Tri County Jersey Show Formed In Punxsy County
Jersey breeders from Indiana Jefferson and Clearfield counties organized the Tri County Parish Jersey Show Association at the State Armory Punxsutawney planning a rotating annual show with a premium list and Bangs testing for all Jerseys. Judges from State College and East Lansing named. show manager William Wetzel. Premium categories cover bulls cows heifers and various groupings with proper registrations required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Armory
Punxsutawney
Tri-County Parish
Jersey Show Association
Indiana County
Clyde Houck
Clymer
William
Wetzel
Marion Center
John
Garman
Indiana
Jefferson County
Fred Hall
Baxter
E. E. Swineford
Reynoldsville
R. D
J. ©. Mohney, Punx- Bilawney, R. D. Clearfield
Willam Teltzinger
Clearfield
T. D. Mitchell
Mahaffey
Harry Weaver
Marion Center Community Park
Jersey
HK. B. Fitts
State College
H. B. Dennison
Eaat Lansing
Mich
William Leitzinger
fWetzel
Value of State's Livestock Shows Gratifying Increase
Harrisburg reports a Pennsylvania farm livestock value of 91.894 million at year start, up 7.316 million from 1932. Horses declined to 279,000 yet the drop slowed. value up to 30.452 million. Milk cows at 922,000, up 18,000, valued at 40.668 million. Total cattle and calves 1.44 million. sheep and lambs 626,000 valued at 4.745 million. 666,000 swine worth 4.083 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Extreme Cold Harsher Than Expected on Peach Crop
Harrisburg reports from the State Bureau of Markets warn of severe freezing damage to peaches after a Cold Wave. Temperatures dropped to 20 degrees below zero in some orchards, with estimates of bud loss varying from complete to about sixty percent. Major peach districts Adams Franklin York and Berks report two-thirds to all buds killed in many cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Bureau of Markets
Pennsylvania
Adams
Franklin
York
Borks
Naked Man Created Sensation in Blairsville
A 36 year old naked patient from Tor rance State hospital escaped at 6 30 pm Thursday and roamed Blairsville knocking on doors asking residents to call his father in Vandergrift. Citizens aided police as a carful of drivers found him and escorted him to the station before returning him to the hospital. The man showed no apparent ill effects from exposure to cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrance State Hospital
Blairsville
Vandergrift
Rural Valley Coal Mines Run Near Full Capacity
Rural Valley mines operated near full capacity as cold weather spurred fuel demand and depleted reserves. Payday distributed substantial sums to miners while notices urged workers back, canceling the usual post payday holiday. The town also saw the bank reopen boosting local prosperity.
Public Sale of Mitchell farm property near Indiana
A public sale at the Mitchell farm one mile east of Indiana on the Benjamin Franklin Highway occurs Saturday Web. 24 at 12:00 noon. Items include four horses with heavy mares, eleven head cattle, seven Guernsey cows, two bulls, various farm machinery and tools, wagons, gas engines, crops by the bushel, and household goods. Terms are credit as announced. O. B. Washington, auctioneer. Mrs Fred Dilts, owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Farm
Indiana
Benjamin Franklin Highway
Osbourne Moncar
John Deera
Sully
Kentucky
New Idea
Oliver
Fred Dilts
O. B. Washington
Farm Calendar Timely Reminders from Pennsylvania College Agriculture
Farm notes urge installing a tested burglar alarm for poultry houses and warn tampering triggers alarms. Calf raising stressed as key to herd improvement using top stock and cows. Advice includes cutting firewood ahead of sap season and three cords per 100 buckets. Emphasizes true-to-name seeds for early plants. Soybeans priced high due to wet spring and August coastal storm damage. PSU offers a six-yearly short course for herdsmen from March 6 to 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Extension Service
State College
Penn State
Buick Punxsutawney clash and rural valley prelims at Armory
Square dance and basketball highlight Thursday evening events at the Armory in Indiana. The Buicks host Punxsutawney with a fast traveling squad that beat the Buicks on their floor weeks ago. Punxsutawney has lost only two games this season. Preliminaries include Grinnie Barclay Travelers versus Rural Valley Merchants. A second game features the Clymer Firemen against the Cardinals, followed by a square dance. Also noted are Gordon Literary Society activities and two local degree conferrals at the University of Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory
Buicks
Punxsutawney
Indiana
iClearfield
Grinnie
Barclay’s
Rural Valley
Doc Whitten
Cardinals
Clymer Firemen
Clymer
iClymer
Letter of Betrayal in British Honduras
Doris Coughlin fears exposure after mixing two letters one to Beatrice and another to Donald Morris. She travels to confront Bea, hoping to retrieve the incriminating note before her husband Kenneth and his friend learn of the truth. Kenneth and Donald are at home. Doris faces an untimely revelation as Donald reveals he found the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orls Caughiain
Donald
Kenneth
Don
Beatrice James
Beatrice
Donald Morris
Bea
Doris
Doris Coughlin
British Honduras
Kenneth Raid
Egeroe
Bryant Poem Remembers Washington Amid Winter Scene
The piece reflects on Washington’s birth as winter holds the Hudson in icy calm. William Cullen Bryant contrasts the season’s stillness with enduring fame, asserting that even amidst political upheaval, his hero’s honor remains undimmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honora
William Cullen Bryant
Signers and ratification of the U S Constitution 1787
The constitutional convention met in Philadelphia with 65 delegates. George Washington presided as the Constitution was drafted in four months and signed by 39 delegates on September 17 1787. Delaware was first to ratify followed by more states. the document went into effect in March 1789.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Philadelphia
Benjamin Pranklin
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Robert Morris
Roger Sherman
Charles
Pinckney
James Wilson
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Georgia
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Maryland
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Virginia
New York
Carolina
Rhode Island
Little tot fatally burned in Smith home tragedy
Funeral services were held for Arlene Smith age three years seven months near Marion Center. She died at midnight Wednesday from burns sustained while playing in the home when a wind caused the gas to flare and ignite her clothing. The mother, trying to save her, burned her hands as she tore off the flaming clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene Smith
Rowland Smith
Marion Center
Fire at Clymer Water Service Plant Damages Tank
Cold weather caused a small blaze at the Clymer Water Service Company's Twolick pumping plant. A zero temperature froze the pipe feeding the 80-foot tank used to wash filters, electricity thawing the line ignited housing wiring. Firemen extinguished the fire with chemicals. damage estimated between 300 and 5600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer ‘Water Service Company
Twolick
Local Odd Fellows To Hold 85th Annual Banquet Tonight
Palladium Lodge No. 846 Independent Order of Odd Fellows hosts its 85th annual banquet in the lodge room this evening with cards dancing and entertainment. All Odd Fellows their ladies Rebekahs and fellow lodges invited.
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Odd Fellows
The
Palladium Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Town
Rebekahs
Lodges of
Gold Fellows
Weddings of a Week in Indiana and Nearby Towns
The week records several marriages including Martha Elizabeth Sansom of Clarion marrying Charles Nelson Nebel on January 27. Neber is son of William J. Sansom, longtime Clarion editor. Other unions include John Donald Mater and Misa Francis Lee Lingamfelter, Harry Sylvester Fletcher and Bernice Winifred Shetler, Robert Earl Bell and Anna Grace Steele, and Leroy Gerber with Bomogene Rebecca Turnbull, all performed by local pastors in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Literary Society
Gordon ‘Literary Society
Gordon School
Blacklick Township
Royden Lyons
Ethel Bell Swasy
Warren Dunlap
Jimmie Wiley
Roy ‘Clawson
Russell Stuchell
Frank Hil
John Graff
Harold Gibson
Ernest Smith
Clair Dunlap
Earl Strong
Esther
Indiana
Martha Elizabeth Sansom
Clarion
Charles Nelson Nebel
Nebel
William J. Sansom
Clarion Democrat
Clarion State Teachers College
Heilwood
John Donald Mater
Misa Francis
Lee Lingamfelter
Duboiss
John J. McIlvaine
First United Presbyterian Church
William Mater
Arda Lingamfelter
Fletcher-Shetler
Harry Sylvester Fletcher
Bernice Winifred Shetler
Clymer
I W. A. Kopp
Albert Fletcher
Paul Shetler
Robert Earl Bell
Luciusboro
Anna Grace Steele
Homer ‘City
Homer City
C. C. Shaffer
Robert Bell
Edward Bruce Steele
Gerber-Turnbull
Leroy Gerber
Bomogene
Rebecca Turnbull
Ernest
Clinton F. Hildebrand
Henry John Gerber
James Turnbull
Marriages and notices from Indiana county and Blairsville
Multiple 1920s era notices: marriages of Charles Lester Ridenour and Pauline Bair in Apollo on Feb 15. George Stuchick and Caroline Ligcowicz in Lucerne Mines on Feb 17. Charles Robert Shepherd and Sylvia Ramsden near Blairsville. Valentine bridge party with engagement of Miriam Fleming to D Kenneth Winebrenner. teaching careers of Fleming and Winebrenner. engagement to be followed by early summer wedding. Treasurer’s sale of nonpayment 1931 taxes at Court House on March 1 with 10 percent down option for postponement of 4 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridenour-Bair
Charles Lester Ridenour
Pauline Julia Bair
Apollo
John J. Mellygine
First United Presbyterian Church
Clark Henry Ridenour
Joseph Purl Bair
George Stuchick
Caroline Ligcowicz
Lucerne Mines
Jay D. Hill
Mike Stuchick
Pete Ligcowicz
Charles Robert Shepherd
Blairsville
Sylvia Raimsden
William. Ramsden
Blairaville
Jewart Miller
M. Eb’ Church
Israel W. Fleming
West Water Street
Mirian Lewia Fleming
D. Kenneth ‘Winebrenner
Greensburg
Mt. Jewett
Millvale
New Alexandria
Indiana
Miss Fleming
Indiana High School
Indiana State Teachers’ College
Graceton
Pittsburgh
Lucerne
Winebrenner
Huntingdon
Alverton
Indiana State Teachers College
Court House
Chambersville Family Notes and Local Visit Highlights
The Mahan family from Pittsburgh visited Mrs. Mahan’s mother Mrs Nan McGara on Sunday. Mrs Sanford Over and children Gene and Dorothy of Barr visit her parents Mr and Mrs Charlies Brady this week with Sunday school at Crooked Creek church next Sunday at 19 o'clock. F B Kirk family were Saturday evening callers. In Indiana Paul Brady spent the week visiting his parents. Mrs Chas Brady visited her daughter-in-law Mrs Paul Brady at the Indiana hospital last Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Carl Miller and children of Vandergrift visited their parents on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Harold Reims of Namine visited their mother Mrs Ida Banks on Sunday. David Cuddy of Atwood and a friend visited Mr and Mrs Walter Bartholomew on Sunday.
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Chambersville
Mahan
Pittsburgh
Mra
Chas. Brady
Parkwood Community Guests and Local Farming Notes
Parkwood reports several visiting families including Mr and Mrs H J Taylor and child from Indiana Mr and Mrs Joe Patterson from West Lebanon and Mrs Stewart Shirley and daughters from Olivet. Erman Fouts starts spring chickens with 74 Leghorn chicks. Mrs Annie Shirey going to Indiana to stay awhile. Norris Wise and son visit D Peddicord. Mrs Wise and Donnie visiting after Wise returns home. Mrs L C Brown recovering from a severe cold. Jair Millen and daughter from Apollo visit R H Millen home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Taylor
Little Son
Indiana
Joe Patterson
West Lebanon
Stewart Shirley
Olivet
West Union
Erman Fouts
Fouts
Annie Shirey
James Holstein
Norris Wise
Vandergrift
D. Peddicord
Wise
Donnie
L.C. Brown
Jair Millen
Apollo
R. H. Millen
Mission Worker to Visit Presbyterian Churches in County
Missionary Rev Lewis Black with 30 years in southern Sun day school missions speaks at Kittanning presbytery churches to present national missions work. He spoke Tuesday at Homer City church and will address Rochester Mills Rossiter and Clarksburg churches in upcoming evenings with stereoptical views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Black
Southern Sunday School Missions
Kittanning Presbytery
Homer City
Rochester Mills
Rossiter Presbyterian Church
Clarksburg Presbyterian Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Extension News
Premini
Punxsuttawney
Parmbprs Association
South Bend
Seasion
W. B. Nigaley
Courts House
Cooperative Association
Papajean
Co-operative Association
Pennsylvania Bate College School of Agriculture
David Dunmire
John B. Davis
University of Pittsburgh
Dunmire
Davis
By Evelyn M. Davis
MoClure Newspaper Syndicate
WAU Service
Tegner Secon
Washington
Hudson
SMITH
Kaat School Street
Hazel Younis
East School Street
Frank Treadenbaugh
North Fifth St
Ataira
Nebel-Ransom
Mater-Lingamfelter
Bell-Steele
Stuchick-Ligcowicz
Shepherd Ramsden
Parkwood
Barber Shop
Far North
Suzanne
Lillian Harvey
Gene Raymond
Mandalay
Kay Francia
Ricardo Cortes
Kay
Edward
Robinson
Farrions
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