittsburg weds Miss Haonat Mo Yysen of Blair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Jacob. Geib
Blairsville
Register
J. Blair Sutton
Charles W. Walmer
Wilkinstars
Blianebe B
Rat
Charles Adldison McKinney
Pittsburg
Haonat Mo Yysen
Blair
Mrs Jacob Dunmire Dies at Sagamore Home
Mrs Jacob Dunmire dropped dead at her Sagamore home. Survived by husband and several children. Fragmentary lines reference family names and local matters, with garbled phrases about public life and local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Dunmire
Sagamore
Dune
New Pastor Inducted at Blacklick by Blairsville Presbytery
At Blairsville Presbytery meeting in Greensburg on Tuesday June 15, the body indorsed the Anti Saloon League and urged each member to contribute two cents to its work. Rev H H Wanishing from Kittanning presbytery joined Blairsville to take the Blacklick charge. Rev J H Armstrong left New Alexandria to accept a call at Blairstown New Jersey. Rev A A Hnuil of New Kensington was placed on the retired list.
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Blairsville
Presbyterian Church
Greensburg
Anti-Saloon League
Jeague
HH. W. Wanishing
Kittanning
Blacklick
J. H. Armstrong
New
Cantata Flora's Birthday at the Chess Exchange
A fragmentary notice details a cantata Flora's Birthday with a theater or venue reference and an admission note. The readable text mentions event style and a fishing poles item at an Indiana meeting, with unclear dates or organizers. The garbled OCR provides limited specifics but preserves names and places for a compact local-card summary.
Troopers Arrive Here With Local Police Ties Mentioned
Troopers Kurts and Moore settle in here from the Harrah’s area and will stay the next month. Constables sleep in the arbitration room at the Court House, keep clothes in a jail residence bedroom, and dine at Myers and Little’s. Trapper Wurtz, once at Westwood for a year, is prominent in police work and served in the Philippines during the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurts Ad Moore Tase
Harrahs
Sutawney
Court House
Myers & Little's
Trapper Wurtz
Westwood
Philippines
United States Steel Not Listed on Paris Bourse
US Steel shares opened lower in New York as speculation faded on Paris listing. Morgan house said government objections might be overcome, but stock is expected to trade on the Calisse curb market instead. Nottingham lace origin note and Easy Task soap promotion mentioned in fragmented text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel
Paris
France
Morgan, Hares & Co
J. P. Morgan & Co
United States Steel Corporation
Three Hurt In Explosion At Carnegie Steel Furnace 2
An explosion at Carnegie Steel Co furnace No 2 early this morning injured three workers. The furnace was wrecked and stock burned. Estimated loss exceeds 15000 dollars and about 200 workers will be idle for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bllaire
Carnegie Steel Co
Five New Pensioners Named by Commissioner of Pensions
The Commissioner of Pensions has advised Congressman Langham that pensions were approved for William Covert of Baxter at 14 dollars per month, William Dickey of Apollo at 15 dollars, Mrs. Dianna Hemphill of Whitesburg at 12 dollars, Mrs. Mary Taylor of Rochester Mills at 12 dollars, and Mr. Stallings of Butler, Tenn., with additional notes and testimonial references to local remedies and firm names in the surrounding text.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Congressman Langham
William Covert
Baxter
William Dickey
Apollo
Dianna Hemphill
Whitesburg
Mary Taylor
Rochester Mills
GOOD BERTH IN BOSTON FOR NORMAL SCHOOL STAFF
Prof B H Van Oot, once head of manual training at the Indiana Normal, leaves for Boston to become principal of a Part Time Industrial School, with a salary double his Indiana pay. Trustees announce staffing changes across departments, promote several teachers, and set a new term timeline for September amid broader salary adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. van Oot
Normal School
Boston
van Oot
Indiana
Iss
Emma B. Liggett
R. Race
Commercial
Reinstrays
Edegar Malone
Harold Scott
Glen Campbell
Jane E. Leonard
William J. Jack
Jen W. Johns
Wilkinsburg
Turtle Creek
May Brownlee
Della Swan
Mt Pleasant
Charleroi
Misa Etta Work
Rochester Milla
Wilmer O.’ Wood
Marion
L Heilwood
Wood
Indiana Normal
University of Michigan
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W. B. Elkin
Cunningham
Elkin
Supreme Court
Tefford
Constable Wilson
Dr. Davis
the Weather Forecast
Nursday, Fair
Miss Dawson
Phila
Bedford Springs
Hetrick & Wilson
Women’s Missionary Society
Yisten
David Elis & Son
Warnshius
Flora
Indiatia
J.P. Morgan
Gotham
Nottingham
England
Bellaire
Washington
Mr. Stallings
Butler
Chamberlain
Berardiss Suke
van Tii
Normal
E.B. Race
Wilmer Wood
Heilwood Place
Indiana Hardware Co
Hause
Kelly Darris
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