Mrs. Harry D. McLain Dies at 87 in Indiana County
Funeral services were held at Robindon Funeral Home for Mrs. Bertha Garee McLain, aged 87, bookkeeper in the County Treasurer's office. Born in Sykesville in 1898, she taught in area schools before marriage to Charles C. McLain. Survived by husband, daughter Dorothy Louise, parents, sister Mia Fellmeth, and Civil War veteran grandfather Asa W. Scott.
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Harry D. McLain
Robindon
Oakland Cemetery
Harry D.mccain
Indiana Hospital
Bertha Garee
William 8. Garee
Town
Sykesville
Indiana
Indiana State Teachers College
Johnstown
Akron
White Township
Charles C. McLain
Robinson Funeral Home
Dorothy Louise
Mia
Paul H. Fellmeth
Asa W. Scott
James Porter Hill Funeral in Blairsville Burrell Township native
Funeral services for James Porter Hill were held Saturday afternoon with burial in Blairsville Cemetery. Hill, a Burrell township native and longtime resident, died Thursday at his daughter’s home after a three week illness. Born June 26, 1842 near Smith's Station, he lived in Blairsville all his life and was active in farming. Survived by six children including Mrs. Walter Muir and Mrs. A J Thompson, 18 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Porter Hill
Blairsville
Burrell Township
Austin Keifer
Smith’s Station
Walter Muir
George Overdorff
A. J. Thompson
W. L
L. B. Hill
Blairaville
W. FE. Brumbaugh
Altoona
Local Obituaries and Funeral Rites for Gearhard Ferrant
Funeral services were held for Alfred L Gearhard at his Burrell township home with interment in Armagh cemetery. His family includes father Alfred Gearhard and brother William. he was 27 and a life long resident. Also noted are services for Ethel Mae Smith at Pine Grove church, and Gaetano Ferrant with Catholic rites in Aultman. Gearhard and Ferrant connections noted with survivors and church affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred L. Gearhard
Armagh
Alfred Leroy Gearhard
Alfred Gearhard
Burrell Township
Slater
Martha
William
Blacklick M. H. Church
Martha Cunningham
Mrs. Samuel Stiles Dies After Illness in Cambria County
Mrs. Samuel Stiles aged 69 of Barr township Cambria county died Monday at her daughter’s home in Rhensburg from a complication of diseases. Survived by husband and daughters Mrs. R. B. Roberta of Clymer and Mrs. Theodore Smith of Mentele, plus sons Elmer Stiles Port Crane N Y Julia Mary and Paul Stiles at home. Former president Green township will be interred at McDowell cemetery after funeral services at her residence Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Stiles
Barr Township
Cambria County
R. B. Roberta
Clymer
R. P. Morris
Rhensburg
Jeaven
Theodore Smith
Mentele
Elmer Stiles
Port Crane
Lujia
Mary
Paul Stiles
Green Township
McDowell
Dayton Man John F McHenry Dies at 66
John F. McHenry 66 of Dayton died at home on Saturday after a years long heart illness. An amateur baseball pitcher in early manhood, he lived in Punxsutawney for 22 years with Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Co. He moved to Dayton 13 years ago. Survived by widow, a son and two daughters Mrs Clark Drummond Punxsutawney Mrs Miles Mauk Plumville and W D McHenry Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. McKenry
John F. McHenry
Dayton
Arly
McHenry
Punxsutawney
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Co
Clark Drummond
Punxmitawney
Miles Mauk
Plumville
W. D. McHenry
Mrs Martha Baker Funeral Rites In Blairsville Church
Funeral services were held today in Blairsville Catholic church for Mrs Martha Baker 64 wife of Roy Baker died Sunday at home near Campbells Mills Burrell township from illness. Interment followed in church cemetery. She leaves husband five Baker children plus siblings in Pittsburgh and a home in Pittsburgh. Also noted are five brothers and three sisters in Pittsburgh. Later in Johnstown interment for Mrs Ella Reed 86 native of Armagh who died Friday night at home in Johnstown from pneumonia after brief illness. Reed born Armagh Feb 15 1849 daughter of William Murphy last of five children. She married Ottinger Reed Civil War veteran who died in 1923. She left three sons and seven grandchildren.
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Pine Grove
Thompson Cemetery
Montgomery Township
Ethel Mae Smith
Harry A. Smith
Glen Campbell
Smith
Emery
Tingley Smith
Roy Baker
Blairaville Catholic Church
Martha Baker
Campbells Mills
Burrell Township
Philip Baker
Braddock
Guy Baker
Wilkingburg
John Baker
Camilla ‘Agnew
Katherine Bowers
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Ella Reed
Armagh
William Murphy
Ottinger Reed
Death notice for farmer John Slaughterbeck in Hast Wheatfield
John Slaughterbeck 89 died at his home in Hast Wheatfield township on Monday afternoon after a long farming life. Born July 26, 1846, he leaves widow Louise Slaughterbeck and son Herbert of West Wheatfield township. Funeral services Thursday at 2:00 PM at his late home. burial in Armagh Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Slaughterbeck
Hast Wheatfield
Louise Slaughterbeck
Herbert
West Wheatfield
Armagh
George M Houser 75 Laid To Rest At Mt Zion Church
Funeral services for George Marshall Houser aged 75 released this afternoon at Mt Zion M E church and cemetery. He died Sunday at his home near Rick Church and was a respected farmer in Armstrong county. He leaves a widow and two daughters, Mrs Ruth Wood and Mrs Irene Kinnard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Houser
Mt. Zion M. E
Church
George Marshall Houser
Rick Church
Armatrong County
Mt. Zion Church
Ruth Wood
Irene Kinnard
Eugenio Latter Rites Held in Homer City Area
Eugenio Latter aged 77 died Saturday at his Homer City home from illness. Tuesday rites at the Lucerne Catholic church followed by interment at St Bernard cemetery. He lived in Homer City 21 years, worked in mining and railroading. Survived by daughter Amelia of Homer City and son Frank of Sykesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenio Latter
Lucerne Catholic
St. Bernard Church
Homer City
Waa
Amelia
Frank
Sykesville
Miss Augusta Helm Rites Held in Blairsville
Funeral services were held Friday in the Catholic church at Blairsville for Miss Augusta Helm aged 78 a lifelong resident. She died Wednesday at her home after fracturing her hip last fall and never recovering. she had been a Latrobe hospital patient and later under nurse care at home before passing away.
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Augusta Helm
Blairsville
Sbe
Latrobe
Obituaries for Buterbaugh and Kim in California and Pennsylvania
Erastus L Butterbaugh aged 64 died suddenly from heart trouble at his Santa Monica home. Born in Grant township county, he was last survivor of his family and worked as a motorman for Pacific Electric Railway in California. Funeral was held in Santa Monica. Caroline Elizabeth Kim aged 84 died at home in Straw Pump Irwin R D after long illness. Swiss native who came to the U S 66 years ago. Surviving husband Gottlieb and children Gottlieb Henry Joseph Mary and others. thirteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Burial in Brush Creek cemetery planned Wednesday.
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Erastus L. Buterbaugh
Hrastus L. Btterbaugh
Santa Monica
Cal
Grant Township
Agariah Butterbaugh
Utah
California
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Huth
Lola
Charles
Mis
Gottlieb Kim
Caroline Elizabeth Kim
Gottlieb
Kim
Straw Pump
Irwin
R. D
Ghé
Switzerland
Henry Kim
Blacklick
R.D
Joseph Kim
Larimer
George Frick
August Kim
Greensburg
Mary Kim
Irwin Reformed Church
Brush Creek Cemetery
Obituary of West Wheatfield Resident Thomas Brendlinger
Thomas Brendlinger aged nearly ninety died Monday night at his homestead near the Lutheran cemetery in West Wheatfield township. A lifelong farmer he left a wife and only daughter who predeceased him. He is survived by two grandchildren and siblings Mrs Lucinda Hall of Robinson Mrs Marty Brendlinger of Bilairsville Mrs William Reynolds of South Fork and brothers George and Henry Brendlinger of Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Brendlinger
West Wheatfield Township
Brendlinger
Lucinda
Hall
Robinson
Marty Brendlinger
Bilairsville
William’ ‘Reynolds
South Fork
George and
Henry’ Brendlinger
Westover pleads guilty in murder of his young son
Heber Westover, 28, of Indiana, pleaded guilty to murder in the fatal shooting of his crippled two and a half year old son at their Westover residence. Judge J N Langham will determine the degree of guilt after reviewing transcribed testimony. Two Indiana physicians testified that Westover has mental capacity of about an 11 year old, and that the child would not have been normal mentally.
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Westover
Hebert Westover
Indiana
Aaseary
J. N. Langham
Langham
H. Vernon Fritchman
Asphalt origins and global supply patterns
The article traces asphalt from Lacus Asphaltites naming origins to Dead Sea deposits, noting historic abundance there and current sources in France, Peru, Cuba, Southern California, Switzerland, Trinidad, and Venezuela. It cites a 6,000,000 tons Venezuelan field, mined at 100,000 tons per year, with replenishment from new oozing supplies into the lake. It also mentions Japan's Pacific intentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dead Sea
France
Peru
Cuba
California
Switzerland
Trinidad
Venezuela
United States
Three Good Club Offers For Indiana County Subscribers
Notice states offers available to Indiana County residents with instructions to add 500 to each chosen offer if outside Indiana County. Addresses to THE INDIANA PROGRES Indians, Poms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Notich
Thease Oferu
Indiana Progrees Indians
Altruist at Large reveals love triangle in Hollywood trio
In Zenith studio offices Dick Tappitt and Garrison discuss Sam Trott er Mollie Hoppe and their vaudeville unit. Sam supposedly sacrificed a leg to let Mollie and Tappitt break into film as a pair, while Mollie hints at romance with Sam and a public relations push unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres Tappitt
Garrison
Sara
Mollie
Zenith Studio
Dick Tappitt
Sam
St. Joe
Sal
Eage
Mollie Hoppe
Sairhit
Hollywood
Garcigon
Molle
ABC
McSweeney
the Journal
Louis
Mollie Hopp
Heenge Bureau
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sam Trotter
The Serpent's Jaws Judge Keeps Debts From Heir
Judge Grove hides a web of court judgments totaling ninety seven hundred forty nine dollars from his disgusted daughter Jennie and her mother Maria, while arranging a plan to fund the cared for elder’s last days by using falsified back-dated debts to raise cash and quiet the family turmoil.
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Potter House
Jennie
Kogy
Han
Jean
Jennie Hussy
Wii Brooks
Street Scene Girl Seeks Work In a Hushed City
Patricia, nineteen, returns to a life with her mother and stepfather Claude after Aunt Margot’s death. She faces a brutal job search on crowded streets, encounters Miss Wilma the washwoman who offers luck charms, and lands a clerking job after a mysterious rabbit’s foot impulse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia
Claude
Maldridge
Margot
Pat
Mother
Ada
Greenight
Wilma
Miss Wilma
Jay
Tissen
Chile
Henah
Yin
Steport
Elyn
Luella
Iuella
Jn Fe
Sons of American Revolution backs Bowman over radicalism fight
The Sons of the American Revolution aligned behind Chancellor John G Bowman in Pittsburgh over academic freedom issues at Pitt University. They adopted resolutions praising Bowman and Dr Ben G Graham who refused a Communist meeting at a city high school, condemning the professors association report as false and unpatriotic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of University
Pitt University
Pittsburgh
John 8. Fisher
John G. Bowman
Bowman
Ben G. Graham
G School
Russia
Workhouse sentences given two drunken drivers on Monday
C. W. Reed of Indiana and Joe Vitkay of Iselin pled guilty before Judge J. N. Langham to operating motor vehicles while intoxicated. Reed received $200 fine, three months in the Allegheny County Workhouse, and costs. Vitkay got a similar sentence on assault and battery and misdemeanor with sentences to run concurrently. Harry and Walter Palmer, both from Indiana, pled guilty to larceny. court suspended sentences on costs with leave to depart the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Reed
Indiana
Joe Vitkay
Iselin
J. N. Langham
Tach
Allegheny County
Vitkay
Harry and
Walter Palmer
Church services set at Crooked Creek with funeral notes
Chambersville announces Sunday worship at 3 PM after 2 PM Sunday school at Crooked Creek church. Funeral attended by Merle McGara for Mrs. E Downey in Indiana last Friday. Howard Brady and Clifford Gray from Prospect visit Brady family. Mrs Jay McQuilkin Ja on sick list. Harry Miller and family visit Matilda Groft. FR Kirk family in Indiana. Harry Brady visits Barr to see Paul and S H Over. Crawford McHenry and Heherling of Cice visit Mrs Harry Miller.
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Chambersville
Crooked Creek
Merle McGara
E . Downey
Indiana
Howard Brady
Clifford Gray
Prospect
Chas. Brady
Jay McQuilkin
Harry Miller
Matilda Groft
F R. Kirk
Harry Brady
Barr
Paul
H. Over
Crawford McHenry
Mra
Heherling
Cice
Currys Run Bible School Advised After Sabbath
There will be no preaching services next Sabbath but Sunday school will be held at 10:00. Ernest Barr was surprised Wednesday evening when nearly forty neighbors called at his home to celebrate his birthday. The gathering included games and a lunch served by the ladies. Mrs. John Kerr of Indiana visited last Tuesday with her sister Mrs. McCurdy. Rev. Walker had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Miller last Sabbath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Currys
Ernest Barr
John Kerr
Indiana
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Gaetano Ferrant
Austman Catholic
St. Bernard Catholic
Aultman
Thea
Leonard Ferrant
Breest
Joseph
Ceraldo Ferrant
Auitman
Japan
Pennsylvania
Pathfindbr
Aontes
AN Pour
Harry
New York
Will
Will Brooks
Brooks
Navy
Jenny
Maria
Bill Potter
Tudge
Sons OF American Revolution
Travelers’ Aid Society
Europe
Enry Monuments
South Pennsylvania
Avenge ‘Apollo
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