Spanish American Veterans Here Today Reunion in Indiana
Twelve years after Co F left for the Spanish American War veterans of the Fifth Regiment Association gather for their third annual reunion in Indiana. Park Veteran Drum Corps and Fifth Regiment Drum Corps will entertain with patriotic airs during a day including a parade, a business meeting at Library Hall, and a banquet at 6:30 p.m. with toastmaster Sergeant George J. Fell. Capt. W M Mahan, former commander, presides, with strong support from Indiana citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Regiment N. G. P
Fifth Regiment Association
Indiana
Park Veteran
Fifth Regiment
National Guard
J. Wilgon Shields
John Kinter
Benjamin Rochester
Albert Hess
J. M. Hawk
John Rankin
L. M. Clark
Lt. Clair Thompson
Steele McGinty
de Voe Blose
J. P. H. Shields
State Guard
Library Hall
Women’s Relief Corps
George J. Fell
W. M. Mahan
Co. F
Knights of Columbus Council Organized Here
Forty seven members of St Bernard s Catholic church in this place became charter members of a Knights of Columbus council organized here on Sunday. The installation and degrees were led by deputies from Ebensburg Latrobe and Erie. Officers named include Grand Knight John W Vogle and Deputy Grand Knight J C Hasinger with a full slate of secretaries guards and trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
F. J. Hartman
Ebensburg
J. Gilligan
Latrobe
John T. Brew
Erie
John W. Vogle
J. C. Hasinger
George D. Leydic
Chas. G. Rudl
Frank Murray
Ralph Hasinger
John
I. Stadtmiller
Lawrence J. Vogel
John J. Nees
B. G. Vogel
George W. Plotazer
Jack Nees
Fire Destroys Barn and Stock at East Wheatfield Farm
Fire of unknown origin swept through the barn of Archie Rodgers in East Wheatfield township Friday night, killing two cows and two horses and causing heavy loss with little insurance. Also reported: Hamilton estate property on Fifth and Church sold at trustees sale for 84050 to Sutton P. Lewis. Aligman estate property sold to W. J. Mitchell for 1745. Iphians to present Charley's Aunt Saturday night at Library Hall. Treasurer's sale date changed to June 18. Attorney H B Anderson to relocate to Beaver County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Rodgers
East Wheatfield Township
Rogera
Trustes
L. F. Sutter
George T. Hamilton
Hamilton
Fifth and
Church Street
Sutton P. Lewis
White Township
the Savings & Trust Company of Indiana
H. J. Aligman
Altsman
Philadelphia
Fourth
Iphians
Charley
The
Prodelphian Literary Society of the Normal
Library Hall
Green
Pine
Cherryhill
Clymer
Penn Run
Edward O'Neal
A. Krider
Stafford
Mra
EK. Turner Pine Flate
C. B. Faust
Home Department
Solomon Butterbaugh
Cockport
Harry Holsapple
New Furnace to Be Erected at Josephine Plant
Structural work on a new furnace at Josephine will begin May 1 after Cortigan and McKinney awarded contracts last week. The project, costing over 100000, includes steel and iron work by the American Bridge Company of Pittsburg, stacks by Sharon Stove Company, and brick lining by Curwensville Brick Company. Masonry contract pending. foundation already completed and a year-long construction period expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortigan & McKinney
Josephine
American Bridge Company
Pittsburg
Miners Win Victory as Scale Signed at Altoona
Altoona Pa April 25 After an all night session the scale committee of central Pennsylvania miners agreed to most demands and signed the contract The settlement grants a 5 55 percent raise for all labor and a 3 cent per ton increase for pick mining Net and gross ton rates are set for pick and machine mining with specific per ton payments detailed The miners return to work with the new terms for the coming year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Many Pass Examinations For Mine Positions
The Punxsutawney exam results show seventeen of thirty eight passed five boss examinations, ten earned first grade mine boss certificates, and eleven of thirty miners gained second grade certificates. Names listed include Wm. M. Scott, Edward Swangon, Milton Null, Julius Oleon, C. Neeso, James A. Null, M. G. Walker, David Baird, and R. C. Patterson among others. Also named are Milton Brandon and others for second grade, with many fire bosses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
Wm.m. Scott
Edward Swangon
Homer City
Milton Null
Sykesville
Julius Oleon
Chas. Neeso
Sagamore
James A. Null
M. G. Walker
Graceton
David Baird
Punxeutawney
R. C. Patterson
Cowansville
John Harrington
Ernest
Sloan Estate Sues for Twenty Five Thousand Damages
The Sloan estate sues the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for 25000 over eight acres taken in Blairsville for a 2400 foot long cut up to 95 feet deep. Savings & Trust Co administers Martha R. Sloan. trial likely to occupy the week with about thirty witnesses.
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Blairsville
The
Savings & Trust Company
Martha R. Sloan
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Sloan
Blairaville
J. Wilhelm
David C. Edwards
Eve
J. . Cameron
R. W. Wehrle
Justices of the Peace
Cameron
Venango County
Indiana County
Real Estate Transfers in Indiana County Deeds Listed
Real estate transfers recorded in Indiana County include 1 acre from I. H. Uber to Arthur D. Lockard for 150 dollars and many other parcel sales. Notable transfers: John P. Elkin 65 acres to Samuel Shearer for 800 dollars. A. A. Stuchell 100 acres in Black Lick to Simon Anthony for 2250. Lucinda Mitchell 123 acres in Armstrong to Wm. J. Rising for 3000. John S. Evans 133 acres in Brush Valley to Blair Evans for 4000. Margaret C. Gibson 129 acres in Blacklick to Frank B. Repine for 5160.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
I. H. Uber
Arthur D. Lockard
John P. Elkin
Samuel Shearer
Kunkle
D. H. Peitahontz
Jeremiah Wise
Leslie B. Ruffner
A. A. Stuchell
Blacklick
Simon Anthony
Armstrong
Miller Airey
Mary B. Shearer
Conemaugh
W. C. Shearer
Tillie Donahoe
Strongstown
John Mervine
J. J. Palmer
Catherine Grater
Bruno Ianni
Rossiter
Fannie Stiles
Emma Johnston
Glen Campbell
J. B. Miller
Sumner Graff
L. Longenecker
John 8. Evans
Brushvalley
Blair Evans
Rose Pounds
Marian Center
C. R. Griffith
George E
Harvey R
Weddings of a Week in Kenwood and Nearby Towns
Adama Smith and Frank C Adams unite in marriage at the Smith home in Kenwood with Rev McPhail officiating. They plan to reside on the newly purchased Dinwiddie property in Kenwood after a wedding trip. The page also notes the marriage of Clyde M Bell to Leila Davis near Smicksburg and Callahan Sullivan nuptials in Rossiter, with plans to reside locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adama Smith
Frank C. Adams
Lelele Smith
Kenwood
John R. Smith
Adame
Adams & Stephens
General Merchants
Dinwiddie
Adams
McPhail
Mae Stephens
Clyde Smith
Mise Ethel Williams
Bell Davis
Clyde M. Bell
Smicksburg
Leila, Davis
Rossmoyne
Buffalo
N. Y
Bell
Weat Mahoning Township
J. 4. Davia
South Mahoning Township
Fabrichea
Bridgie Sullivan
Pride
Neal Callahan
Personal Brevities in Indiana County Notes
Edward N. Simpson of Hamill was a county seat caller on Monday. Many residents and visitors from Indiana, Mitchells Mills, Cherryhill township, Washington township, and other towns are listed with brief notes on visits, business, or travels. Several local officials, merchants, and professionals appear, including Squire Thomas W. Cramer and Dr. J. C. Cochran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward N. Simpson
Hamill
Lott M. White
Oklahoma City
Church Street
Pittsburg
John Freck
Washington Township
Indiana
J. Howard Houk
Joseph Houk
Purchase Line
William Loughry
Pitcairn
Isaac Benentt
Brushvalley Township
Beas
Martha Hamilton
Scenery Hill
Washington County
Squire Thomas W. Cramer
Cramer
Floyd Getty
Latrobe
John Getty
Fourth Street
W. L. Shields
Jacksonville
T. M. Lowman
South Eleventh Street
Clark McGregor
Heilwood
J. G. McGregor
North Sixth Street
Harry Laney
Westinghouse
Wilmerding
E. B. Campbell
South Seventh Street
Brookville
Alexander Campbell
Mary Hopkins
The
Normal
W. W. Hopkins
Marion Center
J. C. Cochran
Punxsutawney Hospital
Cochran
Indiana Hospital
Squire James Mabon
Blacklick Township
A. W. Scott
Josephine
J. C. Astin
Austin
Wintondale
Noble G. Miller
Philadelphia
Indlang
Matthias Conrath
Orlando
Fla
Ife T
David W. Conrath
Johnstown
MARK TWAIN DEAD AT HOME IN CONNECTICUT
Samuel L. Clemens known as Mark Twain died at his Redding Connecticut home on Thursday from angina pectoris. He authored Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn among his famed works and a brief life sketch appears on page four. Birthday party honors a Hillsdale woman aged 75 as relatives gathered for gifts and a noon feast. Homer City Juveniles defeated Blairaville High 8 to 1 at Blairaville Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wineman
Blacklick Township
Wineman Home
Jacksonville
Blairaville Cemeery
America
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Redding
Conn
Pom Sawyer
Tuckleberry Finn
Mr. Clemens
Flora Gromley
Hillsdale
Walt
Homer
Blairaville
Homer City Juveniles
Seven Estates Divided in John Nichol Will
The Nichol will, filed in Green township, divides estates among wife Sarah Nichol and three youngest children. Options include Fort Morgan house, Green township farm of 100 acres, or both with income arrangements until the youngest child reaches 16. Executors, rents, and later sale of properties are detailed, with residuary shares to be divided among all children. Dated November 16, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Nichol
Green Township
Sarah M. Nichol
Fort Morgan
Colo
Bayne Township
Mary Sickenberger
J. GC. Leasure
William A. Conner
Nancy J. Conner
Rayne Township
Lon
Hiram Stuchell
William J. Conner
Mathe Conner
Mary, Evarts
Martha Lambing
Charles A. Conner
Margaret Helman
Samuel Conner
George §. Buchanan
Mechanicsburg
Olle Buchanan
Mary McCormick
Harvey Buchanan
Homer J. Buchanan
A. Buchanan
Candace G. Gamble
Indiana Borough
John M. Gamble
North Fifth Street
Eva B. Bighmy
Keturah Bighmy
Myrtle G. Bighmy
Leones C. Eighmy
H. J. Kerr
Eva Widdowson
Mary E. McAfoore
Mabelle Cuthrie
James Gardner
Burrell Township
Anna Gardner
Vallejo
Charles B. Clark
Altoona
D.w. Anderson
Wlatteville
Roland J. Anderson
Jennie B. Anderson
Mary E. Anderson
Tatitia J. Anderson
Ife
Mary FE. Anderson
George Hoffman
Pine Township
Barbara Wyland
Laura Downey
Mary Conway
Emma Miller
Maggie Soigson
Hua
Mattie
Susan Hofman
John
Martin Hoffman
Henry Wyland
Twenty Five Years of Leadership at Local Lutheran Church
Rev. Lewis Hay marks 25 years as pastor of the Indiana county Lutheran church, beginning May 1, 1885. The congregation has grown from 165 to over 400, with more than $25,000 spent on enlarging and improving the church and parsonage. Hay, born 1840, previously served in Washington and Pittsburgh, with 300 marriages and near 200 baptisms in his quarter century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hay
Hay
Tis
Zelienople
Butler County
Thiel College
New England
Western Presbyterian Seminary
Allegheny
Cumberland Synod of Maryland
Washington, D. C
Pittsburg
Brookville
Leechburg
Indiana County
Lutheran Church of Indiana
Fifty Nine Years Of Happy Wedded Life
Fifty nine years ago last Sabbath Mr Robert Lowry and Miss Nancy A Moorhead began their married life on adjoining White township farms two miles south of Indiana The couple lived in Indiana afterward on the same lot for decades Mr Lowry a contractor and builder later ran a planing mill They raised children A T Lowry Mrs Harry St Clair and Miss Mary A Lowry all named in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lowry
Nancy A. Moorhead
White Township
Indiana
Lowry
Samuel Lowry
A. T. Moorhead
David Blair
United Presbyterian Church
John Sutter
A. T. Lowry
School Street
Harry St. Clair
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary A. Lowry
Operator Remembered by Rural Line Members in Armstrong
Parkwood division No 3 and Clipper Telephone Companies with about sixty people visited the home of R H Cunningham in Armstrong township to thank Sarah Cunningham for operating a switch joining two rural lines. Dr GC W Rink of Shelocta presented her a watch as a token of appreciation. Brink Penitent letter from J B Brink in state prison recalls injustice in signaling against Frank Barr and asks public officials to aid in making amends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkwood
Clipper Telephone
R. H. Cunningham
Armstrong Township
Sarah
GC. W. Rink
Shelocta
Watoe
Brink
William Liggett
J. B. Brink
Frank Barr
Blasticracy
Iar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warrons Companies
New Order
East
Wheatfield Township
Farmore
Anderson
Beaver County
H. B. Anderson
Woodlewo
Milton Brandon
W. Mumper
Anita
Walter W.W. Gregory
Adrian
Madison Co
Williams
W. H. Reely
Harry Bawards
Geral
Thomas Madden
Eleanora
Michael Welsh
Matthew Blair
James H. Maxwell
Mahaffey
John Maloney
Rosaltar
Manees
John O'Hara
George Love
Daniel McWihatten
Frederick J. Thomas
Peter Kenniburg
Wm. Maloney
Ted Coombe
D. G. White
George Roberta
Wn. Crooks
Thomas Lonegan
Ray R. Null
Heath Hilliard
John Watson
Wm. Whinnie
Onondaga
David Robertson
Yatesporo
O. J. Flannagan
Sagamora
Gettysburg
Bunny Tennessee
W. H. Foromago
Chestnut Street
Hgatern Tennesses
Indiana Normal
Allegheny Fgh
Speddla
Salome Sowers
Saloma Sowers
Meecanicsburg
William Grumbling
Brushyalley Township
Albright Church
Grumbling
Simon Overdorf
Dr. Overdorf
Zachariah
David Overdorf
Eliza Comfort
Fry Graveyard
Alexander P. McDonald
Woostern
James McDonald
Armagh
Mary Clark
Brishvalley
Russell McKinley
Reynoldsville
Vilinoia
Newton
Une
Wooster
Kyrindsa Walbeck
Lucinda Walbeck
Charles Walbeck
West Wheatfield Township
A. G. Walbeck
A. G
8. R
William
Ada
Mame
Harry Haglebach
Chilcote
New Florence
Vesta Feath
Fritchman
Harry
Homestead
J. 3. Russell
Town
Lowry Home
Rev. J. Day Brownlee
Oakland Cemetery
Elizabeth D. Gates
W. D. Gates
Locust Street
William J. Hollis
Vandergrift Heights
Mary Hollis
Milton
Henry Hollis
Charles Crawford
Harry Miller
John Beringer
John Berringer
Burnalde
Clearfield County
Friay
J. N. Lang
Ham
Sarah 8. Hunter
Brocklynville
Sophia Shick
Hawthorn
Alfred J. Lincoln
Knox
Fleaty H. McCreight
Creekside
Bolomon Silvis
Fairmount City
Peter O'Neill
Lucinda
Robert Y. Elder
Baltsburg
James J. Work
James P. Wilson
Samuel W. Walker
Home
Nancy J. Henry
West Lebanon
Catherine Fleming
Kittanning
Bryan
Chareh
Lincoln
Neb
Little Wertminster Presbyterian Church
Fairview
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Presbyterian Economical Council
Ed Yburgh
Scotland
Daxquesta
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