Notable Local Residents Reported Dead Across Towns
A series of obituaries from Rayne Township to Pittsburgh and Glen Campbell notes the deaths of John I. Rowe aged 90 of Rayne Township Mrs Catherine Helen Fisher of Pittsburgh and Indiana born Watson lived in Indiana and in Pittsburgh with surviving children and family. Funeral services for Rowe were held in Rayne Township with full military honors. Samuel W Cooper of Montgomery Township died April 2 after a long illness leaving a widow a son three grandchildren and four brothers and two sisters. Alexander Stewart of Glen Campbell died April 1 after two months ill with heart trouble survived by two sons and three daughters and several siblings. Funeral services were conducted by local ministers and interments followed in local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John I. Rowe
Rayne
Alexander Stewart
Glen Campbell
Samuel W. Cooper
Montgomery Township
Mra
Catherine Helen Watson Fisher
Arthur ‘Fisher
Pittsburgh
M. Clark Watson
Juliet White Watson
Indiana
Stanton Avenue
East End
Fisher
Indi ‘Ana
Indiana High School
St. Xavier's Academy
Deatty
Arthur Fisher
Plittsburgh
Juliet Elizabeth
Catherine ‘Helen Fisher
Richard W. Watson
J. Herman Watson
Mark H. “Watson
Otis Trainer
A. B. Agnew
Templeton
Watson
North Seventh Street
Roger Charnock
Christ Episcopal Church
Oakland Cemetery
Scotland
John Stewart
Blairsville
Robert Stewart
Porter Sims
Robert Hamilton
Clayton Fisher
I. C. O. F. Lodge
Borough to Initiate Extensive Paving Program This Year
The borough council authorized a broad paving program costing about 50 000 dollars. Plans include Thirteenth Street from Philadelphia to Oakland, Chestnut from Sixth to Eighth, Oak from Fourth to Fifth, Fourth from Oak to Church, and Fifth from School to Washington. Oak Street addition and Church Street cost estimates were requested for next meeting. The program, coupled with Wayne Avenue repaving and sewer work, signals one of the largest borough improvement efforts in Indiana’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Simpson
Third Ward
Thirteenth Street
Philadelphia Street
Oakland Avenue
Chestnut Street
Sixth
Eighth
Oak Street
Fourth
Fifth Street
Fourth Street
Oak
Church Street
School
Washington Street
Councilman Books
Fourth Ward
Ninth Streets
Buterbaugh
Wayne Avenue
Indiana
Bidders Disputed for Brushvalley East Wheatfield Road
In Harrisburg reports Jami son & Knapp Co of Fredonia were deemed low bidders at 161076 for Route No 357 to run through Brushvalley and Hast Wheatfield townships before State Highway Department officials. Frank McCrea of Blacklick Township later wired that R H Cunningham & Sons held the low bid at 140052.40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushvalley
East Wheatfield Township
Harrisburg
Jamison & Knapp Co
Fredonia
Wheatfield
State Highway Department
Frank McCrea
Blacklick Township
R. H Cunningham &Sons
Weddings of a Week Wauoner Pebley United in West Wheatfield
Wauoner Wagner and Agnes Pebley of West Wheatfield township wed on Sunday in a ceremony led by Rev. Galen K Walker. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Wagner and the bride the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Blair Pebley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wauoner-Pebley
John H. Wagner
Agnes Pebley
West Wheatfield Township
Galen K. Walker
Joseph Wagner
William Blair Pebley
County Sabbath School Institute Apr 17
Plans completed for the annual county institute for all teachers of the children's division of the County Sabbath School Association to be held at the Presbyterian church of Indiana on Saturday April 17 beginning at 10 o'clock. Mrs John Ackerson oversees with Miss Elsie G Rodgers assisting. A conference on vacation bible school work will run with the day, urging attendance from all county districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Sabbath School Association
Presbyterian Church of Indiana
John Ackerson
Elsie G. Rodgers
Miss Rodgers
Thia
Department of Religious Education
Real estate transfers and poultry notes in Indiana County
Real estate transfers list deeds recorded in Indiana County with names, parcels, and prices including CG Sweitzer to D H Wilt Blairsville and Annie Croyle to Jay Edwards. Also notes on oil and gas leases, several lot transfers in Blairsville Clymer and Center townships. Poultry clubs report March egg production variations with costs per dozen, plus a birth notice for a son to Mrs Evie Duncan of Philadelphia, former Indiana resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
CG. M. Sweitzer
D. H. Wilt
Keen
John ¥. Lintner
T. C. Watson
Blairsville
Watson
John“Y. Lintner
Annie Croyle
Jay Edwards
Hast Wheatfield
Harriet Harmon
Ralph P. Krider
Indiana
Geo. B. McDarmott
J. W. Hoover
Joe W. Rombaugh
White
CG. M. Deabenders
Joe W. Rompaugh
Daniel L. Dunlap
Augustus Huston
Blacklick
Carrie B. Stiver
Steve Kuzma
Floyd Johns
Mike Novostoski
Conemaugh
Catherine Blose
Emerson Blose
North Mahoning
Emerson O. Blose
George H. Behm
Sau
Milk Can Magic Lecture To Be Held In Indiana Court House
An instructive lecture titled Milk Can Magic will be given in the Indiana County court house on Thursday evening April 15 at 7 20 pm. The talk targets dairymen and farmers, with a film shown alongside, and admission is free. In another note, Kiwanis Farmers Night hosted over 50 farmers at Zion Lutheran, featuring talks by Lew Neal and James F Chapman and a double feature film Uncle Sam as a Partner with guidance by County Agent John W Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. H. Putt
Genevieve
Cherryhill Township
Indiana
Progress
Mary I. Bush
Washington Street
W. D. Bush
Roysster
Miss Pearce
W. Pearce
Miss Gaston
J. W. Gaston
John J. Little
Phauvilla
Salisburg
Mr. Little
Kelso Little
Westmore
Land County
Emma J. Weir
Chicago
Chambersville
John W. Warner
Edwin
Harry O. Kimbell
Murery, Jr
Sheloca
Lewistown
Harey B. Warner
Muncy
Lycoming County
Mabel Ewing
Hasterday
Court House
Indlana
Indiana County
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Lab
Orgent
Zion Lutheren
Lew Neal Gal
Guernsey Bull Association
Cuernsey Bull Association
Tml
Ss. J. Prawner
State College
Trade City
Jersey Bull Clu
Fisher 100 Percent Vote Urged in Indiana County
County leaders call for full turnout on May 18 to back Fisher in the Republican primary. Retabulation shows 2,680 Republican voters in Indiana County and leaders urge a 100 percent county tally to influence statewide results. The Philadelphia Sunday Item backs Pepper for Senate and Fisher for Governor as momentum grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India County
Letous
Indiana
Wisher
George Wharton Pepper
United States Senate
John S. Fisher
Pennsylvania
Tragic Death Near Punxsutawney Claims Local Native
Samuel Irwin Sawyer aged 58 a Punxsutawney resident and Indiana county native was killed instantly Sunday morning when a passenger train dragged him from a platform at Elbell station near Punxsutawney He had been to Etbell to manage Sawyer Coal Company died after being struck near the waist by the wheel train drivers witnesses describe a fall from the platform Funeral services were held in Cherry Tree and burial followed in Cherry Tree cemetery He is survived by his widow two children and several siblings. Also reported: a crash on the Clymer road injuring Mrs Mika Green and Dominick Carsor with both cars damaged and a dangerous road condition noted Seven Heilwood miners received two year certificates from Bethlehem Mines Corporation and the State School of Mines. A large fire destroyed a frame dwelling at Berringer with no insurance. Indiana markets report butter at 43 cents and eggs at 2 1/2 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John ¥. Rowe
John J. Rowe
Rayne Township
Tanoma
Mr. Rowe
74Th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Lizzie Byers
Creekside
George F. Rowe
Parkwood
John 8. Rowe
Dixonville
Billen Widdowson
Marion Center
Almirar Maguire
Clymer
D. M. Rowe
Blairsville
W. L. Rowe
Vandergrift
Hulda Rowe
John Walker
Kintersburg
Sprinkle
Mechanics‘burg
Dunkard
Rowe
Indiana Post No
American Legion
Harry Seger
Rogislter
Indiana
Co. A. Brady
Harry Downey
Chambersville
Bennett
Russell Heringer
Brushvalley Township
Brody
Wilda Crawford
New York
W. B. Milliken
Momer City
W. D. Swearingen
Brushvalley
John W. O'Neal
Adena
John O'Neal
Waterstreet
Salltsburg
George W. Lutman
Commodore
Ernest Smith
A. W. Mabon
John W. Sutton
May
West Indies
Ernest R. Myers
R. D
Cora Doty
Helen Pollock
Rochester Mills
Samuel Irwin Sawyer
Indiana County
P. RR. R
Elbell Station
Punxsutawney
Mr. Sawyer
Punxgntawney
Etbell
Sawyer Coal Company
Elbell
Gow Campbell
Peter and
Margret Irwin Sawyer
Towis
Mins Grace BR. Aka
Glen Campbell
Hoe
Punxaltawney
Pibell
Punxuniawney
Mia
Ake Sawyer
James
Martha Jane Sawyer
al Hove
Clark
Harry Mellough
C. MM. Ake
Dull Sawyer
Johnstown
Cherry Tree
Taptlet
Durial
Cherry Trea
CO. Poole
Helms 67
Clymer Road
Mika Green
Dominick Carsor
Chevrolet
Garsor
Mike Creen
Herman Hil
Green
Tragic Pedestrian Death After High Speed Auto Hit Near Rossmoyne
Robert Pearce, 56, of near Rossmoyne, was killed Saturday night when struck on the BP highway near Grove Chapel by a car driven at high speed by Ray Baker of Kent. Neal warned Pearce to jump as the vehicle sped by, and Pearce died minutes later. Survived by widow and three sons, funeral held near Rossmoyne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove Chapel
Ray Baker
Kent
Robert Tharvey Pearce
Rossmoyne
Tashana-Punxsy
Hoffman Station
Baker
Pearce
Pittsburgh
G. C. Neal
Peares
Mr. Neal
Mr. Pearce
Neal
Mr. Pearca
Mr.Peares
Hannah Pearce
Reiyes Oye Pruidduughne
Mra
Dimes Guthrie
Ile Jtun
C Naal
Todiwim
Charles Toleman
Glen Gumphell
Aros Sheaweader
Reynoldsville
Enoch Strivealter
Cloe
Rossineyne
Mayor Kline Endorses Pepper-Fisher Ticket in Pittsburgh
Mayor Charles H. Kline of Pittsburgh backs the Pepper and Fisher campaign, saying opponents urge voters to reject those responsible for the era of reconstruction. He praises Fisher’s legislative and administrative experience and endorses Pepper’s reelection, underscoring a progressive, economical state government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dpopper-Fisher
Pittsburgh
Chas. H. Kling
United States
George Wharton Pepper
John §. Fisher
Kline
Pepper
Fisher
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Republican Party
Allegheny County
Pepper-Fisher
Kling
Damocrats
Mellon
Popper
Congress
Political restraint at Pittsburgh testimonial dinner
State Senator M. C. Leslie declared he could not and would not express support for any candidate during a testimonial dinner at the William Pond Hotel in Pittsburgh. He urged friends to back their chosen candidates in the primary, emphasizing propriety and neutrality on the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pond
Pittsburgh
M. C. Leslie
Sheil
Nikidiy
Tie
Ballot Position Drawing Set For Thursday Morning
Nearly 800 candidates are invited to draw for ballot positions at the May primary. Chief George N Thorn of the State Bureau of Elections has completed plans, with the event starting at 10 o clock in the House hall, Harrisburg. A large turnout is expected, filling the capitol’s biggest room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
George N. Thorn
State Bureau of Elections
Mrs Neals $12,000 verdict against B R P Railway
Mrs Vedna Neal widow of J Clair Neal won 12000 damages in a trespass action against the B R P Railway Company. She alleged her husband died from injuries caused by railroad employees while attempting to couple freight cars on May 19 1924. He worked for Columbus Asphalt Paying Company as a car dropper and died a few hours later in an Indiana hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vedu Neal
Vedna Neal
J. Clair Neal
Neal
Indiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Cooper
Joseph Cooper
Cooper
Marl
A. R. Cooner
Idamar
W. J. Cooper
I. F. Cooper
Charles Luman
4. M. Gibson
Washington, Pa
J. C. Cooper
Ihe
Evangelical Church
Bowdertown
George Smith
Donald Shields Smith
Eleanor Lucile Smith
Douglass Studio
Samuel Cunningham
Philadelphia
Rye
Mabel Cunninghm
Town
Roger McGee
Penn Run
M. Dick
Clymer Bridge
Board of County Commissioners
McCrea
Public Service Commission
Buck
Cherry Tree and Dixonville Railroad Co
Buck Run Road
Wayne 'Pormb
Patsy Tierna
New Alexandria
Margie Kober
Earl G
Johns
Barnesboro
Blanche Laney White
Vito Vetra
Spennen Beyer Ferisinia Mangeara
West Wheatfield
John Raymond Stair Irwin
Sara Gress
Immett Greensburg
Carl Bowservere
Bowseryville
Mildred
County Sabbath School Institute
Edward Widdowson
Norman Keith
W. Phillips Gas & Oil Co
William M. Nicoson
R. B. Coleman
M. R. Coleman
People's' Natural Gas Co
Albert Dick
Frank Winaheim
John R. Siwnith
Norman W. Burfete
Gerexs
South Mahoning
William Sides
Tony Ratay
Pina
Dessia B. Overman
William C.gogley
F. H
Alabran
W. T. Alapran
West Mahoning
Antonio Combo
Mike Combo
W. B. Taylor
Chester A. Taylor
Chester A. Brown
Olen FE
Williams
Human Soul
Mollie Lofink
Anna M. Bancher
Candace Wea
Mer
Intin
Rimer EB. Simmons
Fred Dilts
Poultry Clubs
D. L. Siverd
Callne
Bhursville
John B. Carter
West Market
Walnut Street
W. M. Rager
Blairayslie
East Market Street
East Lane
Ciilin
National
Benjamin Pranklin Highway Association
Tifla
Ohio
Shawhan
National Association
Punxs'y
Samuel T. Sawyer
Tran
Heilwood
Haven
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Aterence
Heilwood Inn
State Vocational Educational Board
School of Mines
Chas. Cavalashy
Hugeneroyle
Fred Jiaas
Ftulph
Robert Pharoe
Army
Panama
Theoore Zulenko
Joseph Lyons
Jack Morton
Regular Army
Fort Requidor
Tony Curate Nouy Curato
State Board of Pardons
Kline Indorses
Beiond
Dorshd
Meliain
Leslie
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