Forest fires cause big loss in county
Fires swept large areas in various townships this week, destroying three sawmills in Buffington and East Wheatfield, two barns in Brushvalley, a mine tipple and hotel at Claghorn, and threatening multiple farms along Blacklick creek. Firefighters from Homer City and Graceton assisted, with damage also reported near Clyde Robindale Bolivar and Blairsville.
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Claghorn
Hast Wheatfield
Brushvalley
Blacklick Creek
Buffington
East Wheatfield
Graceton Coal & Coke Company
Graceton
Homer City Fire Department
Brushvalley Township
Buena Vista Furnace
Scott Campbell
Jacob Moyer
Brush Creek
Homer City Pumping Engine
G. T. Me~Crea
Herlinger
Stephens, McNuttene George
Igloo the Mascot Fox Terrier Dies in Boston
Igloo, the famed mascot dog of Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd, died in Boston after indigestion. Two nan and a dog bond ends as Byrd, en route to meet the dog, learns of Igloo’s death. Igloo had served as Byrd’s expedition mascot to the north and south poles, gifted six years ago by an admirer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igloo
Byrd
Boston
Richard H. Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Poles
Blairsville Woman Honored in Grand Army of the Republic
Blairsville resident Mrs Ruth Wilkinson has been named assistant national corresponding secretary of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic by national president Mrs Margaret Grandin. Wilkinson serves a second term as president of Blairsville branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Ruth Wilkinson
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Margaret Grandin
Wilkinson
Mining Institute Planned for Blairsville Saturday
The second quarterly meeting of the C. B. Rosa Mining Institute will be held in Blairsville Old High School on Friday evening, April 24, with a 7:30 business session. Vice President I. F. Roby will lead discussion on employee instruction by mine officials. A film titled Accident Experience will be shown by D. L. Boyle of Panelec Coal Corp. Other topics include production cost factors, rope and bonding effects on machinery, haulage road standards, and cost comparisons for track materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old High School
C. B. Rosa Mining Institute
Blairaville
I. F. Roby
Latrobe
Accdent
D. L. Boyle
Panelec Coal Corp
Smokefess
F. Li. Shea
Waterman Mine
Robert Sterrett
Supt
Hannahstown
Wm. G. Duncan
State College
Three Men Fined for Cruelty to Cat at Hillsdale Party
Allegedly during a Hillsdale party, Quay McAdoo poured inflammable liquid on a cat and ignited it. McAdoo was fined $20 and costs, Robert Myers $10 and costs, and Mrs. Glenn Biss $10 and costs after a summary cruelty to animals conviction. The maximum sentence was imposed and the cat burned through the community before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
G. McLain
Quay McAdoo
Robert Myers
Glenn Biss
Hillsdale
Biss
McAdoo
Rotary Club hears cruise tales from attorney Ernest Stewart
Ernest Stewart who recently returned from a Mediterranean cruise shared voyage incidents with the Rotary club on Monday evening. The Dubois club contributed 12 guests who joined a personally conducted tour led by Dr. H. M. Free, president of the Dubois club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Stewart
Rotary Club
Dubois Club
8. M. Free
Wreck Clears After 40 Hours Handling 38 Coal Cars
A Friday wreck on the Indiana Branch of the B. R. & P. railroad six miles south of Punxsutawney left 38 loaded coal cars piled on tracks. It took continuous work for 40 hours to reopen the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Punxsutawney
Fighing Licenses Reach a Thousand Dog Licenses Total
County Treasurer Elmer W. Allison reported that 1,000 fishing licenses were issued by noon today. Dog licenses for 1931 brought the total to 7,169 across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer W. Allison
Agricultural Department seeks new legislation with many bills
Harrisburg April 22 reports show the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture pushing several bills through the General Assembly. Proposals include an official egg laying contest near the Farm Show Building, egg grading standards, and changes to cold storage and egg opening laws. Dairymen would gain oversight of milk payments beyond butterfat tests, while fertilizer nitrogen labeling would align with modern methods. Tuberculosis indemnity rules would favor non registered swine and TB safeguards would tighten to match other states. A broad bill aims to empower the department to eradicate animal tuberculosis effectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poultry Inc
Dairymen
Harrisburg
General Assembly
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
John A. Mel Sparran
Pennsylvania
Real Estate Transfers in Indiana and Marion Center
Edward Weeks transfers a lot in Indiana to W. C. Pleck for 6000 dollars. Dodson to J. B. ee tract in W. Wheatfield. Clay L. Rickard to Lena B. Kinter a lot in Marion Center for 1450 dollars. Lena K. Kinter to Mary N. Simp king a lot in Marion Center for one dollar. Carl D. Smith to John C. Gearhart a tract in White for one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Weeks
W. C. Pleck
Indiana
Alexander
Banks Township Man Weds the Widow of His Brother
J. J. Fetterman of Banks township and Mrs. Zelda Fetterman, widow of his deceased brother, were married at Rossiter on April 14 by Rev. John K. Gault. Mrs. Fetterman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jean Lowmaster of Canoe township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banks ‘Township
J. J. Fetterman
Banks Township
Zelda Fetterman
Rossiter
John K. Gault
Fetterman
Jean Lowmaster
Canoe Township
Roger-Elliott Blaine Rager
Miss Grace, Ellott
Blairsville
Kittanning
Howard EL. Lloyd
Martin Rager
Robert Elliott
Raineys Celebrate Golden Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs James B Rainey of Wilgus celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Friday. Mr Rainey is 75 and his wife 65. Both enjoy good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Rainey
Wigus
James B. Rainey
Wilgus
Mr. Rainey
Mrs G B Daugherty Improving After Hospital Operation
Mrs G B Daugherty of South Seventh street is reported to be improving after an operation at Indiana Hospital on Monday morning. The condition was described as very satisfactory this morning.
Personal Briefs In Harrisburg and Indiana visits noted
Attorney Gilbert Parnell was in Harrisburg on business. Frank Moorhead of Erie visited Indiana relatives. Wyncoop and Adamson near Home calera in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sedrock of Rayne township were Wednesday county seat callers. John Ross of Rochester Mills transacted business at the county seat. Wellington Clark of Mahaffey spent Sunday with T. B. Clark. Jury Commissioner Chambers of Rayne township visited the county seat. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Krader called to Marion, Indiana by a death. Sheriff Borland and Deputy Wilson fought forest fires in Brushvalley. Dora Stephens, Harry Bennett and daughter Blanche returned from St Petersburg Florida. Harry Weaver, Robert Knox and H N Richardson of Rochester Mills were Indiana visitors. Wilbur Gemmell and wife welcomed a daughter weighing 8 14 pounds. Mrs. Mary E H Coat hosted weekend guests Earl May and Rita Mary Hopking. Dr Lawrence H Getty of Youngstown Ohio spent the weekend with the Gettys. business conditions in Youngstown improving. Mrs. M. C. Watson returned from the state American Legion Auxiliary convention. Mrs. C C Walker returns home from Indiana hospital improved after operation. Central Charities to Hold Unemployment Tag Day Saturday. Proceeds to fund work creation for the idle via assigned unemployed workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
Wellington H. Clark
Mahaffey
T. B. Clark
Scott Chambers
Rayne Township
E. L. Krader
Locust Street
Marion
Ind
Krader
H. Elmer Borland
Eugene Wilson
Brushvalley Township
Dora Stephens
Harry Bennett
Blanche
St. Petersburg
Florida
Harry Weaver
Robert Knox
H.N. Richardson
Rochester Mills
Indiana
J. ‘Wilbur Gemmell
North Twelfth Street
Church Street
Getty
Youngstown
M. C. Watson
North Seventh Street
Harrisburg
American Legion Auxiliary
Watson
C. C. Walker
Clarksburg
Indiana Hospital
Weddings Across Town On April Dates In Several Marriages
Multiple couples from East Mahoning to Blairsville were wed in April ceremonies. Simpson and Hoopengardner unite in Marion Center. Painter and Houk wed in Rossiter. Griffith and Stuchell marry in Dayton. Miller and Rickerson joined in Rhensburg. Rager and Elliott marry in Kittanning. Burkley and Irwin wed in Blairsville. James Streams recovers from pneumonia after severe illness in Pittsburgh. Over 200 attend New Century Club benefit bridge at Hotel Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Harehick
Altman
Hélen Stets
Ernest Thomas R. Simpson
Mahoning
Thelma G. Hoopengardner
I. Mahoning
Harry
Miller
Verna BH
Rickerson
Marion Center
Blaine Rager
Blairsville
Grace, Eliott
George
Griffith
Plumville
New Century Club
Hotel
Moore
Center Township Teachers Named for 1931-32 Term
Center township boards select a large rural district corps for the 1931-32 term with teachers for Bridenbaugh Gahagan to Tide Audrey Ruddock and Wassum Cross Roads Hva Nichols to Bracken. Young township fills Iselin Kennedy New Athend and Iselin principal posts with multiple teachers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Township
Bridenbaugh
Ben Gahagan
Brush Holow
Mildred Devinney
Lytle
Beatrice Nichol
Myers
Nannie Beck
Cora H. Doty
Guthrie
Lucile Morris
Ruth Lewis
Audrey Ruddock
Clair B. Wassum
Cross Roads
Hva Nichols
Carl Bracken
Lucinsboro
Mary Boreland
Gertrude White
M. S. Bennett
Aultman
Priscilla AllHaon
Edna
Malcolm
Mabel Gatbreath
Elmor Cravener
Upper Homer
Dorothy Mulholland
Mary Shaffer
May Lahoda
Harry Stewart
Waterman
Florence Brown
Helen Mc
Sunday Baseball Defeated in House by Close Vote
A movement to allow Sunday baseball in Harrisburg barely failed in the House. The Schwartz mill bill amendment to cover Sunday games was rejected 101 to 99 after a late vote switch from aye to no. The Allegheny delegation split 20 to 7 in favor of the amendment, with Rep. J Elder Peeler of Indiana among opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Elder Pecer
Harrisburg
House of Representatives
Sidney V. Carmany
Venango
Allegheny
J. Elder Peeler
Indiana
War Gardens revived in Lehigh Northampton counties
Harrisburg reports revival of the World War I era war gardens to stimulate small-scale garden plans. The Vacant Lot Farmer's Association reactivated in Lehigh, with similar efforts in Northampton. Gardens to operate without interfering with stores and markets. Three youths from Stafford to stand trial for tire and gasoline thefts. They confessed to robberies in Green and nearby townships and were held on $1,000 bail. State Teachers College Junior Sophomore dance set for Saturday in Recreation Hall from 7 to 11 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Lehigh
Northampton Counties
Clyde I. King
State Revenue Department
R. J. Wheeler
Lehigh County
Louthiehem
Northampton County
A. H. Buck
Clair Irwin
Sturford
Dan Davis
Lester McDonald
Hale Repline
Green
Squire C. EB. Wassam
Stafford
State Peachers College
State Teachers College
American Legion Minstrels Deliver Two Successful Shows
The American Legion Minstrels earned a hit with two performances on Monday and Tuesday evenings at the Ritz Theatre. Examinations for first and second class mine foremen and fire bosses are underway at the YMCA this week with sixty six people taking the tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Minstrels
Ritz Theatre
Y.M.C
Death notices読み revised
Matthew Lewis longtime Rossmoyne resident, farmer and blacksmith, dies at 76. Widow Elizabeth Walls Lewis and many children, grandchildren, and siblings survive. funeral at Smicksburg Lutheran Church. Lida Detar, 73, dies in Apollo area. memorial in Blairsville cemetery with family survivors listed. A. B. Lyda dies in Homer City. funeral in Blacklick and memorial at Harmony cemetery, survivors named. Aletha Moore Lyon, ex Indiana resident, dies in Tucson, wife of John Moore, former printer in Indiana. Miss Marian Eutcher Barclay, 19? dies of pneumonia. siblings Anna Mae and Mildred survive. Doris Stuchell, young daughter of Pittsburgh residents formerly from Dixonville and Tanoma, dies. funeral at Crooked Creek Brethren Church. Dr Plummer O. Nixon, 42, dentist from Salina, dies in Pittsburgh. services at home and West View cemetery. Oren H. Rook, about 50, photographer, dies in his home at 1133 School Street.
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Matthew Lewis
Rhert Brewer
Rossmayne
David and
Susan
Smiley) Lewis
Elizabeth Walls Lewis
Ebert Brewer
Rossmoyne
Lula Walker
Smidsburg
Pearl Groler
Town
Clair Lewis
Renton, Wash
Orvilla Lewis
Jeannette
Harl Lew 118
Georgeville
Murray Lewis
Smiley Lewis
Hamilton
Joshua Lewis
Smicksburg
Ela Bender
Rossiter
Lida Detar
West Church Street
Alexander
Nancy Jane Balentine
Apollo
Indiana
First United Presbyterian Church
Women’s Missionary Society
Women’s Bible Class
J. J. Mellvaine
Blairsville
Stella Pringle
D. L. Ross
William Balenline
Brackenridge
Penn Run Presbyterian Church
Harmony Cemetery
A. B. Lyda
Homer City
Joseph
Nancy Lyda
Cherryhill Township
Blacklick
Blackiick Presbyterian Church
RK. J. Roberts
Marry Prugh
Tle
W. J. Lyda
Bell Coup
Gertrude Rager
Burgettstown
Mary Hileman
Wheeling
W. Va
Minnie Nolan
Martin’s Ferry
Ollie
Stew
GC. A. Waltman
Marion Center Presbyterian Church
Marion Center
Marian Eutcher Barclay
James Barclay
East Mahoning Township
Annamae
Mildred
Doris Stuchell
Doris
Walter Stuchell
Pittsburgh
Dixonville
Tanoma
Crooked Creek
Plummer O. Nixon
Salina
Jack
Harry
Claude Nixon
West View
Ernest Boy Killed in Local Street Accident
Ernest boy dies after a Sunday evening crash near home. Driver William Johnston, Creekside student, is held on involuntary manslaughter charge with $1,000 bail after inquest. Funeral planned at Ernest Catholic Church with burial at St Bernard cemetery.
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Puner
William Tortella
Johnston
Squire C. C. McLain
Ernest Catholic
St. Bernard
Woman dies as auto wreck near Revloc in Cambria county
Four others injured after a party traveling from Warren to Mocanqua collide with a telephone pole when a front tire blows out on the Benjamin Franklin highway near Revloc Cambria county. Mrs Anna Ryall 02 of Mocanqua is killed instantly. Bert Malysik 38 and his son Bert 13 suffer skull fractures. Elsie Maly sik 16 and August Halupka 35 escape with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Krevloc
Anna Ryall
Mocunaqua
Laverne County
Revloc
Cambria County
Bert Malysik
Bert, Jr
Johnstown
Elsie Malysik
August Halupka
Warren
Mocanaqua
Indiana
Benjamin Franklin Highway
Revice
Wyatt
Nurses Enjoy Evening Meeting at Court House
More than 60 registered nurses attended a Thursday evening gathering in the Court House where Miss Alice M. O Halloran state nurse chief reviewed the Pennsylvania Health Department Bureau of Nursing activities and development. A social period followed with bridge and 500 and refreshments served. Clara Bothell noted as the county’s oldest registered nurse in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. O'Halloran
Court House
Bureau of Nursing of the
Pennsylvania
Department of Health
O'Halloran
Clara Bothell
Armstrong Township
Pennsylvania Railroad Adopts 152 Pound Rail For 100 MPH
The Pennsylvania Railroad introduces a heavy duty steel rail weighing 152 pounds per yard to support 100000 pound axle loads at 100 mph. A new resilient rail splice bar reduces rail end wear and silences the track. In Dayton a clothing store, J C Elsenberger, is robbed of about 800 dollars value.
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P.R. R
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Dayton
J. C. Elsenberger Clothing
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Clyde
Robindale
Bolivar
Daugherty
Frank Daugherty
Strongstown
Suncliffe
Burrell
Sun
Beatty
T. M. Beatty
Thirteenth
Church Streets
Harriet Walker
Miss Walker
Walter Ross
H. &. Roney
Trade City
HH. BE. Roney
Roney
Samuel Shaheen
J.N. Langham
Samuel Booth
Adult Poultry Record Club
Jack Haswell
Penn State
Haswell
Odd Fellows
Allegheny Region Anniversary Association
Torrance
Garfield Cine
Cumberland
Charles Clyde Miller
Creekside
Dorothy Mildred Johnston
Paul E. Lowman
Mining Institute
Agricultural Department
Carrie Belle Parks
Department of English
State Teachers’ College
Kiwanis Club
Russell Rudolph
C. B. Miller
Kittanning Club
Kittanning Boys
Indiana County
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Mottarns Mills
Central Charities
Central Charities Association
Organi Uation
Painter-Houk
Marion Earl Painter
Ethel Marle Houk
Glen Campbell
Register and
W. Ralph Cummings
Philip D. Painter
John Houle
Burkley-Irwin
Elmer P. Burkley
Hannah E. Irwin
Bairdstown
Blairsville Catholic
James Streams
S$. C. Streams
Lown
Pitttsburgh
Tham
Young Township
Kennedy
New Athend
Iselin
Lillian Gwynn
Nioma Ortner
Cynthia Cribbs
Millie Romesburg
Mabel Cribba
Sarah Rankin
Speedy. McIntyre
Kathryn Burkett
Emeline McComb
Elda McCurdy
Harry Quorge
Coal Run
Mary Capozzoli
Mildred Myers
Helen Livingston
Dorothy Myers
Anna Neal
Nile Fulmer
Theresa Baitel
Harttown
Marie Wilson
Henry
Mildred Mountain
Sloan
Mrs. Coleman
McKissen
Lillian Allshouse
Elder
Mary Rosensteel
Hazel Repine
Mrs. Lida Detar
Aletha Moore Lyon
Tuscon
Ariz
Jayon
Mabel
Arizona
Lyon
Charles H. Moore
John Moore
Thomas Dick
Sara Dick
William Borland
Heshbon
First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Borland
Miss Marlin J. Barclay
Oren H. Rook
School Street
Ernest Boy
Old Gilgal
Old Gilgal Church
House of Worship
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