Obituaries from Rayne township and surrounding areas
Obituary notices list Jacob Paith of Rayne township at 83 from dropsy and old age with family survivors and a Grove Church burial. Squire Thomas McGough of West Lebanon, about 70, dies after ill health with multiple children named. Arch ive Blackstone dies in Brushvalley after consumption at 19 years, 16 days. Esther Zimmerman of Plumville dies at 36 from consumption. Adam Stormer of New Florence, a longtime railroad man, dies at 70. Mrs Zack Nolf of North Point dies suddenly. William Lowry of White township dies at 87. John Wray of Shady Plain dies at 52. Mrs John A Johnston of Washington township dies at 54. infant daughter of J Frank Russell of Shelocta dies of pneumonia at one month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Paith
Faith
Rayne
I. Faith
W. Ww. Strassler
Corry
Samuel E. Baterveigh
Emmet Boucher
Johnstown
Thomas and Catharine
A. J. Furman
Greenwood Cemetery
Thomas McGough
West
Lebanon
Thursi
Martha Parley
Youngstown
Ofia
Chomas
Marshall
Pitts- Robert
Philadelphia
Maurice
Iai
Hillie
Arcive Blackstone
Stone
Brushvalley Township
Boston Tone
Michael
Greenville
Armegh
M. E. Atch
Armagh
Zack Nolf
Near North Point
Eddyville
J. Frank Russell
Shelocta
Resolutions on death of Mrs Caroline Johnston in Salem Leagu
A Salem Epworth League committee drafts resolutions mourning the death of Mrs Caroline Johnston aged 54 years 4 months 17 days. They honor her service and counsel, drape the charter in mourning for 30 days, and request copies for the record local paper and the bereaved family. Salem Epworth League organized Jan 25 1893. this is its first death. Advance Pa Dec 20 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Johnston
Salem Epworth League
Wuearss
Advance
Advertising Boost Feeds Holiday Trade at B Younkins
After 7 B Younkins advertised Christmas goods crowd gathers from the region to buy confections oranges and table luxuries. Competitors marvel at his busier doors and he proclaims even in hard times advertising aids business. Second shipment arrives at 685 Philadelphia street.
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Philadelphia Street
Teachers As Pupils at Indiana County Institute
The Indiana county teachers institute featured Dr. Carson and Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr delivering engaging talks. Dixon’s "Backbone" lecture inspired higher ideals, with Miss Lonie M. Taylor's violin enchantingly filling in for a vocal solo. The School Directors' Association meets in the Court House this afternoon. a complete county teacher list appears on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Excell
Hammers
Dixon
Houck
Indiana County
Indiana Normal School
Lonie M. Taylor
Thomas Dixon, Jr
School Directors’ Association of
County
Court House
Iron as Accursed and Impure in Ancient Beliefs
The piece traces iron's taboo status across cultures from Egypt to Scotland, noting laws and customs opposing iron use in temples and rites. It cites examples from Jerusa lem to Plateaea and mentions beliefs among Sikhs, Muslims, and African communities, plus folklore links to fairy tales and protective charms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Beass
Typhon
Great Pyramid
Cicero
Plutarch
Plateea
Greece
China
Peru
Jerusalem
Rajah Vizanagram
Gold Coast
Burton
Scotland
Louion
Spain's Mourning Stamp and War Debt Burden
Spanish government issues a mourning stamp for inland mail to pay off an alleged 8,000,000,000 pesetas war debt. The 6 cent de pesetas stamp is compulsory on all mail for island delivery, replacing normal postage and reflecting repeated tax attempts with limited success. Reports contrast Spain's stamp taxes with U.S. revenue methods and note declines in Madrid mail volumes. Also covered are cranberry picking on Cape Cod and a Japanese made flag gifted to President McKinley for the peace jubilee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Impro de Guerra
United States
Madrid
Sehathar
Chicago Times-Herald
New York
Caps Cod
Cape Cod
Worcester Gazette
Philadelphia Record
McKinley
Alexander K. Brown
Bir
Brown
Japan
Joseph M. Huston
Rubber Plant Drink Tragedy Inspires Curious Man
A tropical forest traveler mistook a rubber bearing plant for water and drank a sap mixed with ram, dying within hours from rubber bands clogging his intestines. A New Jersey man recently carried rubber pellets hoping they would inoculate his mind against electric hypnosis, claiming the tactic would integrate his thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Local Institute Programs at Pine Fists Schoolhouse
A teachers institute is set for January 27 and 28, 1899 at Pine Fists schoolhouse Green township. The program covers Welcome, student exercises, topics on supplementary reading and parental support, roll calls, and talks on school ventilation and libraries. The event invites all friends of education. The Smartest Girl at Institute wears a brown dress trimmed in black and uses Miller's Headache Powders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Fists
Green Township
Institute
Miller
Daugherty Bros
Also Mentioned on This Page
al. Wittekind
Clothier
Furnisher
Philadelphia St
Dbadlb
Esther Zimmerman
Miica Esther Zimmerman
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Plimville
M. E
Plumville
Rev
D. J
Dunkard Yard
Adam Stormer
New Florence
Ziarday
Yeats
Bolivar
Pennsylvania Rsffield
Oliver
William Lowry
White Township
United Presbyterian Church
A. J. Farman
The
Baptist Church
Oakland
John Wray
Shady Plain
Armsong County
Wray
Ekiersridge
John A. Johnston
Washington Township
Elderton
Buckten
T. E. Hildebrand
Indiana
W. M. Moore
Homer City
M.G. Miler
Blairsville
Toven
Joan McGravyghey
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wust & Truax
O. Wainixe
Ers
Saneane
Keeley
Dunnaytvanta
Keeley Institute
Pittsourg
Ron
Cunninghlais
Brighton
MD. Cunningham
Indiana, PA
A. O. Cravener
Ninth and
Philadelphia Streets
H. C. Mank
E. E. Napp
Jennie Glenn
A. W. Engle
Alonzo Sides
John E. Adams
W. J. Waddell
Ola Liutman
John W. Williams
Holmes
Jettie Baker
Mabel Reade
D. W. Long
Millie Lydie
Nona Napp
Eliza Nichol
E. E. Honk
Lonie Buterbaugh
County Institute
J. T. Stewart
Elder Peeler
Harry D. Condron
John E. Cathcart
David
Rue
NEW York World
Inprana
Leghorn Food Co
Boston
Mass
J. E. Carnahan
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