Local social notes from Johns town and surrounding towns
Numerous residents and visitors are listed in a community social roundup.Entries mention Miss Mabel Thompson returning from Stineman visit in Johns town, multiple visits between Pitcairn Braddock and Pittsburgh area, fishing trips in Huntingdon county, a Gettysburg trip, Mooseheart attendance, a Bolivar/Johnstown travelogue, and notes on Bible school and church services. Several families including the Lees, Lerners, and Cline families are referenced with weekend or prolonged stays and illnesses affecting Earl St Clair and Rue St Clair.
Local Social News Recaps Visits and Births
Mr and Mrs C V Over and son John and sister in law Cora Davis of Dormont were Thursday callers in the Alshouse home. Mae Andersons welcome a new son. Elder Mclaughlin and Jami Massilon of Ohio visited his mother Mrs L M Martz. The McGaughey family spent the Fourth with the Root family near Freeport. The Thompson reunion was held at the Porter home. Fannia Alshouse, died at Woodville, interred at South Bend cemetery on June 25. Langus family of Wilkinsburg staying here. Montgomery people of Pittsburgh spent Sunday at their farm here. Miss McCutcheon of New Texas visited sister Mrs Melvin Silvis. Ed Barnett returned from Indiana hospital. Stony Point reunion and Indiana show drew locals on the Fourth. Kayden Fulton and family of Paulton spent the Fourth at their farm here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Over
John
Cora Davis
Dormont
Alshouse
Mae Anderson
Mclaughlin
Jami Massilon
Ohio
L. M. Martz
McGaughey
Root
Freeport
Thompson
Porter
Christ Boyer
Fannia Alshouse
Woodville
South Bend
Langus
Wilkinsburg
Montgomery
Pittsburgh
McCutcheon
New Texas
Melvin Silvis
Ed. Barnett
Indiana Hospital
Stony Point
Indiana
Kayden Fulton and
Paulton
Preaching and Sabbath School Schedule for District 10
The Lewistown edition reports a 2 30 Sabbath preaching and 1 15 Sabbath school. The Sabbath school convention of District No 10 meets at Ebenezer church on Thursday July 10 at 2 30 and 7 30 PM with lunch served. Nearby residents and families are mentioned visiting and gathering at various homes this week and over July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisville
Ebenezer Church
Barkley Kennedy
Ohio
J. C
Donald Neal
Donald Kennedy
Valjean Kennedy
Anna Dixon
Wv. Laney
Edgewood
W. B. McGinley
Norman Ewing
Elmer Ewing
Roy McGinley
R. D. Reeger
Marion Center Community Notes Reach Across States
Local Marion Center items show visits from Natrona Indiana and Bolivar amid a busy fourth of July period. Residents Mary Lydie aged 97 regains mobility, while families tour Wisconsin and Indiana for fishing trips and funerals. Various social calls and class gatherings highlighted the week.
Origin of Mexico's Coat of Arms Tells Aztec Legend
Enrique Palacios of the Mexican direction for archaeology traces Mexico's coat of arms to an Aztec fable. The emblem, dating six centuries, shows an eagle grappling a snake atop a spiny nopal on a rock in a lake, symbolizing Tenochtitlan's founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Enrique Juan Palacios
Lenochtitlan
Mexico City
Mexican Republic
Possibility That Great Auk May Still Exist
A reader questions whether a bird sighting in the Lofoten Islands may be a Great Auk. A Finnish hunter and naturalist misidentified a Great Northern Diver and later a Razorbill before correctly identifying the Great Auk from a book. The witness stood by the claim, though no further sightings occurred, leaving open the chance that a few Great Auks may endure along remote coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lofoten Islands
Norway
Break in Sermon Stirs Laughter at Trogy Church
A former Trogy church pastor joked during a faith themed sermon that Moses discovered America by faith. The congregation smiled at the quip as the diverging image of crossing the Atlantic amused the audience, and the pastor’s wife revealed the joke’s source of amusement. The record notes the lighthearted biblical misstatement demonstrates the break in sermon tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trogy
Moses
America
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Turn State's Evidence Definition in Pathfinder Magazine
Pathfinder Magazine explains that turning state's evidence means a suspect provides incriminating testimony against accomplices in exchange for leniency or non prosecution. It notes authorities may promise immunity or reduced punishment, typically when insufficient evidence exists without the witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathfinder Magazine
Salesmanship by a Child Ends in Quirky Banter
A five year old named Dorothy Rose listened as a library agent explained a book’s educational value to her mother. The agent urged leaving the book on the library table for free access by children. Days later Dorothy mimicked the scene and told her mother to place the book on the buffet with three axes for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Rose
Missus
Francis Asbury Early Bishop and Methodist Founder
Francis Asbury born 1745 at Hamstead Bridge near Birmingham England died 1816 at Spotsylvania Virginia. He arrived in America as a missionary in 1771 when there were about 816 Methodists here. By death he had traveled over 270000 miles preached more than 16000 sermons and ordained over 4000 Methodist ministers. He never married citing constant travel scarce resources and zeal in church service as reasons for a single life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Asbury
Hamstead Bridge
Birmingham
England
Spotsylvania
America
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Mabel Thompson
Stineman
Johnstown
Mary West
Lydia West
Pitcairn
Ira Reed
Gladys
Sharpsville
Arthur Bowser
Sire
Jay Bowser
Edna Bush
Fast End
Bernard Bush
John Moskum
Jerry Saxton
McKeesport
Edward Cummings
Cakeville
George F. Mack
Raymond Thompson
Kaltjean
Newcastle
A. EB. Miler
Louise Foster
Mrs. Hines
Braddock
Esther
Emma Hines
Julia Hewitt
Oreensburg
Oscar Hewitt
William A. Lear
Louise
Jerry Lear
Clarence Hamilton
Moun
Tains
Huntingdon County
Weikert
Harry Tillie
Wilbert Mack
Rose Yingling
Weat Bolivar
Irvin Miller
Town
Petersburg
Washington, D.C
Garfield Cline
Charles Shoup
Gettysburg
Baltimore
Eai
Cline
Dover
Del
Frank Robertson
Mooseheart
Ill
Moose Lodge
Joseph Penrose
Catherine Swandberg
N. 8
John Steffey
Ruth McHail
Vincent McHall
Bolivar
California
Frank Shomo
Louise Lear
Arbutus Park
G. W. Ruff
John BE. Boyle
Ira Margh
Wm. Penn Highway
Winder Hospital
William Frayer
Wellsburg
W.va
Wm. Bowser
Ralph Brett
Memorial Hospital
Lutheran Church
Carl Laemmte
Mick
Marion Center
C. R. Griffith
H.N. Work
Ada B
Winter
Addie Pounds
Wisconsin
Barberton
Mabel Work
Jacob Little
Margretta Walker
Elizeabeth Piper
Opal May
URING
Associated System
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Associated Gas and Electric Securities Company
Pennsylvania
Big Mac
J.C. Pemney
Phila
Indiana, Pa
People’s Shoe
Cash
Farmers Bank & Trust
R. W. Wehrle & Co
George D. Leydic
Kiladelphia Street
Subllanes
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