Local Grand Jury to Pass on Many Bills
December court opened with a full calendar of civil and criminal cases. Foreman C L Campbell of Heshidon led the grand jury as indictments in commonwealth cases including assault, robbery, arson, murder, and aggravated assaults were filed for review. Several civil matters, including a major land ownership dispute in Green township, were on the slate with earlier cases settled or delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Campbell
Heshidon
John Gorgie
Btan Thomas
George Lalameant
C. H. Weir
John Perkople
Mike Kilkosky
Wm. Stonebraker
Joe Victor
W. G. Allen
Joe Starry
Henry Morrison
Paul States
Samuel Mason
Theodore Goehring
Stanley Berlinski
Walter Mudri
Joseph Slovensky
D. Rolgosin
George Stephens
John Bunyak
Mike Leone
Ralph Lydie
Alfred Cichini
Steve Vargo
Mattich Poplascezs
W. A. Speer
Algera Weaver
Ada Griffith
Chas. Leuin
Heilwood
Costae
Blair
Supreme Court
Physician McHenry to Become Windber Hospital Chief Doctor
Ralph F. McHenry, former Heilwood company physician for the Nant-Mary Coal interests, will become Windber hospital's resident physician on January 1. The post carries an excellent salary and reflects McHenry's standing as a leading county surgeon, with a career built in Marion Center and Heilwood. He hails from the county and has long served in regional medical practice. Executed deeds before December 1 1914 are exempt from stamps, per Indiana county recorder J Blair Sutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. McHenry
Ntly
thenn-Mary Coal Company
Hellwood
Windber Hospital
McHenry
Heilwood
J. Blair Sutton
Indiana County
Department of Interna
Our County
New Captain Named for Indiana Normal Football Team
Irvin Shick son of Mr and Mrs James Shick of East Chestnut street was elected captain of the Indiana Normal school football team at the athletic association meeting held Saturday. Former captain White and several seniors will graduate in June. Wellesley Girls Fight to Rebuild Hall funds Florence Wallace freshman at Wellesley College joins others to raise money for College Hall rebuilt after last year’s fire. A supper at Five Points Lutheran Church Friday evening, featuring 5 and 20 cent confections, will aid the church benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Shick
James Shick
East Chestnut Street
Indiana Normal School
Athletic Association
White
Wellesley
Florence Wallace
A. 3. Wallace
Oakland Avenue
Wellesley College
College Hall
Five Points
Real Estate Transfers in Indians County Deeds Recorded
Deeds recorded in Indians County detail transfers from numerous grantors to buyers including Maria Manola, Daniel Henry, J Clement Hasinger, B R P S T R Co, Lawrence Bowser, David W Simpson, J L Carnahan, W T Hughes, Twila Armstrong, Catharine Houser, Homer Fisher, Wallace Rowley, Rebecca Morrow, Mary Stormer, James Lucas, Charles Dennison, A R Cooper, and others. Amounts range from 40 to 3600 dollars for parcels including acres and lots in Creekside Blairsville Green Homer City and Canoe with various guardians and trustees noted. The list reflects extensive real estate activity with multiple buyers and estates transferring titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indians County
Uast
D. J. Moorhead
Center
Maria Manola
Harry Gilpatrick
Deckers Point
Daniel Henry
Taylor
Trustes
Chevy iChage
J. Clement Hasinger
H. N. Richardson
B. R
Alex Swend
Big Sum For Bounties County Payers $2000 This Month
County commissioners paid out more than $2000 in bounties for dead animals this month and expect to exceed $3000 to cover all claims. The pay resumed last week after a pause, with hundreds of claims filed. Also notes efforts to secure a National Guard armory for Company F and invites state support, plus a note on honey packaging marking requirements and a list of recent marriages in Indiana and Arcadia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Ot National Guard
Tenth Regiment
Green
Westmoreland
Indiana
Four Wagon Load of Liquor Seized in Ernest Raid
A wagon load of liquor was taken from two homes in Ernest after a raid on alleged speakeasy activity. Two foreign women and a man were arrested and brought to town with the liquor. Rossiter’s Popular Girls contest crowned Miss Mary Tarleton as the town’s most popular girl, with Frances Carrian second and Esther Hoewaird third. Marion Center plans a summer school starting April 20, with J Weaver as principal and D T Wingar as assistant. A fire destroyed the Dixonville storeroom and restaurant owned by B T Smith at 2:00 a.m. A valuable horse belonging to W C Little near Plumville died on Thanksgiving day, valued at 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
County Officarg
Rossiter
Mary Tarleton
Frances Carrian
Esther Hoewaird
Marion To Haye
Marion Center
J. @. Weaver
Town
D. TL. Wingar
Marly
Dixonville
T. Smith
W. C. Little
Plumville
Town's First Municipal Christmas Tree A Week Long Event
Town wide celebration centers on a grand Christmas tree at the Municipal building. Illumination evenings 7 to 12, with ceremonies on Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Bands from Indiana Military, foreign groups, and local organizations will perform. international residents to share customs and songs. waifs in costume will parade with lanterns. broad community participation encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
New Century Club
Town
Indiana
Indiana Military Band
Feeding Game Birds Urged By State Official
Joseph Kalbfus secretary of the State Game Commission urges farmers and others to feed unprotected game birds during winter when snow covers the ground. kalbfus notes a large number of game birds perish each year from lack of food and shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kalbfus
State Game Commission
iSalbtus
Kitchen Shower at Wels Home Washington Township
A gathering of young friends of Mx and Mrs. Jay McQuilken surprised the couple at the Wels home in Washington Township on Saturday evening. Guests brought numerous pretty and useful gifts and shared good wishes. Laughter filled the room as games were played and a lunch was served after the merrymaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay McQuilken
Wels
Washington Township
Woman With Revolver Causes Stir at Station
Mrs. Joseph Mall of Whiskey Run startled Rochester and Pittsburg Railway Station Thursday evening by drawing a revolver and ordering men in the waiting room to leave. She was arrested and spent the night in jail, facing a hearing before Burgess Shaffer on Friday morning, with $9.00 costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Mall
Whiskey Run
Wulfalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Burgess Shaffer
Paid Fine In Deer Running Case In Bladlick
Mr Stewart J Sides a Bladlick resident faced Justice Crossman for running a deer with dogs and paid 25 dollars plus costs for violating game laws. A game warden pursues the hunter who recently shot a doc on Twolick hills as holiday features continue across the Progress this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart J. Sides
Bladlick
Sqtire J. A. Crossman
Justice
Twolick Hills
Appendicitis Operation for William Jamey
William Jamey Laney son of Mr and Mrs Milton Laney of Oakland avenue underwent an appendicitis operation in an Indiana hospital yesterday morning He is recovering well Pastor's Larder filled Grove Chapel parishioners and neighbors delivered baskets of provisions to Rev P J Tau and wife Grandpa Franklin Sansom editor of the Indiana Democrat welcomed news as his daughter was born Sunday morning to his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harry J Bartley of West Water street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jamey
William Laney
Milton Laney
Oakland Avenue
Indiana Hospital
Grove Chapel Tatheran Church
P. J. ‘Tau
Miter Sanson
Franklin Sansom
Indiana, Democrat
Harry J. Bartley
West Water-street
Woman Fractures Arm in Marlon Center Home Incident
Miss Margaret Laughry of near Marlon Center fell while sipping from a wet grain at her brother 3. L. Laughry's home and fractured her right arm just above the wrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
3. L. Laughry
Near
Marlon Center
Margaret Laughry
Personal Brevities Highlight Local Visits and Guests
A stream of local residents and guests are noted visiting from towns including Stulty, Marton Center, Wayne Avenue, and North Seventh Street. Visitors travel from Pittsburg, Indiana, DuBois, and Johnstown to attend events, with several locals hosting relatives and friends at homes on South Seventh Street and nearby areas.
Brothers Reunite After 44 Years in Wisconsin
William B. Stant of Wafirond Juvenus hosts his brother Peter Statt from Prairie du Chien, the first meeting in 44 years. Stahl, born in Cherryhill township, plans to visit county relatives this month with his wife. Ward Calderwood sells 135 acres of Locust coal to Smith & Chapman on the Bucalo Rochester & Pittsburg line. Blgler interests explore coal on Samuel Lewis farm Locust with prospects of early development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Stant
Wafirond Juvenus
Peter Statt
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Stahl
Cherryhill Township
Wigcousht
William
Mr. Stahl
Aso
Ward Calderwood Hug
Locust
Smith & Chapman
Irwin
Rochester & Pittsburg
Samuel Lewis
Doe sighting near Advance sparks wonder on farm field
While plowing last week near Advance, W. Bracken discovered a doe in the adjoining field. The deer approached closely, then vanished into the woods. It is believed to be one of Womber that escaped from the preserve in Clearfield county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Th Bracken
Mr. Bracken
Womber
Clearfield County
County Institute Opens With Directors Meet in Indiana
Indiana teachers prepare for the county institute and county directors convention. Educators from Grove City College and the University of Pittsburgh will instruct, with corn club exhibits, evening entertainments, and free meals at Hotel Moore. The week features lectures by Gov. Shallenberger and Dr. Driver, The Quaker Girl musical, and a large advance ticket sale for performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hig ‘County Institute
County Directors’ Association
Corn Club
Adl
Hotel Moore
Jas
FL Chapman
Orwood
Grove City College
Indiana County
Frank [. Pearson
Ohio
Harlan EB. Hill
Cumberland, O
Jessa White
University of Pittsburg
Chapman
Court House
Indiana
Otel* Moore
Ashton C. Shatlenberger
John Merritt Driver
Driver
New York
Pittsburg
Landing Theater
Instituta
Yarls Oun Moving Picture Houses
All's
Glore
Onxequency
Janes
Thea Awilorbim
Hall
Woman's Suffrage Debate At Gordon School House
The Gordon Literary Society of Mechanicsburg and the Gordon society near Jacksonville debated Woman's Suffrage on November 24. Gordon members Shielda and McCrea argued the affirmative, while Whitomathean reps Earl G. Millar and Stanley Allen argued the negative. the decision favored the negative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowe
Sociely
Gordon School House
Philomatheon Literary Society
Mechanicsburg
Gordon Litterary Society
Jacksonville
Shielda
McCrea
Gordon Literary Society
Earl G. Millar
Stanley Allen
Whitomathean Literary Society
Deaths of Rev David C Wilson and others in county
Obituary notices detail the death of Rev David C Wilson a native of the county born September 1884 in Hrushyallay township and long service as a minister and community leader. The piece lists surviving relatives including children Andrew W., Lizette, and David with burial in Oakland cemetery, alongside additional notices of Mrs Phoebe Fritz Mrs Anna McGaughy and other local residents’ deaths and funeral arrangements.
Site Picked for Federal Building in Residential Block
The government selected the Harry Wilson property at Church and Seventh for a new one story federal building at about $18,000. Plans are not public, and Wilson received notice by telegram Saturday. Local real estate experts say the price is fair and the site is in a desirable residential area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aise
Harry Wilson
Church and
Seventh Street
Wilson
Elks memorial services draw large audience in auditorium
The Indiana Lodge No. 431 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks held solemn memorial services Sunday afternoon in the auditorium. Officers led the opening, with purple lit tablets for each deceased member, followed by vocal quartets, invocations, eulogies for recent losses, and tributes to members Wonder and Wagle. Rev. Teagarden delivered the address on character building, with solos by Watson, Jamison, Hetrick, and a bass solo by Hetrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
W. Pearl Walker
Samuel G. Hart
J. H. Jones
Charley Bradley
W. B. Stahl
Melanahin
E. @. Manners
J. A. Crossman
A. M. Wonder
Bhlder Peeler
G. Albert Wagle
M.C. Watson
Harry G. Teagarden
Punxsutawney
Anna Mae Watson
Mary Jamison
George Hetrick
Half Crazy A Mountenbank Praises Roosevelt Wildly
Detroit speaker Champlark told the Detroit Board of Commerce Roosevelt is a phenomenon of the century and a strange fellow. He predicted 4,000,000 people would yell Hurrah when Roosevelt announces his aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culla
Detroit
Mich
Champlark
Detroit, Board of Commerce
Roosevelt
Nowrebank
Theodore ‘Roosevelt
Death notices for John W. Wagner and W. Barclay Barvelay
John W. Wagner a longtime West Wheatfield township resident died early Friday morning after a stroke. he was 60 and served as a Civil War veteran with Company K of the 177th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Survived by wife and several children. Thomas Z. Barvelay, 79, of Marchand, died Sunday evening after a paralysis illness. born Sept 5, 1835, in northern Indiana county. Survived by two daughters. services held at his home and burial at Mt. Pleasant cemetery, Covade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson McConnaughey
Marchand
Mt. Pleasant
Hugh
Kansas
Edward
Iowa
Clark
Trade City
George Braughter
Corode
Mary Pollock
Hamlit
Chas, Griffith
Virginia
Horace J. Thompson
Marion Genter
S. Co, Lydick
Haut Oak Street
Binnie McGonnaighey
Punxsutawney
Lillie
James N. Houck
Warren
George Houck
Oriberg
Onberg
Indiana
Clymer
Rayne Presbyterian Church
JF. Ward
Binnie Short
Dixonville
Ralph T
Porkrygie
Goldie
Myrtle
Max
Greenwood Cemetery
Phoebe Fritz
John P. Reed
Near
Livermore
Nelson Reed
Julia Wainddis
Akron
O. Mra
Mary Boyer
Kenmore
Rebecca Vowall
Monessen
George M Read
Lincoln Place
Pal
Iain Peod
Blatraville
John Stiles
Buffington
Pennsylvania
Dil Town
John W. Wagner
West Wheatfield
Worl Wheelflelht
Tt. Barclay
Thomas Z. Barvelay
Mr. Barclay
Indiana County
Wizabeth Coy
David Coy
Mla
Presbyterian Church
John North
Edward Simpson
East Mahoning Township
hisJats
Covade
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Simpson
Bureau of Standards At
Harrisburg
Marriage
Mire Leslie, Walker
Arcadia
Lizaie Gonner
Joseph L. Starry
Homer City
Tessie Brink 1
Blairsville
Thomas H. Hair
Clara _BaShaffer
Indiana Normal
Indiana Witt
Christus
Ben Pollock
Eoston
George W. Clawndl
Stulty Wis
C. Ui. Mtchell
Sanberry. Mo
J.T. Toover
Hailwood
Mursday
D. B. Thompson
Monany
Henry Rishell
Rochester Milla
Frank Wood
George W. McCowan
Myrtle McMillen
Marton Center
George Zacur
Indiana Candy Works
Alice Taylor
Wayne Avenue
George W. Creighton, Jr
Steelton
John W. Stewart
Cambridge, C
John McGarn
Leedburg
McLain Lowman
Southleventh Street
W. C. Smitten
8. M. McKee
West Oak Street
J. R. Clements
South Seventh Street
J. C. McDermott
Parches Roads
Westmoreland County
Harry Watson
Johnstown
M. G. Thompson
Vandergrift
J. Wilse Thompson
Railroad Avenue
George Lanich
Church I Street
DuBois
Ruth Brown
Fred Brown
Lanich
Curtis Hikin
Water Street
Pittsubrey
Floyd Getty
Kansas City
J. M. Getty
East Locust Street
Henry Heyman
Williamexport
H.L. Heyman
Hub
J. C. Rowland
Wilkinsburg
George J. Snyder
W. S. Rowland
Arthur Wilson
Edward Piat
Uniontown
M. F. Jamison
South Sixth Street
Aftéer
Parmey
David, Wilson
David C. Wison
This
Deramhor
Parkho
Hrushyallay Township
A. W. Wilson
Lown
Harry Wo Whhon
Church Streat
Old Indianat Academy
Hiy Gradim{ion
Mt Py
Monmouth
Tarkio
Abbie Thome
Canonsburg
Dames
Andrew W
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Lizate
David
Spokane
Wilson Lotly
Oakland
William London
Margaret London
Wiiliant Bhondon
North Sixth Treat
Lidinan Hospital
Pentland
Londen
Sarah Wlen
Java
Ruth
Milen
Tiv
Lewis Hay
Penteld
Anna McGiaigshey
Anni Catherine McGaughyy
Palview
Towns
Alexander McClughey
Danner W. and
Arey
Sara A. Palmer
Pitteburg
Oalkland
Stilling
GO. O. Shilling
Reoxsiter
Dixmont
Rogsiter
Federal Building
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