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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1906
Page
1
The jury found J. C. Montgomery not guilty of murdering Charles Mueller at Robinson. The court fined several others, and denied liquor license renewal for the New American House until August 1, with a four month bar closure while hotel improvements proceed.
Union miners at Ernest Iselin Chambergville Lovejoy Heilwood Rossiter Arcadia and Glen Campbell obeyed a national order leaving the mines Saturday. Hundreds idle this week with output greatly reduced while a district settlement is expected. No disorder reported though dynamite firecrackers echoed at Einest and Heilwood in honor of the 1903 scale.
Roy Hileman of Lockport was shot and killed near Conemaugh Furnace on Monday by Carnahan of New Florence. Carnahan, a Pennsylvania railroad track walker, fled across the Conemaugh river into this county after the shooting. Hileman, 24, was said to have taken Carnahan’s watch and boarded a freight train with two companions when Carnahan fired several shots, one striking the heart. Carnahan remains at large in the mountains above Cramer.
Local notes recount numerous visitors and residents on trips to Pittsburgh Johnstown and Vandergrift. Citizens including J W Ackernon J M Fyock and I R McMasters are listed with friends and relatives in town and nearby towns during the week. A kidnapping tale unfolds as Jean Johnston, taken by her English father James Johnston, is traced to England after visiting relatives.
Mr and Mrs 4 M Hammers of Normal hosted a large social at the new Thomas Sutton Hall with over 200 attendees. A four course supper followed by Indiana orchestra under William Banks and dancing in Recreation Hall capped a milestone event. Out of town guests included Dr and Mrs G T Reynolds and others. Real estate gains feature purchases by D F Rinn and B Campbell of several farms and timber tracts in Washington and Creskside. A G Glenn plans to move to Mahaffey area to run stock breeding, and Oliver Holsapple bought the Williamtay farm in Cherryhill township.
Attorney J N Langham of town announces candidacy for Congress in coming Republican primary. He has long been active in party work and now chairs the Republican County Committee. A town council meeting set a 10 mill general fund levy and 3 mill sinking fund for the year.
The article notes mild to firm weather fueling a March rush for moving, with horses and wagons scarce. It lists numerous residents relocating within Indiana County and nearby areas, including from town to Ridgewood Avenue and from Homer City to East End Pittsburg, reflecting a volatile housing market and high rents this spring.
WEDDINGS OFF A WIEN UNNTNGIEA ME HY RARE Harry J. Ouoninggham of White township and Miss Rachel L. Idgars of Rayne township were married Wednesday by Rev. Wed. Wilson at his residence on Oakland avenues. SEATON-PERMING Gus P. Learn of Cookport and Miss Kathryn Fleming daughter of Mr and Mrs George Fleming of North Ith street were married at Butler on Tay evening last by Rev. Ron Ainish at the residence of the officiating minister. The couple are well known in Green township, former home of the bride, where both Mr and Mrs Learn taught school for several terms. They now occupy the modern home near Cookport. The hotel property of Hatel Dayia at Crookside, owned by Jonathan Davly, was sold last week to Seymour St. Center of Milesburg, Va. Consideration $12,000, includes furnishings. The new owner assumed charge this week. This is the lodging hotel at Crookside and was refused liquor license this April. Wilson J. Hider of Miders Ridge was stricken with paralysis while at work in his barn Monday morning. he was found unconscious by his wife and remained in this condition for several hours. While he has rallied somewhat, his condition is still serious.
Neighbors list transfers of ownership across West Philadelphia and Clymer areas. Names include Winer, McAfoos, Sowerby, Harmon, Carney, Martin, Widdowson, Buterbaugh, Kepine, Lang, Kinkaid, Speody, Lydia, Jacoby, Campbell, Patton, Cost, Bath, Walker, Cunningham, Dauer, Overdorff, Eley, Bley, Casselman, Connelly, Yuckenberg, Kline, Pieren, Coon, Bowers, and others. Transfers cover streets such as Philadelphia, Church, Oak, South Sixth, South Seventh, Ninth, Fourth, Water, and Clymer avenues, with numerous properties moved between private residences and farms, some to new homes or businesses. This appears as a compiled list of multiple property deeds and relocations.
Recurring obituaries report deaths of George Christy and Alexander Littater in White township along with Mrs Scott Clark Fredrick Phillips and Stewart Graham. Also listed are Nancy J Barbour John Devinney Alice Stewart and infant Vor nic. The items note ages, places of residence and burial details with multiple survivors and church affiliations. The report records local business figures and families, including heirs in Santa Barbara and Pittsburgh, with interments in local cemeteries.
J A C Ruffner a former Greensburg resident and Indiana county attorney shot his wife and daughter at their home during a drunken episode. Mrs Ruffner likely died from two neck and back wounds while daughter Hulda 19 sustained a shoulder wound while shielding her mother. Ruffner was arrested and committed to an insane asylum after declaring he wished to be hanged.
T P Stephens of town sails to Hampton Tennessee to lead a Keystone Lumber Company timber contract in Carter County. The project covers about 860 acres with 7,000,000 feet of timber including hemlock poplar red oak and chestnut plus 1500 tons of bark. Two to three years of work expected to move timber stump to lumber and load for market. Local men from the county to be employed. partners Stephens Colgan Lownan Potts and others to join. Equipment and teams to be used. four miles to the new railroad point. Also reported real estate deals in Homer City and neighborhood and a team drowned in the Conemaugh river while washing. Public school commence in Homer City with a graduating class listed. Store robbery at Blacklick blamed on a break in via window. loot estimated at 200 to 800 dollars.
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