Road Supervisors Convene Discuss County Road Duties
Indiana county road supervisors and auditors met for the ninth annual convention. J Hitler Peeler welcomed 64 supervisors and 33 auditors. A session debated light graders and township duties, with A B Thompson explaining new acts. Resolutions urged brush free 16 foot roadside clearance and motor trucks over one ton barred on dirt roads November to April. H D Tomb reelected president. officers named and Harrisburg convention delegates chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Road Supervisors’ Association
Indiana County
M. C
J. Hitler Peeler
Squire M. D. Fisher
South Mahoning Township
F. C. Sensa|paugh
Green Township
A. B. Thompson
Harrisburg
State Highway Department
Thompson
U. GC
Cameron
Cherryhill
H. D. Tomb
Dirttown
S. W. Shearer
White Township
W. W. Hopkins
East Mahoning Township
Frank McCrea
Blacklick Township
C. L. McCurdy
Washington Township
James Heilburn
Rayne Township
Albert M. Walbeck
East Wheatfield
Progress gift for Indiana County youth readers
The Indiana County paper offers The Progress as a Christmas gift for boys and girls away from home, promising weekly letters from home folks and a card greeting. The Indiana County Council Boy Scouts names chairmen for the coming year including J F Chapman and F R Vinson. Include Red Cross Seals in Christmas shopping. proceeds fund health work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Council of the Boy Scouts
J. F. Chapman
F. R. Vinston
Mnance
Vernon F. Taylor
Croid Rinn
Louis Handler
James A. Smith
Red Cross
Poultry and Farm Products Show Attracting Visitors
Indiana County hosts the Poultry and Farm Products Show in the Armory, with 15 poultry entries and judges from State College and nearby towns evaluating production, exhibition, apples, grain, and potatoes. Dozens of exhibitors from Indiana and surrounding towns display award contenders while Four-H medals honor county potato club members. A separate society notes the engagement of Grace Cunningham to John M. Miller with a January wedding planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AML
Indiana County
Armory
H. D. Munroe
State College
D. D. Whitaker
Zanesville
Prof. Snyder
E. H. Walter
Paul BG. Basinger
Indiana
L. ©. Hasinger
W. M. Swabb
Johnstown
Alda G. Huey
Glen Campbell
W. W. McMillen
Panxsutawney
Mra- Lee Rosenberger
Punxsutawney
Clark Dickie, Jr
Carl Weamer
Homer City
Joseph §. Stuchell
Creekside
Walter A. Little
H. McCune
Blairsville
Addie Worth
B. Peterson
Reid Bedenhorn
L. D. Johnston
Indiiana
Milo Butts
Walter Hj Behard
W. A. Bence
Frank E. Anderson
Ernest
Philip Evans
Henry Townsend
South Bend
Donald Palmer
W. H. McCunn
Home
C. S. McCunn
S. H. McKee
William McKee
Samuel T. Rugh
Brushvalley
Alex Johnston
Elmer E. McHenry
W. R. Chrisman
Indians
George Bell
William Allen
Jay McCoy
Nelson Whitacre
Howard Lamont
G. McCoy
Lisle Johnston
Leone M. Stoffel
Harry Stoffel
George Hamilton
Henry Howe
John Hamilton
Joseph McBeetridge
Vandergrift
J. M. Torrence
Murray Palmer
Daniel C. Briatol
Bainbridge
N. Y
John Warden
Clymer
R. E. Shaner
Harry R. Shaner
Indiana County Farm Bureau
Martha Steffey
Marion Center
Mildred Blose
Rochester Milla
Charles Wetzell
Wilmer Keeley
Saltsburg
William Condron
Smickshure
Dwight Gabagan
Loop
James McElhoes
Oran Good
Smicksburg
Isabel Lydick
Cora Little
Guy Skinner
Arthur Chapman
Torrance Stanley
Rochester Mills
Bernard Kinter
Real Estate Transfers in Indiana County Deeds Recorded
Indiana County records list numerous transfers including Elias F. Weaver to Edwin Drummond for 52 acres in West Mahoning at 4000, Margaret B. Irvin to Andrew Podlew 39 acres in Conemaugh at 590, and Willman G Miller to L Zajac for a Burrell lot at 600, among many others from Second Ward to Blairsville and Homer City, detailing buyers, sellers, and prices. The entries reflect widespread activity across townships and wards with multiple parcels changing hands.
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Indiana County
Elias F. Weaver
Edwin Drummond
West Mahoning
Dirabeth Williams
Martha W.bennett
Lota
Second Ward
Indiana
G. Bigoro
Stanislaw Rules
Clymer
Margaret K. Householder
IR. Calhoun
Blairaville Land Improvement Co
Zajac
Blairsville
Willman
G. Miller
L. Zajac
Burrell
Margaret B. Irvin
Andrew Podlew
Conemaugh
John Kwak
Taras Ponomar
Jolih White
L. J. Reithmiller
Andy Ballas
Dixonvile
Samuel Israel
Wm, Sides
Pine
M. L. Raymond
Don Sickenberger
Homer City
Susan A Shields
J. QO. Clark
Banks
Co. A
Buchanan
Witt. Eilenberger
Third Ward
W. L. Calhoun
Tohn
Armstrong
William (Is
Chas. FP
Pach
White
S. C. Steele
L. Morrone
Center
Tohn Stewart
Archie C. Kunkle
Second’ward
Vance H. Young
Harold Wilt
Green
W. H. Buterbaugh
Jesse Harbridge
Grant
Edmistons Injured as Train Strikes Car at Crossing
Mrs. James Edmiston seriously injured when the car she rode in was struck by a freight train at the McCreary Tire & Rubber crossing on Oakland Avenue. Mr. Edmiston escaped unhurt as Mrs. Edmiston suffered a fractured pelvis and others received head injuries. The couple were returning from a funeral when the accident occurred. The car was damaged and a bear hunter nearby killed a 260 pound bear. Also noted are deer harvests and local travel plans including a Florida motor trip by two couples. butter and eggs prices at Myrrel Bennett’s market.
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Mosr
James Edmiston
Center Township
McCreary Tire & Rubber Go
Oakland Avenue
Mra
Edmiston
Adam P. Lowry
Wilgus
Yue Hickok
John McAfoos
Herbert Sterner
Homer City Man Pays 26th Subscription to The Progress
Homer City resident H. S. Kissinger renewed his subscription to The Progress for the 26th time while in the county seat on Wednesday. The note highlights his long history with the paper since moving to housekeeping.
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Omer
H. S. Kissinger
Homer City
Progress
Blairsville Rotarians Guests of Indiana Club
Blairsville Rotary Club members visited the Indiana Rotary Club at Camp Rest a While for an Inter-City meeting. The event featured music, addresses, and an elaborate dinner with talks by Blairsville leaders and out-of-town guests including Bert Smyers and former governor Toney Smith. Harry White presided. deer hunter Frank Hickie shared his first big game experience.
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Camp Rest
Blairville
Rotary Club
Indiana Rotary Club
Blairsville
Thomas C. North
Elders Ridge
Frank Hickie
American Natural Gas Co
Indiana-Jeannette
Progress gift drives for Indiana county families in 1924
Many Indiana county youths will receive The Progress as a weekly Christmas gift for 1924. Gift subscriptions with personalized Christmas cards will spread greetings from givers. A Homer Guy couple welcome a daughter, Ruth Porsha Griffith, still unnamed, in their home. Clymer hunters bagged ducks at Little Birch Island in Clinton County. Richard McFarland of Clymer, son of Sylvestre and, is a patient at Indiana hospital with mastoid trouble. possible operation.
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Indian County
Homer City
Gerald Ruttner
Indiana Hospital
Indiana County
Armur Whmch
Homer Guy
Ruth Porsha
Indiana
Griffith Home
Clymer Fomters
Yuck
A. J. Hines
Herb Adams
Mack McGullough
Lawrence Hines
Clymer Hunting Club
Little Birch Island
Clinton County
Clymer
Richard McFarland
Sylvestre McFarland
Subscribtion to Tir Progress in Christmas Stocking
A yearly subscription to this paper is proposed as a dear Christmas gift. Indiana county residents have favored Fdc as gifts recently. Oakland Avenue property, the brick residence of Chag Ptordt, sold to Mrs. M. J. Sherrick for 12000 via John McConnell agency. Ptordt family plans relocation to Philadelphia.
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Oakland Avenue
Chag
Ptordt
M. J. Sherrick
Wwa
John McConnell
Philadelphia
Personal notices from Indiana and nearby townships
Indiana shoppers W L Montgomery and Harry Ling erfalter, Chambersville, with many locals visiting friends and relatives across townships. Albert Dick travels to Orlando Florida for the winter. others visit Reg E D G and Richmond. Poultry Show attendance, juror service, and newspaper subscriptions appear alongside family milestones and regional travel for the Christmas season.
Jury Rulings Highlight Civil Court Week
Civil Court wrapped up with several settlements and continuances as cases concluded or were halted. W. S. Coffman sued Harry Q. Kimmell and received $1,000. Jennie Brewer won $61.26 against Justice Wilson. Ben Reznor settled for $51.20. Great Northern Floor Mills settled for $650. Joe Park was sentenced to costs and 20 years for second degree murder. Verna Polka and Hignatz Bogun faced fines and jail or costs for related charges.
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Coffman
Harry QO. Kimmell
Frank Kimmell
Jennie Brewer
R. M. Wilson
Saltsburg
Blacklick
Ben Reznor
J. Safalo
Great Northern Floor Milla
Indiana Baking Company
Ban R. Shields
John H. Winchester
Marlon Center
J. Z. Harris
Margaret Miller
J. Nelson Stein
Ralph Bennett
M. Bennett
Joe Park
Mary Bruno
Heilwood
J. N. Langham
Western Penitentiary
Want Wild
Perk
Brino
Venona Polka
Gerva
Hignatz Bogun
Local notes on deaths and a fatal shooting
Obituaries recall J Wider Walton Fullan of South Mahou township who died suddenly from indigestion after a long residence near Smyrna Church. Margaret McHenry of South Seventh Street died from stroke complications, aged 61. A fatal shooting in Josephine occurred during a card game when W Lewis claimed self defense after Jessop pulled a revolver, leaving Jessop dead and Lewis jailed. Remaining details note survivors, church ties, and burial arrangements in Oakland Cemetery.
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Mies
Muregaret
Mellenry
Tito George W. Mellenry
South Seventh Street
Deveusad
White Township
Four Tragic Deaths This Week In Saltsburg Area
Veteran Homer City resident Peter Cain 67 died after being struck by a freight car of the Indiana County Street Railways Co near Homer City. Cain stepped onto the track while a passenger car passed and was fatally injured. He leaves a widow and seven children, with relatives in Cherryhill township. In Saltsburg a collision at the Washington Street crossing killed Frank Kocka, 40, and his son Vincent, 19, and injured two of his other sons and his wife, who died en route to Pittsburgh. The car was hit by a fast freight train, the vehicle dragged 150 feet, and the infant survived with injuries. Vincent, the driver, was killed instantly. Frank and two younger sons were injured.
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Walton
Fullon
South Mahou
Hilo
West Lebanon
Martha Hamilton
Marion Center
Fullan
Hamilton
Smyrna Church
Fulton
Morton Genter Woolen Co
Smyrna United Presbyterian Church
Nso
Tle
Welter Patton
Athudle City
John Pricter
Creekside
Argyle T Miler
Mear Craceton
C. 0. Bavtth
Blacklick
Slater
J. G. Brown
Indigna
Rother
B.D. Felton
Tintontown
Mrnday
A. Md
Owkdnind
Indlank Street Railway Co
Saltsburg
Josephine Negro
Peter Cain
Homer City
Indiana County Street Railways Co
Indiana Hospital
Hig Noma
Cain
Cherryhill Township
Alonzo Singer
Lewis A. Cain
Frank Kocka
Vincant Kocka
Truxall
Worstmoreland County
Washington Street
Kocka
Longtime Diamondville resident dies after age and illness
Mrs. Michael Sickenberger aged nearly 84, born in Nuremberg in 1820, died at her Diamondville home after general debility. Survived by children Annie Johnston Clara Gibson Charlotte Til Margaret Lauder, funeral by Rev. Login, burial in Diamondville cemetery. Life spanned railroads and tech advances from early 1800s to modern era.
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Michael Sickenbergler
Charlotte Sickenberger
Dinawendville
Nuremberg
Germany
Diamandyville
Christian Church
Michael Sickenberger
Annie Johnston
Clara Gibson
Diamondville
Charlotte Til
Windber
Margaret Laudermiteh
Pittsburgh
Login
Plamondville
Sickenberger
Unni
Iho
Christmas Celebration in Indiana Described in 1827 Notice
A December 3 1827 notice from Indiana reports a Christmas Day celebration marking Chrisomas with a 1000-pound ox shoot for 42 dollars, inviting locals and nearby towns to attend, noting mixed local approval and listing participants from West Wheatfield, Lockport, Tolvar, and Derry townships. The Bi Co. Haunting of Hinson also notes a deer hunt with six deer and other game.
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Indiana
Hera
Bi Co
Presbyterian Church to Host Doctor Joly Next Sunday
East Wheatfield notes Dr. Joly will occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. Attendees at a Howard Presbyterian lecture on Peace Through the Prince of Peace included Clifton N. Howard of Rochester, chairing the World Peace Commission. At the Presbyterian Missionary and Ladies Aid Society meeting, Mya Pearl Mack was elected president with offices for the ensuing year. Mrs. Louise Matthews visits, staying with daughters and sons‑in‑law in Danatown and later plans to spend winter in St. Peterburg. Mrs. J. J. Caldwell and others shopped in Johnstown. Mrs. C. A. McFeaters and Miss Emma Wormwood visited relatives in Jobstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joly
Presbyterian Church
Vicnity
Prince of Peace
Howard Presbyterian Church
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
Presbyterian Missionary and Ladies Aid: Society
C. i. Hutchison
Local Social Notes and Obituaries from Indiana County
Mrs K A Krone and sons Kath Ty Bobby and daughter Barbara visited Altoona while Mrs John Lemon shopped in Clearfield. Mrs Emma Notley spent Sunday with her son J F Notley. Beatrice Cramer Annas Wissinger shopped in Johnsonstown. Mary Gibbs aged 74 of Montgomery Township died at home and burial was in Rowley cemetery. Sim Long of Hayne Twp died near Tanoma. funeral Sunday at Greenwood cemetery. Harry Speedy, a veteran, died in hospital Monday night.
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K. A. Krone
Kath§ Ty
Bobby
Babara
Altoona
Mra
Krone
Orvis Watson
John Lemon
Dorothy
Clearfield
Suneday
Emma Notley
J. F. Notley
W. EB. Cramer
P. W, Oram
Beatrice Cramer
Annas Wissinger
Johnnrs Town
Mary Gibbs
Mary Rowley Gibbs
Montgomery Township
Rowley Cemetery
James Biss
Sim Long
Hayne Township
Tanoma
Greenwood Cemetery
Harry Speedy Harry Speedy
Indiana County Houseor 4
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grace Cunningham
South Tenth Street
John M. Miller
Harry White
Croylands
Mr. Miller
Miss Cunningham
A. S. Cunningham
Robert N. Miller
Sutton-Miller Co
Pord Automobile
Concern
Hea
Indiana Rotatre Club
Cosmopolitan Ub
Real Estalth
Florida
Claude Stewart
Town
Chan. Foust
Myrrel Bennett
Gipsy
Tadiana Markets
Troniwen Company
Reed
Rotartans
Indiana Club
GriMth
W. L. Montgomery
Harry Lingerfalter
Chambersville
Albert Dick
Orlando
A. W. Campbell
Reg E. D. G
Richmond
A. J. W. Mountain
A. A. Mountain
Wayne Avenue
L. Swasy
Robert Griffith
Dorsey King
Dixonville
D. A. Slepdy
Willet
Job McCrelight
West Philadelphia
Co. F. Ling
New Florence St
James ‘Ei. Orr
Ss. R. Hine
Thomas McCracken
Fred Smith
Sarah
Paul Fisher
East Church Street
Fisher
Ellen
C. A. Buchanan
Garson Conrath
Tourist Information Bureau
Tampa
Pia
John Ewing
Roy Schrecengost
Pine Township
Hunting
J. J. Orr
D. McFarland
M. G. McCully
Livermore
O. G. Curran
George L. Nichlin
Franklin
Howard Houk
South Sixth Street
Raymon Kelly
Marjorie
Saltsbury
Shelocta
Allshouse
Asa Farren
Tt. B H. Krapa
Consolidated Lumber and Supply Co
A. H. Downey
Pine townehIn
Lwag
Mr. Downey
William M. Hadden
Josephine
Mr. Madden
J. B. Goon
David Chipman
Trade City
Kenneth
James Goon
David Chapman
B. Crawford
West Manhoning Township
Hoe
Kent
W. T. Crawford
Fowler
Cal
N. Barbour
Wehrum
Johnstowns
Center County
Buterbaushh
Salvation Army
Her
Indiana Lodge of Wik
Girls’ College Club
Christman
Peter Cain Tatally
Thomas J. Hamilton
Lhmilton
Nerhern Seclion
Indianis County
C.bert Hamilton
Myra
Muartha Humble
Mary J. Smith
Piinkweny
Grant Reheedengost
Nellie Sluehall Beirecengont
Grant Sehreenngost
Ileburgh
Daughtard
C. 8. Davis
Smithsburg
Mish Hazel Sehreconsasl
Janu Stuehall
Plinnville
Stevens
Borudin
Dn. Weaver
J. N. Weaver
Chris Lidn
South End
Claude Brewer
Claude
Paul Brewer
Graceton
Use Indiana Hospital
Paul A. Brewer
Rey
Chilcote
Greenwood Cuiretery
Peter 5
Sexton
Minnie J. Sexton
Puller
JS. Sexton
Girard
Ohio
Guy
Youngstown
Robinson Hunters
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