Local notes on families and events around Purchase Line
Miss Clara Nickle visits sister Mrs. Jennie Ake in Sykesville while Mrs. D K R Houk spends a week with her daughter Mrs. J S Miller in Barnesboro. Carrie A Houk returns from Indiana art school. G F Henk and partners near purchase line prepare to take over the harness business. Henk exits mercantile trade after buying the David Frock farm. Illness from measles affects neighborhood. schools report low pupil counts. Pittsburg visitor Jas Allshouse calls on friends. Jas Campbell farm sold to Cal McAdoo and A C Reed for 400. Emma Hancock to Illinois for a few months. Wm Blakley and his wife of Tarentum visiting the mother. H A Kells well enough to be out after a broken leg. Jr O U A M banquet in West Lebanon. visiting council members expected. Public school literary program with an orchestra and small admission proceeds to library fund. Rev Burrows leading a protracted meeting in Cockport. Mrs Lydie ill with heart trouble near Taylorsville. Irwin Sawyer and mother from Glen Campbell visit friends. Phena Cresswell teaching No 2 school visits home. Baptist Young People unions rally at Twolick church near Dixonville. Cockport Union wins trophy for 60 percent attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna River
Clara Nickle
Sykesville
Jennie Ake
D. KR. Houk
Bamesboro
J.S. Miller
Carrie A. Houk
Leslie Vallisons
Indiana
Doushey
Grove
G. F. Henk
H. A. Kells
West Lebanon
Burrows
Cockport
Robert Lydie
Taylorsville
Irwin Sawyer
Glen Campbell
Phena Cresswell
Beringer
Baptist Young People’s Unions
East Mahoning
Shiloh
Twolick
Pine Flat
Twolick Baptist Church
Dixonville
Local notes from the town and region
CANOE RIDGE Mrs John A Good died on Sabbath of asthma Mr G 8 Lovder has returned home from Friendsville Md Our school is being successfully conducted by 8 1 Silver George Hughes is engaged in the lumber business at present W S Neff and A Good of Hamill were in our town this week The festival given at Fairview church on Saturday evening by the members was a SUCCESS The literary society held at Rose Borough on Thursday evening of each week is highly appreciated and is a benefit to the young people of that place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. 8. Lovder
Friendsville
George Hughes
W.S. Neff
A. Good
Hamill
Fairview Church
Rose Borough
Thomas Allison
Anita
Archie Fuller
K. of P. Lodge
Harrisburg
Aaron Shields
Forest County
William Sutton
Local notices and travels from Kenwood to Mechanicsburg
Mr C A Campbell opens summer school in April and Mr Harry Ling of Cramer starts a next market at Nineveh. Mr W L Davis plans to move to Wilkinsburg. Mrs J M Grabbs has been ill but now recovering. Superintendent Hammers spoke at the local school Tuesday morning. Miss Annie Hoffman recovering. Mrs John Michael a grip sufferer. Mrs Scott Shultz ill with pneumonia. Mrs John Graham and daughters Pearl and Annie on sick list. Miss Kate Overman dangerously ill after giving birth last week and the child died soon after. Samuel C Graham lost a valuable 4 year old horse returning from Indiana. horse died after illness on road. Kenwood notes: Girty Glassford Sabbath with brother. Timber and coal men busy with good roads. E Gibson hauling baled hay to Barnesboro. Kate Glassford ill with serious cold. W W Huston has lumber for a new barn. J E Ellwood and others attended funeral of Miss Fannie Stephens of Grisemore. Maggie Wolf on sick list. Prof J T Stewart of Indiana visited here last Saturday. H A Snyder guest of sister Mrs Grumbling last week. Benjamin Hileman of Wilkinsburg visited parents here last week. Mechanicsburg institute a very successful affair. A singing class by Mr Frank Overdorff will begin soon at Mechanicsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majoleon Mzngle
W. John
Johnstown
Will Giffith
Pittsburg
Chas
Harry
Lenis Stutsman
Hoy
G. W
Washington
Frank Brantlinger
Littsburg
M. M. Sweeny
Indiana
Eller Miller
Rev. Hildebrand
New Florence
C. A. Campbell
Harry Ling
Cramer
Nineveh
W. L. Davis
Wilkinsburg
J. M. Grabbs
Hammers
Annie Hoffman
John Michael
Scott Shultz
John Graham
Pearl
Annie
Kate Overman
Samuel C. Graham
E. Gibson
Barnesboro
Kate Glassford
W. W. Huston
J. E. Ellwood
Fannie Stephens
Grisemore
Maggie Wolf
J. T. Stewart
H. A. Snyder
Grumbling
Benjamin Hileman
Mechanicsburg
Frank Overdorff
The Bar as a Profession by Lord Russell
A rare Youth's Companion piece on the bar as a career by Lord Russell of Killowen, with insights on clarity, common sense, and the need for substance over oratory. Holmes and Russell contribute contrasting views in a future issue, framed as a valuable magazine classic. The Fargo Forum quotes a northern Democrat regarding Munroe doctoring and government giveaways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Russell of
Killowen
England
Daniel Webster
John Adams
Lord Russell
Companion
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
Doctors' Mistakes and a Woman's Health Cure
A promotional piece arguing doctors misdiagnose female ailments as separate disorders, inflating bills. It endorses Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as treating the root womb disease, being vegetable and safe, aiding pregnancy, labor, and postnatal recovery, and claims broad availability through dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
New Dress Goods and Silks at Gala Show
An ad promotes a gala display of dress goods wash materials silks and buttons in varied patterns and colors. Makers price the items attractively and invite customers to visit or send orders by mail this week.
Black dress fashions reach all ages this year
The text notes a shift in fashion away from the belief that black dresses suit only older women. It highlights a new Mohair fabric arriving this week at 40 cents per yard, offered in varied patterns. The piece warns prices are rising and this lot may not be available after it sells out.
Trimming Buttons: Brass Silver Jet And Pearl Sets Shine
Summer trim trend highlights buttons as top choice for braids. Four popular styles brass silver jet and pearl come in wide price ranges and various sizes, offering versatile decoration for garments and accessories.
Laces and handkerchiefs offered at specials
Laces this season are popular with Point de Venise and Valenciennes in many styles and prices. SPECIAL large lot of Valenciennes laces sold by the piece from 16c to 25c. White center handkerchiefs trimmed with ecru embroidery are the latest. SPECIAL 3-: A large line of hemstitched handkerchiefs usually sold at 5c.
Carpet sales tout cheap BrusseI carpets and trunks
An advertisement urges buyers to invest in durable carpetings and trunks while warning against inferior goods sold as quality. It promotes 40 year reputation, Brus sel carpets at low prices, in grain wool in many grades, and notes muslin underwear and Eureka patent corset covers with removable dress shields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woo. Henk
David Frock
Purchase Line Academy
West
Lebanon
Jas. Allshouse
Jas, Campbell
Cal McAdoo
A. C. Reed
Emma Hancock
Ilinois
Wm. Blakley
Tarentum
Cook Part
Canoe Ridge
John A. Good
Solomon Baterhaugh
Cookport
J. A. Wheeler
Horne Baterbaugh
Purchase Line
J.T. McAnulty
D. Eh
W. L. Heuk
W. A. Donahey
Henry MccAnulty
Thomas Brown
Ebenshburg
T. X. Buterhaugh
Son Verdis
Brushvalley Township
Andrew Buterhaugh
West Wheatfield
Miss Pearl
Brantlinger
Clara Reynolds
Frank Clark
J. E. Bennett
Hillside
Henry Martin
Joseph Walbeck
Jennie Mack
K. G. Winebrenner
Altoona
Wm. Winebrenner
Garfield
Marchand
Mr. Waller
Nellie Dvripps
Robert Bidelman
Strongstown
Kenwood
Miss Girty Glassford
Munroe
Fargo Forum
Roach
A. S. Cunningham
Fam
Thomas G. Plant Company
Paris
Berlin
Vassar
Edson
Hankderchiefs
A. W. Wilson & Son
Wallace Dry Goods Stores
J. C. Wallace & Son
Rs. P.S
Aint
Thompson
Indiana Roller Mills
Wilson, Rowe & Hetrick
Ernie
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