Governor details Pennsylvanias income and spend for 1931–33
The governor outlines state income and outgo through May 31, 1933, noting most general revenue came from corporate and inheritance taxes, with no real estate tax. Major outlays were highways, education, and health and welfare. Ended with a surplus due to Dorrance inheritance tax payments, and breakdowns of receipts and expenditures including motor license funds and emergency relief.
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Dorrance
Commonwealth
Legislatura
Obituary notices from Robinson and surrounding areas
Recent deaths include Oscar M Anderson 65 of South Bend district survived by wife and five children with burial at South Bend Reformed church. Anna M Black 84 native of county died in Butler county with four sons, one daughter and several siblings. Susan McDowell four months died in Robinson with many siblings and grandparents. Henry Dunmire 76 of Armstrong township died at Curry Run with widow and brother. Vernie May Ferrier Trimble 36 of Emeigh died after brief illness leaving husband and son with funeral in Thompson cemetery.
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Oscar M. Anderson
South Bend
George M
Amanda (Coleman) Anderson
People’s Natural Gas Co
Anderson
South Bend Reformed Church
Wilda
Silvis) Anderson
Wesley H
Colorado Springs
Mack Anderson
Harold McIntire
Margaret Anderson
Reynold Ramer
Shelocta
Everett
Oklahoma
D. G. Anderson
Clifford Anderson
Washington, D. C
Carrie
Apollo
Anna M. (Lowman) Black
Butler
Kent
William
Nancy
Anthony) Lowman
D. ©. Black
Indiana County
Butler County
Mr. Black
First United Presbyterian Church of
Charles, Black
Baward Black
West Virginia
David C., Black
Pittsburgh
Mary , Black
Bar L, Black
Belle Black
J. W. Wiggins
Indiana
Susan McDowell
John McDowell
Robinson
Denver
Eva May
Della
Lena Grace
Blair
Neva
Hmma Jean
Ada June
A. J. Boyle
Hua McDowell
Robinson Lutheran Church
G. W. Ruff
West Wheatfield
Daniel Rhodes
George McDowell
Charles Jones
Johnstown
J. W. Adams
Vandergrift
Emma St. Clair
Conemaugh
Mary St. Clair
New Florence
Henry Dunmire
Armstrong Township
Curry Run
Vernie May (Ferrier) Trimble
Carl Trimble
Emeigh
Arnold
John Ferrier
Thomas Ferrier
Mahailey
Clara Sterner
Hillsdale
Bertha Mellwain
Cherry Tree
Ford Ferrier
Rochester Mills
Clair Ferrier
Rossiter
Thompson Cemetery
Deaths and obituaries from Dubois and surrounding areas
Obituary notices and short city notices report the deaths of John Prothero, Harvey C Schrecengost, Robert Buchanan, Rebecca Ann Sumers, James T Elgin, Sarah Durmond, Elva King Coble, and Sarah Mahan Orr, with burial details and immediate survivors. Additional notes cover a newborn, a local reunion attendance, and professional achievements including Ripon College leadership and a nurse completing state board exams.
Cleveland’s Affliction After Second Inauguration
After Grover Cleveland’s second inauguration, an ulcerated mouth patch prompted immediate army medical care. An operation was performed discreetly to avoid public alarm, with details revealed 25 years later in Hygela Health Magazine.
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Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Hygela Health
Zoo Ostrich’s Odd Appetite Revealed in Post Mortem
Post mortem on Jessie the Ostrich of London Zoo uncovers an odd stomach haul including three handkerchiefs one child’s glove one lady’s glove four pennies one half crown one halfpenny thirteen nails one lead pencil six screws two tabs five washers four yards of string and three buttons as officials marvel at the find.
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Zoo
Jessie the Ostrich
London Zoo
Breeches Bible First Printed in Roman Type
A Plain Dealer summary notes the Geneva Bible known as the Breeches Bible, the first English Bible in roman type with verse divisions and italics for explanations. It highlights its Geneva publication of 1560 influenced by Whittingham Gilby and Sampson, and cites Genesis 3 7 as the source of the Breeches Bible name.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Geneva
Switzerland
William Whittingham
Anthony Gilby
Thomas Sampson
Walcheren Natives Dream On Dutch Sea Wardon
An aged wartime portrait of Walcheren depicting Dutch resilience, windmills, cheese, and old customs. The island’s residents live simply with no nightlife, while girls wade ashore despite bath restrictions, and the society remains rosy but natural in appearance.
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Walcheren
Flendrik Hudson
Guardian Akbar Titled Guardian of Mankind in Mongolia
Akbar, famed Mongolian emperor, earned the title Guardian of Mankind for benevolent rule and zeal to reclaim lost empire sectors. He advanced commerce with lost provinces, promoted religious tolerance, and built a robust school system. His model rule influenced generations after his death in 1605.
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Akbar
Mongolia
India
Asia
Briton Pope Adrian IV The English Breakspear Lineage
A brief see of Adrian IV the sole British head of the Roman Catholic Church. Born to a poor English family as Breakspeare and baptized Nicholas he rose from student and abbot to the Sacred College and became pope in 1154. He upheld papal power until his death in 1150.
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Adrian
Adrian IV
Breakspeare
Nicholas
Paris
Sacred College
Rose of Jericho A desert plant with peculiar seed dispersal
The Rose of Jericho grows in northern Africa, Syria, and Aruba. It reacts to dry weather by curling branches and appearing dead. When ripe, the ball-like seed pod is blown by wind, travels far, and reopens after rain, releasing its seeds.
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Jericho
Africa
Syria
Aruba
Chinese Tree Goes to Sleep
The silk tree blooms through summer with pink clusters, then carpets the ground. Its tiny green oval leaves fold at dusk and reopen with daylight, reacting to darkness like a sensitive plant in its adopted country.
Clarkburg Sabbath Activities and Local Visits
Sabbath school at 10 16 and church service at 11 15. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed attending gatherings and visiting relatives in Clarksburg and surrounding towns including Sauerburg Blairsville and Blair County. An auto collision near Wichensburg injured Cecilia Marcus slightly.
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Cecilia Marcus
East Philce Street
Samuel Marcus
Herbert Gregg
South Seventh Bt
Ahout
Wichensburg
Benjamin Franklin Highway
Marcus
Roy Appointed Elder in Free Methodist Indiana District
J P Roy was named elder for the Free Methodist churches of the Indiana Blairville district by the Pittsburgh Conference at its Apollo meeting on Friday. The report contrasts wealth and poverty and notes a rich man’s suicide as a local remark.
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Roy
Hitler
J.P. Roy
Free Methodist
Indiana-Blairaville
Pittsburgh
Free Methodist Church
Apollo
Local Social News Highlights Plumville Blairsville Visits
Mrs Donald Bowser and Isabet Cook spent Friday with Mrs How ard Livingston in Blairsville. Mr and Mrs WI Mearick of Niles Ohio have been visiting relatives here the past week. Charley Wilson of Sharon spent the weekend here. Mr and Mrs Herb Bell visited friends in Pittsburgh several weeks. Carl Donds employed in Sharon was at home over the weekend. Join Manner and Joe Moore of Glen Campbell visited Sunday. Margaret Percy of Butler was a guest in the home of Mr and Mrs A F Plier last week. Mrs Robert Wilson of Sharon visiting her mother Mrs Margaret Douds. Bert DeLancey and daughters Rose and Lois of North Manchester Indiana are visiting relatives here.
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Brackenridge
Braddock
Alice Jewell
Heilwood
Meade Lowman
Homer City
Paul Lowman
CG. J. Lukehart
Trafford City
Dean Clawson
Carrie Clawson
Ferguson
Blairsville
D. D. Moorhead
Raymond Hullenbaugh
Stroop
Slickville
William Hullenbaugh
Mary Speedy
Harry Coleman
Indiana
Belle and
Margaret O’neal
Ambrose
Sumter
S. G
Taylor
Derry
Merle Hunter
Latrobe
Floyd Pearce
Saltsburg
Sam Lute
Glymer
Pearl Taylor
Columbus, O
J. M. Repiné
Dubois
William Repine
James Keely
Mary
Logan Ewing
Pittsburgh
Wilbur Coleman
C. C. Walker
Albert Lafferty
Patton
Martin Lafferty
J. M. Clannon
Frank Nelmes
Blairaville
O. D. Cribbs
Elders Ridge
Carolyn Marshall
Allen I
Wandercrift
WI Mearick
Niles
Ohiio
Charley Wilson
Sharon
Herb Bell
Carl Donds
Ia Sharon
Manner
Joe Moore
Glen Campbell
Margaret Percy
Butler
Mra
A. F. Plier
Robert Wilson
Margaret Douds
Bert DeLancey
Rose and
Lois
North
Manchester
Ind
Weekend visits and local incidents in Mount Tabor area
Hazel Penrose and relatives hosted relatives at Mount Tabor while Russell Marsh hosted a corn roast. Local families attended church visits at Muir and Lichtenfels homes. A Baltimore and Ohio station was robbed of a pay phone and a candy machine money. A note on fashion and fertilizer ends with a remark on cottonseed meal use.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Local Socials and Visits Highlight Week
Residents and relatives travel and visit across cities with several returns from trips. Notables include Brahnell and son staying with Pittsburgh sisters, the Campbells visiting Ruth Dutra in La Joa, and Letitia Duncan completing a Mediterranean cruise.
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Letitia Duncan
Coolidge on 1936 presidency salary joke
The Pathfinder notes Coolidge would refuse to serve as president in 1936 unless Congress raised his salary. He meant it as a joke and had already left office, with people still asking if he might run again.
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Coolidge
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Congress
Pathfinder
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Harrisburg
State Farm Products Show Commission
D. C. Black
Mrs. Cart Syimble
John Prothero
Nashville
Hisife
W. O
Dutote
Prothero
Adda P. Elkin
Emin Sloan
Harvey C, Schrecengoat
Harvey C, Schrecengost
Marlin Schrecengost
Rowley Cemetery
Robert Buchanan
Montgomery Township
Waynesburg
Joseph Buchannan
Rose (King) Buchanan
George
Lynn
William Buchanan
Uniontown Cemetery
John H. Sumers
Rebecca Ann (Harvey) Sumers
John P
Margaret Kellan Harvey
George Hart
James T. Elgin
Elgin Homestead
Rural Valley
Margaret Milliran
Dayton
Sarah Durmond
Livermore
Mrs
Floyd Coble
Elva King Coble
Uniontown
This County
Spangler Hospital
Sarah Mahan Orr
D. M. Caldwell
Greenwood Cemetery
Ebert Kinter
North Fifth Street
Roy Litzinger
Robert Cramer
Burnside
Thomas W. Munroe
First National Bank of
Pennsylvania, American Legion
Philadelphia
Mack Henderson
J.I. Henderson
East Church Street
Ripon College
Ripon
Wis
Mack
Iowa State University
Bertha Larson
A. B. Larson
Dixonville
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Clarksburg
Davis Ewing
Betty Stahl
Sauerburg
Jennie Gandles
Frank Clark
Loyd Clawson
Smith
Harvey Johnston
Betty
Jennie Sanders
Missen
Cynthia
Mabel Cribbs
John Cribbs
May Cribbs
Cribbs
Fair Grounds
Hawaiian Islands
United States
U. S
Plumville
Donald Bowser
Isabet Cook
Howard Livingston
Mount Tabor
Hazel Penrose
P. S. Lichtenfels
Russell Palmer
Robert Muir
Russell Marsh
W. Lichtenfels
Doss Campbell
GF. Lichtenfels
Mervin
Clyde
Jane Marsh
Margie Lichtenfels
Jenn
Mary Cline
Marion MccCrackan
Blaoxlion
H. M. Brahnell
Bittyerson
Bushnell
Ralph Dixon
L. H. Kooner
Kenneth
Ruth Etta Campbell
Ruth Dutra
la Joa
Wm. Baughman
Columbia Hospital
T. V. Palmer
Nancy and
Bana Mae Gratt
F. Trewts
Lancaster
John Ackerson
Serulah Campbell
Century of Progress
Chicago
Verner Mack
Charles Grater
Cnldren
Saltsbury
Dorothy Stoneback
New York City
Elizabeth
Emilie Stoneback
Mia. Nicholson
Samuel Condron
Donora
Kulkos
Veterans Hospital
Kentucky
Marie Shields
Presbyterian Church
Ruth
Evelyn Carson
O. Robert Lewis
Clue Palmer
Walter Lybarger
Indiana Motor Co
BUICK
Pontiac
North Eighth Street
R.W. Wehrle
Indiana, Pa
Ritz Theatre
Paddy
Warner Baxter
Janet Gaynor
Zane Grey
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