Second Week Of Mild Criminal Court In Kittanning
Judge W D Patton presides as the criminal docket opens with cases in Blairsville and nearby areas. A 15 year old boy was found guilty of common law rape in a tense trial after voir dire and testimony about an incident at a playhouse. Other cases include a not guilty verdict in a trespass case and a pending larceny case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Patton
Kittanning
White
Blairsville
Lloyd Sout
A. ©. Fisher
Fisher
Blainsville
Stont
Commonwealth Vs
Belle Shank
Eli Johnston
White Township
the Commonwealth
John A. White
W. G. Ling
Buffington
James Dowlap
Henry
McClain
C. W. Sutton
Poultry Thieves Abroad Stole Turkeys and Oysters
Thieves entered B. L. Jonker’s poultry house north of town Thursday evening and stole four turkeys. The birds were hidden in a bag and left at the town’s edge on Friday. Edward Gaston and Edward Hamilton are charged with larceny. arrest not yet made. The same night a tub of oysters was taken from James A. White’s restaurant. In the past week eight chickens vanished from W. R. Loughry and five from John Wettling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Jonker
Mr. Junker
Squire J. A. Crossman
Edward Gaston
Edward Hamilton
James A. White
W. R. Loughry
John Wettling
BUNTER'S SERIOUS ACCIDENT DURING HUNTING
Mr Benjamin Stephens of Cherryhill township suffered a severe shotgun accident while crossing a fence. The hammer struck a rail causing discharge. His left hand was badly injured with two fingers torn off and palm damaged. Dr T D Stephens hopes to save the remaining fingers and thumb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Stephens
Cherryhill Township
T. D. Stephens
Penn Row
Society Happenings and Opening Basketball Game
The Sabbath school at First United Presbyterian will host a study evening in the church lecture room with light refreshments. Mrs J T Bell invites fifty guests to a masquerade on Thursday. Mrs B H Lichteberger hosted a card party for 18 ladies honoring Mrs E P Swift and Miss Marie Mackey. Mr H E Anderson entertained 10 Normal school friends for dinner. Judge White’s family hosts dinner for Mrs E P Swift. Indiana Won Opening Game defeating Carnegie Athletic Club 26 to 24. Indiana band played. home team wore white. Home players: Blaine McCreight, Clarence McCreight, Elmer Ellis, Harry Lockard, Will Hall. A game is planned for holiday week. Mr F Warner bought Hellingle and Hook property on Water street for 1475. will build a house next spring with Phil N Baker as contractor. A pie social will be held at Rizinger schoolhouse near Homer City Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterian Church
J. T. Bell
Sixth Street
B. H. Lichteberger
E. P. Swift
Misa Marie Mackey
H. E. Anderson
Third Ward
Judge White
E P. Swift
Indiana
Indiana Club
Carnegie Athletic Club
Blaine
Clarence McCreight
Elmer Ellis
Harry Lockard
Will Hall
F. Warner
Town
Hellingle & Hook
Water Street
Warner
Phil N. Baker
PERSONAL BREEVITIES AND LOCAL VISITORS NOTES
Numerous residents and visitors are listed with movements between town and Pittsburg. Names include H J Altsman Godfrey Marshal E P Swift J H Young Walter J Christy George Byron Annie Vogel Leslie Hazlett W R Calhoun Elizabeth Bartlett Samuel Zener Samuel Harrison John H Smith R R Smith Harry Walker J O C McCracken Edna Blose Blanche Davis Max A W Mabon A L Weaver Mattie Householder James Repine Frank Hile Oliver C Fry D Waller Harriet St Clair Oscar St Clair G H Mathews W H H Robertson Dr Ewing and others. Also coverage of a church ordination trip and local retirements and returns. Prothonotary W R Calhoun visited Blairsville. Rev D M Kinter assists in ordination. Mr Fry injured ribs. Odd Fellows smoker held with prizes won by Ed Smith and Bert Georges. Blockinger jailed in Greensbarz for wine sale without license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Altsman
Pittsburg
Godfrey Marshal
E. P. Swift
Norway
Mich
J. H. Young
Church Street
Walter J. Christy
George Byron
Greensburg
Sanday
Annie Vogel
Johnstown
Leslie Hazlett
Clearfield County
W. R. Calhoun
Blairsville
Elizabeth Bartlett
Samuel Zener
Wilkinsburg
Samuel Harrison
East Liberty
Ehensburg
W. Alex McCaffrey
Miss Jorgey
White Township
Misa Bess Wiggins
West Church Street
Albert Leigh
Leigh
A. L. Weaver
Plumville
Hill Lumber Company
Avonmore
Mattie Householder
Rugh Station
James Repine
Graceton
Peon Row
Frank Hile
Emmons
Sullivan County
Indiana
Oliver C. Fry
West Penn Railroad
Harriet
Bloomsburg
Waller
Oscar St. Clair
North Ninth Street
Conemaugh
G. H. Mathews
Cramer
West
California
Mathews
W. H. H. Robertson
Dr. Ewing
Tyrone
Miss Mary Gilson Receives Lamp from Pupils at West Derry
Miss Mary Gilson of Sheloca teaching at West Derry was surprised when her pupils presented a handsome parlor lamp in a body greeting. W A Evang proprietor of Clover Leaf Dairy owns a new milk wagon built by Isaac Beck, larger than his former wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gilson
Sheloca
West Derry
W. A. Evang
Clover Leaf Dairy
Isaac Beck
Thieves Enter Blairsville Adams Express Office
Thieves blew open the Adams Express office at Blairsville Intersection on Wednesday and secured less than three dollars from the safe. Dr. Le Ackerson the Penn Run dentist bought the Robert Milliken property and will move in soon. G G Compton Conemaugh twelve dollars and thirteen cents, John Brown Blacklick twelve dollars eighty three cents, Jackson Lemon Pine ten dollars. Progress prize essays on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Express
Blairsville
Dr. LE. Ackerson
Penn Run
Robert Milliken
G. G. Compton
Conemaugh
John Brown
Blacklick
Jackson Lemon
Pine
Fall Crushes Skull? Rayne Man Killed at Wilkinsburg
Rayne township resident Lester Kinter, 40, died after a wagon was struck by a train while crossing Pennsylvania railroad tracks in Wilkinsburg. He had recently moved from Armstrong township to seek work as a teamster for a Wilkinsburg coal merchant. Funeral held at Rayne Presbyterian church with burial in the church cemetery. His death follows a prior barn fire that destroyed his farm near Atwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayne Township
Armstrong Township
Lester Kinter
Wilkinsburg
Pittsburg
Rayne Presbyterian Church
van Horn
Kinter
William Fleming Rites Held After Armstrong Resident Dies
William Fleming of Armstrong township died at Hotel Henry in Pittsburg shortly before 7 am aged about 61 after a long illness with bronchitis rheumatism and heart trouble. Survived by wife two sons Frank Paul Ross a mother two brothers Gumbe and John Fleming and two daughters Mrs George Kline and Mrs Elizabeth Hill. He was an elder at Curry Run Presbyterian for 20 years. Funeral Thursday at 10 am at his late home with Rev W J Wilson and Rev O H Milligan. burial in Oakland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucinda E. Moore
John Moore
Hast Mahoning Township
Rochester Mills
John
Pittsburg
Presbyterian Church
James C
Frank
East Mahoning Township
E. P. Foresman
Solomon Baterbaugh
Elizabeth Baterbaugh
Greag Township
Cookport
J .G. Conner
M. Piper
Town
Franklin
Burnside
Allizon
Burt Hickman
Windber
Sylvester
Joseph Ferrier
Green Township
Diltie
Cockport Baptist Church
A. S. Alexander
East Mahonieg Baptist Church
Purchase Line
William Hill
West Wheatfield Township
Garfield
Free Methodist Church
Germany Lutheran Cemetery
William Fleming
Armstrong Township
Hotel Henry
Denver
Colo
Paul
Ross
Mary A. Fleming
Gumbe
Fleming
John Fleming
George Kline
Shelocta
Elizabeth Hill
Curry Run Presbyterian Church
W. J. Wilson
O. H. Milligan
Eldertop
Oakland Cemetery
Dr David R Crawford dies at 63 in Smicksburg
Dr David R Crawford of Smicksburg dies at home from pneumonia aged 63 after 42 years in medicine and 36 years in Smicksburg. Civil War veteran, Prohibitionist leader, member of Dayton United Presbyterian church. Funeral held Friday at Smicksburg Lutheran Church with interment in church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Crawford
David R. Crawford
Smicksburg
Elders Ridge
Dayton United Presbyterian Church
105Th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Dr. Crawford
Nancy Reynolds
William T. Crawford
James
Samuel R
John
Bruce
Smicksburg Lutheran Church
Greenlee
M. 8. Kemp
D. P. French
Plumville
Lutheran
Aunt Harriet Smith Dies. Noted County Resident
Aunt Harriet Smith, perhaps the county’s oldest resident, died Monday at 6 am at her daughter Jennie Jackson’s home on East Water Street. A former slave who moved north after the Civil War, she lived in Second Ward near the tannery and was known as a Cantennarian. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at her home, Rev. Lewis Hay officiating, Oakland Cemetery interment. Jane Patrick, wife of Robert Patrick, died at her son A L McCullough’s home in Atwood on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Smith
Jennie Jackson
East Water Street
Second Ward
Harriet
South
Jackson
James Jackson
Lewis Hay
Oakland Cemetery
Jane Patrick
Robert Patrick
A. L. McCullough
Atwood
Death notices for Amanda Oliver and Maude King
Miss Amanda Oliver of Conemaugh township died at 47 after illness. She lived with brothers J M and Scott and sister Nannie. funeral held Tuesday by Rev. Golph, burial at Conemaugh United Presbyterian church cemetery. Miss Maude Nizg, daughter of Mr and Mrs William King of Armstrong township, died aged about 21 after lifelong invalidity. interment at Curry Run Presbyterian church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Oliver
Conemaugh Township
J. M
Scott
Nannie
Golph
Conemaugh United Presbyterian Church
Maude King
Maude Nizg
William King
Armstrong Township
Curry Run Presbyterian Church
Mrs Barkley Yeager Dies of Typhoid in Bolivar
Mrs Barkley Yeager of Bolivar died Monday from typhoid fever at about 45. She had been ill for several weeks and is survived by her husband and six children. Interment will be in Bolivar this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkley Yeager
Bolivar
Real Estate Transfers list across several townships
A record of numerous property transfers including parcels, tracts, and acres traded between individuals and entities across Montgomery, Green, Wheatfield, Armstrong, Rayne, and surrounding areas. Sums range from $20 to $4,428, with buyers and sellers such as Flora Roger, Alfred Minser, Sarah Wiggins, Hiram Ferrier, Jennie Notley, and others. Local notices reference page 3 for additional items and agricultural institute proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Miller
Mechanicsburg
Flora Roger
Silas M. Clark
Montgomery
Alfred W. Minser
Pauline Kaufman
Armstrong
Sarah E. Wiggins
James Lermey
Hiram Ferrier
Jacob Bustic
Fredrick Buterbaugh
Cora M. Boucher
Rayne
Catherine A. Dias
Jennie M. Notley
George W. Conner
Green
T. A. Douglass
Asa E. McAnnity
Jennie M.notley
John D. Garman
A. B. Cook
Burrell
Laura J. Spicher
Amanda Beck
Indiana
R. F. Rees
W. J. Young
Buffington
Joshua Young
Inquest Fails to Find Foul Play in Mrs Michaels Death
Coroner M M Davis investigated the death of 25 year old Mrs Cora Michaels at Cherry tree after her husband had left home with Bell Frank of Beringer. The jury of twelve found death from natural causes despite suspicions of foul play due to the husband’s weekslong absence with a girl. Mrs Michaels left four young children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Davis
Cherrytree
Cora Michaels
Bell Frank
Beringer
Davis
J. L. da
Eleventh annual Hitters Ridge Academy alumni reunion held in Pittsburg
The old Students Association of Hitters Ridge Academy met at the Seventh Avenue Hotel in Pittsburg on Friday evening for its eleventh annual reunion. Judge James M. Neale presided. Officers elected for next year include President James M. Neale, Secretary M. C. Watson, Vice President Rev Elliott S. Riggs, Treasurer J. R. Fricke, and an executive committee comprising several clergymen and lay members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Students Association
Hitters Ridge Academy
Seventh Avenue
Pittsburg
James M. Neale
Kittanning
Secretar
M. C. Watson
Indiana
Elliott S. Riggs
D. C . Washington
J. R. Fricke
T. D. Davis
D D
Robert C. Beatty
R. C. Gailey
H. Walker
Henry J. Fulmer
J. G. Stewart
D. D
James Klingensmith
Renowned Carriage Maker Retires in Local Transfer
Isaac Beck retires after 25 years at his North Sixth street shop and Water street dwelling. He sells to R F Ross of Scoffaers Corners Jefferson County who begins operation Saturday and plans to build carriages buggies repairs and heavy farm wagons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Beck
North Sixth Street
Water Street
R. F. Ross
Scoffaers Corners
Jefferson County
Ross
Beck
Rev D M Kinter Preaches Joshua's Happy Choice
Church news notes Rev D M Kinter will preach on Joshua's Happy Choice in the morning and in the evening he will discuss I De Witt Talmage's Reply to How to Become a Christian Contrasted with the Bible Answer. A welcome to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Kinter
Joshua
I. de Witt Talmage
Freight engine derailed near Blairsville injures man
A freight engine and 15 cars derailed on the Bolivar branch near Blairsville Friday evening. Harvey Marshall of Blairsville, aboard the engine, was thrown from his seat and suffered severe cuts and bruises. He is a brother of J Marshall of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivar Branch
Blairsville
Harvey Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Town
Presbyterians install pastor. lumber mill opens nearby
The Kittanning presbytery met in Saltsburg with Rev. Swartz Crawford to be formally installed as pastor next Friday evening. D. M. Henry locates his saw mill on the Hoskins Irwin timber tract near Spruce, contracted to saw 4,000,000 feet over two years. William Hafferty’s dwelling burned Friday night with total loss and no insurance. Local shipments include many live animals to Philadelphia and nearby towns. Jail sentence given for drunkenness. a Burgess fine set. A Christmas wedding planned for George Nesbit and Mollie Kankle. The Valley Item announced for New Florence with weekly start next week. The Normal entertainment series continues with the Smith Sisters in Normal chapel. Details of county farmers institutes appear on page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swartz Crawford
W. J. Wilson
Messrs
J. H. Brilbart
S. M. Work
Town
Kittanning
Saltsburg
Crawford
Presbyterian Church
D. M. Henry
Penn Run
Hoskins & Irwin
Spruce
Indiana County Teachers Institute Opens Five Day Rally
County Superintendent J T Stewart confirms arrangements for the 49th annual Indiana County Teachers Institute five day rally. The event gathers educators and directors in Indiana for instruction and entertainment on the eve of the holiday week with holiday decorations and busy shopping by visiting instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Stewart
Indiana County Teachers’ Institute
County Institute
Indiana
Indiana week institute opens with day sessions and entertainments
The article notes day sessions and popular lectures and concerts during Institute Week in Indiana. Library Hall hosts the event with lectures and two concerts, and the Indiana County Directors' Association meets in the Court House Tuesday and Wednesday, with joint sessions with teachers. Officers include H. D. Condron, S. H. Hughes, and A. M. Mivtion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute
Indiana
Library Hall
Indiana County Directors’ Association
Court House
Oelock
Stewart
H. D. Condron
Cherrytree
S. H. Hughes
First One Second Ward
A. M. Mivtion
Marion Center
Enrolling secretaries and committees named in school program
The text lists enrolling secretaries for several school districts including West Lebanon Smickeburg Homer City and Blairsville Indiana Saltaburg with C B DeLancey John KE Good Thos 8 Bracken Crissie Cameron Kiary McCormick Florence Wilson. Committees include Resolutions Exhibits Visitors week with numerous named members. Rev J T Jones Ebensburg named music instructor and Mrs W H Jackson town pianist. Continued on Seventh Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. DeLancey
West Lebanon
John KE. Good
Smickeburg
Thos
Bracken
Homer City
Crissie Cameron
Indiana
Kiary McCormick
Blairsville
Florence Wilson
Saltaburg
J.T. Henry
W. W. Couch
J. C. White
R. C. Wal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Patton
Bunter
Rizinger
Odd Fellows
Palladium Lodge
Ed Smith
Bert Georges
A. P. Blockinger
Bolivar Dispatch
Greensbarz
Blockinger
Mil
David McCullough
Annstrong Township
Elder Keibler
Samuel
New Alexandria
Harry McCullough
Apollo
John Downey
Jacksonville
John Neal
Mary Downey
Blacklick Township
United Presbyterian Church
Patterson
Mes, Robert Patrick
Inquest
OLP
Elders Ridge Academy
Church News
New Florence
William Hafferty
Thomas & Wissinger
Schwenksville
J. D. Rowland
Doylestown
J. M.S. Moore
Phenixville
J. N. Stewart
West Philadelphia
E. C. Adams
Herndon
D. E. Thompson
John Gibson
Gibson
J. H. Johnston
Kellar Harris
Burgess Kline
G. W. Graff
B. Griffith
George Nesbit
Misa Mollie Kankle
Creskside
Valley Item
Charles W. Shoupe
Normal
Smith Sisters
Normal Chapel
J.T. Jones
Russell H. Conwell
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