County Teachers Receive Permanent Certificates In Allegheny County
County Superintendent James F. Qhepaan supervised exams for teacher certificates at Green township. About 400 persons were tested, 16 teachers earned permanent certificates, and more were advanced to new postings across Blairsville, Cherry Tree, Creekside, and other districts as school boards announce replacements and raises for the coming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Qhepaan
Green Township
Tyersons
Joseph BH. Weaver
North Point
Lester Wingar
Town
Mise Florence Davis
Brushvalley
Ruth Terpe
Cora Uncapher
Marion Center
Nola Steele
Center Township
Miss Shields
Sallie Curtis
Jennie Prentice
Jettie Frech
Carrie Houstin
Matilda Leach
Mar Stitt
Ada Rowe
F- D. Zuerner
Princeton
Nelle Cass
Rebecca Yowler
Ada Hayman
Isabelle Kennedy
Joseph B. Weaver
Cherry Tree
Bess
Bess Pitts
Pine Township
John Thompson
Princeton Collge
D. B. Tompson
Bitkeville
Heilwood
Bellwood
Kate
Maloy
Trene Thompson
Helen Button
Janet Nespit
Pine Township Are: ‘Hickory Kingdom, Calvin Steffy
Griffith
Jennie Hull
Strongstown
Mame Schrecen- Siti
Nolo
John M. Pierce
John H. Pierce
San Antonio
Tex
Pierce
Pratt's Institute
Brooklyn
Aaltaburg
R. Jshields
Anna ‘Walter
Mary Waddle
Trane Wilson
Mary Mercer
Maud Wing
Ming Jane Frederick
Plumville
Hugene
Homer Autelar
Smickaburg
Bessie Kinnan
Charles Beck
Smickerel
Misa Neonle Diltea
Arthur Manners
Glen Campbell
Little Girl Narrowly Escapes Death in Lime Bucket
A year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Srilhart near Hamilton fell into a bucket of lime while in the yard. She was found unconscious with lime in her eyes and throat. a physician treated her for hours and relieved the inflammation. Doctors believe she will recover and her vision should remain intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Srilhart
Hamil
Lucerne Miner Killed on First Day of Work
Joe Crevas, a newcomer to the Lucerne mine, was fatally crushed under mine cars Saturday afternoon. He died early Monday after suffering abdominal injuries. Crevas had arrived in Homer City days earlier, with no known local friends, and was buried in Punxsutawney's Catholic cemetery with county costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Crevas
Lucerne
Crevas
Adrian
Homer City
Punxsutawney
Indiana Elks delegation travels by Pullman to Detroit
A group from Indiana, including J. R. Richards and wives, J. A. Croseman, Otis Trainer, Clyde Wine, Gus Hood, Glair Sloan, J. M. Marshall, G. W. Roof, Charles Nollen berger, Dr W A Ev ang, “Farmer” Ri ports, B. W. Hawes, Dr. J. J. McMains, M. A. Larkey, T. H. Kirkpatrick, J. W. Crosby, Newton Daugherty, Edward Dwyer, Ww. H. McGregor, Robert Haas, Watt Kinter, and J. R. Corrigan, departed Saturday evening for Detroit to attend the Elks grand lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Indiana
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Detroit
Mich
Grand Lodge’ of Elks
J. R. Richards
J. A. Croseman
Otis Trainer
Clyde Wine
Gus Hood
Glair Sloan
J. M. Marshall
G. W. Roof
Town
Charles Nollenberger
Hellwood
Chambersville
J. R. Corrigan
Josephine
Lightning Strikes West Lebanon Church Injuring Worker
Lightning damaged the Presbyterian church at West Lebanon tearing plaster from ceilings and walls while a worker, Frank Freund, was severely shocked laying carpet inside. The storm also forced a late town warning as other local notices followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
West Lebanon
Frank Freund
Cunningham Store
New York Central Takes Jacksonville Coal Field
The Jacksonville coal field in Blacklick and Center townships was bought by New York Central Railroad Company represented by Attorney John B Fisher. Prices ranged from 40 to 45 dollars per acre with initial payments to twelve landowners totaling about 2,000 acres. NY Central now owns 3,000 acres in the district and has options on lands in the Lewisville field in Conemaugh township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Jacksonville
Blacklick
Center Townships
John 8. Fisher
New York Central Railroad Company
M. J. Laughlin
Mary J. Jack
Margaret Gibsom
R. 0. Allison
W. G. Gilmore
J. H. Swasy
Elizabeth Reed
Clara M. Learn
J. W. Baker
Q. CG
Dickie
Jno
Fisher
Gee
J. Feit
Lewisville Fields
Conemaugh Township
Mr. Fisher
Elder Marshall
Marshall
George Compton
Edward Compton
Thomas Hart
Irwin Dixon
Bert Dixon
William Parks
J. R. Warner
John Dunlap
David Cunningham
Samuel Coleman
Robert Coleman
Dan Dixon
R. B H. Dixon
C. Coleman
A. J. Compton
Sarah J. Ewing
Joseph Rosborough
Alex. Shearer
George Warner
James Zitzman
Patton Courier
Cambria County
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Cambria
Barr, Carroll
Jackson Townships
Buffington and
Pine Townships
Indiana County
Real Estate Transfers in Indiana County and Area
Real estate transfers listed include Nancy J. Flening 137 acres in Armstrong to B M Clark trustee for 5491.25 dollars and John O Neal 185 acres in Conemaugh to James M Keeley for 4059.30. Multiple parcels change hands among local residents with sums ranging to 8000 and more, involving Clearfield Trust Co. and other trustees. Pensions released show Sowers, Flick, Moore, Mansfield, Overdorff, Re Kulp, Manges, Ortz, Gray, Smith with varying monthly amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Nancy J. Flening
Armstrong
B. M. Clark
John O’neal
Conemaugh
James M. Keeley
Edward Rowe
J. L. Orr
J. H. Bnele
Samuel Clawson
Charles H. Hunter
Blacklick
Jeabel Niel
Blacktick
Pater J. Boyer
John A. Campbell
Beary Fulmer
Dixonville
Martin W. Ober
A. T. Moorhead
Frank
Moorhead
George J. Fell
Clearfield Trust Co
Commissioner of Pensions
J. N. Langham
Samuel Sowers
Kittanning
Elzabeth Flick
Rimersburg
Joseph Moore
Parkers Landing
Samuel Mansfield
Kelly Station
Mary Overdorff
Brushyalley
Rosanna Overdorf
Jacob Re Kulp
Jacob Manges
David Ortz
John T. Gray
William Smith
Punxsutawney
Rattlesnake Bite Claims Five Year Old Girl
Breda Gilford of Lickingville was mourned after a rattlesnake bite on Saturday night July 8 near Maple Avenue. Mrs J P Harkless had sewn a white dress for Breda for the Fourth before the tragedy. Burial followed in the pretty track Mrs Harkless had prepared. An engagement for Miss Nellie Gays Wallace to Rev William Earle M Copeland of Leechburg is announced with a wedding planned in Leechburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wittle
J. P. Harkless
Maple Avenue
Breda Gilford
Lickingville
Clarion County
Perry Wallace
Willett
Nellie Gays Wallace
William Earle M. Copeland
Leechburg
Copelan
D Or 2
Two Estates Divided in Palmer and Saltsgiver Wills
The Palmer will of Grant township directs debts paid and wife Mary Palmer may hold all estate while widow. upon remarriage the estate passes to four children with Myrtle Wissinger receiving $16 more and G Gray $37. executor Ezekiel Wissinger. The Saltsgiver will of Young township probated June 7 names heirs and gives the balance to Laura E. and Douglass W. Saltsgiver with them as executors. dated December 20, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Palmer
Grant Township
Mary Palmer
Pie
Myrtle Wissinger
G. Gray
David W. Palmer
Ezekiel Wissinger
Mary Saltsgiver
Young Township
Henry A. Saltsgiver
Isabelle B. Heasley
Charles K. Sailteglver
Roseflyer
Wallace W. Saltsgiver
Fulton H. Saltsgiver
Oliver J. Saltsgiver
Laura E. Saltsgiver
Douglass W. Saltsgiver
Douglass Saltsgiver
Laura E
Maria Davis Rejoins as Steward at Normal School
Miss Maria Davis, formerly of Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburg, is elected steward of the Normal school to replace J. J. Tracy. She arrives with her sister Laura to reside on South Seventh Street until fall. Also elected assistant music supervisor is Miss Selma M. Konold of Millvale, a Conservatory of Music faculty member. Prof. H. B. Cogswell remains, despite Kentucky offers. The 1910 Normal catalogue is completed and distribution begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Davis
Indiana
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburg
Normal School
J. J. Tracy
Miss Davis
Laura
South Seventh Street
Selma M. Konold
Millvate
Konold
Conservatory of Music
Phoenixville
H. B. Cogswell
Kentucky
Normal Will Spend a Big Sum to Save Pretty Grove
The Indiana Normal board allocates 1200 dollars to save the campus grove. Five trees died last year and others are diseased, with a specialist forester arriving this week to apply modern treatment. A contracted project plans new concrete steps, a porch, and an approach at the main building entrance, replacing the old structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
The
Indiana Normal
Anti-Saloon Detective Etherington Lynched in Newark Ohio
Kentucky anti-saloon detective Carl Etherington was hanged in Newark Ohio after a mob overran the jail for shooting a saloon keeper during a raid. Ohio Governor Harmon removed Newark Mayor Herbert Atherton for his failure to protect the prisoner. The broadcast also notes local religious and civic notices and building permits granted by Burgess Willis Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Etherington
Kentucky
Newark
Etherington
William Howard
Gov. Harmon
Ohio
Herbert Atherton
Harmon
Burgess Willis Wilson
Christian Church
New House of Worship
Godfrey Marshall
Marshall
A. T. Moorhead
Wealdence
North Seventh Street
Wayne
Personal Brevities Show Indiana Visits Across Town
Marion Center caller M.T. Steele and many residents from town and nearby districts were noted in Indiana travel and visits over the weekend. Frequent mentions include Pittsburg and Swissvale visitors, County Seat business callers, and relatives visiting friends and relatives in several communities.
Weddings of a Week. Stankin-Evians in Clymer and nearby unions
A week of weddings in western Pennsylvania features Joseph W. Rankin and Mia Bila Evans of Clymer tying the knot at the Seventh Avenue Hotel in Pittsburgh. Also wed were Clinton Kerr of Emlenton and Mary Jane Weir of Philadelphia. Douglas Sheesley and Martha Sheesley of Grant township. George Stumpf and Eva Stumpf of Ann Arbor. and several other couples as announced with home plans and wedding trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
Dixon Run Lumber Company
Ella Evans
W. A. Evans
Canada
Rankin
Kerr-Weir
Clinton Stuart Kerr
Emlenton
Misa Mary Jane Weir
Philadelphia
Kerr
John Weir
Kis Bride
Braddock Hospital
Douglasa Sheesley
Harry Bart Douglass
Martha Viola Sheesley
Grant Township
Indiana House
J. W. Carey
Sarah Dodson
Rayne Township
Geneva Galbreath
Wife killed by train in Seward. husband confined at home
Mrs. W. A. Van Horn of Seward died when struck by a Pennsylvania train on Saturday night. Her husband is an invalid and homebound. County commissioners were notified and ready to aid if needed. Gettysburg veterans to attend state monument dedication on September 27 with free transportation offered to surviving soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. van Horn
Seward
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association
Philadelphia
Cherry Tree Man Wanted On Serious Charge in Washington
Cherry Tree resident Guy V. Kant, previously a schoolteacher in Colfax Washington, is sought by Washington authorities on a charge of criminal intimacy with a 15 year old girl. He left Washington last May, was arrested in Monticello Indiana in June, bailed for appearance, then fled. A reward is offered for his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Tree
Wastdouton
Guy V. Kant
Colfax
Waah
Washington
Monticello
Ind
Dan Deto Sentenced After New Trial Refused
Dan Deto, convicted of second degree murder for the Easter Sunday killing of Dan Spiro in Lucerne, was denied a new trial and sentenced to pay all prosecution costs, a $100 fine, and imprisonment in the Western Penitentiary for five to twenty years. John Mazikar, charged in the same case, was released from jail. The court also heard a lunacy petition for Henry Doersch of Penn Run, with witnesses testifying on his sanity and past violent conduct. The vacation period for attorneys was announced, with many planning travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Deto
Dan Spiro
Lucerne
Western Penitentiary
John Mazikar
Argumenta
Henry K. Doersch
Penn Run
Con
Warren
Henry Doersch
Corning
N. Y
M. Har~ Biaon
West Lebanon
Doersch
James $. Hammers
New York State
Hammers
Bley
Howard
Doerach
Sherift
John M. Thompson
Hasinger
Grant
Guy=' Hartrantz
Big Gon
Rena
Andrew Watson
John O' Hare
C.P
Byrne
Wataom
O'Hara
Vernon Vanieer
Bertha Bell Stiver
Jon Regolino
Louis Manitre
Blacklick
Walter
Santi Salvatore
Ernest
Gold wedding anniversary and sermon at Homer Baptist church
Voter Wying Ranger oldensee Post No. 28 G A R will attend Rev and Mrs A J Furman of Homer Olty on Friday July 23. Mr A man, former post chaplain, will deliver his fiftieth anniversary sermon at Homer City Baptist Church on Sunday July 30. New grocery firm Robert B McCoy joins McCoy Long in local firm. McCoy retires this week from the firm as he enters mercantile work in Indiana for eight years. new firm name to be Clair Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lois McLaughlin
M. W. McLaughlin
Grantstreat
James
Indiana
William H. Green
Peon Run
D. A. Buchanan
Larue
Gipsy
Histher Sloan
Johnstown
A. A. Sloan
William W. Hopkins
East Mahoning Township
J. Wilse McCartney
The
Savinas & Trust Company
Atlantic City
John B. Reed
Green Township
Blair Calhoun
South Fifth Street
Vandergrift
Ott Pettit
Pittsburg
Benjamin Hasinger
Hast Oak Street
Frank Shurart
Olive
P. B. Bowman
Chestnut Street
Niel Craig
Swissvale
Ellis Armstrong
Hillsdale
T. B. Clark
North Ninth Street
George K. Kilne
Velma Fetterman
Banks Township
W. L. Corbitt
A. G. Mulberger
Home R. D. 2
Nancy Lowry
Waterstreet
R. C. Daugherty
F. B. Tomb
Wilkinsburg
John Patterson
Winona
Deckers Point
George Simpson
White Township
Union Station
Milas Nannie Calhoun
Smickaburg
Dayton
J. Day Brownlee
Richard W. Watson
Supreme Court
Herbert Poellet
Roe
Samuel George
Hast Church Street
James Mack
Widermere
Ontario
Canada
D. J. Waller
T.R. Lakehart
Penn Run
West Mahoning Township
Indiana Vlattore
BE. K. Bowman
Clara Leonard
DuBois
Jane Leonard
Normal
Charles Burhenn
Jeannette
Mis
Peter Garman
Wayne Avenue
Samuel Taylor
Biafraville
Joseph McNeel
Margaret Lucas
West Philadelphia
Ernest Stewart
John Miller
Harry Laughlin
Stewart
Maxwell
Philadelphia
New York
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Margaret McHenry
Marion Center
Ruth Weamer
C. C. Shields
Sara
Mich
Postum Cereal Co
Mabion Munshower
Town
Corrigan & McKinney Co
Josephine
Cleveland
J. P. Harktess
Maple Avenue
Weston
W. Va
Alabama
Jas. H. St. Clair Haa
St. Clair
Misa Loulae Langham
Steubenvilla, .C
Blairaville
Robert 8. McCoy
McCoy & Long
Clair Long
McCoy
the &Rm
Ines
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gwetificates
Indiana County Agricultural Society
Grant Ramey
Harrisburg
Rossiter Junction
Cloe
Mahoning Creek
Charlea A. McCoy
H. Ll. McCoy
Utahville
Lewla Fueunesver
Marion
Aix
H. P. Lewle
Baet Mahoning Township
Lewis
Nodbitt Rug
Earl Lytle
W. F. Lytle
West Labalon
Punxentawney Hospital
East
John Malcolm
Woman
Steward
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
Richmond
W. T. Mahaffey
Frum
Misa Allie Tonkin
Harry Mauk
Duff Bawyer
Home
M. Elsey
Urey
T., Whitzel
Horton
F. le Belfour
Rossiter
Muman
Frank Johnston
Presbyterian Church At
Communion
Srvices Bald
George Stumpf
Henry Georg
Ann Arbor
Eva Gwendolen Stumpf
Mra
de R. Stumpf
Seattle
Wash
Galbreath-Stover
Lawrence M. Galbreath
Misa Mertle F. Stover
Grove Chapel
Rev. Stoner
Little Mahoning Creek
Nelson Meredith Bridge Co
Lewis Bros
Smicksburg
Bear Run Bridge
Plum Creek
Dice's
Washington Township
Jacksonvile
Thomas Pealer
A. P. McQuown
George W. Swan
Sherif Thomas
Sheriff H. Wallace Thomas
Weide
Neaday
Mr. Thomas
Citizen's Bank
Citizen's National Bank
Henry L. Pwoersch
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