Death in Indiana man Charles W Books 52
Charles W Books aged 52 longtime Indiana resident died suddenly of a heart attack at his Rayne township summer home. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m at his North Ninth street residence with interment in Oakland cemetery. He served on the borough council and led community efforts. A Mason past master and Williamsport can-sistor, he was married to Mary Hwing and survived by a brother a sister an adopted son and several relatives.
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Charles W. Books
North Ninth Street
Oakland Cemetery
Indiana
Rayne Township
John W
Clara
Repine) Books
Ben Pollock
Indiana Lodge of Masons
Williamsport Cansistory
Presbyterian Church
Robert L. Clark
Mary Hwing
Town
J. Stanley Books
Middletown
N. Y
Ray Heas
Smethport
Charles R. Work
Detroit
Mich
John. Books
Augustus B. Geesey
Harmony Cemetery
Penn Run
Jacob L
Mary (Fyock) Shank
Cherryhill Township
Brethren Church
Longtime Indiana County surgeon Dr Hart Houck laid to rest
Funeral services were held for Dr Hart B H Houck 56 a leading DuBois surgeon and local figure who died Saturday at his home after six weeks illness. Born July 4 1880 Purchase Line he studied at Johns Hopkins and helped found Maple Avenue Hospital. He leaves wife Ethel and children Earl Jr George and Dorothy plus siblings and numerous relatives in DuBois and nearby towns. The obituary notes his community work and church involvement.
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Earl BE. Houck
Morningside
Hart BH. Houck
Indiana County
DuBois
George F
Sarah JE. Houck
Purchase Line
Green Township
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Punxsutawney
Maple Avenue Hospital
Clearfield County Medical Society
American College of Surgeons
Community Loan Bank
DuBois Presbyterian Church
Ethel Johnston
Earl, Jr
Jefferson Medical College
George
Allegheny College
Dorothy
Hood College
Mra
Spicher
Johnstown
Roy L. Houck
Portage
July 4 1776 Declaration Adopted by Continental Congress
The article details the July 4 1776 session in Philadelphia where the Continental Congress, after months of debate and a prior June Lee resolution, agreed to and proclaimed the Declaration of Independence. Washington’s role, New York’s delayed vote, and the signing timeline through August are outlined with references to key committees.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
The
Continental Congress
Hal Borland
Philadelphia Pubic Ledger
General Washington
Washington
Board of War and Ordnance
Congress
Committee
Great Britain
Harridon
Lee
Harrison
Jefferson
New York
United States
John Stancock
Ffty
John Nixon
Squire
Concord
Lexington
Mr. Lee
Ticonderoga
Bunker Ell
Montreal
Quebec
Fort Moultrie
George Washington
Continental
Long Yeland
Macklenberg
Cumberland County
Virginia
Virginia Convention
Richard Henry Lee
Fourth of July Presidents Born and Die on the Day
The article notes that Calvin Coolidge was born on the Fourth of July while Presidents John Adams Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe died on July 4. Adams and Jefferson both died in 1826 on the same date.
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Calvin Coolidge
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Adams
Jefferson
Message of Missions highlighted at Spirit Ed Presbytery meet
The Conemaugh Presbyterial reports 40 years of service by Mise Hill in Sialkot India, noting the hospital serves an 185 mile radius. Mrs H C Cunningham covers the General Woman's Missionary convention with 132 presbyteries represented. Unit ed Presbyterian women donate over 98 thousand dollars annually and support 225 mission workers. Officers include Mrs J A Miller, Mrs Samuel W Shane, and others. Rev Dwight Nichol spoke on India’s mission field, India’s 6 million Christians amid a 350 million population. A pageant titled House on Sands followed, illustrating faith’s growth from fragile to firm. Next presbytery meets June 26, 1937 in Johnstown.
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Conemaugh Presbyterial
Mise Hill
Sialkot
Punjab
India
H.C. Cunningham
Homer City Society
General Woman’s Missionary Convention
United Presbyterian Church
J. B. Hill
Pittsburgh
General Missionary Society
John A. Miller
First United Presbyterian Church
Indiana
Samuel W. Shane
Indiana Church
William Anderson
Crete
Ruth Browne
Plum Creek
Mary Caroline Duncan
Mina Agnes Magill
Homer City
L. H. Miller
Bolivar
Cora Sandles
Blairsville
R, EB
McClure
W. C. H. Garman
Altoona
Leda Stephens
W. C.davis
Johnstown
William Clark
Elderton
Dwight Nichol
House On Sands
BE. Ic. McClintock
Jacksonvilla Church
Fourth of July At Cliffside Park Offers Recreation
Cliffside Park near Indiana and Western Pennsylvania hosts Fourth of July visitors with a natural beach and soft water for baths. Activities include volleyball quoits boating and dancing. Picnic grounds are free to the public. An ink stain remover method is noted as amino acid and turpentine solution. National farm mortgage figures show a decline from 36 in 1929 to 44 in 1936 and Australia reportedly holds over 100 million sheep.
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Cliffside Park
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Hospitals Then and Now Show How Medicine Advanced
A Man in the past valued Bremnondsey Hospital at 268 pounds 17 shillings and 6 pence about 1450 in today s money. Modern medical gear from a single device to an electrocardiograph and x ray tubes costs far more, illustrating immense progress in medical technology over centuries and the need for philanthropy to sustain a hospital.
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Nlee
Guy
Henry Viel
England
Henry Veu
Bremnondsey
London
Fyrtvaue
Local visitors and family gatherings across multiple towns
Mrs Add White and three daughters from Youngstown visit relatives including Mr and Mrs G W Wahoh. G B Hughes of Altoona spends Sunday with Geo Gaul and Mollie Beck. Max Shields and son from North Braddock vacation with Mr and Mrs M Shields. Harry Long and daughters from Punxsutawney see Mr and Mrs William Dormire. Helen Gaul visits Buffalo relatives. Fruit cake note closes. Certified milk producers clash with birth centre advocates.
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Add White
Youngstown
G. W. Wahoh
G. B. Hughes
Altoona
Geo. Gaul
Mollie Beck
Johnstown
Max Shields
Robert
North Braddock
William Dormire
Emaina Shields
Quay
William Qgornfield
Niles
Burt Shieils
Indiana
Mshields
Clark Gaul
Helen
Buffalo
N.Y
Earl
Helen Gaul
Gee. Gaul
Mmma Gearhart
J. H. Miller
Samuel McFarland
Clay Stuchell
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James J. Walters
Trenb
Luxenberg
Pennsylvania Threshermen and Farmers Mutual Casualty Insurance Co
Harrisburg
M.C. Stewart
R. D. NO
Willis & Henderson
Joral Company
Wayne Ave
Woodburn Granite Works
Booth College Avenue
Penna
W. F. Shields
First Presbyterian Church
Medford
Ore
James G
Mary Anna (Miller) Shields
Lewisville
Elders Ridge Academy
Indiana State Teachers College
Westminster Theological Seminary
Missouri
Nebraska
Siam
Oregon
Emma (Laird) Shields
David L. Marshall
H. G. Hays
Derry
Frank Gromley
East Mahoning Baptist Church
Church
Hillsdale
Hazel Hazlett
Lilly
William Gromley
South Fork
Olive Shumaker
Bellwood
Ralph Gromley
Gipsy
Margaret J. Stiffler
Cherry Tree
Margaret Jane Stiffler
William T. Stiffler
Jay G. Stiffler
James C. Stiffler
Frank McAnulty
Kinport
iCara
Lemuel
Howard Stiffler
Teresa Diaddario Mys
Teresa Diaddario
Rossiter
Clearfield Hospital
Gene ©Olanto
Italy
John A. Diaddario
Gene O
Patsy
Cleveland
Leonard L
Louis M
Julia JE
Dominic Diaddario
Mary Shulick
Rosalier
Belle May Cramer
Armagh
A. N. Cramer
Cherry Ree
Virginia House of Burgesses
Massachusetts
Benjamin Franklin
Robert I. Livingston
Roger Sherman
Australia
Murphy’s
Duke of Kent
Jersey
Magle
POLO
Wits
Friendly
Philadelphia St
M. H. Etcuentaus
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
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