Armtrong County’s Oldest Woman Dies At 102
Mrs Eliza Long aged over 102 died at her Edinda home near Salina after a long life on a farm. She could thread a needle without glasses at 102 and refused medicine. Funeral services were held Monday at Beulah cemetery. She is survived by four children 36 grandchildren 66 great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren.
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Beulah
Elizaeth Long
Edinda
Salina
Armstrong County
Sand
Coroner to hold inquest into fatal car crash near Macklick
County Coroner Jom Woods will conduct an inquest into the death of John Hill twenty of Salina killed near Blacklick New Years Day. He died en route to Indiana hospital after a collision with Terrence Shopson sixteen of Black Hok who claimed frosted windshield prevented sighting two pedestrians Ethel Feski fourteen of Blacklick escaped with slight injuries.
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Macklick
Jom Woods
John Hill
Salina
Blacklick
Terrence Shopson
Black- Hok
Indiana Hospital
Emer- Bzendy
Ethel Feski
Palmertown
Simpson
Coasting Accident Hurts Miss Lillian Putt Head
Miss Lillian Putt, 19, daughter of Mrs Pearl Putt of near Penn Run, fractured skull and sustained injuries when her sled crashed into an abutment while coasting near her home Sunday evening. She was unconscious on arrival at Indiana hospital, received emergency treatment in Clymer, and underwent surgery Monday with critical condition reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Putt
Penn Run
Pearl Putt
Indiana
Clymer
Missing Clymer Lad Found in Florida After Search
Donald Dixon aged 14 son of Mr and Mrs Adam Dixon of Clymer left home August 30 on a fishing trip to Cherry Tree. He has been located in a Tampa boarding house and is recovering from malaria. He will be brought home when health permits. The search involved radio stations and a photograph sent to southern states by his twin brother Ronald.
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Clymer
Florida
Donald Dixon
Adam Dixon
Cherry Tree
Tampa
Lad
Ronald
Mary Elizabeth Kelly Dies Enroute to Johnstown Hospital
Mary Elizabeth Kelly age 10 of Seward died Friday night while being transported to a Johnstown hospital. A blood clot lodged in her lungs after a jaw injury from a fall, the cause of death, according to reports from Seward.
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Seward Lass
Way
Mary Elizabeth Kelly
Michael Kelly
Seward
Johnstown
Indiana Man Loses Finger in Mill Accident Prank
Henry, 48, of Indiana, lost the third finger of his left hand after an accident at the Henry Launder Company mill in Ligonier. A tunneling crew visitor brought a bottle of so called refreshments to share. The bottle exploded in his jacket after surfacing, causing the injury and leading to amputation at Latrobe hospital on Thursday.
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Endiana
MIM
Hudson River
Death notices and obituaries of Indiana area figures
Obituaries report the deaths of James M. Simpson a Indiana Thuroder & Supply Company executive and James H H Albert Ratrigh County Commissioner in Hillsdale plus Mrs Rebecca Jane Airgood and May Ferguson. The items detail funeral arrangements interments and surviving relatives in Indiana Kittanning Homer City and surrounding towns with notes on prior careers and community involvement.
Dible dies after illness at Parkwood farm in Armstrong township
William A. Dible aged 78 a Parkwood district farmer in Armstrong township died at home on Friday Jan 3 after months of illness. He was born Feb 5 1857 at Murraysville Westmoreland County and married Sarah Green in 1882. He later wed Yasie Miller in 1902. Surviving include his widow and several children and two sisters. Funeral in West Lebanon Presbyterian Church with burial in West Lebanon cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Dible
Parkwood
Armstrong Township
Mr. Dible
Murraysville
Westmoreland County
Sarah Margaret Green
Dible
Yasie BH. Miller
West Lebanon
W. H. Maxwell
Margaret Dible
Murrayaville
F. H. Pierce
Middleport
N.Y
Samuel EB. Dible
Mis
Amanda Ferguson
Indiana
L. A. Aber
Crete United Presbyterian Church
Prohibition Party
West Lebanon Presbyterian Church
West Lebanon Cemetery
Death of Edgar M Lewis a West Mahoning resident
Edgar Murray Lewis aged 38 a long time Smicksburg area resident died in Indiana Hospital New Years morning after a illness. He was born November 14 1902 and survived by three sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were held at Smicksburg Lutheran church with Rev J B Troutman officiating and burial in the church cemetery.
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Rebecca Jane
Uber
Airgood
Uber) Airgood
Homer City
David
Mary (Coy) Uber
Lutheran Church
Rev. C. BE. Held
Greenwood Cemetery
Indiana
Henry Allgood
Mia
Belle Jacoby
Thomas Uber
St. Louis
Simon W. Uber
Ohio
James Uber
Rural Valley
Trenry Uber
Kane
George Adamson
Beyer
King Allishouse
Atwood
Edgar Murray Lewis
West Mahoning Township
Indiana Hospital
Matthew and
Hilzabeth Lewis
Smicksburg
Clair Lewis
Renton
Wakh
Orvie Lewis
Jeannette
Rose Walker
R.D
Ebert Brewer
George Griener
Smicksburg Lutheran Church
J. B. Troutman
Obituary of Mrs Sarah Jane-Beringer of Uniontown
Mrs Sarah Jane Beringer aged 68 wife of R B Beringer died December 29 at her home in Uniontown Green township. Funeral Wednesday afternoon at Uniontown Evangelical church followed by interment in the church cemetery. Survived by husband Clyde Clarence and Mrs Gilbert Ahlas of near Uniontown Clair of Rahway NJ Mrs Ivan Sommerville of Akron Clark of Cockport Mrs Alex Pittman of Lock Haven Clayton and Miller at home.
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Uniontown
Ivan Sommerville
Akron, C
Clark
Cockport
Alex. Pittman
Lock Haven
Clayton and Miller
Mrs William P Wehrie Rites Held In Punxsutawney
Mrs William P Wehrie aged 65 died Friday at her Punxsutawney home after a long illness. Native of California she was married in 1890 to Mr Wehrle, an Indiana native. Funeral Monday at Punxsutawney Catholic church with burial at St Bernard cemetery. She leaves her husband a niece and two nephews.
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Punxsutawney Catholic Church
St. Bernard Church
William P. Wehrie
Indiana
Punxsutawney
Misa Abigail MacMullen
California
Wehrle
Obituaries from Shelocta and surrounding area
Three local obituaries list Laura Belle Sharp of Shelocta aged 69 died January 2 at home, with siblings A J Sharp, I E Sharp, Mrs Mary Beawards, Mrs H A Ray, Mrs W E Sell, and Miss Carrie Sharp. Funeral at Shelocta Presbyterian Church. Alice Dee Claypoole, 48, of near South Bend, a former teacher, survived by Alfred Lloyd Claypoole and Mary Claypoole. church connection Mt Zion. Tessie Kirkpatrick, about 67, native of Washington township, died in Dayton. services held Monday with burial Atwood cemetery.
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Laura Belle Sharp
Shelocta
Joseph
Hannah M. (Farren) Sharp
A. J
I’. E. Sharp
Carrie
Belle Sharp
Miss Sharp
Shelocta United
Alice Dee Claypoole
Samuel JN
Margaret Ann Claypoole
South Bend
Mt. Zion Church
Alfred Lloyd Claypoole
Mary Claypoole
Brick, Church
Tessie Kirkpatrick
Dayton
Washington Township
A. C. Mareshall
Woman Refuses Testimony in Mann Act Case In Pittsburgh
Dorothy May Parks of Burrell township was held on $500 bond as a material witness after declining to testify against her sister's husband, William Johnson of Cokeville, who faces Mann Act charges. Parks 16, mother says she was 14 when Johnson first abducted her. Johnson 28. Case heard by United States Commissioner Roger Knox at Federal Court in Pittsburgh on Friday.
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Gir
Ilegal
Dorothy May Parks
Burrell Township
United States
Roger Knox
Pittsburgh
Wiliam Johnson
Cokeville
Misa Parks
Justice Brown
Johnson
Sutton-Truxall Engagement After Pittsburgh Couple
Announcement reports the engagement of Miss Virginia Sutton daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward H Sutton of Pittsburgh to William Christian Truxall of Pittsburgh The couple are connected to Indiana and the Suttons reside on South Sixth Street with extended family in the area
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Virginia Sutton
Edward H. Sutton
Pittsburgh
William Christan Truxall
Miss Sutton
Indiana
Thomas Sutton
South Sixth Street
Veteran Sunday School Teacher Greeted on 72nd Birthday
The Cockport Baptist Adult Bible class honored Mr. Stumpf at his Green township home on New Year’s Eve celebrating his 72nd birthday. He has taught the class for 46 years and received gifts from fellow members. A substantial lunch was shared by the ladies after a welcoming program.
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W. G. Stumpt
Green Township
Cockport Baptisl Church
Stumpf
Miner Dies in Mine Accident Near Heilwood
Joseph Lavezzo, 45, of Mentele, Pine township, was killed Friday night at Bethlehem Mines No. 9 near Heilwood. He suffered skull fractures, crushed pelvis, broken legs and arm. His widow and several children survive.
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Joseph Lavezzo
Mentele
Pine Township
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Heilwood
Slightly Improved Ray, 6, Injured in Street Collision
Ray Hayes, aged 6, son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Ray of South Fourteenth street, was reported slightly improved at Indiana Hospital this morning. He is being treated for injuries after running into the side of a passing automobile on Thursday morning while en route to Thaddeus Stevens school. He crossed Philadelphia and Fourteenth streets to meet a classmate.
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Ray
Harry Ray
Clyde Ray
South Fourteenth Street
Indiana Hospital
Thaddeus Stevens School
Philadelphia
Fourteenth Streets
Local social notes from Elderton and nearby towns
Mrs W H Clark spent a few days at Apollo last week. Miss Pauline Schall of Indiana visited here. Mr and Mrs J B Swank shopped in Indiana Saturday. Mrs Guy Fleming and Mrs G W Elgin called at Apollo. The week of prayer services are in the Presbyterian church. Miss Ella Mary McCormick spent New Year at the Aikey home Currys Run. Misses Elsie and Grace Kaufman with Mrs Art Kaufman visited J Bwank's home. Garden Club met at Mrs C B Keeler's. Mr and Mrs Lester Broun and daughter of Potter county spent a few days here. Mr and Mrs Clint Boyer and family of Lawrenceville spent the weekend at Clyde Boyer's. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Silvis spent Saturday evening in Vandergrift. Mr and Mrs Glenn Fleming, Mr and Mrs Frank Fleming and Mrs Owen Boyer shopped in Pittsburgh. The Women's Missionary Society of the U P church met at Mrs C P Clark's home. Mr and Mrs Glenn Cribbs and family of Warren Ohio spent a few days here.
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Elderton
W. H. Clark
Apollo
Pauline Schall
Indiana
Swank
Guy Fleming
G. W. Elgin
Presbyterian Church
Ella Mary McCormick
Aikey
Currys Run
Elsie
Grace Kaufman
Art Kaufman
Bwank
Garden Club
C. B. Keeler
Lester Broun
Potter County
Clint Boyer
Lawrenceville
Clyde Boyer
Lawrence Silvis
Vandergrift
Glenn Fleming
Frank Fleming
Owen Boyer
Pittsburgh
Women’s Missionary Society of the
U. ‘P. Church
C. P. Clark
Glenn Cribbs
Warren, O
Gipsy Youth Recovers From Shotgun Injury
Steve Freno age 15, son of Mr and Mrs Mike Freno of Gipsy, is recovering at Indiana Hospital after a shotgun discharged by accident last week injury to his left foot required partial amputation.
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Steve Freno
Mike Freno
Indiana Hospital
Deer and bear killed in Allegheny National Forest hunt
During the December hunting season in northern Pennsylvania the Allegheny National Forest saw 14,887 deer and 40 bears killed as 133,276 hunters pursued big game, including 1,758 women. Roy Dyson, while swimming in Florida waters, had a gator bite his tongue when he spoke to his wife nearby.
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Allegheny National Forest
Pennsylvania
Roy Dyson
Florida
Two Exonerated from Blame in Fatal Auto Accidents
A coroner's jury absolved Mrs. Bess Kline of East School street in the death of 14 year old William Wayne McCracken after he slipped under her car. Frank H. Griffith of Indiana was also exonerated in the death of John Alvin Erickson when a sled knocked under Griffith's car at Fifth and Clark streets.
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Bess Kline
East School Street
William Wayne McCracken
Creekside
Kline
Washington Township
Frank H. Griffith
Indiana
John Alvin Erickson
John Erickson
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Childret
Mold
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Thomas Jefferson
Atchison Globe
Jones M. Simpson
Robinson
North Seventh Street
Oakland Cemetery
James M. Simpson
Intina
Indiana Thuroder & Supply Company
Indiany Hospital
A. Albert Ratrigh
Ratrigh
Hillsdale
Brethern Church
Albert Ratrigh
Gipsy
Montgomery Llownship
William and
Elizabeth (Gray) Simpson
White Township
Kittanning
Heisman Bros. Lumber Company
Albert A. Simpson
David W. Simpson
Simpson Bros. Company
Indiana Lumber & Supply Company
M. BE
Holt Hughes
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Order of Macabees
Indiana Bear Club
Stone Creek Hunting & Fishing Club
Mollie Wolford
Drew Stephens
William Ferguson
May (Rowe) Ferguson
Weat School Street
Mary (McNeil) Rowe
Joseph Rowe
Daniel Raleigh
Montgomery Township
Board of
H. D. Raleigh
H. A. Rairigh
Terring County
Batlery
Michigan State College
Mrs. i. S. Beringer
William P. ‘Wehrie
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