Coal interests sold for Lackawanna Iron and Steel plant
Large coal field along Blacklick Creek changes hands with ex-Judge Barker linked to the sale. The Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company plans extensive mining at Wehram, Head Boy operations await railroad completion, and about 3,000 acres near Brushvalley are included. Territorial development promises new jobs and substantial investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna Tron and Steel Company
Blacklick Creek
A. V. Barker
Ebenaberg
Wehram
Heshbon
Brushvalley
East
West Wheatfield
Buena Vista Furnace
Barker
A. Johnston
Headboy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Telford & Stewart
Green
Guthrie
Estep
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
W. M. Laxman
Latrope
Landoweners
Green Township
O. E. Learn
J. G.hart
Solomon Buterbaugh
Wm. H. Meeking
W. H. Meekins
S. Buterbaugh
Henry Frank
Jonathan Leam
Matthias Conreth
J. H Engle
C. H. Engle
Rochester & Pittgharg Coal and Iron Company
McKees Mills
George Millinger
Reynoldaville
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Groft
Business Before Council Seeks Sewer and Street Edges
The regular town council meeting approved the arrest commissioner's July bill and directed the sewerage committee to locate filter beds and gather information on Washington Pa sewer plants for Friday's session. It ordered cement walks along several properties, discussed widening Grant street to 50 feet, set a three foot cement walk on Carpenters Lane, and authorized water drainage work at a street corner. Reports are to be reviewed at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cheatont Se
Ath
Jacob Crepa
Ak Simon Kline
Me Rink
Wm. L. Mahan
Grant Street
Wayne
Railroad Avenues
Church
School
Etresta
County Christian Endeavor Meets Here This Month
The annual convention of the tastes County Christian Endeavor Society will be held here on Wednesday and Thursday the 27th and 28th. The revised program exercises will include next week’s name of the Pup Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tastes County Christian Endeavor Society
Wetneetay and
Thorday
Puc uEn
County Wide Teacher Selections and Pay Rises Noted
All districts in the county have chosen teachers with salary increases evident across the board. The Progress reported a full list, naming instructors district by district and detailing monthly wages from $28 to $42, with a August 16 board meeting to assign remaining posts and a September 1 term start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progress
Armatrong
Hilltop
Steele H. Kerr
Laney
Rhoda A. Deemer
Green
Thankful Clawson
GC. E. Price
Zola Nichol
Earl Douglass
Zella Leasure
W. J. Waddell
John E. Brown
Birdine Keating
Stella McAnulty
Flora Learn
Mary Davideon
L F. McLeister
Walter Slater
Banka
Smithport
George Rowe
Cora Radcliffe
Pine Grove
Mary Urey
Graham
Mabel Baird
Cross Roads
Harece Work
Fetterman
Ella Neeley
McKee
Cliff McFarland
Fry
Janet Sutcliffe
Rowley
James A. Smith
Blacklick—Hounter
Aura Clark
Fergushon
Emma Kunkle
Earhart
Myrtle Sweasy
Archibald
Sarah McGaughey
Filmore
Preston Urey
Mahon
Ralph Stonebraker
Dixon
Charles Hadden
Gordon
Carrie Cole
Indiana County
Jackson Township
Cambria County
Pearl Tomb
Buffington
Lizzie Glasser
Brushvalley
Mollie Southwell
Lizzie Overdorf
Weat Wheatfield
Louise Hazlett
Jacksonville
Birthdays Remembered At Pleasant Social Events
Pleasant social gatherings honored Mrs. Henry K. Livingston near Penn Ran on her 48th birthday with a noon dinner in the orchard and several gifts. Nearby, Mrs. Susan Uncapher marked her 90th birthday at Pine Flats with 84 guests, dinner in the barn, entertainment, and many presents from seven children, ten grandchildren, and a great grandchild. out of town guests included families from Ebensburg Plattville Townstown Philadelphia and Johnsonburg among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Ran
Pine Flats
Henry K. Livingston
Livingston
Susan Uncapher
Pine Plats
Pindleton
Jacob Bush
Aaron Uncapher
Daisy Unecapher
Ebensburg
Mra
George Wangaman
J. A
B. A. Wangaman
Plattville
W. J. Makin
Mastere Bertram
Courtney
Mis
Elsie Makin
B. F. Fyock
Townstown
Mary R. Thompson
Philadelphia
Camp Us and August Wedding Plans At Feasts Mill
Town campers from Indiana and nearby areas enjoy a summer outing along Blacklick creek in East Wheatfield township. Several couples plan two week camps at Campbells Mills while wedding announcements include Mr Charles M Smith of Wilkesbarre and Miss Cora St John Fitch of Athens Pa with ceremony at First Presbyterian Athens on August 12. A horse owned by Alexander Rev near Jacksonville fell into a vacant well and was rescued with hoisting gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John St. Clair
Clare Sloan
Clyde Geaslex
John McGregor
Charles Cunningham
Feasts Mill
Blacklick Creek
East Wheatfield Township
Camp Us
Indiana
Fonsta Mill
Tom &. Hildebrand
Harry Brilhart
J. C. McGregor
A. F. Cooper
John Hill
al Wagle
le Gaus Gee U
Geasler
George J. Feit
Ernest Sisaac
Blair Sutton
Elliott Owena
Campbells Mills
Blecklick
Bataray
Mong
Earl Miller
Wallace ‘Agey
Calvin Mi ‘Oor‘head
William Keener
Indiana Bay
Charles M. Smith
Wilkesbarre
Cora St. John Fitch
E. G. Fitch
Athens
First Presbyterian Church of
Smith
Sagilla
Ball Smith
Alesander
Jacksonville
County Treasurer D W Simpson Tour of the County
County official D W Simpson embarks on a collection tour across the county, promoting financial oversight and local tax matters amid state involvement and community interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W.simpson
Tex
Henn
Ee County
FATAL FIRED BULLET ENDS LIFE OF HADDEN MAN
In a Wednesday tragedy Thomas Hadden, about 24, in Green township, shot himself in the orchard after disposing of his belongings and writing a will. The act, planned during a period of ill health, occurred while his mother slept and his father was away. He placed the rifle under a tree limb and triggered the shot with a stick, his body found later that evening. He had moved from Cherryhill to Ow farm near Taylorsville and Cockport, never fully recovering health after grip. Funeral services were held Friday at his home conducted by Rev. Spronll, with interment at Couport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hadden
Bir
William Hadden
Green Township
Notte
Hadden
Cherryhill Township
Tayloreville
Cockport
New Mutual Fire Insurance Company Formed in Town
A meeting of town business men began steps to organize a new journal fire insurance company modeled after the Pennsylvania Millers Mutual. Treasurer Griffith Ellis and many local leaders attended, with plans for another meeting to appoint committees and arrange charter applications. The likely name is The People's Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Fire Insurance Company
Pennsylvania Millers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Griffith Elis
Henry Hall
J. R. Daugherty
Griffith Ellis
W. B Loughry
D. W. Simpson
D. M. Caldwell
Ed Vogel
Godfrey Marshall
H.C. Christy
F. E. Sloan
R. E. Young
Harry Brilliart
John Hasinger
Henry Hell
People’s Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Indiana
Weddings of a Week Unite Pitcairn Pair
Joe Frank M Ering of Pitcairn wed Miss Margaret Campbell daughter of Mr and Mrs James Campbell of West Church Street at the bride’s parents home on Tuesday noon in a small ceremony. Rev Dr J Day Brownlee officiated with attendants Thomas Wood of Lovett Cambria County and Cora Stephens of Dilltown. Miss Campbell taught school in Cambria County for four years. The couple left that evening for their future home in Pitcairn where Mr Kring is a machinist at Westinghouse works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Frank M. Ering
Pitcairn
Margaret Campbell
James Campbell
West Church Street
Tuesaday
J. Day Brownlee
Town
Thomas Wood
Lovett
Cambria County
Cora Stephens
Dilltown
Campbell
Haad
Kring
Westinghouse
Local couples wed in county area ceremonies
Mr Solomon Buterbaugh and Miss Moths Trimble were married at the bride’s Cherryhill township home on Thursday. The bride is a noted county schoolteacher and the groom a respected citizen. Also, Mark B. Sandles of Clarksburg wed Edna M. Harbigan of Youngstown by Rev. A E Hubbard. Gibbons of Barneahoro married Miss Stiffler of Beringer in a late week ceremony at his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Buterbaugh
Green’ Township
Misa Moths Trimble
Cherryhil Township
James.e. Ray
Cherryhill
Sandlis-Harbison
Mark B. Sandles
Clarksburg
Edna M. Harbigan
Young Township
A.E. Hubbard
Ibbons-Stiffler
Ok Gibbons
Barneahoro
Misa Stiffler
Beringer
Recent Deaths Listed in Local Obituaries
Joseph Houston a longtime town resident dies at home on North Sixth Street after asthma and heart complications. Born in Indiana in 1835, he married Mary Crawford in 1830 and was a Civil War veteran with service in the Bath Regiment. He worked as a tanner and merchant, later retired, and was active in the Presbyterian church and G A R Post 28. Funeral at 2 pm with Rev Lewis Hay officiating, interment Oakland. G A R conduct at grave. Also notices for Mire Mary Wissinger, Mrs Nancy Bracken, Mrs Gertrude Glasser, and John Fleming, with brief biographical details and funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Houston
Town
North Sixth Street
Indiana
Mary Crawford
Mechanicsburg
Bath Regiment
Dick White
Petersburg
Houston
William
Tennessee
Jane McMichael
Cleveland, O
Nesbit
Pocomoke City
Lizzie Roth
Nancy Johnston
Greenville
Mercer County
Presbyterian Church
Lewis Hay
Oakland
G. A. R. Pont
Mary Va. Wissinger
Jacob R. Wissinger
Jacksonville
Mary Jane Adams
Nancy Wolford
Mary Rothmire
Lewis B. Wiesinger
Kate, McCurdy
West Lebanon
Ellis A
Tunnelton
F. G
Pitcairn
William R
Crete
The
Baptist Church
A. J. Forman
United Presbyterian Church
Destructive Lightning Strikes Across Indiana Farm Areas
A violent electrical storm swept Indiana Friday afternoon with heavy rain and hail. Lightning struck multiple farms and structures including Archie Wichel’s field shock, A W Gibson barn fire, Henry Moore’s White township residence damage, and the deaths of cattle under a shattered tree. Several people, including Charien Wells family and Henry Fierst children, were severely shocked but survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Grein
Archie Wichel
T. Gibson
Rayne Township
Charien Wells
Henry Moore
White Township
Margaret Gilchrist
West Water Street
Josiah Evans
Brashvalley Township
Heffer
Henry Fierst
South Seventh Street
Aged Armagh Man Attacked by Rabid Looking Dog
An 84 year old resident of Armagh, Mr. 8. A. Johnston, was bitten on the right arm by a dog displaying rabies symptoms. The animal fled after the attack, later killed by workers near Beward after injuring a mule. Johnston sought medical attention in Pittsburg as a precaution. He is well known in Indiana and is the father of Mrs. John B. Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armagh
A. Johnston
J. M. Grabba
Mr. Johnston
Pittsburg
Johnston
Beward
Powder Mill
Indiana
Mire
John B. Taylor
Wayne Avenue
Holiday for four Mahoning buckwheat picnic marks fifth anniversary
The weather forecast promises a sunny holiday as the Smicksburg and West Mahoning Buckwheat Club hosts a large picnic at a park near Goodville West Mahoning. The event celebrates the club’s fifth anniversary with a harvest home at Coleman's Grove and draws residents as well as visitors to enjoy a festive, fruit-rich hillside gathering tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodville
West Mahoning
Smicksburg
Coleman’s Grove
Mahonings
Big Reunion Aims To Bring Civil War Veterans Back
Shar Battle Cavalry feature eyed for Ola Soldiers Annual Reunion in Indiana with regiments 161 103 206 135 and 97 plus Company A 61st Alleghany Grand Army members expected. A sham battle may be staged with mounted cavalry parade from Court House at 11 am followed by a noon basket picnic and evening talks by Civil War veterans. Finance committee names Memenia McCartney Wehrle Griffith Ellis and Brilbart to raise funds for expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infianz County Soldiers’ Association
Indiana
Alleghany County Grand Army Association
Indians County Soldiers’ Association
Grand Army
National Guard
Judge White
Adjutant General
Securin
Gathiere
Plumville
Marion Center
Smickeburg
Blairsville
Vandergrift
Ih Iite
Joseph W. Memenia
J. . Wiles McCartney
R. W
Wehrle
Griffith
Ellis
Harry
Brilbart
Skull Fracture In Serious Accident Near Residence
A man named Mr Philip Tang living nearby sustained a serious skull fracture after a fall in the afternoon. He was found unconscious and remains hospitalized with critical injuries. Authorities are investigating the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip-Tang
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lackawanna Iron & Steel CO
Cause
McKees Millg
Corps of
Civil Engineers
Indiana Branch
Blacklick Station
H. J.thompson
Canoe Township
J. A. Bee
D. A. Snyder
New York Central Railroad Company
Council
TVWO
Despondes
NEW Insurance Company
Ering-Campbell
Buterbaugh-Trimble
Beventh Street
Mes
Jacob Wieamorr
Nancy Bracken
William Bracken
Washington Township
Jacob Miller
Bert
John
Armstrong Township
Illiam
Robert Batea
Samuel
Thomass
Alex Johnston
Ford City
James
Montgomery County
M. E. Church
Duff
Elderton
Henry Glasser
Gertrude Glasser
Air
Derry
Terae! Paul
Brushvalley Township
J Milton Snyder
Strongatown
Lutheran Church
Brush Valley
Wicliars
William Clark
West Wheafield
Rey
A. Shablig
Hilledale
Vicious Dog
Robinson
Cavalry Command
Ola
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