Local News Bits and Visits Across Kittanning Area
Mount Union J H Kough and son Clair were in Kittanning on business Monday. Mr and Mrs John King and son Walter passed through enroute to Kittanning. Walter Rupert of Girty was in the vicinity recently. Frank Cessna motored to Apollo Tuesday. Walter Shaeffer seen nearby. Daniel McGaughey and Miss Lucille Mutberger were married at Elderton Saturday. Protect your Fruit and Berries with Progress Trespass Notices.
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John King
Walter
Kittanning
Clark Kough
Orange Scotts
Walter Rupert
Girty
Frank Cessna
Apollo
Walton Smith
Lemuel Shaeffers
Raymond Boyer
Newton Boyer
Owen
Quinter Boyer
Harry Richard
Carl
Edwin Mulberger
Helen Blystone
Emmet
Margaret Rosborough
J. T. Sheasley
Ira Smith
Milford Rowley
Shelorta
John Houser
Near Girty
J. H. Kough
Paul Boyer
Wendell Devers
South Bend
William Fulton
Elderton
Carl Fleming
William Rhidenour
McIntosh
Florence Walker
Walter Shaeffer
Harry ‘Richard
Ethel Smith
Cessna
Daniel McGaughey
Uciile Mutberger
Jesse Kough
Indiana
M. R. Peterman
Advance
Glen Reefer
Marie Peterman
Black Cat Solves a Murder Mystery Cold Case
In a tower house, two tenants die mysteriously as a black cat named Demon prowls. The narrator discovers a hidden mechanism on the eleventh stair that drops poison needles at midnight, revealing the inventor McKee's trap and the cat’s role in the deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simon
Alfred Lozier
Frank Judson
Gudlow
Judson
McKee
Demon
Good Roads and Hotels Won Early Travelers
The Detroit News quotes a Cincinnati correspondent praising improvements in travel to Philadelphia and criticizing the Cumberland road. It notes Baltimore detours, cheaper stage fares eastbound, and the Pittsburgh to Philadelphia route in good order with high travel demand. The piece predicts Ohio River connection to Philadelphia via Pennsylvania railroads and canals will redirect trade once established.
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Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Tphildelphia
East
Baltimore
Cumberland Road
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
Detroit News
Achievement in World Seldom Won by Haste
A doctor warns that longevity favors those who avoid hurry and live deliberately. The piece argues speed brings peril in daily life and major outcomes, noting slow, contemplative effort yields greater gains in wealth and spiritual achievement. Ruskin is cited on living lightly without rushing.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Armadillos Now Common in Tropics and Giants of Old
The armadillo remains common in tropical Americas while its ancient relatives were giants. Fossil bones and teeth of a huge armored mammal were found near Bradenton Florida by Walter W. Holmes of the American Museum of Natural History. The specimen, named Holmesina Septentrionalis, honors the discoverer.
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Tropics
South
Tropical America
Florida
Walter W. Holmes
American Museum of Natural History
Bradenton
Fla
Pathfinder Magazine
Double Moated Castle Spottrup on Jutland Denmark
The Double-Moated Castle Spottrup sits on the Lim fjord in Denmark on the island of Jutland. It is one of Europe’s best double moated castles, with a distant yet formidable fortification and a earth bulwark near the eastern side. The castle is only partly restored, leaving visitors to imagine its original extent and form.
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Jutland
Denmark
Limfjord
Spottrup
Europe
Potential Sugar Crop From Maple Trees In Canada
An estimated eight million sugar maple trees in the Dominion of Canada are tapped each year. In 1930 the maple sugar output was valued at over a million and a quarter dollars. The trees are mainly in eastern Canada where about 60 million trees exist, with fewer than a quarter tapped, yielding a potential output of around 50 million pounds of sugar annually.
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Dominion of Canada
Canada
First Turkish railway opens to thousands in Sivas
Thousands of Turks witnessed the Ankara Sivas railway opening ceremony as a special train carried 300 invited guests to Sivas. About 35,000 locals gathered to see the locomotive and cars arrive for the event, with bronze medals awarded to guests marking the completion.
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Sharkishia-Sivas
Ankara-Sivas
Turkey
State Railway Administration
Sivas
Disease in the Home and Medical Skepticism
A Liyzela Magazine piece argues that when communicable disease exists at home the mother should replace superstition with knowledge and prejudice with enlightenment. Dr. W. W. Bauer urges mothers to combine respect for elders with skepticism and rely only on qualified physicians for advice.
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W. W. Bauer
Liyzela Magazine
Weekend Guests and Local Visitors Across Several Towns
Rochester Mills residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from Indiana Johnstown Parnassus Pittsburgh Glen Campbell Marion Center Punxsutawney Vandergrift Canoe Ridge and Clearfield hospital events marked by Sunday gatherings and Sabbath visits. Families listed include Schrader Downey Hoop Wright Richards Ga n graffius Moore and Drummond among others with multiple households mentioned.
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Edward Schrader
Rebecca
Paul Schrader
Eugene Baun
Indiana
Homer Downey
Ira Drummond
Wagner
Merle
Johnstown
Chas, Hoop
Parnassus
John Henry
Canoe Ridge
R. M. Dodson
Deadwaters Visit With Brush Valley Friends
Mr and Mrs Clarence McFeaters and family spent Sunday with Brush valley friends Mr and Mrs William Altemus and family of Indiana and Mr and Mrs Russel Altemus and family of Cherryhill spent Sunday with their mother Mrs Millie Murdick. Families from Johnstown visited over the weekend and local residents were seen with friends. Stella Moose visited her aunt near Brushvalley for a few days last week as others spent Sunday with Sandy Moose who is a patient in the Veterans hospital at Pittsburgh.
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Clarence McFeaters
Brushvalley
William Altemus
Indiana
Russel Altemus
Cherryhill
Millie Murdick
John Randels
Johnstown
William Hampfield
Harvey Moose
Stella Moose
Tryin Shaffer
Ethel White
Dick Zantbond
Sandy Moose
Near Here
Irvin Shaffer
Veterans’ Hospital
Pitighurgh
Elmer Will
Dave
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Mount Union
Clair
Monay
R.W. Wehrle
Indiana, Pa
Devoe
A. W. Mabon & Sons
Phila
H. Elmer Borland
Black Cat
H. Ray Walker
McClure Newspanel Syndicates
WNU Service
THE
First National Bank of
Rochester Mills
Deadwaters
Queen Quality
Wilbur Coon
Matrix Shoes
Nuon Bush
Marion
Funeral Service
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