A Gypsy Fortune, a Gale and a Country Bride
Jack Reid meets a gypsy on the road who predicts love and danger then survives a runaway caused by a car. He recovers with Sara Grinham in the Maple Grove area, as he shifts from Bessie to a planned engagement at a white house beyond a brick wall. The tale blends romance, accident, and a hopeful future with Sarat Maple Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ack Reid
Black Beauty
Bessie
Reid Place
Jack
Bessie Barnes
George Gray
Jack Reid
Moes
Felix
Sara
Captain Grinham
Mr. Reid
Grover Grinham
Washington
Tam
Granny
Sarat
Work and No Play Politics Hardest Work Says Sorghum
Senator Sorghum quips on politics being the toughest work as he comments on the shaping of their home. He is asked if he ever plays politics and replies that he does not anymore.
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Senator Sorghum
Social notes from Cherryhill and surrounding area
Miss Rose Vanallmann of Hollidaysburg visited sister Mrs Minnie Stephens last week. F M Gance were guests at Colyer Sunday. Elizabeth Elwood spent a day in Judson Party home. A large crowd attended the better homes movement meeting in Swamp schoolhouse. J T Stewart of Indiana spoke on the Childs Religious Problems. Dorothy Overman and William Parry called on Catherine Engle. William Tyger visited Engle home. H O Peterson of Indiana spent the week there. C D Askins and sons Albert and Orrin Jr Slickville called at Engle home. Mrs John Engle visited Mrs C B Bennett of Indiana. Mr and Mrs Oakley Davis shopped in Indiana Saturday.
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Rose Vanallmann
Elizabeth Elwood
Judson
Better Homes Movement
Swamp
J.T. Stewart
Indiana
Dorothy Overman
William Parry
Catherine Engle
William ‘Tyger
Engle
Ih. O. ‘Peterson
C. D. Askins and Sons
Albert and
Orrin, Jr
Slickville
John Engle
C.B. Bennett
Oakley Davis
Wm. Stitt
Blairsville
Alice Rugh
Blanche Wiley
Upper Darby
Joe Irvin
Gon
Irvin
Charles Cronenfield
Dorothy
Irene Ferguson
New Kensington
Kent
J. G. Moorhead
Clinton Robertson
Frank Robertson
Near Kent
James Moorhead
Andrew Anderson
Monaca
Marie Sandles
Pittsburgh
Albert Sandles
Jennie Bandles
Frank Saltagiver
Dover
Douglas Saltsgiver
Leechburg
Pryor
Harry Ferguson
Punxsulawney
R. D. McCall
Lenore Parks
Cynthia
Mabel Cribbs
John
Near Town
J. Hamilton
Saltsburg
Merch Fullon
Junior Missionary Society
Dorothy Compton
Ohio kin visit sparks family reunion at Gaston home
Fred Cunningham Rossiter of Ohio spent Saturday night with cousin Miss Mary States. Miss Margaret States visits relatives in Youngstown. Charles and Harl Bowers of Youngstown stayed with their uncle. Paul States, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pearce of Clymer visited Quinn Pearce. A family reunion was held at Harry Gaston’s home on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cunningham
Ohio
Mary States
Margaret States
Youngstown
Charles
Harl Bowers
Jim Crow origins and state segregation laws timeline
The term Jim Crow traces to Charleston S C and two enslaved men named James at a hotel. The Jim Crow law mandating passenger segregation spread across states with enactments in Tennessee 1881 Florida 1887 Mississippi 1888 Texas 1889 Louisiana 1890 Alabama 1891 Kentucky 1891 Arkansas 1801 Georgia 1891 South Carolina 1898 North Carolina 1899 Virginia 1900 Maryland 1904 Oklahoma 1907.
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Charleston
S&s. C
James
Tennessee
Worida
Mississippi
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Kentucky
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Oklahoma
Diamonds in the Eye Smuggling Case in Germany
Customs officials in Germany arrested a well dressed woman found smuggling diamonds valued at 87600 dollars hidden in her glass eye. She was seized at Emmerich aboard a Hagie Berlin express. The woman, who lost an eye in an accident, used the artificial eye to conceal the contraband. She had no prior suspicions by customs officers and received a three month sentence at Emmerich prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Emmerich
Hagie-Berlin
Customa Officigla
Reclaiming Dutch Land by Impoldering Methods
The Netherlands uses impoldering to reclaim land by surrounding swamps with dikes. The reclaimed area, called poldey, is highly fertile and often needs little or no fertilizer. A 1918 law funded the Zulder Zee drainage, the largest poldering project, adding about 820 square miles in its first stage with four polders already in place.
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Netherlands
Zulder Zee
August non preaching services at Armagh church
In East Wheatfield the Armagh Presbyterian church will suspend preaching in August. Rev. Harry Smith and Mrs. Smith are vacationing at Mountain Lake Park Maryland and other points. Numerous local residents and visitors are noted at various church and social events across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armagh Presbyterian Church
Harry Smith
M. Ib
Social calls over weekend in Rossmoyne area
Mrs. C E Wells and son Edgar of Brockway visited her daughter and son in law, Mr and Mrs Merle Marshall, on Sunday. Various relatives from Dora Homer City Indiana Jeanette Indiana and Indiana joined visits with the Wells and Elkin families, including Mr and Mrs Orvie Lewis and Mrs Lula W Hagelett, and many others stopping by Mr and Mrs D C Wells home.
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C.E. Wells
Edgar
Brockway
Merle ‘S. Marshall
Boyd Elkin
Dora
Local residents visit relatives and call on friends
A stream of visitors and locals paid social calls across towns including Cicero Indiana Stafford Hellwood and Spangler. Notable names include Mrs B M Davia Anna Sickon Martha Napp Muriel Smith Enzo Contruce and Esther Burkhart among others with trips to Indiana Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Cleveland areas.
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Alverda Mra. B.M. Davia
iCicero
Anna Sickon
Indiana
Harry Koozer
Hays Frank
Martha Napp
Stafford
Muriel Smith
Eddie Good
Ginda ‘Waxler
Emma Dropp
Bertha ‘Babiak
Helen ‘Derco
I Ruby Griffith
Hellwood
Swisher and Jacoby family notes in Dixonville area
Local notes report numerous family arrivals and visits. Vernon D Swisher and wife welcome a daughter. Jethro Jacoby and family return from visit near Rossiter. John Alexander hosts a kitchen shower with many gifts. Manner family greet a newborn girl at Indiana hospital. Scanlon visits daughter Mary in Indiana hospital. Nupp and Henry families visit C O Nupp. Snyder and Marchak family hospital calls. Jacoby attend Mahaffey camp meeting. Baptist Sunday school plans Marion Center picnic. Maloney reunion at Sterner farm with relatives from Colyer and Revice. Purcell returns from Akron. Amelia Cernesky visiting from Cleveland. Indiana visitors include John Arda and Mimer Jacoby.
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Vernon 'D
Swisher
Jethro Jacoby
Rossiter
John Alexander
Richard ‘Manner
Indiana Hospital
Daniel Scanlon
Mary
Indiana
W. Nupp
Ruth
Doris
Janet
Wayne
Dilltown
Lenore Henry
Kenneth
Clymer
C. O
Joe Marchak
Il.w. Jacoby
Mahaffey
Baptist Sunday School
Marion Center
Peter ‘Maloney
Sterner Farm
Maloney
Fleming Family Birthday Party in Indiana
Helen and Ruth Fleming attended a birthday party for their cousin Betty Jo Fleming in Indiana on July 24. Walter Rising and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Car Bon for the weekend. Alpha Crom and Mrs. Crom were guests of Carl Fleming on Sunday. Perry McCreight visited friends in Indiana on Monday. Elda McCurdy visited Sheloca friends on Thursday. Sarah Jana Sell, employed in Indiana, spent the weekend at home. Services follow Sunday school at 1:00 with worship at 2:00 and a Christian Endeavor meeting at 8:00 that evening.
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Helen
Ruth Fleming
Betty Jo Fleming
Indiana
Walter Rising
Mrs. Car- Bon
Alpha Crom
Carl Fleming
Perry McCreight
Elda McCurdy
Sheloca
Sarah Jana Sell
Christian Endeavor
Sabbath School and Services Schedule and Social Notes
Sabbath school next Sunday at 10 00 preaching services at 11 15. Numerous Sabbath visitors from Indiana and nearby towns called at homes in Clarksburg and area. Fireman parade drew crowds while the first Daily Vacation Bible School closed with a sendoff program. A birthday surprise for Miss Jessie Mae Cribbs occurred with roasted wieners and watermelon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltsburg
Clarksburg
Luella Graf
Chicago
Goheen
India
Clarksburg Presbyterian Church
Big Bad Wolf Farm Pet Takes a Houseguest Role
A playful local note chronicles a farm animal that once haunted doors now living as a pet. Farmers report the wolf’s unexpected domestication, lingering near outbuildings and farmstead boundaries, drawing cautious amusement from neighbors.
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Big Bad Wolf Farm
Big Bad Wolf
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