Saltsburg centenarian dies age 100 in Saltsburg
Leah Marietta, who lived with her 87 year old nephew Robert George, died Sunday afternoon at her Saltsburg home after a brief illness. The elderly woman, a lifelong resident, celebrated her 100th birthday last June. A Presbyterian service was held at Saltsburg with burial in the local cemetery. Neighbors and relatives described her as cheerful and fond of the younger generation, often saying they were better today. Her nephew attended both funeral rites, mourning a beloved aunt who enjoyed church, reading, and daily family duties.
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Saltsbury
Leah Marietta
Saltsburg
Robert George
Presbyterian Church
Marietta
McCune Anniversary Celebrated at Hillsdale Event
Mr and Mrs 8 F McCune of near Hillsdale marked their fifty first wedding anniversary and the sixtieth birthday of Mrs McCune with a family dinner and dance. McCune, a well known northern county auctioneer, is 73. Children and grandchildren attended. both remain active and enjoy good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. McCune
Hillsdale
Coal Run Women Pay Costs After Name Calling Complaint
Miss Annie Mutchka, 17, of Coal Run, swore out a charge of slander against neighbors Annie Poeternok and Sophia Shimaku for calling her bad names including shoemaker. Justice C. C. McLain heard the case. costs were assessed against the two women and the matter was dismissed.
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Annie Mutchka
Coal Run
Justice of the Peace
C. C
Squire McLain
Oil gushes from Young Township gas well near Watson Schoolhouse
Oil flow from Carnegie Gas Co. well on William Crawford farm near Watson schoolhouse in Young Township. Drillers struck oil while deepening for gas, estimates say 40 barrels daily with earlier find nearby producing about 16 barrels daily. Tank to be built for storage. Gas presence reported. project tied to regional oil hits in Indiana County.
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Watson Schoolhouse
Carnegie Gag Co
Young Township
William Crawford
James Watson
Indiana County
T. W. Phillips Gas Co
Marchand
Bad Check Passers Promise Reimbursement
A woman and two men are linked to the distribution of 39 worthless checks in Indiana and Cambria counties. Authorities believe seven local passers and 32 from Cambria are identified as the same trio who promise victims restitution. They hope to resolve the issue and end the alleged habit causing business disruption.
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Indiana
Cambria County
Hulda Stumpf
British East Africa
Miss Stumpf
Real estate transfers and a retiring police chief noted
Property transfers listed include multiple parcels in Plumville Waite Blairsville Creekside Indiana and Wheatfield with prices from 100 to 15000 dollars. A banquet for retiring Police Chief George L OConnell at Indiana Fire Association presented him a gold wrist watch and announced John Stroble as his successor.
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John St. Clair
Lucy Bear
Plumville
Lucy Beer
Hileman
Leslie Pattison
Waite
Paul D. Wilgon
White
Anna Vanhtine
John EH. Pierce
Blairsville
David Blair
John P. Blair
Creekside
Helen T. Blair
Indiana
David Blair, Jr
E. Wheatfield
Torrence
Washington
W. D. Gates
W. A. Bence
James W. Mack
Z. K. Harkley Road
O'Connell
Indiana Fire Association
George L. O’connell
O’connell
John Stroble
Hannahstown
State Police
District Six Sabbath School Workers Meet at Dilltown
A winter convention for Sabbath school workers from District No Six of the county association will be held in Dilltown on Saturday afternoon and evening. The program includes worship, discussions on temperance teaching, and addresses by Rev. R W Jackson and others from Indiana and Pittsburgh. An evening session features talks by Rev Edgar B. Hanks and local speakers.
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Council of Republican Women of
Indiana
White Township
Harry White
Walter Whitmyra
Pennsylvania Council
Harrisburg
S. & Workers of District Six
Dilltown
Heim
Glen Campbell
L. C. Bence
S. W. Guthrie
Clara G. Earhart
R. W. Jackson
Seward
Edgar B. Hanks
Blairsville
Weddings of a Week in United marriages and licenses issued
Eranee Williams and John Graeme Williams united in marriage January 16 by Rev J A McCamey. Ruth Almira Millichap wed to a man from Shenandoah. Williams Roadarmel and Eleanor May Roadarmel wed January 7 by Rev Mellvaine. The couples plan Indiana residence at 620 South Seventh. County treasurer issued twenty four 1930 fishing licenses by Elmer W. Allison.
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Willliams Mainap
John Graeme Williams
Richard Williams
Town
Misa Ruth Almira Millichap
J. A. McCamey
Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur Williams
Shenandoah
Elmer W. Allison
Dogs Without License Face Fines Under 1930 Update
Owners of dogs without 1930 licenses are warned to secure them by January 15 or face fines ranging from five to one hundred dollars. State authorities will enforce the Dog Law strictly with immediate checks for unlicensed dogs.
Rush for Dog Licenses at County Treasurer Office
County Treasurer Elmer W. Allison issued 3,200 of the 1930 dog licenses today as hundreds seek licenses at the office since Monday morning. Applicants include mail orders and personal visitors. One applicant noted that children will not cry now for fear their dog would be killed.
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Elmer W. Allison
Oon
Red Cross Headquarters Relocated to Court House Basement
Indiana County Red Cross Chapter has moved from a small frame building on South Ninth street to improved basement rooms of the Court House. The first room near the Sixth street entrance hosts the office, with two connecting rooms across the hall planned for orthopedic, mental, and tuberculosis clinics. The facilities are bright and will be equipped to suit the county organization.
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Indiana County I Chapter
Red Cross
South Ninth Street
Court House
Sixth Street
Nighttime Film at Ritz Promises Broadway Gold Diggers
Midnight show at The Ritz Theatre next Monday features Gold Diggers of Broadway in 100 percent natural color. Tickets on sale at Ritz box office. all seats at regular prices.
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She Ritz
Broadway
Ritz Theatre
Indiana visitors and local calls fill county page
Local residents and Indiana visitors populate the county seat with frequent calls and trips. Names frequent in reports include J. Wing Harvey Wise J. B. Lintner and C. Hartman, with many residents shipping or traveling to Florida New York and Cleveland Clinic Hospital for treatment or winter plans.
Bobbing a house cat tail not a bobcat officials say
Harrisburg officials say cutting a house cat’s tail to make a bobbed cat cannot create a bobcat for bounty claims. Fraudulent bounties persist as some seek to affidavits and bobbed tails to collect rewards, while illegal importation of wild cats from other states also skews the program.
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Harrisburg
Board of Game Commissioners
Irene Schroeder and two men captured in Arizona
Irene Schroeder the West Virginia woman known as a major fugitive, along with Glen Dague and Tom R Crawford, surrendered to a posse after a chase across Arizona. They are held for Pennsylvania murder charges. Deputies Wright and Chapman were wounded. the trio will be sent back for trial. Ninety couples attended a Thursday square dance at the Armory for Company F, National Guard.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Irene Schroeder
West Virginia
Brady Paul
New Castle
Glen Dague
Wheeling
W. Va
Tom R. Crawford
Brady
Ernest Moore
Pennsylvania Highway Patrol
Maricopa County
Pennsylvania
Chandler
Lee Wright
Shirley Butterfield
Joe Smith
Wright
Chapman
Gila
Phoenix Mountains
Laycen
Donnie
Armory
Company F
National Guard
Lewis Brothers
Newspaper combo deal for Progress and Post Gazette
A 1930s offer sells The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette for six dollars per year to R F D readers and residents in towns without a Post Gazette agent. Orders go to The Indiana Progress in Indiana Pennsylvania.
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Progress
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Indiana Progress
Indiana
Pastor W C Work Named New Bethel Bolivar Pastor
Rev W C Work of Scottdale is appointed pastor of the Bethel and Bolivar United Presbyterian churches, succeeding Rev Dwight Nichol who becomes a missionary in India. Work assumed the charge and preached his first sermon on Sunday, marking the start of his Purity service.
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Bethel and
Bolivar
W. C. Work
Scottdale
Bolivar United Presbyterian
Dwight Nichol
India
Farm Extension Association Committee Announced
A meeting of Extension Association officers approved the 1930 program and named an Executive Committee for Field Crops Swine Dairy Sheep Poultry Potatoes Vegetables and Home Economics with members from Blatraville Indiana and Homer City. The 1930 officers include President Paul Hopkins and Secretary J M Risinger.
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Farm Extension Association
Agricultural Bureau
Extension Association
Court House
T. M. Strong
The
Association For 1530
Paul Hopkins
Marlon ‘T Center
Norman St
Barkley
Livermore
J. M. Risinger
Homer City
sTeenguress
H. Thompson
Death notices and obituaries from Smicksburg area
George S Weston 74 lifelong Smicksburg resident dies at home after lingering illness. Born December 1866, he farmed, served in Smicksburg Methodist Episcopal church and Sabbath school offices. Survived by widow Mina Lewis Weston, three children Olive Crawford Fowler California D K Stiteler Youngstown Thomas Weston Canton, ten grandchildren and great grandchildren, sister Leann Davis Smicksburg. Funeral Tuesday 2 PM in Smicksburg cemetery. Leo A Cost former Indiana resident dies in Cleveland heart trouble. Born 1859 in Indiana, painter and hardwood finisher. Survived by daughter Mrs Fred Smith Cleveland, son George Cost, brothers Edward F. and William A. Cost Indiana. Burial in church cemetery. Mrs Martha Grey Allen dies at Massillon Ohio age 66, native of Young Township. Widow of the late K Allen, lifelong Presbyterian, active in church. Survives daughter Miss Ethel Allen Massillon and sisters Miss Mary Grey, Miss Margaret Grey, J F Hood brother-in-law. Sister Maria Lavina Beatty died recently in Ridgefield New Jersey. remains brought to Indiana for funeral. Mrs Bello L Duncan dies at Locust Street home from pneumonia, born White Township Feb 4 1845. Widow of A M Duncan, lived in Kansas and Indiana before returning to Indiana County. Charter member Blacklick Presbyterian then joined town Presbyterian. Survived by daughters Daisy Warns Huis Town and Minerva Patterson New Alexandria. J W Curson dies in Pittsburgh former Blairsville resident. Survived by sisters W D Devinney Blairsville John Miller Pittsburgh. Funeral in Pittsburgh today, burial Blairsville Thursday.
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J. 3. Wing
I Livermore
Indiana
Harvey Wise
Commodore
J. B. Lintner
Bishaville
Roy Baker
Glenn Campbell
Squire
John Myers
Cherry Tree
J. €. Montgomery
Robinson
Tra Reilhmiller
Near Commodore
William L. Henry
Young Township
John W. Warner
Town
State College
Charles Hartman
Green Township
John Smith
Cherryhill Township
Howard Trainer
North Sixth Street
Brownsville
Texas
L. EB. Deemer
Ruth
Anice
South Bend
C. M. McHenry
William
Cloe
Jefferson County
Monay
W. W. Nichol
Harold Nichol
G. W. Myers
N. J. Montgomery
C. A. Hartman
Near
Tuesay
R. L. Armstrong
Maggie Belle
Jacksonville
Rose Watkins
Cleveland Clinic
Clair Sloan
Thomas Pealer
Thomas Robinson
Dewitt Rayands
C. Streams
Wesk End
New York City
Carl Whitesell
Near Town
Richard Leroy
Robert George
Elizabeth Hall
Avonmore
R. D
Florida
Zolfo Springs
I. V. Hollister
Coraopolis
Corp
John G. Bricker
Luke Kelly
State Motor Patrol
Greensburg
Clay Stiteler
Smicksburg
Smith
Charles W. Carnahan
Mary Black
Rhodes
St. Petersburg
W. A. Matz
Nelda
White Township
Metz
Progress Office
A. M. Silvia
Ralph
Shelocta
Silvis
Progress
Kissinger
Homer City
Tracey Sickenberger
Lottia Sickenberger
Stafford
A. W. Diven
Marting Ferry
Ww. T. Wilson
Church Street
M. M. Davis
South Seventh Street
Ruth Holewell
George S. Weston Georges
Weston
Aingering Friesh
Mina Lewis Weston
Olive Crawford
Fowler
Cal
D. K
Stiteler
Youngstown
Thomas
John C. Wells
Leo A. Cost
St. Bernard Catholic Church
Church
Cleveland
John Cost
Rosa Kelfer
Cleveland Jhat
Fred Similth
George Cost
Edward F
William A. Gost
Martha Grey Allen
Massillon
K. Allen
Presbyterian Church
Ethel Allen
Masallion
Missen Mary
Margaret Grey
J. F. Hood
South Seventh Xstreet
Mia
Lavina Beatty
Ridgefield
N. J
Hood
J. J. McIlvaine
First United Presbyterian Church
Harry Hood
Saltuburs
Bello L. Duncan
A. M. Duncan
Canter Township
Kansas
Hino
Ina
Thia County
Blacklick
J. W. Curson
Pittsburgh
Blairsville
W. D. Devinney
John Miller
Heshbon Man Shot During Argument In Heshbon
Antonio Chascini of Heshbon, 43, was arrested Monday on a charge of shooting his brother in law Samiel Merille, 34, during a Sunday night domestic dispute. Merille was wounded in the left arm and treated at Latrobe hospital. The incident followed an argument involving Chascini’s wife and children.
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Antonio Chascini
Heshbon
Samiel Merille
Des Chaseint
Merille
Chascink
Hia
Forgery Case Involving Baker Referred For Trial
Garl L. Baker waived hearing and was committed to jail after a forgery charge. Taken Thursday before Squire C. C. McLain, Baker allegedly passed a $36.95 check to Moa Buchman for shoes. Clerk reported the forged instrument signed by Mrs. E. J. MeTigue, East End Garage proprietor. Baker disappeared, then was arrested.
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Bakar
Poultry Record Club Meeting Set at Indiana Court House
The Poultry Record Club schedules a meeting at 1 30 PM in Indiana on Thursday January 30 with Prof H D Monroe former head of the Poultry Extension Department at State College as speaker. A future notice will appear in newspapers the week before.
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Poultry Record Club
Indiana
H. D. Monroe
State College
Court House
Dubois Readers Renew 40 Years of The Progress
Mrs Mary Li Smiley renews The Progress subscription after four decades of reading from Plumville to Creekside R D and Dubois. Readers invite others with long-term editions to share their experiences and home news ties. A former Indian resident—John Caldwell—remains critically ill in Pittsburgh Marine Hospital from blood poisoning. He is a WWI veteran and bond salesman for Otis and Company, son of David Caldwell of Glendale California.
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Clade Caldwell
Johnstown
Indiana
Marine Hospital
Pittsburgh
Mr. Caldwell
Otis and Company
David M. Caldwell
Glendale
Calif
Rabbits Released in Harrisburg as Mild Weather Allows Distribution
The Game Commission began distributing 50,000 rabbits purchased from commercial growers in Harrisburg, taking advantage of the unusually warm January weather. The same day, new Melton uniforms for the National Guard arrived at the State arsenal and will be furnished to units on requisition.
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Harrisburg
The
Game Commission
Melton
National Guard
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River——Leaves
Parkwood
Salina
David Sheffler
New Alexandria
Latrobe Hospital
Wiliam Chicka
William Bryson
Salteburg
T. B. Elder
Connellsville
Winfield L. Warner
Lewistown
Hagarstown
Victoria Ridler
Ralph D. Williams
Eleanor M. Roadarme
John G. Lipani
Virginia
Register
Cummings
W. Ralph Cummings
Joseph Strenko
Mabel White
Strongstown
EN Court House Basement
Ralph Stiffey
Ralph Brown
John Cribbs
Burrell Township
Stiffey
Warner
John W.W. Warner
Sweeney
Moritz
Torrance
Veterans Auxiliary
First National
American Legion Auxiliary
First Nations Bank
Ed. H. Stephens
John S. Fisher
Claude E. Bath
Martha
Sarah Reed
Paull Reed
Nemacolin
Vassar
Sarah
Martha Washington College
Abingdon
Harry Carson
White’ Township
Carson
Robert M. Carson
Rev
H. C. Carson
Bulger
Washington County
Arizona
Clarence D. Bence
Marion Center
Clayton Miller
Creekalda
Poultry
A. R, Salagiver
Z. Frutt
H. W
Mes
Ine Fisted
Virtha
Asspail Ant
Tenet
Rea Dents
B. B. Crawford
Irving, North
Patron's Mutual
Patron's Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Savings and Trust
B. Crawford
W. W. Hopkins
Irvin C. North
Punxsutawnaey
Linus Lewis
Punxsutawney
Robert Kirkpatrick
Braig
Pittsburgh Press
American Legion of Pittsburgh
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