Fatal Jump From a Moving Trolley Car
Witnesses say a man leaped from a Creek Side trolley car on North Sixth Street after the 9:20 p m departure. He suffered a brain concussion and died Monday afternoon in Indiana hospital. He was a Ernest resident, foreman for a coal firm, married with six children, and held Modern Woodmen post. Funeral today in Richmond with Woodmen pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
Lewis
Ernest
Creekside
North Sixth Street
Second Ward
W. B. Dodson
Indiana Hospital
Coal Company
Richmond
Indiana Lodge
Modern Woodmen of America
Indiana
Creek Ride
Philadelphia Street
Philadelphia
Sixth Street
Dodson
William Little
Little
Modern
Woodmen of America
Bell Telephone installs fire alarm system in Bela
The local Bell Telephone office has inaugurated a fire reporting system over the lines. Reporters must give name, street, and nearest cross street. The company will then ring the fire department for ten seconds or until answered, indicating location with ward based signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company
fFour
Legislative committee to view new hospital site
Lawmakers from the Appropriation Committee will visit the proposed Indiana County Hospital south of town on Saturday afternoon to assess the site and set a basis for a state appropriation sought by the Indiana County Hospital Association. The report also lists numerous land transfers and sales in Indiana County with values from $60 to $9,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Hospital
Indiana County Hospital Association
Col Fairman Seeks Panama Minister Post
Col William Fairman of Punxsutawney visited Indiana to gather signatures for a petition asking his appointment as minister to the Republic of Panama. Similar efforts circulated in nearby counties with broad support. Also notes a child, Elizabeth Mary Smith, died on her birthday, February 17, from measles advancing to pneumonia. interment at Sample Run cemetery. County prisoners transferred to new state institution at Fairview Wayne county. Reports of measles, scarlet fever, mumps, and whooping cough in Clymer. Progress ad offers cent a word ads for House Cleaning Time. Locust dairy farmer Raymond Wineburg reported a Holstein cow born a calf weighing 107 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairman
Republic of Panama
William Fairman
Punxsutawney
Indiana
Elizabeth Mary Smith
George Smith
Clymer
Sample Run Cemetery
Purioi of Unconsciousness May Have Saved Woman
Daniel Donahue clapped razor and had poison nearby when found by neighbors. Mrs Donahue, living in the Second Ward, lapsed into unconsciousness as she planned to end her life and was saved when neighbors forced entry. She regained normal condition soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Donahue
Donahue
Cherryhill Local Institute Meeting Program 1913
Local institute planned for March 8 1913 at McGaughey school house Cherryhill township. Morning session opens at 830 with devotional by Rev C W Jowkes address of welcome Blair Groft and responses and topics on proper use of blackboard and director support. Afternoon session begins 130 with topics on cooperation among teachers parents and pupils medical inspection and life skills. Prophecy by George Rickard and closing notes including a request to bring song book and a basket dinner. George Conner listed as teacher invites all education friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGaughey
iCherryhill Township
C. W. Jowkes
Blair Groft
Budd Simpson
May Cunningham
Dick Reade
Katharine Burkett
Jay Gibson
Mary Dick
June Pattison
Coy
Levi McGuire
F. c
Amoud
J. W. Burkett
Steele
Clyde Fowler
Boyd Russell
Mary Ellis
James F
Friends of Education
George Conner
Weddings of a Week Hines-Washington and More Local Marriages
A week of weddings in Cherryhill township and nearby areas includes Zenas Hines marrying Stella Washington at the home of F P G Amond and plans to reside on Hines farm. Frank Shaffer weds Nellie Murdick in Brushvalley two. Henderson Meckley and Bessie Johnston marry in Mahaffey. Charles Stuchell and Elia Marta wed in Saltsburg. Stiffey and Frye also noted. Property transactions reported along West Church Street and Philadelphia Street with new owners and a barber shop change in Kellysburg and Nowrytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaffer-Murdick
Frank Shaffer
Nellie G. Murtlick
Penn Run
J. Day Brownlea
First United Presbyterian Church
East Church Street
Meckley-Johnston
Henderson Meckley
McGees Mills
Bessie Johnston
Mahaffey
J. W. Cary
M. G. Parsonage
Church Street
Stuchell-Marts
Charles B. Stuchell
Creekside
Elia May Marta
Saltsburg
Squire J. A. Crossman
Farmers’ Bank
Henderson Meeckley
Charles B, Stuchell
Bila
Marta
Brushvalley
Nellie H. Murdick
Zenas Harris
Cherryhill
Batella
Washington
James 5. Stiffey
Nowrytown
Blanche Frye
Literary Society Meeting Program at LHS Top School
The LHS Top Literary Society meets at the Top school house in Armstrong township Friday evening. Program includes recitations by Murray Davinney and Vada Watt, solos by Imogene Carnahan and Nellie P. King, dialogues by Grace Carnahan and W. P. Wiggins, instrumentals by Margaret Dible and Effie Watt, readings and debates led by Lawrence Robinson and Roy Sharp, plus a conceal Biography feature and a newspaper item by Hazelle D. Watt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HHS Top
LHS Top Literary Society
HIM Top
Armstrong Township
Mataic
Ehdir
Murray Davinney
Minnie Carnahan
Imogene Carnahan
Harry George
Cora Hanna
Margaret Dible
W. P. Wiggins
Liveie George
Mazelle Carnahan
Jessie Watt
Nellie P. King
Grace Carnahan
Samuel Miller
Vada J. Watt
Lawrence Robinson
Aliee Wiggins
Porns
Pearl Wiggins
Lizzie George
Effie Watt
Robert Uncapher
J Tamboures
Sammy Dible
Helen Kelbler
Affirm
W. A. Diple
A. D. Robinson
Deny
Roy Sharp
D. W. Anderson
W. A. Dible
W. Pearle Wiggins
Harry Robinson
Hazelle D. Watt
Sheriff Office Reopens With New Floor and Grill Partition
The Sheriff's Office, long under renovation, nears completion as Sheriff Jeffries returns to his former quarters. Improvements include a tiled floor, new lavatory, refinished walls, and a desk with a grill above it to create two private work areas for the sheriff and his deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Office
Jeffries
Fifteen Sabbath Schools at Winter Convention in Shelocta
Fifteen of nineteen district Sabbath schools attended the winter convention of District No. 6 of the Indiana County Sabbath School Association held at the United Presbyterian church in Shelocta. Rev. A. J. Bowser led devotions, Sharp gave the welcome, and Rev. G. C. Fraser preached the sermon. W. T. Mahaffey delivered a brief address, with afternoon sessions on temperance and missionary spirit in the Sunday School. Evening services included a consecration and reports from Philadelphia, led by H. B. Boyer, L. K. Fassett, and Mahaffey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Peffer
Jolhatown
Indiana
Maude Bryan
Near Town
Kellysbore
G. W. McCullough
Gookport
George T. Lydick
Rossmoyne
J. N. Bank's
Thomas Nesbitt
Crafton
Lawrence T. Shields
Kellysburg
Miss Way Lighthelser
Pittsburg
W. ON. Sickenberger
Lovejoy
H. ©. Cameron
Penn Run
W. F. Snyder
Brush Valley Township
J. H. Elkin
Water Street
Porter
Jefferson County
J. M. Guthrie
Wayne Avenue
Jacksonville
Fla
Bertha Graff
Anna Clark
Punxsutawney
Turner Lydick
J. E. Smeltzer
Vandergrift
James Lu. Peterman
Alex Malcolm
Mae Snyder
Blairsville
W. L. Sansom
Clarion
A. J T. Moorhead
North Seventh Street
Ruth Dodson
Clark Hamilton
South Seventh Street
Paul Fistburn
Frank Hile
West School Street
W. D. Shields
Renie Thompson
Benjamin Heyman
Town
Rabbit J. Leonard Levy
D. B. Taylor
Blair
Fifth Street
Florida
Roy Lowman
Cleveland
Ohio
Roger McGee
Samuel Cunningham
Ellen W. Lutman
Cockport
Arthur Stephens
Ola Graffius
Spangier
Seraiah Sleppy
Pine Township
Hollister
Bay Building
W. H. Ruftner
South Third Street
Ford City
Slater
Sarah Hawk
Lillian Luman
Indiana Normal
W. H. Lutman
A. W. Jones
Nose’ Scheurer
North Ninth Street
New York City
Jones
Willam I. Mahaffey
Cherry Tree
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
Shelocta
Indiana County
United Presbyterian Church
A. J. Bowser
Salisbury
Sharp
GC. D. Fraser
Clarksburg
W. T. Mahaffey
S. B. Laverty
Saltsburg
C. B. Cranmer
Iselin
W. A. Dible
Parkwood
J. A. Bowser
5. B. Laverty
G. M. Ryall
W. E H. Minteer
Saltabure
Philadelphia
H. B. Boyer
L. K. Fassett
O. &. Rodkey
Olderton
Minteer
Model Sunday School
World Sabbath Officials Tour East and West
Secretary Landes of Pennsylvania sails from San Trantluyco to Honolulu for the World's Sunday School events, including Austria and Osaka conventions, with a farewell party at Lucerne. Also notes a birthday gathering for Mrs. Susan Peterman in Indiana, local hospital news, and timber purchase by Clarkaburg firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landes
Orient
W. G. Landes
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania| Sabbath School Association
Indiana
Orient Commission
World’s Sunday School Association
San Tran Tluyco
Honolulu
P. L
Lucerne
M. J. Purcell
Nelle
Margaret
Eugene Purcell
G. H. Stineman
J. H. Curry
Purcell
Elizabeth Swanson
Sophie Olson
Esther Olson
Susan Peterman
EH. N. Craig
School Street
Craig Home
Peter Boyer
Sr. Martin
J. A. Peterman
Shelouta
J. HB. Smeltzer
Vandergrift
Mines Disaster Claims Lucerne Foreigner Worker
Louis Sesock, a foreign employ in the Lucerne mines, was killed by a fall of slate on Thursday. Alt Downey of Hellwood was in Tadigna on business on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucerne
Louis Sesock
Alt Downey
Hellwood
Tadigna
Live News Notes From County Towns Aggregates
Local items from Clyde to Indiana report visitors from Germany to Greensburg and Mt Tabor, weddings and funerals, and town names such as Brushyalley, Kenwood, and Pine Flats. People like David Mack, Adda Lichtenfels, and Will Houston are noted with relatives visiting, medicals, and social events across Mitchells Mills and Berushvalley communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mack
Clyde
Vis
Samuel
Germany
Marian Mabon
Nora McDowell
New Florence
Bert SL. Clair
Mattie Brendlinger
J. B. Mack
Wtta Guess
Greensburg
Jane Lichtenfels
Mt. Tabor
Dwight
Curtis Cunningham
Pitvalrn
Adda
Jed Lichtenfels
Huff
Susan St. Clair
Margaret Lichtenfels
Brushyalley Township
Samuel Kelly
Indiana
Margaret Henderson
Frank Williams
Carnegie Tech School
Lynn
Dorothy
Johnstown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ther H. Lewis
John Wilkin Huston
Kenwood
United Presbyterian Church of
R. J. and
N.A. Hunton
W. J. Sproull
Burns
Pine Flats
Martin Whitacre
Georgeville
Armstrong County
Second Pennsylvania Cavalry
Whitacre
Quint
Georgeye
George Simmons
Reynoldeville
George Hilty
Conemaugh Township
Catherine Beamer Hilty
BELA
Abner K. Lowman
Sheloca
John K. Kerr
Ed. H. Mikesell
Chevy Chase
Margaret B. Bethel
Porter Donahue
Rayne
Mary M. Thompson
Montgomery
J. R. Daugherty
Millie Fleming
Young
S. Sickerl
D. ‘E. Cooper
Frank Blose
First National Bank of Indiana
J. Wilse McCartney
C. W. Bennett
Banks
Marten Shields
J. Susan Getty
Blaine Short
Fred Dilts
South Mahoning
Luella S. Harbridge
Emery C. Davis
W. J. Hicher
G. M. Brady
Danks
Howard Hileman
Joseph Biamonte
BE. Zamboni
M. Zamboni
A. W. Mabon
Minnie Stifler
Eva Reed
Green
Scott Douglass
B. Taraskiewic
Canoe
John Choleski
Li. Napierski
Margaret Dalestry
Mary Vanall
P. Dutton
James 8. Flickinger
Homer City
James M. Orr
J. A. Davis
Mary Davis
Matthew H.young
R. C. Stewart
John St. Clair
Plumville
Emma M. Melzer
George J. Felt
McClure
New Institution
George H. Jeffries
Warren
Warren State Asylum For the Insane
State Institution
Fairview
Wayne County
Raymond Wineburg
Cherryhill Local Institute
A. E. Fleming
George Rowe
West Church Street
John McConnell
William H. Fenton
J. M. Watt
East Philadelphia Street
L. . Shields
J. W. Shields
Mildred Wynegop
William J. O’hara
Terrence M. Hook
Jack
Vada Watt
Samuel Dible
Ella Watt
Sheriff’s Office
Locust
Adam States
Tte
Mr. States
Christian _Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Anne St
I’. S. Crawford
Harry W. Barhart
Christian Handeavor Society
J. W. Thompson
Indiana State Normal School
Recreation Hall
Joseph Wilson
Gladstone Carmall
Brookville
Ruth Sellers
Margaret. McComb
Robert Dinwiddie
Frank Cramer
Wonen
Robert Browning
Tia
New Century Club
de. Swartz Crawford
Saul
Browning
Harry C. Christy
Adam Henry
Laest
Seigsloota
Green ‘Township Bay
Mark Matoos
Green Township
Little Moorhead
Pennsylvania
Clarkaburg
J. N. Blose & Son
Marlin Heirs
Burrell Townanita
Robert Gillespie
Sarah Fleming
Blanche Sickenberger
Windber
Joseph Kelly
William Jones
Bakerton
John. Kelly
John Rank
Hank
M. S. Rodkey
Berushvalley
Lizale Mock
George
C. A. Kunkle
Adam Grumbling
O. KR. Roger
C. A. Underwood
Gora
G. W. Roger
James Hutchison
Armagh
Thuradhy
Brushyalley
Ralph Artemus
Wilson Robertson
Charlie Hildebrand
Lizzie Mack
Grace Davis
Buffington Township
Ruth Allen
Indiana Normal School
Sadie Dinwiddle
Hadden
Will Flagton
Ford
Clyde Smith
Apollo
Dan Stephens
Hi Jones
Abensburg
H. J. Williams
John Gibson
L Roberts
Virginia Roberts
Near Grisemore
J. W. Kuftner
Archibald Williams
Gaynelle Widdowson
Millville
B. H. Wilame
Jennie Zimmerman
A. G. Glenn
Pancan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!