Beefs and Beef Shooting On Frontier Frontiersmen
A fringe frontier pastime recounts squirrel barking and beef shooting where marksmen competed for beef quarters and prize money. The piece describes targets hung on trees at forty paces and the prize structure, with Mike Pink noted as a famed shooter kept out of such contests. Includes local anecdotes and community notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provident Borderers
Cottie
Marisment
Sovan
Arnot
Ohio
Houthman
Mike Pink
Mike
Social and visiting notes from Chambersville town
Mrs Anna Gray and son Bernard visited relatives at the Brady and Miller homes at the week's start. Missie Gustison heads to Cleveland. Mrs H E Malcolm departing for Washington DC to join her husband in school. A schoolhouse pie and box social is planned for Friday evening. Ladies bring boxes, men money. Mrs James Banks on sick list. Harold and William Gray stayed with the Bradys and Millers over the weekend. Mrs Wm Walsh shopped in Indiana Saturday. Mr and Mrs Roy Brown and Mrs S H Donahue of Indiana visited Josephine friends on Sunday. Harry Black visited Blairsville Saturday night. Mrs T L Beatty returned to New Brunswick after visiting her mother Mrs Mary Overdorff. George Rudosh was an out-of-town dealer Thursday. Mrs Alex Stewart and Mrs Jas McClimate of Blacklick called on friends Friday. Darrell Davis of Indiana visited town Monday. Mrs John Fisher was in Blairsville Wednesday. Mary Jane and Henrietta Dixon spent Saturday evening in Blairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowry Lewis
Hooper
W. C. Smith
Evaline King
Walter Black
Arkwood
Alice Cunningham
Nettie Saltsgiver
Blairsville
Caroline George
Addison George
John Cunningham
Parkwood
Roy George
Indiana
Ross Muckle
Clarence Henry
Harry Wentzel
C. H. Keating
Rachel Henry
W. F. Lutman
Marie Graham
Wilda Tlughes
Wm. Douglass
Dean Meekins
Howard Meekins
Wm. Rodkey
Betty
Starform
Wilda Hughes
Peulah Reed
Ruth Clark
Quinter Russell and
Jay
Clymer
Clyde Haskins
Meade Lydie
Virginia
Green Township Community Association
Missie Gustison
Cleveland
H. E. Malcolm
Plor
Ama Banks
Washington, D. C
James Banks
Harold and
William Gray
Bradys and Millers
Roy Brown
John Fisher
Mary Jane
Henrietta Dixon
Promoter Talk At Dinner Sparks Rail Trade Speculation
In New York a remark by Daniel Witarc, a railroad mate, hints at fading enthusiasm for a promoter and the promise of a new venture. He notes the promoter has gone out and suggests skepticism about ongoing backing, with Pierpont Morgen cited in reference to prior deals and future provisions for shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Witarc
New York
Pierpont Morgen
Local Notes From Clarksburg Christmas Week
Mrs Elizabeth Anderson has been injured with the shooting during the past week. Mrs Tilly Crawford is ill at her son’s Avonmore home where she spent Christmas. Miss Lulu Griffith spent the weekend with sister Miss Della Griffith at Mr and Mrs A L Coleman. Helen Lowman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Meade Lowman, is recovering from pneumonia. Miss Kate Coulter returned to West Lebanon after time with niece Mrs H M Lowman. The last 1925 meeting of the Women’s Missionary Society was held at Mrs C C Walker’s home with twelve ladies present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Anderson
Tilly Crawford
Avonmore
Lulu Grimth
Della Griffith
A L. Coleman
Helen Lowman
Meade Lowman
Kate Coulter
Lebanon
H. M. Lowman
Woman’s Missionary Society
C. C. Walker
Subpoena in Divorce Case Issued in Indiana County
Florins subpoenas Oscar Rainey to appear before Indiana Judges on the 61st Monday of February next to show cause why Jessie Rainey should not be divorced. The notice cites the petition and libel, with Judge J. N. Langham presiding and Prothonotary Claude B. Bath, dated December 1, 1925, and Sheriff J. John M. Malcolm listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Rainey
Indiana
Court of Cannon Pleas
Jessie Rainey
J. N. Langham
Claude B. Bath
J . John M. Malcolm
Fice
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mckisson Valley
Cookport
Josephine
Bearcat
Gap Johnson
Bumpus Ridge
Fiansas City Star
Lizzie Hancock
Chambersville
Anna Gray
Bernard
C. A. Brady
Harry A. Miller
Wm. Walsh
Clarksburg
Hivorce
Tessie Rainey
Indiana County
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Graham Brothers
Detroit
Dodge Brothers
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