Death Ends Prominent Indiana Resident William T. Wilson
William T. Wilson 87 a longtime Indiana resident died at his West Church Street home shortly after 1:15 am following a stroke suffered while at his son William's birthday dinner. A Civil War veteran and former shoe trader he helped run Indiana Flour Mills and was active in First United Presbyterian Church and local G A R branches. He is survived by three children two sisters and two brothers with funeral set for Friday at 2:30 pm at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Wilson
Indiana
West Church Street
William
Wilson
Orn
Brushvalley Township
Livermore
Noah Lohr
Weamer, Wright & Watkins
Philadelphia
Hetrick & Wilson
Indiana Flouring Mills
Town
Catherine McDonald
Brushyalley Township
M. M. Davis
John G. St.Clair
William Wilson
A. W. Diven
Martins Ferry
Elizabeth McFeaters
Wilkinaburg
Henderson Wilson
John P. Wilson
Pittatown
N.J
John J. McIlvaine
Oakland Cemetery
Margaret 8
Hazlett
Margaret Stream Hazlett
County
Blairsville
Midsummer commencement at State Teachers College
Midsummer commencement exercises at the State Teachers College will Friday at 11:00 confer degrees and award diplomas to residents of the district. Dr Charles R Foster will preside and Dr Edwin W Adams will deliver the address. The event includes a faculty reception and a glee club performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers College
Charles R. Foster
W. Shane
North Point
Geneva Anna Gaston
Gipsy
Clara Bell George
West Lebanon
Mabel Lucile Kinner
Smicksburg
Mabel Arvilla Lamar
Barnesboro
Hthel M
Libengood
Blairsville
Charlotte Louise McClain
Alice Martha McGrea
Margaret Louise McCrea
Mary Catherine Mack
Blacklick
Mildred Mitchell Palmer
Mahaffey
Chrissie Mikesell Russell
Marion Center
Ida May
Shields
Indiana
Max
Charles Strailiff
Punxsutawney
Mariam Ruth Thompson
Lenore Beyers
Estella Ann Brown
Beatrice Margaret Barton
Prunxsutawney
Katherine Jane
Deemer
Grace Illene Donahey
Dorothy
Flower Garden Club meeting at Beck home Thursday
The Flower Garden Club will host an evening demonstration on the Beck lawn at Sixth and Oak streets at 7 pm. A. O. Rasmussen of Penn State will show proper shrubbery and flower arrangements, with possible visits to nearby lawns. A Flower Show Committee meeting follows.
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Flower Club
Flower Garden Club
Prank Beck
Sixth
Oak Streets
A. O. Rasmussen
Penn State
Beck
Flower Show
Rasmussen
Appointment for Major Pee Major Harry W Fee Judge Advocate
Major Harry W Fee of town was told this week he had been appointed Judge Advocate of the United Spanish War Veterans Association of Pennsylvania. Bride of a Month Burned Mrs John Eisman Blairsville suffered burns to both arms when gas exploded while lighting the kitchen oven Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pee
Harry W. Fee
United, Spanish War Veterans’ Association of Pennsylvania
John Eisman
Blairsville
Local Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding in Indiana
Mr and Mrs Thomas Hook of North Fifth street marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary after living in Indiana their entire married life. The couple celebrated quietly at home with a family reunion attended by three children and several grandchildren. Mrs Hook is 73, a Keiflin by birth, and Mr Hook 72, son of German-born ancestors. They were wed July 19 1886 at St Bernard Church by Rev Father Alman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hook
Indiana
North Fifth Street
Hook
Earl Fiscus
Richard Hook
Butler
Torrance Hook
Detroit
Mich
St. Bernard Roman Catholic
Town
Father Alman
Ritz Theatre to Close for $12000 Interior Makeover
The Ritz Theatre will close Saturday night as Philadelphia Decorating Co. redecorates the interior at a cost of $12,000. Reopening on Labor Day promises a harmonious color scheme across walls, ceiling, floors, lobbies, mezzanine, lounge, and stage settings, making it one of Indiana’s most beautiful theaters. The final performances run this week before the curtain rises again on a revitalized amusement venue. The feature is Willam Haines in The Girl Said No, with Leila Hyams, Polly Moran and Marie Dressler.
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Popular Playhouse
Ritz Theatre
Philadelphia Decorating Co
Ritz
Indiana
Willam Haines
Leila Hyams
Polly Moran
Marie Dressler
Personal BREVITIES highlight Indiana area visits
A long list of local residents and visitors from Indiana county make weekend trips and attend events: Dr E Budd Lewis visits Indiana. Mrs J Shaffer Mrs J McGaughey visit Elyria. H J Thompson Paul Strautitt Marion Center attend county seat business. William Parkey family visit New Bethlehem. John Stadtmiller Neal Steve Manning visit New Hampshire for fishing. and many more brackets of travelers to Chautauqua Pittsburgh Toronto Detroit Cleveland and Kentucky. The note also mentions Prothonotary Claude Bath in Brookville and Mrs Laura Park from Locust Street returning from Chautauqua with daughter Laura Parks. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette will be delivered by truck to Indiana territory each morning starting today.
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E. Budd Lewis
Glen Campbell
Indiana
J. Shaffer
J. ©. McGaughey
Town
Elyria
H. B. White
Rossiter
H. J. Thompson
Paul Strautitt
Marion Center
William Parkey
Familly
School Street
New Bethlehem
John I. Stadtmiller
Neal
Steve Manning
New Hampshire
L. Kerr
Homa
R.D
South Mahoning Township
Harold Simpson
State Banking Department
Pittsburgh
Stanley Elkin
Elkin
Loch Haven
J. H. McCormick
Brushvalley Township
Rev
J. J. Mellvaine
Jean
S. Ren Pollock
Robert §. Fisher
Chautauqua
William MelIlvaine
Hrian, Rey
John J. MelIlvaine
A. J. Stahura
Kate Duby
Lown
Detroit
Cleveland
Frank St. Clair
Dubois
Charles M. Neal
Watsonville
Calif
George E. Simpson
Ninth Street
Ba Cost
Inlaw
B. C., Davis
Joseph
Kentucky
Edward Longwill
French Creek
Mercer
Longwill
Loretta Plotzer
North Fifth Street
A. B. Bell
Toronto
Canada
A. B. Agnew
Chicago
M. C. Watson
North Seventh Street
Locustistreet
N.Y
Laura J. Parks
Latrobe
Fannie Allison
South Seventh Street
J. D. Forsythe
Allison
Annette Cooper
Avalon
Maude McGuire
Leyi McGuire
Ocean Grove
Edward Hanstom, Jr
Jane
Mary Daugherty
Philadelphia
Frank
Brushvalley
Harry HE
Peterman
A. & P. Company
J. L. Peterman
Wayne Avenue
Washington
Baltimore
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
H.B. Peterman
Cherryhill High School GKi Pairymen to Picnic at Marion Center
Cherryhill Township High School representatives join 66 schools in new rating by the State Department of Public Instruction for improvements in facilities, library extension, health and physical education, and guidance services. A dairymen’s picnic at Marion Center Community Park next Wednesday, July 39, hosted by Relax McJunkin Dairy Co and D.C.S. Co, offers free ice cream and lemonade, with events from 10 am to 4 pm.
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Cherryhiel High School
Gki
Pairymen
Stathmarion Center
Harrisburg
CherryhiLl Township
State Department of Public Instruction
Department of Public Instruction
Marion Center
Ralek McJunkin Dairy Company
D.C.S. Co
Relek-McJunkin Company
Reick-Meluikin Dairy Company
County Represented At Prison Farm Conference
County Commissioner C L Bence represented Indiana county at the first conference of the Eighth Industrial and Workhouse District at the Pennsylvania Industrial Formatory in Huntingdon. Other counties in the district included Cambria Blair Clearfield Somerset Bedford Fulton Huntingdon and Mifflin. The act creating ten regional prison farm districts aims to combine counties for shared prison farm operations. Prisoners with sentences over ten days may be sent to district farms while county jails hold only those awaiting trial or serving short terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Bence
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Huntingdon
Cambria
Blair
Clearfield
Somerset
Bedford
Fulton
Mifflin
Murdered Trooper Served at Indiana Sub-Station
Charles L. Stewart a 23 year old state trooper from Reynoldsville was killed during an extortion plot in Westmoreland County. He died after exchanging gunfire with John Sabo who had come to collect a $10,000 payment from W F Wright a furniture dealer. The incident occurred in Monessen cemetery after Wright posed as a decoy and the trooper shot Sabo in the struggle. Stewart was taken to Monongahela hospital and died. He served 18 months with the force and was recently assigned to the Greensburg area before a short layoff. Funeral details noted in Reynoldsville with several troopers listed as aides.
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Reynoldsville
Charles L. Stewart
O. V. Stewart
Reynoldsvilla
Stewart
Monessen
Westmoreland County
John Sabo
W. F. Wright
Wright
Sabo
Monongahela Hospital
Sroop A
State Police
Jn‘dland
Jon
Greensburg Barracks
Tudlana
James Maroney
John O'Mara
State Pol
Potato Growers Attend Demonstrations at County Home
Sixty seven potato growers attended demonstrations at the County Home farm on Tuesday. L T Denniston of Penn State showed slaking lump lime for Bordeaux mixture and stressed its efficiency over hydrated lime. Dr R L Nixon, also of Penn State, discussed potato diseases and cultivation, noting his own 100 acre operation and the Pennsylvania Potato tour planned for August 18 guiding trips to Canada and Maine.
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L. T. Denniston
Penn State
Denniston
L. Nixon
Nixon
Tleastern
United States
Pennsylvania
Center County
McCanna
Pittsburgh
Sbant
Polutey
Citysada
Prings Edward Island
Aroostock County
Maine
Montreal
Quebec
Indiana County
Paul Hopkins
Marion Center
R. B. Stutzman
Armagh
Paul Kimmel
Shelocta
Bert Blakely
Parkwood
J. C. Vile
George H. Bly Bel
Rossiter
Fred Haer
Lewis Huer
J. W. Warner
Indiana
Clearfield
Jersey Shore
Indians County Potato Growery Association
Bowdertown Sunday School Picnic Set for August 2
Bowdertown Evangelical Sunday school plans annual picnic and reunion at J. C. Bank Grove on August 2. Everyone is warmly invited with amusements for all ages. The piece ends with a quip about the Georgia Court of Appeals reportedly declining a ruling on women driving from the back seat.
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Bowdertown
Bowdertown Evangelical Sunday School
J. C. Bank Grove
Georgia Court of Appeals
Entire Harkless family injured in highway crash
On a Sunday afternoon near Salisburg and Salina a tire blowout caused a speeding car to skid into the Harkless vehicle. Ted Harkless, his wife, their children Betty Alice and Edwin, and Mrs. Mary Harkless were treated at Indiana I hospital for head, scalp, and limb injuries. Edwin was most severely hurt with skull fracture and a left arm fracture. driver of the other car and companions escaped injuries.
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Ted Harkless
Edwin
Betty Alice
Locust Street
Mary Harkless
Harkless
Salisburg
Salina
Indiana I Hospital
Batty Alice
Alwand
Mr. Harkless
Two Ernest Children Injured In Separate Car Crashes
Minest Girl and Chester Sokel, both six and seven, of Ernest, are in an Indiana hospital with injuries from two Sunday and Saturday crashes. Minest is reported to have skull fracture, arm fracture and scalp lacerations after being hit by a car driven by Carl Pearl Holdin. Sokel was struck by a car driven by Clair Wagner. his injuries include unspecified trauma, with authorities noting the driver could not stop in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Lebanon
Jonnie Hart
Indiana Hospital
Philadelphia
Gwens
Ninth Streets
C. A. McCullough
Grant Street
Carl Pearl Holdin
Ernest
Chester Sokel
Clair Wagner
Creekside
White Township Partner Injured Harvesting Hay
Sherman Runyan a former resident of town is recovering from injuries sustained Saturday while harvesting his hay crop on his White township farm. While raking hay he fell from the seat on the hay rake and the frightened horses dragged him a distance, causing lacerations to the scalp face and hands and painful bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Township
Sherman Runyan
Town
Burnside Girl Struck by Car Injures Four-Year-Old
Ruth Woods aged four of Burnside sustained a fracture to the right leg and lacerations to the scalp and hands plus body contusions when she ran into the path of a car driven by Mrs Alfred Newham of Johnstown near her home on Sunday. The child attempted to cross the highway and stopped in front of the vehicle.
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Burnside
Ruth Woods
John Woods
Alfred Newham
Johnstown
Barn Painter Seriously Injured In Forty Foot Fall
Clark Hartsock a 47 year old from Pitvairn fell forty feet from a scaffold while painting a barn in Broad valley township suffering a compound fracture of the right leg and probable pelvic fracture he was admitted to Indiana hospital in favorable condition. A separate fire at a Marchand garage owned by Miss Binney McConnaughey destroyed the building despite prompt chemical pumper aid due to lack of water.
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Broadvalley Township
Clark Hartsock
Pitvairn
Indiana Hospital
March
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WM. T. Wilson
Teachers College
Conemaugh River
Church
School Streets
School
Church Streets
Pennsylvania Railroad
L. ©. Hart
L. A. Bethel
C. B. Nixon
Irvin G. Hollenbaugh
Hassel R. Clark
W. Todd Sheaffer
Floyd B. Ray
James K. Daugherty
Everybody's Mission Trustee's
Hammer City
W. S. Daugherty
Oe Blyens
White
Jennie Mulberger
Danita Stuchy Fell
Mation Center
Sara Jean Kaufman
William Kaufman
Rebecca Schrader
Montefiore Hospital
Kaufman
Indiana High School
O. Schmaucker
C. Schmucker
Indiana Normal School
West Chester
Schmucker
Rotary
Irene
Gerhard
Conemaugh
Ruth
James Bennett
William Watter
Gerhard & Walter
H. BE. Lloyd
M. BE
Mblairsville
Harry H. Rummel
Jessie I. Lydie Dilltown
George BH. McFeaters
E. Wheatfield
Hazel P. Mack
Danks Studieil
Danks Studhetl
South Fifth Street
Joseph Brady
Samuel Mutlberger
Ambrose
David Weamer
Stuchell
James Wallace
Court House
David Deyarmin
Ralph Stewart
Pearl
Floyd Hankin
New York City
West Point
Albany
Pearl Lichtenfels
Columbia University
Yatesboro
Roy Ross
al Yvazor
Adrian Hospital
Ross Ils
Covode Alumni Association
Chrismas
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Pitishburgh
Film Distributing | ‘Co
Punxdutawney
Brookville
D.C
Prison Farm
Bruce George Grove
Bush Valley Township
Uke
Daniel Cribbs
Nancy Dixon
Mark Dixon
William Kier
Dr. FE
Burgess
C.B
Marion Center Park
Clearfield Bituminong Coal Co
American Legion
Yost
Salishbury
Accdent
Saltsburg
Werk End
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