Indiana couples hold multiple reunions this August
Descendants of Jacob George and John George plan a reunion at William Trout grove two miles east of Pine Flats on Wednesday August 12 with all day activities and a 430 PM dinner. A Shank reunion is set for Fair Grounds on Saturday August 22 following a successful debut at Union Outing Club near Dubois. The Ralston family meeting, first held at Union Outing Club, draws 75 attendees and will become an annual event the first Saturday each August with officers elected including James Ralston president and Laura Livingston secretary. The 13th annual McFeaters Cresswell and Artemus families reunion will be at W E Miller’s home near Brughyalley on Wednesday August 1, and Indiana Post 141 American Legion and Auxiliary hold a Cliffside Park picnic on Thursday.
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Jacob
John
John W. George
Brushvalley Township
William Trout Grove
Pine Plats
Thetana
Penn Run
Pine Flats
Grisemore
Fair Grounds
Ralston
Union Outing Club
Dubois
James Ralston
David Ralston
Leechburg
Laura Livingston
Indiana
Harry Smith
Vandergrift
McFeaters
Cresswell
Artemus
W. E. Miller
Brughyalley
Clean Teeth and Clean Mouths Essential to Health
A health column urges daily brushing and semi annual dentist visits to reduce dangerous germs in the mouth. It cites germ counts and contrasts 5 to 8 million germs in a clean mouth with 800 million in a neglected one, warning neglect can lead to tooth loss and even death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Hollister
State Health Department
Birthday Party Honors J T Jamison With 88 Guests
A birthday gathering Tuesday night July 28 at Girty near Jamison home drew 88 neighbors and friends to celebrate Mr. Jamison turning 52. Guests enjoyed a 10 o clock lunch and extended best wishes for many more birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girty
John T. Jamison
Jamison
A. M. Jamison
Sarah Smeltzer
M. B. Smeltzer
FF. W. Stepp
D. L. Rupert
Herman
Franklin
Paul
Earle
Donald
J. A. Coulter
Eva
Audrey Ellenberger
Kathryn Coulter
James Clair
Russell Wood
John King
Walter King
Nellie
Lois
Charles
Harry Houser
Brick Church
Albert King
Gladys
Billy
Toms River
N. J
Anna ©. Smith
Walton
Roy
Julia Keppel
Ross Smith
John Meyer
Murray
Glenn
Oscar
Virginia
Leona
Edward Boyer
Floyd
Kenneth
Blaine
Jean
Doris
Dora
Genevieve
Waldo
Geraldine Keppel
Sugar Run
Samuel Peterman
Mt. Union
Robert Jamison
Robert, Jr
Margaret Anderson
Robert Thompson
Clair
Walter Porter
Anna
Mary
James
Richard Ramage
South Bend
Edna Skelly
Indiana
Hilton Donn
Armstrong Grange Aug 12 Program Highlights
Armstrong Grange lists a Wednesday evening program for August 12 featuring music by Walker Bros and Marion Foutz, a newspaper contest on magazine loan service practicality, author and joke contests, short play and reading by Mr. McAdoo, and surprise features by Ella Ray and Walker Wiggins among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Grange
Walker Bros
W. L. Brown
Our Grange
E. E. Foutz
Frances Hamilton
Waiss
Marion Foutz
Grange
John Campball
Annie Griffith
Ethel Mull
Brown
E. Dible
Mrs. Dible
Martha Blakley
Clarence Brown
Boyd Hamilton
T. W. Craig
Bert Blakley
Tom Campbell
Dick Craig
L. Calhoun
R. A. Fouts
Blair Hamilton
Ella Ray
Mr. McAdoo
Walker Wiggins
Mer
District Highway Office to Boost Indiana Economy
District Supt. of Highways H. St. Finn told Kiwanis Club members that establishing the district highway office in Indiana would average a $250,000 yearly payroll and similar construction inflow. He added township road improvements under the Pinchot program would cost about $5,000 per mile and be completed during Pinchot’s administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
the Kiwanis ‘Club
H. St. Finn
Fall from Rear Porch Fatal for Vintondale Man
James Dempsey aged 40 of Vintondale died after a five foot fall from the rear porch of his home early Sunday morning. He sustained a back fracture and died Tuesday in Memorial Hospital Johnstown. Dempsey worked as a mine foreman for Vinton Collieries Co. and had stayed up late Saturday to hear a radio program. Mr and Mrs Don Trimble of Montgomery township were Indiana shoppers on Monday.
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Vintondale
James Dempsey
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Dempsey
Vinton Collieries Co
Men of Genius Honored for Medical Research
The article highlights pivotal figures in medicine from 1543 to the late 19th century. It notes Italian Fabricus and William Harvey advancing blood circulation, John Hunter as father of modern surgery, Edward Jenner pioneering vaccination, Humphy Davy and James Simpson introducing anesthetics, Joseph Lister promoting antisepsis, and Almoth Wright's contributions to quinine therapy at St Bartholomew's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fabricus
William Harvey
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
London
John Hunter
Edward Jenner
Humphry Davy
James Simpson
United States
Joseph Lister
Louis Pasteur
Sir Almoth Wright
St. Bartholomew’s
Pasteur
Tale of the Wild and Woolly West
Jed Agard deserts Yale for a Nevada cattle camp where he becomes Montevideo deputy sheriff. He captures rustlers, teaches Gwen to ride in an English saddle, and foils Cairo Jim on a New York Limited train before demanding his father restore his allowance and a job in the family business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien
Nevada
Jed Agard
Yale
Jed
Agard Senior
William
William Hamilton Agard
Blue Cactus
Montevideo
Big Boss
New York
Liaten
New York City
Gwen
Big Boy
Sadneag
Cairo Jim
Ted
Cairo
Agari
Tin
Fearful and Wonderful These Colonial Dishes
Nostalgic look at colonial cuisine highlights beverages and dishes that shaped early American fare. Describes chocolate drinks spiced with sausage bits and serving customs, along with tea and herb preparations. Notes cocoa industry growth after the Boston Tea Party and peculiar colonial practices with "tea water" and greens.
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Dame
Boston
Self-Torture Rites of Basra Shia Mark Moharram
In Basra and other cities Shia Muslims mourn the tragedy of Karbala 1400 years ago with breast beating backs lashing and scalps cut. Groups of 15 to 20 strip to the waist chant around leaders as swordsmen parade and on Moharram tenth day the leader strikes his head and others follow in feigned bloodshed.
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Basra
Euphrates
Kerbala
Hussain
Mahomet
Moharram
Tacheirdle
Colonial Mail and the Early Post Riders
The post riders carried mail along main roads then through forests via trails and bridle paths. They delivered irregularly, often only when mail enough to cover costs was gathered. Benjamin Franklin became postmaster general in 1753 and improved the service, yet annual mail volume then was far smaller than New York City’s daily today.
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Lison
United States
Benjamin Franklin
New York
Buzzard Attacks a Plane Over Sutton Scotney
Observations from Norton Manor gardens report a common buzzard attacking a bombing airplane in late autumn 1930. The bird swooped around the aircraft at all angles, persisted with the attack, then vanished from sight in about half a minute, its eagle-like size prompting initial misidentification as a moth plane.
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London Mail
Village of Blooms Boskoop a Rhododendron Haven
Blooms Boskoop in Wolland known as the village of rhododendrous. The yunk pearl was raised there. Houses span canals via drawbridges. average holding about six acres. Men work in nurseries but grow gardens from made soil, turning desert fens into a flowering landscape of roses azaleas rhododendrons and other floral trees.
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Blooms Boskoop
Wolland
Desert
Blockheads Train Apprentice Barbers in Germany
Apprentice barbers in Wrankfort Germany study shaving techniques on wooden heads called blockheads. The calm heads stay still as students practice with sharp instruments, Popular Science Monthly reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrankfort
Germany
Popular Science Monthly
Marion Finally Met Her Match on Mt Afton Romance
Marlon, a twenty two year old feminist-leaning driver, meets a handsome Tim on Mt Afton Virginia as her car stalls in the dark. After a cheeky suspect puncture fix and a late night plea for help, he reveals his affection and asks for marriage, ending with her reluctant yet hopeful consent.
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Mistrox Tonk
Marlon
Mt. Afton
Virginia
Tim
Fils
Roy
Marion
Local Families Gather for Weekend Visits in Smicesburg Area
Smicesburg residents host relatives from Verona Vanderguild Pittsburgh Wilkinsburg and Detroit. Visits include Condron Good Edmunds Riethmiller and McCormick families with trips to Pittsburgh and West tours.
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Edwin Condron
Verona
Clark Zimmernan
Tuntty
Vanderguilt
Condron
M. D. Weston
Marton
Ladiana
Clarence Stiteler
Due
Bols
Arthur Young
C. BE
Bert ‘Hikin
Taylor Good
Mable McCormick
West
Elden Riethmiller
Detroit
Mich
Geo. Riethmiller
Chas. Condron
C. E. Condron
Lola Fulton
Christine
Maxine
Pittsburgh
I C. Madmunda
Bert Edmunds
Ted Emunds
Wan
Ryan Edmunds
Curt Good
Wilkinsburg
Taylor
Palmer and Campbell reunion set for Leopold's grove
Mrs Gay McConnell and son Jamies visited sister Mrs C W Clawson on Sunday. Miss Dorothy Lichtenfels returns home after a business course in Braddock. The reunion at Leopold's grove is set for Saturday August 8 with all invited. A wether roast at Cave Mulls drew a large crowd Thursday night. Kin and Wunderly families visited the Lichtenfelss on Sunday.
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Gay McConnell
Jamies
C. W. Clawson
Missy Txther Cupan
Pittsburgh
George Cling
Dorothy Lichtenfels
Braddock
Palmer and Campbell
Leopold’s Grove
Cave Mulls
Henry Kin
Charles Wunderly
W. GC. Lichtenfels
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Greensburg
Blairsville
William H. Coles
South Greensburg
Charles McNeel
Elizabeth McNeel
Mildred McNeel
Wm. H. Coles
Learn
Charles Learn
Marion Center
Fulton
C. C. McLain
the Progress
Nancy M. Swan
California
Don Trimble
Montgomery Township
Indiana I
Tale of the
Ye Scg
Meclure Newspaper Syndicate
CWNU
McClure Newspaper Syndicat
WMY Service
J. C. Penney Co.m. ‘Department
Penney’s
Smicesburg
Mount Tabor
Indiana Motor Company
North Eighth Street
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