Big Decrease in Pennsylvania Death Rate in 1912
Pennsylvania health officials announced the 1912 death rate fell to about 14 per thousand, the lowest ever in the commonwealth. Dr. Samuel G. Dixon credited public health work, sanitation, and coordinated medical efforts for reductions in typhoid, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, tuberculosis, and overall deaths, noting that over 17,000 lives were saved and more than 170,000 spared from acute disease losses. The Department of Health, seven years active, aims to push the rate still lower and eliminate preventable deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Pennsylvania
Samuel G. Dixon
Department of Health
Food Supplies For Uncle Sam S Sailor Boys
Earl Spicher of Hillsdale, a Navy member aboard the battleship Wyoming, writes from New York detailing ship provisions for a southern winter voyage. He lists coal and oil, 10 carloads of canned goods, flour, meat, ammunition, torpedo cartridges, and a Christmas dinner menu including oysters, turkey, cranberry jelly, mashed potatoes, pies, plum pudding, ice cream and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Spicher
Hillsdale
Navy
J. D. Spicher
Uncle
Sam
Wyoming
New York
South
Mr. Spicher
Progress
Western Pennsylvania
Prosperity to Bloom for Glen Campbell Mines
Prosperity to smile on Glen Campbell again as Colliery No 2 of the Irish Bros. Coal Mining Co is set to resume under new management. Much coal land has been bought nearby and development is expected soon, promising employment for several men. Blairsville National Bank moves into a modern quarters with vaults, restroom facilities, waiting room and improved lighting. D T Altman of Black Lick Township transacted business at the county seat on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Campbell
Irish Bros. Coal Mining Co
Blairsville National Bank
First National Bank of
Blairsville
D. T. Altman
Blacklick Township
Kitchen Shower for Bride Geas Hollis near Livermore
A December 1 kitchen shower at Miss Elizabeth M Geas of near Livermore honored her upcoming marriage to Guthrie Doty Hollis of near New Alexandria. Relatives and friends presented gifts, enjoyed music, and refreshments. Also listed is a 128 acre farm for sale in White Township Indiana County Pa with a two story dwelling, bank barn, wagon shed, 20 acres cleared, coal under and around buildings, two orchards, and good water. R T Agey R D 4 Indiana Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misslizabeth M. Geas
Livermore
Guthrie Doty Hollis
New Alexandria
H. B. Glawson
G. W. Stokes
Clark M. Gess
Laura
Arlington
Annie
Rebecca
Misses Nettie
Mary Devinney
Nellie
Bertha Bolen
Mae Campbell
Nina Lauffer
Carrie Ewing
Little Little
Amy Gess
J. A. Nesbit
W. E B. Untupher
Good Powell
Harry Barnhart
Elder Devinney
Roy Ewing
Albert R. Geass
Earnest Bolen
Clair Stokes
James Stokes
White Township
Indiana County
Indiana
R. T. Agey
R. D
Mustin and the Navy Gun Telescope Breakthrough
In 1885 the telegene faced lens breakage and slow firing. Midshipman Henry C. Mustin at Annapolis tackled nonbreakable lenses by shrinking a metal band around a glass disk. He dropped the lens to prove its resilience, demonstrating a breakthrough enabling long range gunnery for the modern navy and spurring nations to build dreadnoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson White
Hensry C. Mustin
Annapolis
Fred
Washington
Mustin
Navy Yards
Digget
American Magazine
Crows Die After Lightning Strike in Orange County
In a spring thunderstorm in Orange County a flock of 83 crows sought shelter in a dame tree but 79 perished when the tree was struck by lightning. Fewer than a dozen crows remain in the county leaving locals puzzled about future pecking fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange County
Lawn waists and dresses offered at low prices
Women’s lawn waists priced at one dollar and girls’ white dresses at one fifty, described as neatly made with fine nainsook lace and embroidery trim. Readable in a compact 19th century style advertisement.
Southland Singers to Perform in Local Lyceum Course
The Southland Singers, a quartet of colored entertainers, will appear in a local lyceum course. They sing jubilee, plantation, and negro melodies with stringed instruments and a saxophone trio. John Douglass, noted jubilee singer, directs the company and leads a group of skilled performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihis
Southland Singer's
John Douglass
Cel- Mat
Partition Bill in Indiana County Court of Common Pleas
A bill filed in equity in Indiana County Court of Common Pleas names Edward L. Shell and Sarah Jape Colling with John Collins as plaintiffs against multiple defendants including Rachel Wagner, Caroline Crouse and her husbands, Catherine Crouse and William Crouse, Hannah Wilkinson and John Wilkinson, Garriet Miller and Isaac Miller, Daniel W. Wagner, William FB. Wagner, Edward O. Leighou, George Leighou, and Eugene Leighou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Common Pleas
Indiana County
Edward L. Shell
Sarah Jape Colling
John Collins
Plaintiffs
Rachel Wagner
Caroline Crouse
Herman J. Crouse
Catherine Crouse
William Crouse
Hannah Wilkinson
John Wilkinson
Garriet Miller
Jsaac Miller
Daniel W. Wagner
William FB. Wagner
Edward 0. Leighou
George Leighou
Eugene Leighou
Coal land partition suit in Buffington township Indiana County
Plaintiffs and defendants hold fee title to all coal under 1 acre in Buffington township of Indiana County Pennsylvania. Several heirs hold undivided fractional interests subject to life estates. Partition is sought. if division impossible, sale of coal land and distribution of proceeds. Certain defendants not locatable. order by publication for four weeks. Court directs service by publication and pro confesso if no appearance within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffington Township
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
James W. Graboam
Abraham Beonnett
Moses
J. Bonner
Charles Bonner
Solomon Wagner
Mary L. Shell
Plaintiiff
Rachel Wagner
Caroline Crouse
Catherine Crouse
Hannah Willinson
Tearvid Miller
Daniel W. Wagner
Williane E. Wagner
Howard L. Shell
Sarah Jane Collins
Howard G. Leighou
George Leighou
Eugene Leighou
Edward G. Shell
Stig
Indiana
Trlvord
Testamentary notice for Archibald Allen estate in Dayton Pa
Executors announce that letters testamentary were granted for the estate of Archibald Allen of West Mahoning township. Creditors must present authenticated claims for settlement and debtors should make prompt payment. Charles Allen executor, Dayton Pa, December 18, 1912.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uncle Sam
Sailor Boys
Olf Waverly Oil Works CO
Pittsburgh
Norfolk
Bosss & Buhl
Southland Singers
THE
S. M. Jack
Erm
Indiana, PA
Sane
Digice Nh
Southland
Phumville Opera House
Buchheit Bros
Philadelphia St
St. Clair, Rinn & Co
Blatchford
ALA
Syracuse Farm Implements
Water St
Wallace Dry Goods Company
J. C. Wallace & Son, Proprietors
Geo. D. Leydie
Undertaker
S. Pattison Co
Phila. Street
Ohio Horse
Godfrey Marshall
Daugherty
Phildelphia
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