BF Highway Meet Promotes Transcontinental Route Push
A Benjamin Franklin Highway Association meeting is set for Friday evening to hear committee reports from the Tiffin Ohio meeting and discuss a topographical plan for a transcontinental route through Indiana County. Messages from national leaders and the Washington talk emphasize placing the highway on official routes with marked colors. Local citizens are urged to attend and boost the effort, noting potential economic gains from tourist spending.
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Great
Benjamin Franklin Highway Association
National Association
Tiffin
Ohio
National Organization
Bureau of Public Highways
Washington
D. C
Frank Sutton
Indiana
Indiana County
Benjamin Tranklin Highway Association
Findlay
John H. Williamson
W.W. F. Wettling
Arthur Brownlee
Washington, D. C
Bureau
Public Roads
Hae
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Sagamore
Kittanning
William Penn
Blairsville
Hiterton
Shelocta
Belsano
Revice
Charming Little Kellysburg Girl Photograph Caption
A reproduced photo features Margaret Ann Axberg, daughter of Mr and Mrs C B Axberg of Home. The image, taken recently at Douglass studio on Philadelphia street, presents a charming portrait from the Kellysburg area.
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Margaret Ann Axberg
C. B. Axberg
Home
Douglass
Philadelphia Street
Bertly
Walter BE. Heatly
North Fifth Street
Dhe
Ann He
Wong
Weddings of a Week and Local Happenings
The column reports multiple weddings including Thelma Smith and Kenneth Bowser in Ridgway on April 21, with Bowser employed in Clymer and Thelma a Ross DeGaetano staffer. Also June Barry wed Dr Robert Willer in Johnstown. Ethel Muir and Bert Shetler wed in Robinson. Mary Stewart tied with Edward Smathers in town. Clarence Kirkland and Anna Raines wed in Bairdstown. The Ray School near Marion Center held a picnic for over 80 and recognized absences and spelling awards. new baby for Mr and Mrs Cannon in town. Charles Orr hospitalized in Indiana County in serious condition.
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Thelma Smith
J. T. Smith
Waterstreet
Kenneth W. Bowser
Burgess
W. D. Bowser
Clymer
Ridgway
LeRoy Cass
M. B
Smith Home
Bower
Ross and DeGaetano
Willer Barry
June Barry
Irvin
Barry
Seward
Indiana
Robert L. Willer
Lincoln Willer
Wilkinsburg
First Presbyterian Church
Johnstown
Willer
University of Pittsburgh
Delta Sloma Delta Fraternity
Ray School
Marion Center
McGaughey School
Oline Ober
Robert Helman
Merlin Hosack
Willis Houck
Lawrence Nibert
Glenn Helman
Evelyn Long
Wava M. Ober
Samuel Doyle Dishong
Hillsdale
Helen Clara
Greter Weakland Eee
Cockport
McGeesville
Maxine Lamen -Robinson
Harry B. Shetler
Ethel I. Muirseeee
Bolivar
Odell Shields
Noring
Arveda Wachoh
Canoe
Antonio Calapa
Chambersville
Rosie Pagano
Ernest Balls
Katherine Moore
James B
Koontz
Bedford Zella Rumbaugh
Beyer
Mary Greco Banks
Carlton C. Dunmira
Laura Roush
Andiana
George W. Piper
Rose
Lower Indiana
Guiseppe Rosso Sagamore
Anna Brusick
Sagamore
Qsear
Lynn Ferguson-Burrell
Mary Dorothy Wainwright
Blacklick
Rossiter
Josep Mary Leman Rossiter
Clarence Kirkland Airds Town
Ernest Blairsville
Anna Rainer
Real estate transfers listed in Homer City area
Real estate transfers show numerous deeds across Center Cherryhill Brushvalley White and surrounding areas. Transactions include buyers such as Ray Laney Samuel Cooper A. J Hines F H Shaffer and many others with commodities ranging from single lots to multiple tracts and acreages in 0 various towns with prices from 1 to 9000 dollars.
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Heport
R. W. Johns
Mary Jones
Homer City
Ray Laney
Andy Lutz
Center
Samuel W. Cooper
Murl Cooper
Montgomery
Albert Franklin Coy
Samuel Noble
Cherryhil
Darvis A. Palmer
Cosgrove-Meehan’ Coal Co
A. J. Hines
Oshia Patterson
Cherryhill
B. B. Campbell
Frank B. Stephens
White
Joseph H. Hanick
Frank Tucile
Henry Hdwards
Harman Blair Gromley
Green
Margaret Bower
Minnie B. Briges
Brushvalley
F. H. Shaffer
James D. Aice
Gherryhill
A. Clyde Lowman
Martha B. Ritter
Conemaugh
Arthur Ju, Nesbitt
Olla Baker
Blairsville
Ira A. Myers
Guiseppe Mazza
Beryl L. Seanor
Alexander Tobnston
Indiana
Elizabeth Simpson
Margaret McQuiston
Roy A. McClain
Elmer BE. Palm
Burrell
Lido Risinger
Paul Risinger
A. Kaufman
Clarence J. Pétarman
Pension Restores Back Benefits for Mrs. Ruggles
Mrs. Mary E. Ruggles of Cherry Tree R D 2 won a pension at $30 monthly from September 1928, plus accrued amount to her late husband’s date. The total back pension nears $1000 after a lengthy dispute, aided by Mrs. Elizabeth Rummell’s persistent efforts. Also reported are 808,129 dog licenses issued in Pennsylvania to March 1, with increases over 1925, and Captain B B Flinn sailing from New York to London to attend an international Salvation Army conference, leaving local affairs under Captain Flinn’s wife’s supervision.
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Pension Department
Mary E. Ruggles
Cherry Tree R. D. 2
Pension Office
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Animal Industry
State Department of Agriculture
Indiana County
Armstrong County
Jefferson County
West
Moreland County
Saul
B. B. Flinn
Indiana
New York
London
Western Pennsylvania
Salvation Army
International Conference of Field Officers
Captain Flinn
Mans chief injury after bedroom ball play with brother
Master Howard Houk suffered a broken left forearm while playing with his brother Pickle in a bedroom Monday evening. The accident occurred as they chased a ball and tripped, fracturing the arm in two places.
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Howard Houk
Mandy Howard Houk, Jr
Pickle
Howard
Personalities on the Move in Indiana County
A roundup of residents from Pittsburgh to Indiana and neighboring towns visiting, bereaved, or traveling. Names include A A Mountain, H Kinsey, H A Holsapple, Brody Bros, W Condron, Ward Devers, Betsy Devers, Do'va Adams, Annie Kanarr, John Campbell, Sadie Campbell, Harry Buchheit, H W Thomas, Aline Gaston, Martha Pierce, J L Walker, Nellie White, and others. Reports note visits to Indiana, trips to Pittsburgh and Buffalo, funerals, and lengthy travels such as a Nash car journey to Tampa Florida with 19,850 miles driven overall.
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A. A. Mountain
Pittsburgh
H. &, Kinsey
Armagh
H. A. Holsapple
Penn Run
Indiana
I, Brody
Brody Bros
French Lick
W. Condron and Son
Newnard
Smicksburg
Ward Devers
Alvin
Near South Bend
DeWitt Ray
Betsy
Buffalo
Hill
Bert
Strongatown
Annie Kanarr
Edith
White Township
John H. Campbell
James
Penn Run R. D
Sadie J. Campbell
Do‘va Adams
Harry ©. Buchheit
South Sixth Street
Buchheit
Samuel Weber
Luthersburg
H. W. Thomas
Aline Gaston
Martha Pierce
C. A. McFeaters
F. B. McCachran
J. L. Walker
Grant Street
Harry Dunmire
Juneau
John Hoff
Glen Campbell
Nellie White
Hoff
Thomas Heberling
South Mahoning Township
J. S. Johnston
Josephine
Fremont
Texas
Newton Tong
C. B., Faust
Clymer
Tampa
Fla
Lane
Stella Kauffman
J. S. Kauffman
Center Township
Kansas
Charles
Gus A. Mikesell
Aurohinson
Kans
Charles F. Mikesell
Lawrence
Artmagh Residents Honor Seward Fire Company Dinner
Armagh residents hosted a chicken and waffle supper at the Foster House Thursday evening in honor of the Seward Fire Company for aiding the recent Mrs. Eliott residence fire. Local ladies prepared a full menu and a monetary purse was presented to the company by town residents, high school funds, and others. Attendees included firemen, Mrs. Eliott and sons, area business owners, and many local women volunteers.
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Armagh
Foster House
Seward Fire Company
Emma Eliott
Oliver
Rossiter Child Drowns in Spring Near Home
A three year old boy near Rossiter fell into a shallow spring adjacent to his home shortly after 6 pm Thursday evening. Despite frantic rescue attempts and a physician call, the child died. Survived by parents and four siblings, funeral held Sunday at Steffy church with burial in Dover cemetery.
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Fan Ihy
Walter Lemon
C. E. Wrooking
Rossiter
Hopkins
Hopking
Trugh H. Hopkins
Walter
Ufclesas
Ifilda
Elizabeth
Clarence
Homer
Steffy
Dover Cemetery
Merton BH. Jones
In- Vana
Washington Snanttarium
Washington
D. C
Flo
Ebensburg
David Jones
Reynoldsville
Teulse Miller
Lucile Garman Stffer
Salina
W. H. Garman
Berringer
Derth
Evangelical Church
W. B. StMer
Ballua
Ward Garman
Emma Garman
Her. I. &. Mankamyer
Suter
Lectures Planned by Rev Wilbur Stover at Penn Run Brethren
Rev Wilbur Stover of Mt Morris, Tus., a missionary in India, will lecture at the Church of the Brethren Penn Run May 5 to 9. Evening themes include Home Religion, Stewardship, Missionary Reminiscence, and an unspecified topic. Sunday services feature talks on Mohamed or Christ, Soul of India, and Mind of Christ with three services at 8:00 am 2:30 pm and 7:40 pm.
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Wilbur Stover
Mt. Morrla
Tus
India
Church of the Brethren
Christ
Deaths in Indiana county area and Detroit
Multiple obituaries describe deaths from pneumonia cancer and flu across Indiana county and Detroit. Notables include Mrs. Font Decker aged 32, widow of Ford Decker, with eight children. Mrs. Fannie Staire of Detroit aged 74. Merton B. Jones of Indiana. Mrs. Lucile Garman Staver of Salina. Estella Ann Vogel of Indiana. and James Carney of Orange & Bril.
Protest Over Crossing Abandonment North of Marion Center
Residents of Marion Center plan to protest at the Public Service Commission hearing in Pittsburgh on April 29 over the proposed abandonment of the railroad crossing north of Marion Center station and the adjacent road link to Merion Center. They argue the crossing is safer for schoolchildren, elderly drivers, and churchgoers than the crossing below the station.
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Marlon Center Station
Marlon ‘Center
Public Service Commission
Pittsburgh
Marion Center Station
L P Highway
Merion Center
Pepper-Fisher ticket gains pace in Indiana rallies
Indiana residents organize precinct groups to boost Pepper and Fisher in the May 18 vote. State Senator Eyre backs Pepper for reelection and Fisher for governor, signaling a blow to Pinchot. Pennywise local meetings in four wards push turnout as Punxsutawney hosts a unified Pepper group led by Dr. Begeer.
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Pepper-Fisher
T. L. Eyre
Chester County
United States
George Wharton Pepper
John &. Fisher
Indiana
Eyre
W. L. Mellen
Pittsburgh
Senator Hyre
Gifford Pinchot
Chester
Inediana
Edward G. Duries
Harrisburg
Mary Slipper
Philadelphia
Slipper
Fisher
Pepper
Pinchot
Senate
Papper-Fisher
Punxsutawney
W. I. Begeer
Pish
Earl Beck Seriously Ill At Covade Home
Earl Beck a well known Covada resident lies in critical condition after swallowing mercury tablets at about 4:30 Thursday. A physician was summoned and his stomach pumped. Despite partial paralysis his condition was reported better at the start of the week. Bennett & Sons of Indiana resumed road contracts, pouring concrete on Wayne avenue and sending horses and mules to the Plumville Rural Valley road. Rough grading is done and less than four miles of concrete remain. road expected to open by July.
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Jondition
Earl Beck
Covada
Bennett
Bennett & Sons
Indiana
Wayne Avenue
Plumville
Loon Artist Paints Likeness of Senator Fisher
The oil portrait by locally known artist Leste Pattison depicts Senator John Fisher in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at the Fisher for Governor headquarters. The likeness is praised for accuracy and artistry, reflecting well on both subject and painter.
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Boy Scout Band
Boy Scout
Fisher
John §. Fisher
John
John 3
Isher
Fisher For Governor
Chamber of Commerce
Leste Pattison
Marion Center Girl Wins $100 Music Scholarship
Marion Center pupil Misa Nloma Minner daughter of Prof and Mrs J. Manner of Marion Center and a student at Chamberaburg won a $100 music scholarship prize recently. She was among two girls in the large institution to receive the distinction. Mish Manner won a similar prize at the Willingham School for Girls last year.
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Marion Center
Misa Nloma Minner
J. 4. Manner
Chambera-burg
Musicc
Mish Manner
Willingham School For
Electric lights near completion in local area
Wires for the new electric lighting system are being laid in the vicinity. Work is nearly finished and fixtures are in place. When power is activated, homes in the area will have access to electric lighting.
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Penn
Place
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Harry B. Kinnan
Blaireville
Indiana Hospital
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Kepler
Howard Kepler
Altoona
Elizabeth Morrison
Ernest
Elizabeth Carolyn
Morrison
Stork
James BE. Shaffer
Jewel Station
Shuffers
Pedwin
Wood
Dwin K. Wood
Schoolstreat
Kellysburg
Bowser-Smith
Mary Stewart
Edward Smathers
Curwensville
Charles C. McLain
Kirkland-Raines
Clarence Kirkland
Anna Raines
Bairdstown
Justice of the Peace
Herrick Building
Cannon
William Cannon
Jtown
Indianis
Brown Boat Store
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Mahoning Joint
Marr
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Artmagh
State Board of Game Commissioners
Board of Game Commissioners
Robinson
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Joseph Nasal
Greenehure Barracks
Samuel McKinney
William Payne
Lockport
Charles R. Fisher
Kline
East Mahoning
Freda Gay Decker
A. F. King
Charles King
Youngstown
Harvey King
Near East Run
Harry King
Latrobe
Maylor King
Olyphant Furnace
Marshall Langham
Guy Dunlap
Rhonsburg
Olle King
Chicago, St
East Mahoning Baptist Church
M. M. Smith
East Mahoning Church
Fannie Staire
Detroit
Mich
Mind
John Nesbit
Near Widers Ridge
Florence Stakre
Merton BE. Jones
Mrs. An Sumer
Fatella Ann Vogel
Estella Ann Vogel
Paul Vogel
Vogel Bros
Theodore
Carrolltown
Joseph
Frise
Edward
Lawrence Vogel
Frank, Sweeney
Secella Vorol
St. Bernard's
James Carney
Orange & Bril
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Ginton
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Foardhure
Ira A. Bothell
Simpson M. B
Canton
Leechburg
American Legion
Charles Birch
West Church Street
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Ioned
Jie Meclyn
Amd
Art Wating
Tone Micaly
Piet Gaddis
John Sivek
Atenera Fe Sary
Moh Labs
Allegheny County Workhouse
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