Blairsville history and local notices in 1900s era town record
Blairsville history noted with Chapman family biographies and early settlers. Legal matters include estate partition for Jane and Amelia Ford, and John P Ford’s community role. Local industry updates cover the Columbia Plate Glass Company’s operations, nearby farms, and a planned Black Hick foundry. Community events, church enrollments, coast and road safety concerns, and a rail and streetcar rights of way note.
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Blairsville
Thomas J. Chapman
Blairaville
England
Richard B. McCabe
Professor Chapman
Normal School
Indiana
Pittsburg
Henry Lucius
Alva R
M. E. Church
John J, Joseph
Frederick
J. Telford
Chapman
West Lebanon
Judge Telford
Blaisville
George H. Jeffries
Jne. P. Ford
Jane
Amelia Ford
D. M. Kier
A. B. Ford
Wm. A. Ford
Latrobe
Reuben Hinstein
E. GB. Kettering
Joseph Rugg
Walter Wynn
H. P. Rhoads
Armor McKelvey
Martha Ford
John P. Ford
James Clark
Jimmy” Clark
Hollowell
U. P. Church
Mary Cunningham
Bertie McLaughlin
Laughlin
Mary
Mar Barat Ray
John
James
William
Elders Ridge
Livermore
Joel Wink
Fillmore
Silas Fulton
Jamison Coleman
Altman
Blacklick
Josephine
Mr. Andrews
Bolliger-Andrews Co
Verona
Baint Simon and Jade
Columbia Plate Glass Company
W. O. Keys
J. P. McKenney
C. B. Davidson
C. W. Dahlinger
C. A. Simon
John Dewar
Chester P. Hoag
Howard Bower
KE. C. F Pernstrom
Derry
Market Quotations From Chicago and Pittsburgh Sales
Market and price readings from Chicago and Pittsburgh show hog receipts around 32 000 and cattle receipts near 6 000 with range prices across bulk, light, mixed, heavy hogs and native, western cattle. Wheat corn and oats futures are listed along with fat cattle, hog, sheep, lamb and calf price levels in multiple grade categories.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Immigration Bill Vetoed by President Wilson
President Wilson vetoed the immigration bill citing literacy tests as near closing doors to the oppressed of Europe while noting the people have yet to decide the issue. House and Senate leaders plan to seek an override vote in the coming week.
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Europe
America
Wilson
Congress
House
Senate
Brass Bed Bargains and Accessories Sale
A local ad promoting a brass bed with an elegant box spring cotton felt pad and border options. Prices shown include $26 for the bed setup, $20 for spring and pad, and a total outfit delivery price of $37.50. H. H. Steving listed as contact.
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H. H. Steving Furniture & Undertaking Co
A General Survey Of The War Headlines
The article notes unprecedented German submarine raids off western England sinking five ships in two days and prompting British measures. It details broader January battles in western and eastern Europe, with no decisive breakthroughs, and reports Turkish offensives in the Transcaucasus and limited actions around Soissons and Beura Ravka rivers. Emperor William returns to Berlin after touring the western front.
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England
Liverpool
Admiralty
Irish Sea
English Channel
Havre
New Zealand
Europe
Soissons
Aisne
Alsace
Prussia
Bukowina
Flanders
la Bassee
Arras
Albert
Champagne Hills
Argonne
St. Mihiel
Beura
Ravka
Warsaw
Transcaucasus
Petrograd
Persia
Constantinople
Caucasian
Servia
Transylvania
Hungary
Save
Drina
Carpathian
Wiliam
Berlin
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Rughs
Graceton
Coral
Old Northern Turnpike
Market Street
Conemaugh
Glenn Frank
Presbyterian Church
James Hart
Paul Ford
R. Geary
W. P. Graff
Thompson
Charles Kerler
Philadelphia
Tarrisburg
Messrs. Kerler
Ad Thompson
W. HK. Crow
Uniontown
Jenstemma
St. Clair
Minnie Hinara Rikeard
Rowland Claypoole
Robert Carol Latimer
Dale Howard Piner
Frank Eugene Burr
Charles 8. McKinney
Charles K. McKinney
James Conrad St. Clair
Rowland James Claypoole
Elizabeth Vortsser Archibald
Mary Lavina Archibald
Mary Alice Dunlap
Ruth Anita Dunlap
Luella Ansteen Dunlap
Julia Helen Dunlap
Ward Moutledge Murray
Lawrence Daniel Murray
Kirtland Michael
Windber
O. M. Young
H. H. Streving Furniture & Undertaking Co
Brown
Goodrich
Cleveland
Admiral Beatty
Dinsmore Bros
Quality Store Clothiers, Tailors & Haberdashers
PHILA
ST. Indiana
Philadelphia Street
Indiana, Pa
Buchheit Bros