Headlines From Indiana County Society Circle
Mrs J M Stewart visits Wilkinsburg and Mrs Etta Clark of Pittsburg visits town. A harvest home picnic at Mitchells Mills and numerous local visits mark a busy week. Pittsburg Exposition dates, local baptist picnics, and a spate of marriages and church events fill the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Stewart
Wilkinsburg
Etta Clark
Pittsburg
H. Butler
Georgeville
New Jersey
John Allison
Jeannette
Mitchells Mills
Etta Row
White Township
Porter
Washington, D. C
Death of Postmaster B A Paul at Saltsbury
B A Paul postmaster of Saltsbury died Tuesday morning after a short illness. He was father of John L Paul of this place and well and favorably known to many citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. A. Paul
Saltsbury
John L. Paul
Friday Evening Fire Destroys Hay Shed Near Mill
A Friday evening blaze at West Indiana fire house scene consumed forty tons of hay in a shed near Wilson Rowe Hetrick mill. Both fire companies arrived quickly but could not save the hay or shed. A W. D. Anthony wagon burned. Estimated loss is 300 dollars. Origin remains a mystery amid rumors linking phosphate traffic enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indiana
Wilson, Rowe & Hetrick
W. D. Anthony
Our New Post Office Moves to Cunningham Building
Postmaster Langham secured permission to relocate the post office to the Cunningham building on Philadelphia street with rent, light, and fuel allowances raised to the maximum third class level. This should yield better facilities and modern accommodations, thanks in part to Congressmen Huff for the expanded support. A feature description of the new post office is promised in coming weeks. Also, ladies in Indiana County are invited to contribute suitable items for the Columbian Exposition, with correspondence through Fannie W. Nixon and Mrs. Gro. W. Hoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacklick
Gen, White
John H. Houck
Rayne Township
Indiana
Houck
Progress
New York Tribune
Lou Braullier
First Street
West
Dickie Ray
Parkswood
Langham
P.O. Department
P. O
Cunningham
Philadelphia Street
Poztmaster
Huff
Indiana County
Fannie W. N. Ixon
Gro. W. Hoon
We Must Have It At The Fair Walks Proposed On Wayne Avenue
The article urges fair managers to improve pedestrian access for visitors. It questions how attendees will reach the fair without walking on the road and calls landowners to install a walk along Wayne Avenue and Seventh Street, suggesting board walks to reach the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Avenue
Seventh Street
Indiana's Young Men at Fires Impress West Indiana
The piece praises Indiana and West Indiana young men for their exemplary fireground conduct last Friday night. It lauds their early arrival, willing work, and courteous behavior, contrasting with vandalism seen elsewhere and calling them true gentlemen as they fulfill their responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Indiana
West Indiana
Death of An Old Resident Near Shelocta
Found dead in bed on a Sabbath morning, William Farren, age 88, longtime resident of the Shelocta area, died of heart disease. He was living with the Sell family. funeral services were held at the United Presbyterian church on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Sell
Shelocta
Wm. Farren
Indix ana Band Members Stay at Camp Rest Near Wincheimer Dam
The Indix ana Band and friends register at Camp Rest on Twolick near Wincheimer's dam. Participants include Frank and Joe Dobernick Phil Sam Apple Magnus Hook Ira Myers Ed Zigler Wellington Bley Wm Smith Will Haasinger Chas Carr Chas Bingroff of Johnstown Jas Rugh of Peon Run. They are a good jolly crowd and will likely share fish and snake stories upon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indixana
Camp Rest
Twolick
Wincheimer’s Dam
Frank
Joe
Dobernick
Phil
Sam Apple
Magnus Hook
Ira Myers
Ed. Zigler
Wellington Bley
Wm. Smith
Will Haasinger
Chas. Carr
Chas. Bingroff
Johnstown
Jas. Rugh
Peon Run
That Hitching Strap near Greenville
At Camp meeting grounds near Greenville Geo. Mench found a hitching strap that proved to be a five foot black snake. He killed the snake after realizing the strap was not what it seemed, turning an odd encounter into a local cautionary tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Geo. Mench
Mr. Mench
Night of Accidents at Bheloda Festival
About fifty young folks attended the festival at Bheloda last Wednesday evening. A dark night led to numerous mishaps with horses and buggies as drivers struggled to navigate the road. Nine gigs were wrecked and several horses injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bheloda
Shelocta
McAdoo
Frank
Robert Russel
Ohio
John King
Neut
Jewsell
Manorville
W.5. McCreight
Allegheny
Uite
Indiana
Mitchells Misls Celebrate Jas Hall Birthday
A large group from Mitchells Misls surprised Jas Hall last Thursday for his 67th birthday. Neighbors arrived with baskets of good things, sharing a joyful celebration and wishing him many more pleasant years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchells Misls
Jas. Hall
Mr. Hall
Rifle team heads to Mt Gretna for state match
Geo. B. Shields inspector of rifle practice of the Fifth Regiment along with Sam Hughes and Chas. Dodson left last Monday for Mt Gretna to attend the State Rifle Shooting Match. Trophies and cash prizes will be contested by the regiments with other prizes possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. B. Shields
Sam’ Hughes
Chas. Dodson
Mt. Gretna
Blairsville Local Notes and Nearby News T: Blairsville Local Notes and Nearby News
D M Kiernan in Pittsburg and visitors from Blairsville share social notes. Typhoid cases, new street paving, and a glass works restart mark local activity. Guests visit Greensburg and Johnstown events while residents plan trips to Philadelphia and Cleveland. A party travels to a wedding in Cleveland, and a group camps near Homer City amid open air services. Public sale set for old electric light property on September 15. Local social life includes boatmen reunions, church services, and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
D.m.kiernan
Pittsburg
A.W. Ogden
M.N. Miller
E. M. Evans
Tom
Richard Forrester
R. W. Wehrle
W. Brady
South Fork
Bessie Scott
Greensburg
West Penn Glass Works
J. W. Kilgore
Walnut Street
Johnstown
Dr. Miller
Maud
Helen
Miss Cassidy
Akron
Laura Graff
Liberty Street
J. L. Harding
Hubert Wiggins
Mt. Gretna
John N. Marshall
Meadville
Harry Wells
Indiana
Adisa Watson
Christian Endeavor
Saltsburg
Will Lyon
Philadelphia
Jefferson Medical College
Campbell Street
Spring
Liberty Streets
John Hundermark
J. Stanley
L. Shankle
Chas, Abendroth
Homer City
CG. J. Feitt
T. & H. Electric Light
Tittle’s Foundry
Citizen’s Meat, Light & Power Company
J. M. Harvey
John Mitinger
Cleveland
Mose Rickersberg
Misa Lillie Rickersberg
Holland
Ackersberg
Rickey
Silver Wina
Speedy family birthday gathering and local notices
An August 27 gathering at Miss Mary Speedy's Rayne township home marked her 74th birthday. Relatives and friends shared food, stories, and prayers, with honors for family history recounted. The program featured readings, songs, and a sustained sense of community in Indiana County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Speedy
Rayne Township
Shields
Rev
A. T. Bell
Tally Boss
H. K. Shields
E. B. McGara
Marion Center
J. C. Speedy
James Speedy
Mary
Wm. Speedy
J. 0. Speedy
Robi. Little
Sylvester Little
Wm. Craig
W. L. Craig
Caroline Sutton
Speedy Homestead
Marriage Licenses and Uncalled Letters at Indians Pa 1892
The notice lists newly issued marriage licenses including Thos Fporaft and 802 Reva oe Linserbigie along with several others from South Mahoning and Washington. It also displays a post office list of uncalled letters at Indians Pa dated Aug 30 1892, with names such as Mr John Drummond Mr J B Gilmore and Miss Sella A Stitt and asks callers to state the letters were advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos
B. Galentine
South Mahoning
Mary M. Mikesell
J. Hugus
Mary
Indians
John Drummond
J. B. Gilmore
Alfred Lawrence
Henen Lewis
Misa Minnie Maye
John X. Miller
Hugh B. Rough
D.C. Rodgers
James Rough
Sella A. Stitt
John Young
Mirton Young
J. N. Lanexam
P. M
Desirable West Indiana Home For Sale 6 Rooms
Property listing offers a newly finished furnished home with gas and water, six rooms, in a premier West Indiana location three blocks from the depot. Sold on favorable terms. For details call REIS office Proas. Eye trouble or need glasses consult a specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Proas. Reis
Our Water Works
Taxpayers in Indiana and West Indians criticize the Clymer Water Company for water shortages hindering street sprinkling and fire protection. A fire at Wilson Rowe Hetrick flouring mill area showed the danger of scarce water, but praise is given to the Clymer company for protecting homes during the shortage and vowing to meet reasonable demands soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Clymer Water Company
West
Wilson, Rowe & Hetrick
Death of Mrs Wm Hefflefinger in Indiana
Mrs Jane Hefflefinger died at her residence on Church street West Indiana on Thursday August 25 1892. She was the eldest daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Kerr and had been twice married first to Tobias Long and then to William Hefflefinger. She left five children and was highly regarded for her industry and kindness. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church and Rev Owens conducted the service. Her remains lie beside her husband in Oakland Cemetery until Resurrection morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dora
Mary E. Wilson
East End
Pittsburg
Greenwood Cemetery
Jay P. Harter
W. Kathryn Martin
Loveland
Colo
Harter
H.M. Bell
Sutton Bros. & Bell
William's Grove
Robt
Matcom
John Malcom
White Township
West
Marion Center
W.J. Stuchell
Washington City
Stuchells
Europe
Stuchel
Wm. Hefflefinger
Jane Hefflefinger
Church Street
Indiana
Charles and
Elizabeth Kerr
Green Township
Tobias Long
Hefflefinger
United Pesbyterian Church
Owens
Oakland Cemetery
Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims Merits and Cure Power
An 19th century style ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best merit winner and superior cure agent. It asserts the medicine restores bowel peristalsis, invigorates the liver, and treats constipation as a primary benefit, urging readers it is the medicine for you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Public Sale at West Indiana Experimental Farm
McLain Davis announces a public vendue at the farm’s barn in West Indiana on September 3, 1892, at 1 p m listing 2 heavy draft horses, 1 driving horse, 6 cows, 20 sheep, 1 Berkshire shoat, 1 two horse wagon, tools, harnesses, and farming implements with terms to be announced sale day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Indiana
McLain Davis
Local shops dot Blairsville ad page for groceries and goods
A fragmented advertisement page lists McMasters Mack’s and Miller’s drug store in Blairsville Pa offering fresh vegetables butter peaches eggs and canned goods. It promotes farm inputs fertilizer lime and feed via J C Moorhead and Meleon Rendering Co. plus clothing shoes hats and brick works. Also notes Hood's Sarsaparilla and various sales on hats poultry and roofing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMasters
Mack's
California
Church Street
D.C. Mack
F.C. Moorhead
A. T. Lowry & Co
Farmers’ Exchange
Mes Masters Fruit
Mack’s
Milt G. Miller’s
Blairsville
Miller's Drug Store
J. C. Moorhead
Miller
Alex
Taylor
A. 5
Cunningham’s
Down’s
Daugherty Bros
Alex. T. Taylor
J.C. Moorhead
Meleon
Mig. Co
Buffalo
Miller’s
Henry B. Moyer
Freeburg
Lynn
Mass
Cunningham
Frank Douglass
West Indiana
Mack’n
Roe Manufacturing Co
Walst
Tipa
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Indiana Progress
W.H. Jenkine
Miss Porterfield
Emileton
Frank Hildebrand
Lane
Sara Trenary
Natrona
Ida Johnston
Sixth Street
M. Thompson
N.G. Miller
J. BR. Ruffner
Purchase Line
B. Miller
Jas. McGregor
Chareh Street
Helen St. Clair
Jacob S. Smith
E. L. Plant
M. Root
Fittsburg
Thornton Park
Pine Flats
Rugh’s Station
W. T. Stucheil
Begg
Washington, D.C
Ida Needham
Glendora
Cal
Hattie Tucker
J. T. Stuchul
Edward Fitzhonce
Mies Blanch Shank
Rev. Hay
RR. Daugherty, Jr
8. C. Daugherty
Presbyterian
M. E
Epworth League
M. E. Church
Stewart's Grove
Samuel McQuilkin
East Liverty
Kellysburg
H. Tomb
Barkey House
Tomb
Todiana
Glen Campbell
Belsano
Cambria County
Strongstown
Arthur Lydick
Grant Township
F.C. Rankin
Bertisa Churchill
Hillsdale
A. B. Bunyan
Atlantic City
Alice Campbell
Lincoln
Neb
Norma
Adam Keith
Pine Township
Frank Boring Samuel Stiles
John McDonald
Squire Wn. Griffith
Dixon's Grove
Twolick Station
A.B. J
B. A. Paul
J. H. Peterman
D. Berry
Emma
Miss McCartney
New Alexandria
Bam Jones
West Lebanon
Coulter
Robert Townsend
Kansas City
South Bend
John Moorhead
George's
John
May Scott
Harbison
Blairaville
May Harbison
Thomas Campbell
R. H. Harbison
Alice
Edward Harrod
Townsend
John Townsend
Seneca
Smicksburg
Wm. Crawford
Our Town
Mary Robinson
du Bais
Mollie Smiley
J. C. Crigaman
Elmer Robinson
Eph. Stear
Sadie Crawford
Genta
Zion Church
Smithport
Maggie McKibben
Stear
Meldrum
Kate Lakehart
Plumville
James Lakehart
Falls Creek
A&il
Sipa
Adams
Lydal Bukammer
Nannie Bracken
Near Indi
Ana
Daniel Beatty
Della Wilcox
Cochran’s Mills
James Johnston
Jos
McGeary
Punxsutawney
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
W. C. T. U. Hall
Loyal Temperance Legion
Wrought Tron Steel Range Company
A. J. Fullen
Connellsville
Pecialiagy
A. S. Cunningham’s
Wei
Washington and Jefferson
Jen Aint Haldana
Es Penses
AHS
Sauged
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