Two Murders Shake Indiana County in a Week
Two men were killed in Indiana county within days as gunmen fled the scene and remained at large. Investigations detail a Thanksgiving night streetcar confrontation in Blairsville involving Italian immigrants and a Black bystander, followed by a fatal shooting after a dispute over a marriage, with additional gunfire injuring a second victim. Names include Angèle Persio, Stevan Nagy, Joe Lecio, and Frank, with Nosovar and Lecio tied to the second case. Police pursue suspects as inquiries continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoth
Liberty
Indiana County
Mherty
Angelé Persio
Josephine
Blairsville
Josephina
Tme
Persia
Joe Lecio
Ernest
Stevan Nagy
Frank
Steve Nagy
Lecio
Leclo
Nagy
John Novozar
Novozar
Mr. Lecio
Nodovar
Lecto
Tragedy as Boy Dies Under Wagon Wheels in Pleasantville
A 10 year old son of a Pennsylvania railroad foreman, Thomas Miller of Pleasantville Green township, was killed when a moving wagon loaded with mine props ran over him. He fell while mounting the wagon and the rear wheel crushed his chest, dying within minutes. Separate notes cover church mission funds over $600 raised, $1,800 in Liberty bonds, missions addresses by Dr. J A Alexander, and local Grange officers to be installed in January. Also listed is an upcoming rural mail carrier examination to be held January 11 at Indiana Blairsville Creekside Lovejoy Marion Center Rochester Mills and Saltsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Miller
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pleasantville
Green Township
Port Lockard
Big Sam
First United Presbyterian Church
J. A. Alexander
Pittspureh
Synodical
Blairsville
Creekside
Lovejoy
Marion Center
Rochester Mills
Saltsburg
Indiana
Punxsutawney
County SONS Fall on Battlefields in Indiana News
War department casualty lists list six killed in action three died from wounds and disease and several wounded in France. Names include Private Harry W. Fee of Glen Campbell and Private David K. Orr and Corporal Mike Zoldak among others. Also reported missing are Private John H. Rummell Clyde Palmer and Bruce Hulliben. Private Homer McQuiston dies at sea and is buried in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Indiana County
France
Harry W. Fee
Thomas J. Fee
Glen Cambell
Indiana Normal School
David KE. Orr
Indiana
Alex G. Bloom
Clymer
Paul §. Brown
Blairsville
Mike Zoldak
Homer City
Nicola Gienatarino
Clarksburg
C. P. Fyock
Penn Run
Richard Fyock
110Th United States Infantry
Norman J. Seger
Rossiter
Wilbur G. Short
Blairaville
Joseph P. Bennett
Daniel D. Gray
David Camesi
John Frew
Saltsburg
John H. Rummell
Cherry Tree
Clyde Palmer
Bruce Hulliben
Lucerne Mines
Harry W. Miller
Elmer McQuiston
Near Grove Chapel
Homer McQuiston
Ambulance Corps
McQuiston
Camp Greenleaf
Camp Merritt
N. J
Grove Chapel Lutheran Church
Glenn
Merle
Ethel
Little Change in Flu Conditions at County Seat
Local physicians report little decrease in influenza cases countywide while rural districts show some improvement. Clymer is clear this week, Marion Center has two new cases, Homer City reports several cases, and county seat conditions remain steady over three weeks. Also: Saltsburg man Homer Bratton, 44, killed by a train near Bath while traveling from Avonmore to Saltsburg. He leaves a widow and three children. Nimrods bring home a large four pronged buck. Ness and Stanley Elkin among first local hunters to return with game. Indiana County Home staff resignations become effective January 1. applications open December 16. Homer City girl Martha Myers operated on for appendicitis at Indiana hospital. recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
Marion Center
Homer City
Indiana
County Institute
Saltsburg
Homer Bratton
Bath
Avonmore
Inirvona
Clearfield County
Lec Nimrods
Jack Ness
Stanley Elkin
Nimrods
Ness
Italians And Americans Celebrate Peace In Homer City Parade
Italians of Homer City and Americans joined in a Thanksgiving day celebration featuring a Green street parade to Lucerne led by G Mazza and James Roces, with a cavalry banner, Red Cross groups, and the Lucerne band. Addresses in Italian and English followed in the Empire Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Green Street
Homer
Lucerne
G. Mazza
Marshall
James Roces
Italy
Red Cross
James Colonna
Anito E Lavoro
Gli D'Italia
Homer City Band
Empire Theater
J. C. Macro
Town
Pietro Ferrara
Donata Stabile
America
John §. Fisher
Iowa
Pietro Yanutti
G. Cardamone
R. Tramontana
CG. Viola
R. Caichi
Nathan L Strong Wins Congress Seat With Prohibition Support
Nathan L Strong Republican candidate for Congress in the district secured a clear lead in the general election and also received Prohibition party endorsement. Final tallies show Strong 13,834 votes across four counties Indiana Armstrong Clarion and Jefferson, with Don C Corbett 6,686 and Frank H Brantlinger 444. Records show details by county and total counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan L. Strong
Congress
Prohibition Party
BE. EB. Creps
Town
Lex LN. Mitchell
Jefferson County
Jno. St. Porter
Armstrong County
Armstrong
Clarion
Jefferson
Don C. Corbett
Indiana
Frank H. Brantlinger
Homer City Man Dies En Route Home on Indiana Branch Train
John Long of Homer City, about 40, dies on a Pennsylvania train between Indiana and Homer City due to heart trouble. Former nurse and paperhanger, he spent life in the county, leaves sisters Mrs. Clark Morton of Blacklick, Mrs. Chalmers Clawson of Pitcairn, and Birde Long of Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Long
Homer City
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Long
Lie
William Long
Center Township
Clark Morton
Blacklick Township
Chalmers Clawson
Pitcairn
Birde Long
Pittsburgh
Griffith Lukebart wedding at Punxsutawney church
Guith-Lukebart van W Griffith, a Smicksburg resident, married Mrs Anna Louise Lukebart of Punxsutawney on a Wednesday at Punxsutawney by Rev Wible of First Presbyterian. Both born in South Mahoning township, previously married, and plan to reside in Smicksburg area. Also mentions local connections and a farm accident near Salina injuring A A Mountain with four fractured ribs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guith-Lukebart van W. Griffith
Smitksburg
Anna Louise Lukebart
Punxsutawney
Wible
First Presbyterian Church
Grifith
South Mahoning
Smicksburg
Wils
Salina
A. A. Mountain
Wayne Avenue
Personal Brevities From Indiana County And Nearby
A stream of local calls and notices from Lovejoy Green Township Parkwood and nearby towns shows residents visiting the county seat for business and enrolling as Progress subscribers. Names include John Siverd Arthur Stephens W A Silvis George Adamson Ithert Brewer and Frank Finsthwait among others with Thanksgiving and overseas service notes. Memorial services honor Ernest influenza victims as locals send greetings and report family movements and posts abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Siverd
Lovejoy
Arthur B. Stephens
Green Townsship
W. A. Silvis
Parkwood
Yishing
Harry Silvis
Buffalo
N. Y
George Adamson
Beyer
Ithert
Brewer
Rossmoyne
Indiana
Frank Finsthwait
Cherry Tree
Frank &, Earn
Florida
Kiva Long
Micairn
George Long
Oak Street
Walter Cover
Blairsville
Lovejoy Soldier Relates Belgian Front Frontline Battle Notes
Murray S. Gondlin of Co. D 6th United States Infantry writes from Belgium dated October 29. He recalls the Argonne drive near Verdun where Americans advanced and Germans pleaded for mercy as they surrendered. Gondlin notes locals aid soldiers, machine gun crews captured, and a turnip patch scene beside windmills and brick houses. He enjoys Belgian apples and reflects Dutch ancestry linking home and language. He mentions receiving Progress newspapers and reading with eagerness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroma Woods Drive
Murray S. Gondlin
Co. D
United States Infantry
France
Phare
United States Army
States
Argonne Woods
Verdun
Holland
NOLO BOY WOUNDED RETURNING FROM FRONT LINE
Harry Todd Lucas of Nolo, a member of Co. M 28th United States Infantry in France, writes that a German shell hit an old stone house they used for rest, wounding him and his sergeant but not fatally. He and the sergeant were on their way to a base hospital and report seeing Jim Henry and Frank Georgi in the same battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kranve
Shell Corp
Harry Todd Lucas
Nolo
Co. M
28Th
United States Infantry
France
James Fluecas
Alan
Jim Henry
Georgia
Frank Georgi
German Crucks in American Salvage Pile Report
Clinton Bann writes from the northern county section that he is healthy and reluctant to see the Statue of Liberty again before peace. He notes salvaged German trucks with many bullets and shrapnel holes, crew killed when damaged. Letters from Italy and Austria mention Thanksgiving wishes and a Bulgarian tablet. Overland to Florida reports a family wintering in Deland, while a Battefrosut souvenir shows a German helmet with two bullet marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Bann
Sim
France
Jane
Ife
Battefrosut
Walter Petermin
Roops
Iy Brother
Velerman
Wayne Avenue
Deaths and obituaries in Indian county area headline
Recurring notices report Charles Jabe 25 of Wayne avenue succumbs to pneumonia, wife Ruth Widdownson and others ill but improving. Jon J. Miller 64, Glen Campbell justice of the peace, dies of Bright's disease. Martha Davis 60, Alverda widow of John S. Davis, dies after pneumonia following influenza. Margaret Palmer 71, Rayne Township widow of Joseph Palmer, various children listed. James Taylor 49 from Blairsville dies after prolonged illness. Arplyo Fairbanks 58, longtime Newtown resident, dies after influenza. Lewis Sharrer 70, Ambrose area resident, dies suddenly near Ambrose. John Wilson, 31, Mayne Township, dies. pneumonia. George M. Davis 32, Alger Moon, pneumonia. wife and children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon J. Miller
Glen Campbell
Clearfield Hospital
Bright
Gertrude
Hoge
Everett Aice
Grand Jury Considers Multiple Indictments in County Session
December criminal court opening reports true bills returned and ignored. Grand Jury foreman B R Pesler begins duties. Indictments include fornication and bastardy for Grow and Dunlap. larceny by bailment for Bowersox. arson and fraud charges. multiple assaults. murder for Basile. firearms and concealed weapon cases. several others named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Pesler
Armstrong Township
Langham
Wm. A. Grow
James Dunlap
Robert Bowersox
Paul Massola
Paul Magsola
Mary Mui
Jamies Mui
William Glenn
John Topak
Bono Radic
Pete Radic
Frank Basile
Frank Baalle
Alex Quia
Harry L. Berry
John Pofuga
Mary Doukovich
Alex Sunday
Mike Horwatt
Annie Jancar
John Lesnick
Frank Kelly
Mike Colosky
Bailea
January Mutt
Joa Topak
Gozo
O, R. Chick
Estates Divided Bequests Made in Wills Recently Recorded
Bequests from multiple wills noted including Rev Paul Brosse of Hellwood giving 300 in thrift stamps to Rav Peter Brosse 200 to Michael Geier 500 for masses to the Society of the Divine Word and the balance to Rev Father N P McNellls with taxes to be paid. Joseph T Hosack of Blairsville directs sale of real estate and bequests to William Hosack Dr William Hosack United Presbyterian church Blairsville and remainder to Clara Clugston Clara Kennedy and Woith Dittmar. Nancy Hart of Young township leaves her entire estate to sister Amanda Mart and Jane Forsythe daughters. Executor Savings & Trust Co Indiana. Note mentions executor Dr William Hosack. A separate clause names Rev L A Kirkland of India leaving estate to widow Lurella M Kirkland as executrix and details dated April 21 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Brosse
Hellwood
Rav
Peter Brosse
Uron
Michael Geier
Pittsburgh
Society of the Digina Word
N. P. McNells
Joseph T. Hosack
Blairsville
William Rt. Hosack
William Hosack
United Presbyterian Church of
Blarsville
Nancy Hart
Young Township
Amanda Mart
Jane Forsythe
Nakes
the Savings & Trust Co
Indiana
Pehd
Plovance Nathans
L. A. Kirkland
India
Local War News and Veterans Updates
Lieutenant Caldwell, recently discharged, visits Indiana relatives in the mock Verdun drive aftermath. He bears a shrapnel scar and aims to return to hospital care next week. Mrs. Thomas Simpson learns of Lt Charles W. Simpson’s death in France. Major Richard W. Watson receives a promotion to lieutenant colonel serving with Gen. Hay overseas. D J Rint of town named director at Tressler Orphan Home Loysville supported by Lutherans nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieutenant Caldwell
Clyde Caldwell
Trance
Indiana
Government Hospital
New Jersey
Ls Wild
Thomas Simpson
Chestnut Street
War Department
Charles W. Simpson
France
Richard W. Watson
M. GC. Watson
North Seventh Street
Hay
D. J. Rint
Town
Tressler
Loysville
Luther Sr
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Shelocta Grange
Harry C. Kunkle
Irvin J. Woode
Duff Edwards
J. Harvey Devlin
Apsistant
C. Duff Edwards
Battlelelds
James M. Nichol
Martha Myers
Clark Myers
Indiana Hospital
Lockvale
Cora Watterman
Clyde O
Cherryhill
Mdna Henry
John W. Hocking
Alairaville
Irene Kufer
Daniel ID
Pry Armagh Myrile A
Robbindale
Lola Beatty
Washington, D. C
Hare
G. D. Patrick
Cockport
N. M. Patrick
Taylorsville
C. Prothero
Home
Ernest Chapel
Herbert C. Farren
Charlotte Armstrong
Lois C. Amstrong
Sheloca
A. D. Tyger
Hortons
Progress Readers
Harvey B. Engle
John
John W. Stewart
Cglombridge
Stewart
Mary Hazlett
Mark Hutchinson
B. W. Hutchinson
West Church Street
United States Intelligence Bureau
A. Sheesley
Wilkinsburg
A. 2. Griffith
Progress
I. M. Owen
Leora
Elmer Owens
Culver
Blair Shultz
Vin+ Londale
Ott Pettit
Lloyd A. Lightner
S. W. Boyle
George Horning
J. W. Johnston
Vandergrift Heights
Boyle
Paul Campbell
Momar City
H. M. Lowry
South Sixth Street
Illsa Beatty
Youn
Mabon
Dallas
Vox
J. A. Brown
Crushvalley Township
Brown
Brughvalley Township
Loulka Younkin
Hiks Hoper
Indiana Lodge of Bonavolent and Protective Order of Elks
Hitler Pecer
George J. Walt
John {. Tromas
Ben Pollock
Hugh Wiley
Ming
W. S
Klainchlon
Lovejoy Boy
Nolo Boy
Punny
Lynest Work
Tig
Austria
Overland Telp
George W. Lonkerd
Wiyne Avenue
Ciety
Deland
They County
Haun
Charles 1. Jabe
Aga
Minima C. Jabe
Water Street
Point
Indiana High School
Indician Normal
Ruth Widtowson
Jobe
Mstellan Widdowson
The
Odd Fellows and the Christian Church
John EB. Miller
Martha Davis
John S. Davis
Alverda
Pine
Thomas and
Hilzabeth Anderson
Alvordi
Wiliam J
James
Punxsnawney
Shurry
Hastings
Spear J
Logan
Aubunin
Thomas
Mia
W. C
Joseph Palmer
Margaret Palmer
Rayne Township
Marton Coner
James A. Palmer
G. N. Jukehart
Marion Centar
I. Hake Inger
Wilmington
Del
Clinton Palmer
D. Washington
McIntyre
Stuchell
Lujrsilla
Rebecca Juttle
Plainville
James Taylor
Blatraville
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Prothen
Samual Aylor
Blairavilla
Arpylo Tarhanks
Lewis Sharrer
Asad
Wir Bonita
Ambrosa
Hialong
Lea
Lydiels Turi
Ambrose
Antbrose Baptist Church
Gilgal Church
John Wilson
Mary Galbreath Wilson
John E. Galbreath
Mayne
Towne
Wilson
Giorge ME Davis
George M. Davis
Alger- Moon
Benton
Yond
Daniel
Maria Davly
Muear Burnes~ Baro
Martha
Devsioter Tern
Hteturnd
Constable
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