Death notices for Harry B. Fairley and William M. Lowe
Funeral services were held for Harry B. Fairley a former Conemaugh township resident and Livermore merchant who died suddenly at 68. He leaves a widow and six children as well as siblings. Separately William M. Lowe aged 95 a Civil War veteran from Smicksburg resided with his daughter in Compton California and was laid to rest at Angelus Abbey mausoleum. he served in the Iowa Infantry and was a Shiloh Post G A R member.
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Livermore Presbyterian Church
Conemaugh Presbyterian Church
Harry B. Fairey
Conemaugh Township
Livermore
John
Susan (Smith) Fairley
A. H. Gettman
Elizabeth
Hbbert) Fairley
John B. Fairley
Town
Harry T. Fairley
Bellevue
Ila
Huch
Rose Young
Beaver Falls
Alicea Conway
Pittsburgh
William M. Lowe
William Nissan
Compton
Oalif
Cornelius and
Elizabeth (Condron) Lowe
Smicksburg
Iowa Infantry
San Diego
Cal
Shiloh Post
Angelus Abbey
Luther OC. Lowe
Nancy Crissman
Mary Smiley
DuBois
Thomas Lowe
Latrobe
Alvin Lowe
Erie
Angus Lowe
Omaha
Nebr
Funeral for Mrs Albert Jacoby Held at Tanoma Home
Mrs Albert Jacoby aged 27 of town died Thursday morning in the Indiana hospital after an operation. Funeral services were at her father J H Thomas Tanoma home, followed by private interment on her grandfather’s farm. She was born in Clymer November 12 1905 and lived in Indiana seven years with First Regular Baptist church membership. She leaves husband, father, and brothers and sisters Albert Thomas Paul Thomas Lois Thomas and Mrs Paul Donahue.
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Albert. Jacoby
J. H. Thomas
Tanoma
Albert Jacoby
Indiana Hospital
Eccased
Clymer
Indiana
First Regular Baptist Church
Albert Thomas
Rayne Township
Paul Thomas
Ralph Lewis
Rochester Milla
Lois Thomas
Town
Paul Donahue
Blairsville
Mra
H. J. McClelland
Saltsburg Presbyterian Church
Saltsburg
New Irytown
Conemaugh Township
J. Nelson
Hilvabeth (Sandles) Coleman
Salinburg Presbyterian Church
J. Stanley Harker
Herbert C. McClelland
DuBois
D. Nelson McClelland
Rossiter
Julian McClelland
Braddock
Eleanor McClelland
Connelleville
Isabelle McClelland
A. L. Coleman
Paul Coleman
Pittsburgh
Belle van Horn
Loveland
Colo
Varna Wolfe
Fort Collins
Edward B. Horn
Moxham
Johnstown
Saltsbury
Caroline Fleckanstine
Frederick Fleckenstine
Salisburg
James LaBrie
Raymond
WU. S. Army
Irvin W. Gibson
Lawrence Layton
West Philadelphia
Greenwood Cemetery
South Twelfth Street
Cherryhill Township
Leonard Deabenderfer
Clymar
Stephen T. Gibson
P. A. Willet
Gowanda
N. Y
Sara, Lockhart
Creekside
Creekside Presbyterian Church
John Boston
Thomas, Heard, Jr
Thomas C. Heard, Jr
Thomas C. Heard
Isalia
William
Alfred
Clair
Glenn
Ruth
Death notices span Conemaugh and Indiana townships
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Caroline Fleckenstine McClelland and Irvin W. Gibson along with James A. Colgan. Mrs. McClelland, 66, died after illness near New Irvingtown. funeral in Saltsburg and burial in Gelstown. Gibson, 80 plus, died at home in Indiana. interment in Greenwood. Colgan, 75, died at Deckers Point. survivors include wife Elizabeth Raleigh and several children.
Longtime Nichol matriarch dies at 72 in Fort Morgan
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Huston Nichol aged 72 widow of John M. Nichol died at her Fort Morgan Colorado home on January 18 after several days with flu and complications. Born February 25 1861 near Purchase Line she later lived there until 1882 marrying John Nichol a farmer stock dealer. The couple moved to Colorado in 1906 and settled at a Fort Morgan ranch. Mr Nichol died February 19 1910. Surviving children include Zola Long Calvin Nichol John Nichol Hope Rolley Arch Nichol and Don Nichol with eighteen grandchildren. The family attends the United Presbyterian church. Burial was at Riverside cemetery Fort Morgan beside her son William Dennis Nichol.
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Sarah Elizabeth
Huston
Idiol
Sarah Blighbeth (Huston) Nichol
John M. Nichol
Purchase Line
Fort Morgan
Colo
Colorado
Mr. Nichol
John
Charles Long, Jr
Tarkio College
Fairview School
Brush
Nichol
Elizabeth Lloyd
Margaret Nichol
Sadie Jeffries
Indiana
Wesley Nichol
James Nichol
Purchase Tine
William
Riverside Cemetery
April 1 Deadline for Emergency Relief Sales Tax
Harriaburg announces mailing of return forms for the Emergency Relief Sales Tax. Taxpayers should file by April 1 with payment, even if forms are not received. A 10 percent penalty may apply for underpayment, with four exemptions listed. Records of property must be kept for six months, and two years after April 1. Tax offices in Philadelphia Altporta Pittsburgh Meadville Ridgway Williamsport and Scranton available for assistance.
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Harriaburg
Jan
Leon D. Metzger
Metzger
Department of Revenue
Harrisburg
Department
Philadelphia
Altporta
Pittsburgh
Meadville
Ridgway
Williamsport
Scranton
United States
Galea
Myers' Literary Society Meeting Program
The Myers' Literary Society will meet Friday evening February 10 in the Myers' school house Center township with recitations readings music and humor acts planned by members and guests. The program includes classes and duets led by named participants and an intermission with a concluding song and monologue.
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Myers' Literary Society
Myers’ Literary Society
Myers’ School
Center Township
Robert Nehrig
Clair Walker
Naomi Stewart
Illa Davis
Hazel McIntyre
Emma
Catherine Lewis
Mary Walker
Mer
John McIntyre
Evelyn Latimer
George Taylor
Chas! Henry
Helen Bowman
Matthew Lewis
Frank and
Elsie May Ginter
Russell Crawford
Co. Latimer
Howard Nebbiig
Clarence Carroll
Glenn Winsheimer
Reed Henry
Howorth Bowman
Met
Clair Kauffman
Larue Wagner
Bertha Anthony
Dorothy Bowman
Clarissa Britton
Nora Bowman
Gaynelle Henry
B ®. Henderson
Granddaughter’s death brings Mrs Tuston to Johnstown
Mrs Geo Tuston traveled to Johnstown on Friday after the death and burial of her granddaughter Evelyn Brephey. She was joined by Mrs A H Williams. Harold and Mrs Bagley visited Mr Bagley’s aunt Miss Lottie Grown of Spruce on Sunday. Mr and Mrs R H Tate and daughter Elenor called on the Henry Morris family near Nicktown on Saturday.
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Geo. Tuston
Johnstown
Evelyn Brephey
A. H. Williams
Harold Bagley
Mr. Bagley
Lottie Grown
R, Bh, Tate
Elenor
Henry Morris
Nicktown
Shady Hollow Social Notes Mingle With Neighbors
Shady Hollow residents and friends share visits with HBnnice Deemer, Siverlings, and many local households from Rural Valley to Indiana. The column records numerous callers, weekend trips, club gatherings, and an oyster supper at the Reformed church basement, highlighting community ties and local happenings.
Community notes from Dutch Run and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Wallace Rising and daughters Jane and Joan visited Mr and Mrs Jacob Miller of Dutch Run last Sabbath. Martha Thomas spent the weekend with friends of South Bend. The Ladies Missionary Society and W W C will hold an all day meeting at Mrs Carson’s home Friday Feb 10. May Keelar of Plumeresk spent the weekend with Geraldine Sell. Sara Jane Sell, returned from several months in Indiana. William Archibald, son of Mr and Mrs John F Archibald of Blairsville, recently completed a semester at Indiana State Teachers College and is assigned to teach French English and social studies at Upper Yoder High School in Westmont Johnstown.
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Balvsville
Wiliam Archibald
John F. Archibald
Blairsville
Indiana State Teachers'College
Westmont
Johnstown
Chillon Castle on Lake Geneva Opposed by History and Art
The World Telegram describes Chillon Castle on Lake Geneva near Montreux as a landmark of medieval romance. It notes the island setting, narrow waterway, drawbridge, guardrooms, sunlit courtyards, towers, grottoes, and dread dungeons as captured details shaping its storied drama.
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Chillon
Lake of Geneva
Pen
Montreux
Earth
Paradina
Tere
Frederick Treves
World- Telegram
Inaccurate Details in Famous Paintings and Works
The Golden Book Magazine critiques errors in art and literature with examples from Leutze's Washington crossing the Delaware, Goldsmith, and Dickens. It notes the false Stars and Stripes in 1776, Georgia’s supposed tiger threat, and misrepresented scenes in Hebrew and Dickens works, highlighting sloppy historical accuracy.
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Golden Book Magazine
Leutze
Metropolitan Museum
New York City
Washington
Delaware
Oliver Goldsmith
Georgia
Matoretto
Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickelby
Read the Riot Act Origin and Proclamation Rule
The phrase read the riot act warns offenders based on 1775 statute. It allowed a mayor or sheriff to disperse 12 or more unlawful assembly by proclamation. Refusal to disperse after an hour made all participants felons. Interference with the proclamation also felonious.
The Word Nature and Its Meanings
The Washington Star explains nature as birth and origin, the essence of life, the creative force, and the system of things in time and space. It argues that nature essentially means life and trying things, with all manifestations of the existing order included.
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Washington Star
Disliked Soap and Water in London Club tale
A veteran London club anecdote recalls a famed literary figure long dead who, despite a reputed aversion to soap, carefully used a sponge towel and his walking stick each morning. One day the bathroom door yielded to curiosity and the man in a dressing gown was found at the bath splashing water with the stick amid noises of ablution.
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London
Rainy Day Causes Looming Streets in Fog Like Fox Tinge
The Washington Star notes rain and fog create a foxlike touch that magnifies details on thoroughfares. Houses appear to loom, their outlines softened as fog veils bricks and stones, changing perception of familiar streets.
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Washington Star
Shakespearean Mistake Sparks Class Quiz Moment
A class studying English poetry faced a quiz on a Wadsworth line. The instructor revealed the poem line "The child to father to the man" for interpretation. A student puzzled briefly, then quipped that Shakespeare wrote it, noting he often made such mistakes.
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Wadsworth
Shakespeare
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Fulton Run
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Walier
James Colgan
Lucerne
Carl Colgan
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George M. Huston
Pine Flats
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J. W. Warner
Indiana County
R. R. Welch
Penn State
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Connellsville
David Mack Cohen
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M. S. Kopp
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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Dayton Agricultural and Mechanical Association
George Seynor
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B. J. McElwain
R. L. McGlelland
R. A. McMeans
PINE
Shady Hollow
Jéan
Betty Weaver
Hbnnice Deemer
Roy Siverling
Guy Siverling
Rural Valley
Steele Henderson
Naroid ‘McIntire
South Bend
Lloyd Say Fa
J. C. Crawford and
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L. B. Deemer
Bhnnies
Mechanicsburg
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R. J. Sly‘arling
Mr. Horton
J. &. Russell
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Emma Munshower
Robert Munshower
Stony Point
James Wells
Tyne Blue” Club
Frank Russell
Wil' Ham
Rosborough
Kittanning
L. BE. Deemer
L. M. Mendelson
Moorhead
Helen Henderson
Harry Devers
M. Anderson
Bess Wherry
Bob McLaughlin
Elmer Miller
Charles O. Wherry
Brackenridge
H. H. Hanna
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Dan Ruffner
Shoup
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Harold McIntire
Sam Beighley
Ward Devers
Owens iView
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Hobart Shellhammer
Harry Moorehead
Strongstown
Edna DeArmy
Mabel
Erma Boring
Mis
Aoe
Hmpfield
Charles Marsh
Division
iBing Bennett
Frank Stough
Colonial
Garrity
Hizabeth Troxell
Hdna DeArmy
Penn Run
D. H. Uncapher
W. F. Bennett
Lewis Holtzman
West Detwiler
Hawksworth
Cleveland
Blair Empield
Mish Estella Hawksworth
Jahnatown
J. Walter Bennatt
Harry
Nanty Glo
Garrys
Simmons
Axminster
Oriental
Ren
Cotton Union
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