Severe hailstorm devastates Homer City area
A Monday afternoon hailstorm swept southeastern county, centered near Homer City with stones as large as eggs. Windows shattered at Morris Betts sawmill and Prairie State Incubator, crops and fruit damaged in Armagh Brushvalley, Glen Campbell. Lightning killed a cow and two yearlings belonging to local farmers.
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Homer City
Morris & Betts
Prairie State Incubator Company
Armagh
Brushvalley
Big Gas Lease Transfer Expands Philadelphia Gas Reach
The Philadelphia Gas Company now controls 14 000 acres across North South East Mahoning and Washington townships. Leases secured by Messia T A Lukehart McKee Davis of Plumville and A W McCullough of Butler. Test wells planned on Harry Seanor and D A Little farms with potential pipeline to Pittsburg if pay dirt is found. Landowners to receive one dollar per acre annually and 200 per well drilled.
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Philadelphia Gas Company
Mahoning
Washington Townships
Messia
T. A. Lukehart
McKee Davis
Plumville
A. W. McCullough
Butler
Harry Seanor
D. A. Little
Pittsburg
Indiana chartered Clymer Manufacturing Company incorporated
The Clymer Manufacturing Company is now incorporated in Indiana with a charter granted on Thursday. James Speedy of Chambersville is treasurer. Hon. J. Horace Thompson is president and H. M. Bell is secretary. Directors include Hon. J. Horace Thompson, Hon. John P. Elkin, H. M. Bell, E. B. Sweeny, and James Speedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer Manufacturing Company
Indiana
James Speedy
Chambersville
J. Horace Thompson
H. M. Bell
John P. Elkin
H. M Bell
E. B. Sweeny
First in the Regiment Wins Spring Inspection Honor
Company F of town topped the Fifth regiment with a 94.60 percent rating at the spring inspection. Capt. H. Hughes was notified of the high standing. Company D of Blairsville scored 89 percent. Somerset was chosen to host the annual encampment in August.
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Town
H. Hughes
Blairsville
Somerset
Brought Home for Burial of Local Soldier
The remains of Glen V. Park of Natrona arrived home from the Philippines where he died of fever in June 1904 while serving as a soldier. Funeral services were held at his late home and he was buried with honors of war in Freeport cemetery. He was the nephew of Mrs. J. B. Younkins of Church street.
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Glen V. Park
John S. Park
Natrona
Philippines
Freeport
J. B. Younkins
Church Street
Busy Office at Homer City
Mr H H Scott of Homer City leads a busy Woodmen of the World office with eight clerks handling extensive daily correspondence. The order counts 250000 members, $400000000 in insurance, and $450000 invested in government bonds.
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H. H. Scott
Homer City
Woodmen of the World
Scott
Order
Woodmen camp pays widow 1000 and plans grave monument
The Woodmen of the World camp paid widow of Frank M. Smith 1000 on Saturday to settle his policy and will spend 100 more on a grave monument. Squire J A Crossman becomes notary public and will use the new office to improve service. George C Ferguson and Fifie A Fritz of Blacklick township wed at the bride’s home on Thursday with Rev H H Honeehold officiating.
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The
Woodmen of the World
Frank M. Smith
Squire J. A. Crossman
Town
Crossman
George C. Ferguson
Mise Fifie A. Fritz
Blacklick Township
Thureday
H. H. Honeehold
Josiah B. Huston
Charlotte M. Huston
George Wainwright
James Mabon
Enjoying Camp Life in Indiana County
The Goldenrod Club vacates Campbell’s Mills near Blacklick after a two week outing. TheJuanita Club camps in with Arthur Wilson and others from town plus several visitors. Other groups camp at Fousta Mills near Dilltown and along Crooked creek and Blacklick creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldenrod Club
Campbell’s Mills
Blacklick
Indiana M. E. Church elects officers for year ahead
At a recent congregational meeting the Indiana M. E. Church elected Trustees James McGregor David Ellis J N Stewart W H Gamble J D Dickey J H Pierce J Elder Peelar and Stewards D R Hare A S Cunningham E W Smith Dr W E Dodson Thomas Lowman Dr O W Rink G W Earl W M Cunningham Prof A M Hammers Dr Walter Mitchell D W Simpson John G Cameron D E Thompson. Pastor Swartz Crawford granted vacation to September 1 and departs for Chautauqua with family joining later. Fourth quarterly Cookport M P Circuit to meet next Saturday and Sunday with services led by Rev Lewis Philips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
M. E
More Church
M. E. Church of Town
James McGregor
David Ellis
J. N. Stewart
W. H. Gamble
J. D. Dickey
J. H. Pierce
J. Elder Peelar
D. R. Hare
A. 5. Cunningham
E. W. Smith
W. E. Dodson
Thomas Lowman
0. W. Rink
G. W. Earl
W. M. Cunningham
A. M. Hammers
Walter Mitchell
D. W. Simpson
John G. Cameron
D. E. Thompson
Swartz Crawford
Indiana Presbyterian Church
Chautauqua
Adam Vere
Paul
Donald
Cookport
M. P
Lewis Philips
Burnside
Social Functions In Town Gatherings At Tanoma House
A town driving party spent Friday at Pine Flats. An ice cream festival is planned at the Tanoma House on Saturday evening July 27. Miss Elizabeth and Mabel Wailer of Normal hosted luncheon with 14 guests. Mr and Mrs E F Davidson of Pine Flats hosted a house party last week with local guests including Howard Austin Thomas White and sister Helen Jessie Kerr. About forty ladies visited Mrs Frank Garman on North Fifth Street Friday evening before the Garman family moves to Tyrone. Guests presented a clover leaf stand as a farewell gift.
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Pine Flats
Tanoma House
Tanoma
Elizabeth
Mabel Wailer
Normal
FE. E. Davidson
and Size
Howard Austin
Thomas White
Helen
Jessie Kerr
Frank Garman
North Fifth Street
Garman
Tyrone
Leona Gibson
White Township
Amos Ferrier
Kenwood
Myrtle Johns
Wilkinsburg
Albert 8
Moorhead
Church Street
Emma Hoffman
Greensburg
Pine Township
Grace Sloan
Cheatnut Street
Johnstown
Albert Leigh
J. C. Miller
Jeannette
A. H. Allison
West Oak Street
J. B. Younkins
Glen V. Park
Natrona
Verner Hollister
Wilmerding
Mallen
Bess Taylor
Ligonier
J. T. ‘Long
Zaida Long
John F. Steying
New York City
Grand Rapids
Mich
Helen Elkin
Pittsburg
Mercer
Scott Foreman
Philadelphia
Plumville
Gallaudet College
Washington, D. C
W. A. Cochran
William T. Frederick
Stumpf
Swank Hardware Company
W. M. Cunningham
West Philadelphia
Sim
Attorners
J. Elder Peeler
J. Telford
John T. Stuchal
Marienville
Forest
Wallace County
Kan
Durrett
West
George T. Buchanan
Town
D. P. French
Plainville
R. R. Riedel
Blaixeville
Chicago
McKee and Shepley to Wed in Blairsville Presbyterian Church
Announcement names Mr W C McKee of New York and Miss Nancy P Shepley of Blairsville for a July 30 wedding at Blairsville Presbyterian Church. Miss Shepley, daughter of H P and Mrs Shepley, taught in Blairsville public schools. McKee, once Blairsville principal, former captain of Company D, Fifth Regiment N G P, Princeton graduate, currently secretary of the M C A.
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W. C. McKee
New York
Nancy P. Shepley
Blairsville
Blairsville Presbyterian Church
Miss Shepley
H. P. Shepley
Blairville
McKee
Jacksonville
Fifth Regiment
Princton College
Two Men Injured in Runaway Near Trade City
In North Mahoning township two men, Kun of Howard Knauff and Allison Dilts, were seriously injured when their buggy horse bolted after a dog. Dilts lost a finger and suffered bruises while Knauff sustained a severe head wound and back injuries.
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Kun
Howard Knauff
Allison Dilts
North Mahoning
Trade City
Dilts
Knanit
Drowned in a Dam Near Home in Accidental Drowning
Charles Day of Graceton died in a small dam near his home while bathing with friend John Beahr. Day could not swim. Beahr reached shore too late. Coroner held inquest. verdict ruled accidental drowning. Day leaves a wife and child. Remains to Tioga county for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Day
Graceton
John Beahr
Day
Beahr
Frank Green
M. M. Davis
G. W. Eddy
A. D. Moser
Frank Cochran
W. C. Sowers
Samuel Ashbaugh
M. W. Work
Tioga County
Stolen horse and buggy taken near Reed station
A dark bay mare aged six and a three wheeled red and black buggy were taken from Harry Ray of White township near Reed station early Friday. The mare weighed 1100 pounds and was bought two weeks earlier for 135 dollars. A set of harness was also stolen. Ray traced the thief to Indiana and back to town by 3 am but has not located the culprit. The barn was unlocked that night after the dog barked and the owner woke after midnight. The robbery occurred about 1 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ray
Reed Station
White Township
Indiana
Mr. Ray
Gilbert Bros to Occupy New Quarters in Wissell Building
Gilbert Bros and G W Gilbert, district agents of Mutual Life Insurance Company, will move to the second floor of the Wissell building on Philadelphia street on August 1, occupying newly furnished offices. Also notes local incidents including injuries from a bull, a wagon accident, a new temporary pastor, a child’s finger amputation, a horse race result, and a camp meeting in White's woods drawing audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Bros
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
G. W. Gilbert
Wissell
Philadelphia Street
Farmers’ Bank
Personal BREVITIES list of residents visiting elsewhere
Miss Bess Hamilton visits friends in Clearfield while G W Earl travels to Philadelphia. The list covers numerous locals from town and nearby areas visiting Pittsburg Evans, Johnstown, Vandergrift, Blairsville and Atlantic City among others, with several returning from trips and others en route to new homes or events in Chicago Buffalo and beyond.
Prospective teachers aided by state schooling clause
A broad summary describes a public appropriation plan to fund normal schools with eleven million dollars for two years starting June 1, 1901, including four hundred thousand dollars for teacher education and stipends of one dollar fifty cents weekly for each eligible student who commits to teaching in state schools. The text also notes a community reunion contest offering free Indiana to Cleveland tickets, two contestants named Major Amos Rowe and Captain Sampson Keck, plus local updates on Noah Seanor’s recovery, a soldiers committee meeting, a new merchant H R Falcon, and the Round Top church reopening with large attendance.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana
Cleveland
Wettling & Crossman
Amos Rowe
Sampson Keck
Teachers Select Hundreds as County Schools Brace For Term
County Superintendent J T Stewart issued certificates to 306 teachers after exams for 406 candidates. 100 failed, leaving more schools than teachers in the county with 309 schools listed. Numerous township boards elected instructors for September 9 term, with salaries ranging up to 50 dollars, as districts report teacher scarcity but feel boards will fill posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Stewart
Stewart
East Wheatfield Township
Armagh
Cramer
Mary C. Cramer
Elder
Maude R. Stevera
Bluffton
A. F. Roser
Tomb
Martha Cunningham
Shellbark
Earl E. Mack
Trindle
Lizzie Overdroft
Calvert
E. Stewart
Hutchison
Lizzie McFeaters
South/Mahoning township
Davis
Frank Uncapher
Stuchell
Laura Pierce
Plumville
Upper Room
Ed Welch
Lower Room
Maude Zimmerman
Smyrna
Jennie Douds
Ox Hill
Chella Davia
Armbrosé
Willis Good
Allison
William T. Morrow
Eunice Kirkpatrick
Cross ‘Roads
Earl Scott
North Mahoning Township
Marchand
Joseph Weaver
Lower
Bert Crossman
Trade City
Leon H. Hoffman
Cool Spring
Mary McConnaughey
Gamble
Zilla Chambers
Shaffer
Clara Wingart
Bush
Charlie Miller
Dills
Bell Allison
Jackson Township
Cambria County
Mary Dials
Dilltown
J. H. Hogan
Strongstown
Blacklick Township
Janey Dickey
Vesta Baumgardner
Merle Pattison
Penn Bun
Minnie Glasaford
Kenwood
Homer City
Twolick
Mary Glasser
Brashvalley
Bethel School
Cambrian County
John Adama
Cherryhill Township
Weat Taylor
Dorothy
Flora Gibson
Sadie Killen
Croyle Township
Frank Russell
She
M. Wilda Uncapher
Hallie Couch
West Lebanon
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Philadelphia Company
Indiana Concern Chartered
Company F
Fred Kime
Auguat
St. Clair
Lightcap's Grove
Kellysburg
Oak Street
Tracy B. Nealor
Richard Smith
Rayne Township
Stara
Indiana Stars
Indiana Bent Bong Ladder Works
Normal Park
Hick
Thomas Campbell
Near West
Lebanon
Wesley Askins
John Bennett
J. J. Brendlinger
West Wheatfield Township
A. G. Miller
Ohio
Christian Church of
W. B. Shaffer
Wintondale
King Willis
C. H. Moore
New American House
Detroit
White’s Woods
Bess Hamilton
South Fifth Street
Clearfield
G. T. Hamilton
Harry McLaughlin
Alliance, C
J. M. Dodson
Alex Hart
A. B. Bitchcock
Norfolk
Judge White
Williams
Vandergrift
Carl MecKennick
Baltimore
Blairaville
O. K. Edwards
W. H. Clawton
Mies Nell Ellis
Howard Hilberry
la Grange
B. Miller
Atlantic City
Kate Clark
New Kensington
Louise Zeigler
East Oak Street
Buffalo
Misa Lizzie Simpson
James Repine
A. W. Diven
Martins Ferry
W.T. Wilson
John J. Boyle
Allegheny City
Andrew Ness, Jr
Emma Stewart
Tarentum
Lulu Gilbert
Sidney Hempfield
Saltsburg
Mattie Thompson
East Philadelphia
W. H. Robinson
Glen Campbell
Robinson
Howard Baldwin
W. F. Grosse
Armstrong Township
J. G. Allison
Needles, Cal
Marion Christy
Matheaway, N. Y
Noah Seanor
South Mahoning Township
Banks
J. N. Banks
H. R. Falcon
Wim? Freed
Round Top
Idlewild
J. C. Root
Mars Coal
J. H. Weaver & Co
Ferdinand Phillips
Yellow Creek
Misa Jane Moorhead
Charles Meade
J. M. Torrence
Ange
Fourth Ward
Ethel Sefried
Osk and
Tenth Streets
Hannah Walker