Merchants Excursion Guests to View Forbes Field Parade
Western Pennsylvanian and Ohio merchants taking part in the eleventh Chamber of Commerce excursion will be hosted by Pittsburgh City Charter officials to witness the Forbes Field pageant on November 1. About 1,500 performers and a 1,000-voice chorus will join a large grandstand audience, followed by a civic parade with over 100 floats. Balances of travel costs are refunded at 1 percent for Pittsburgh wholesalers participating. The week includes a painting and relic exhibition at the Carnegie Museum.
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Sheep farming debated as wool duties fail and dog issue looms
The text argues wool duties failed, citing 48 sheep statistics and Protestant laments. It notes Kansas data of 10 dogs per sheep, suggests small scale sheep raising is profitable for farmers, but warns Americans favor grain, cotton, or full sheep farming. It adds small flock care is a burden and mentions insurance distrust and clothing fashion rumors.
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Pios
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Kansas Board of Agriculture
Ice
Merchants Call for Sheep Purchase Aid in Philadelphia
A historical appeal notes Philadelphia merchants offering to advance funds for sheep purchases if farmers will raise and propagate sheep. Similar calls emerge in Boston targeting farmers and country estate owners. The piece links demand to wool price shifts amid protection and broader agricultural changes as population grows and primitive farming declines.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
This timeless ad claims Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is essential for every family. It emphasizes sudden onset of colic and diarrhoea and urges prompt treatment before a doctor or medicine is obtained, touting quick relief and wide availability.
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Chamberlain
Purgatory and Forgiveness in Catholic Teaching
The excerpt explains purgatory as a temporary state for souls not ready for heaven or hell, with distinction between minor and major sins and the permanence of temporal punishment after forgiveness. It cites biblical passages and Church teaching to justify a middle state and references Marcus and Matthew quotes to support forgiveness not covering all sins in the next world.
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Adam
Eve
David
Heaven
Hell
Scheer
Matthew
Christ
St. Jerome
Lecture on Purgatory by Father Scheer at parish hall
Father Scheer quoted early fathers to show Christians believed in purgatory and prayer for the dead. He argued the doctrine is reasonable scriptural and appeals to the suffering soul, often moving even the unbeliever to seek mercy for a dying friend. The lecture topic will be Can Man Pardon Sin or Confession.
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Father Scheer
Deaths Continued From Page One Burnheimer Allison
Obituaries note the death of Robert J. Burnheimer with a large surviving family across Dixonville Vandergrift and Blairsville and list brothers and sisters. Lizzie Allison dies at 11 oclock Tuesday morning September 26 at 211 South Eleventh street after several weeks illness. Born May 9 1856 she married David Milton Allison November 18 1884. They lived near Oakland Cemetery until his death in 1906 then she moved to Indiana. She leaves son Edwin plus several siblings living in Kansas and Oklahoma. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2:30 PM at her residence conducted by Rev Dr Jesse R Zeigler.
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Lizzie Hamilton Allison
South Eleventh Street
Allison
James H
Lydia Hamilton
White Township
David Milton Allison
Old Allison
Oakland Cemetery
Word Hunt Contest Promises Large Gould Prizes
The Gazette Indiana Pa announces a weekly word search contest running 13 weeks with a $5400 in gold prize pool. Entrants must mail in word findings with name and address before Tuesday’s 5 PM deadline each week. Employees and their families are excluded. merchants may participate.
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The
Gazette
Indiana
the Gazette
Constipation Causes Many Ills Warns Readers
An old health note says constipation is a root of many ailments and urges regular bowel movements. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as a laxative that moves the bowels boosts appetite and aids digestion, noting availability everywhere.
Missing Word Contest Sparks Christmas Cash Prizes
A newspaper advertises a weekly missing word contest with cash prizes by J Fred Jones of McKeeport PA. First prize nine correct words, then tiered awards. readers urged to study page ads, submit weekly return blanks, and subscribe for continued free copies during initial weeks.
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McKeepaort
Jones
Bride and Groom Tie Knot in Churchill Home Wedding
Miss Martha Churchill daughter of Dr. Churchill wed Mr. Brechbill a Ledhburg native in a Churchill home ceremony on August 20 with relatives present. The groom suffered a sudden illness during plans for a wedding trip and was rushed to Pittshburgh hospital for an operation. The couple’s guests, Mr. and Mrs. William Winn of Bellevue, hosted a two week visit featuring a honeymoon dinner and dance.
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Churchill
Brechbill
Ledhburg
W. Jd. Wilson
Pittshpreh Hospital
Mes. Brechbill
William Ah) Winn
Bellevue
Couple's wedding trip followed by health update in Detroit
A telegram from Pietaburgh reports Mr. and Mrs. Frederick William Fabian after their August wedding trip plan a western tour then settle in Canton Ohio where he will work in public health and she recovers from a serious illness and surgery in Detroit. The bride formerly Miss Martin Gilchrist of Indiana is hospitalized in Detroit and recovering after a state of critical illness.
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Frederick William Fabian
Martin Gilchrist
Indiana
Detroit
Fabian
Indian
Points on People from Carlisle News Items
Miss Helen Dodson of North Sixth street visits friends in Dayton and Smicksboro for two weeks. Mrs. Martha J. Orr returns from a two week visit with her Pittsburgh daughters, accompanied by her son-in-law and daughter Charles Lockard. Miss Margaret Lemon moves from Church Street to Katheryn Moorhead’s South Fifth Street home. James Park, son of Rev J C N Park, begins medical studies at Harvard College. Prof Luther A Park returns to Conway Hall Carlisle Pa as head of History.
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Helen Dodson
North Sixth Street
Dayton
Smicksboro
Martha J. Orr
Pittsburgh
Charles Lockard
Lockard
Margaret Lemon
Church Street
Katheryn Moorhead
South Fifth Street
James Park
J.C. N. Park
Harvard College
Luther A. Park
Conway Hall
Carlisle
Martine Wins Democratic NJ Senate Nomination in Primaries
Returns from New Jersey primaries show United States Senator James W. Martine decisively defeating Attorney General John W. Westcott for the Democratic senatorial nomination by 6,157 votes. The closest race was Republican for the U.S. Senate nomination between Joseph Frelinghuysen and Franklin Murphy, with Frelinghuysen leading Murphy in late returns.
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New York
New Jersey
United States
James PR. Martine
John W. Westcott
Wilson
Martine
Joseph Frelinhuysen
Franklin Murphy
United States Repubblican
Frelinhuysen
Murphy
French drive on Somme captures Vermandoilis
Paris Sept 27 reports say French forces launched a southern Somme attack after the gains at Thiepval Combles advancing toward Fancourt and capturing Vermandoils. French War Office called the operation brillant and noted prisoners taken at Renel Station. Berlin says Zeppelins bombarded Portsmouth and Thames mouth with visible success.
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Paris
Thiepval-Combled Tite
Somme
Vermandoviliers
French War Office
Renel
London
Fancourt
Combles
Berlin
Portsmouth
Thames
England
Murderer Is Executed At Rocky View Penitentiary
Hany Filler, convicted of the murder of J. K. Banks in Westmoreland County, was electrocuted at Rocky View Penitentiary. He slept well, offered no confession, and died at 7:10 after four contacts. Cannery firms statewide report a big season with corn and tomatoes nearly sold out for export.
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Hany
Filler
J. K. Banks
Westmoreland Couty
Old age caution and tonics promote youth in print
An advice column promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to relieve constipation and biliousness as a path to feeling and looking younger. It also advertises Tron carpentry and contractor machinery with new and secondhand equipment, including concrete mixers, at special prices from Caird Machinery Co in Pittsburgh.
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TRON
Tampa
Caird Machinery CO
Water St
Pittsburgh
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