Schools Teem With New Teachers in County Wide Hiring
County issued provisional certificates to 212 teachers as 366 applicants were examined for 312 schools. Wages rise across districts as directors lure gains, with many new schools and two new houses under construction. A July 9 makeup exam offered chances for those who failed to pass.
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Soniana County
Wegee
J. T. Stewart
Stewart
Shie
Third
Fourth Ward
Town
Pew
Cange
Montgomery
Webram
Bafington Township
Campbell
Lois Campbell
Lynn
C. E. Lieutenfers
India
Hugh Domka
Garfield
Advanced
J. I. Henderson
Gaffeld
Bessie Bagh
Jericho
J. ©. Wakefield
Center
Risinger
Milton Brandon
Lytle
Hallie Couch
Bridenbaugh
Charles
Cherryhill
Kellar
Ezra Helman
McGaughey
Blanche Frantz
Sample Ren
Norman Koontz
Widdowson
Orrin Pattison
Mitchells Mills
Lulu Moorhead
Rich Hill
Cora Stephens
Greenville
Upper
H. C. Mank
Lower
Kate Houston
Bley
Janey Dickie
Manor
Sarah Stephens
Laurel Swamp
Robert
Marchand
Clara Wingert
Morrow
David Morrow
Dilta
Zilla Chambers
Trade City
Ralph Shillings
Gamble
Effie Neal
Cool Spring
Bart Crossman
Pine
Harry Wallace
Mabel Gibson
A. F. Roser
Lizzie Lambing
Agnee Fyock
Adam Laren
Florence Davin
Fichoo
Echoe
Mahoniny
South—Smyme
Jennie Doude
Ambroce
E. M. Scott
Ox Hill
Maud Zimmerman
Allison
Byron Stewart
Cross Roads
Nannie McMillen
Davis
Biendhe
Kirkpatrick
Stuchell
Louis Buchanan
Plumville
Wilda Uncapher
Eunica Kirkpatrick
Hillsdale
Anna P. Johnston
Gipsy
Roy Hess
Arcadia
Delia Ferrier
Rayne
Kellysburg
Edna McGara
Bawthorne
C. W. Getty
McKee
Helen Thompson
Creps
J. Philip Reithmiller
Shields
D. Lester Wingar
Thompson
Bessie Cooper
Bookamire
Lawrence Cook
Tanoma
Frank Blue
Ray
OC. W. Groft
Honey Hallow
Norman Glasser
Rock Bottom
Cameron Davis
White—Harbieon
Charles W. Duncan
Adair
Pearl Allison
Lawry
Verne Fairman
West Pike
Alfred Wiggine
St. Clair
Willetts Cooper
Kinghorn
Nellie
Roberts
See Oat Y. McHenry
Vintec ZY
Emie Cammahan
Pike
Arvill
Two New Gas Wells in Indiana County Area
The Indiana County Gas Company struck a good flow on the Rabson farm on Saturday, promising to be a fair producer. The Peoples Gas Company found gas in paying quantities on the McCartney farm nearby. Both firms plan additional wells in the neighborhood.
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Indiana County Gas’ Company
Rabson Farm
Peoples’ Gas Company
McCartney Farm
Zeller Oil Co. completes new well near Tylersville
The Zeller Oil Company, largely Indiana stockholders, finished a well in its Clarion county field near Tylersville on Friday. Mr J Wilsa McCartney visited the site last week. It is a fair producer and another well will be drilled in the field at once.
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Zeller Oil Company
Indiana
Tylersville
Clarion County
Fnday
J. Wilsa McCartney
John Kinkead Named Assistant Cashier at New Bank
Mr. John Kinkead son of Mrs. H J Kinkead of Church Street is assistant cashier and director of the Farmers and Producers First National Bank recently opened at Sistersville West Virginia. He has resided in Sistersville for years and was formerly in the oil business.
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John Kinkead
H. J. Kinkead
Church Street
First National Bank
Sistersville
W. Va
Kinkead
Boy Shot While Hunting Dies From Wound at 17
Herbert Butler, 17, of Georgeville, was accidentally shot in the thigh by a companion named McManus while hunting turtles yesterday. Medics were called, but he died at 10 last night. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 at his home with burial in the local cemetery.
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Herbert Butiler
John Butler
Georgeville
McManus
Mediaid
Hie
Igal Cemetery
Coal land buyers in Green township take payments in full
Reports show Glenwood Coal Company paying landowners along Green Township Bucks Run and Blacklick Creek for sixteen or more tracts. Deeds recorded for W. J. Underwood Emanuel Underwood Mary Artemus and others reveal payments from 442 to 5 200. Drills operate day and night on McKee farm near Jacksonville as capitalists visit to decide on further purchases.
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Green Township
Glenwood Coal Company
Bucks Ran
Tayloraville
W. F. Elkin
T. William Roberts
R. L. Ferrier
Otto V. Barber
Wm. Eb.allison
Catherine Barr
W. W. Barr
Elmer Lydie
W.T. Price
Jacob B. Lydick
F. D. Donahue
James Shields
Adam Stonebraker
L. J. Reithmiller
Harry E. Clark
Glen Campbell
Cherryhill Township
Edward Moorhead
Albert Evans
McHenry
Tranc Helman
John D. Bence
RB. W. Wehrle
Blacklick Creek
Pennsylvania Railroad
Blacklick Station
East Wheatfield Township
A. V. Barker
Ebensburg
Brush Valley Township
W. J. Underwood
Emanuel Underwood
Mary A. Artemus
Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company
Center
Washington
White Townships
John A. Scott
M. McHenry
David Harbison
Matthew Harbison
L. and
E. Findley
J. H. Engle
S. E. Allison
Ness
J. L. Nix
Keisling
Farmere’ Bank
Samuel H. Shirey
George Dickey
G. W
S. M. McHenry
George McHenry
R. W
D. M. Allison
Blacklick Township
McKee Farm
Jacksonville
Corrigan Sells Shop and Plans Move to West
Mr John Corrigan a well known barber sells his shop to William Gideon and plans to locate this fall in the far west likely Los Angeles He has sold his dwelling on east Philadelphia street to Henry Hy Steving for 1200 dollars The dealer is retiring due to ill health
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John Corrigan
William Gideon
Corrigan
Los Angeles
Cal
Philadelphia
Henry Hy Steving
Messie William and Harry Town Buy Carloads for Markets
Messie William and Harry Town purchased two carloads for markets in Pittsburg. The buyers plan to bring goods here on Tuesday to wet farms where they will be marketed. Short Bros. supply notes a large rat of mining towns in the area with cattle and has bought several carloads in recent months.
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Messie William
Harry Town
Pittsburg
Short Bros
Judge grants liquor license to Capitol Hotel landlord
On Thursday Judge White approved a liquor license for A. L. Hill, landlord of the Capitol Hotel in Glen Campbell, MX. Hill had filed the application last March but the court took no action until last week.
Fair Premium List Published in Progress Seventh Page
The premium list of the Indiana County Agricultural Society appears on page seven of this issue of the Progress. It will not be published again, so readers should preserve the copy for reference.
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Indiana County Agricultural Society
Progress
ProckEss
Lydick Reunion Planned at ONeill Home Near Mitchells Mille
Two families plan a Lydick reunion at Edward O'Neil's home near Mitchells Mille on Thursday August 28. O'Neil relatives are requested to meet with the Lydicks. A hailstorm near Tanoma damaged corn crops Friday morning. Enoch Bellis appointed postmaster at Urey in the ponaty me.
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Lydick
Edward O'Neil
Mitchells ‘Mille
O'Neil
Lydicks
Enoch Bellis
Urey
Dubie Still At Large In Wehrum County Murder
The county has made no search for the killer two weeks after the Wehrum murder. Dubie was last seen near a lumber camp at Bel sano the day after the crime. rumors of sightings elsewhere lack foundation. Sheriff Thompson and Deputy Neal searched Webrum without success. The court has issued a warrant, and the district attorney will seek a true bill at the next grand jury.
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White
D. E. Thompson
Thompson
Josiah Neal
Webrom
Dubie
Wehroam
Hardy
George J. Fell
Jamison Drives Trio to World Record Wins at Titusville Races
Fred Jamison of town set a world record at Lake Erie circuit races in Titusville driving three winning horses in straight heats. King Willis won 2:40 pace in 2.17, 2.174 and 2.16. Pilot Boy won 2:17 pace in 2.14, 2.15 and 2.15. Happy Jack won 2:20 trotting in 2.19, 2.194 and 2.20. Jamison plans to race the same horses in Erie this week.
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Lake Erie
Titusville
Fred Jamison
Town
King Willis
C. H. Moore
Pilot Boy
J. L. Cain
Rural Valley
Happy Jack
Jamison
Erie
Rapid Stride of a Young Man J Foster Hill Rise
J Foster Hill once a Shocery store clerk in Indiana rose to principal of the Cambridge school in Cambridge Massachusetts. He funded his education at Erie Business College, taught there, then graduated from Harvard and now leads a school nearly as large as Indiana Normal. His story shows thrift and determination powering a rapid career.
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J. Foster Hill
Shocery
Indiana
Cambridge School
Cambridge
Mass
Hill
Erie Business College
Harvard University
Indiana Normal
Corn crop damaged by three hail storms in townships
Three storms over the last week brought destructive hail injuring corn crops north of town. Damage is considerable in Rayne and East Mahoning townships with local hail in Ambrose area on Friday Saturday and Sabbath affecting crops and fruit.
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Rayne
East Mahoning
Ambroge
Fire destroys Saltzburg house. insured losses listed
Lightning struck a clothes line during a Monday electrical storm at Saltaburg. The fire spread to the home of Mrs. Samuel Keibler where Ed Guthrie resided. the dwelling was totally destroyed and Guthrie suffered significant shock. Insurance covered 300 dollars on the house and 300 on household goods.
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Saltaburg
Samuel Keibler
Ed Guthrie
Notable Deaths and Obituaries Across the County
Recent deaths report Marion Center mail carrier Jackson McMillen at 58 after a brief pneumonia illness. Also noted are Miss Noble B. Ramey of Fort Collins and several local infants and residents including Clarence George Trosal, Mrs. Jemima Ewing, Paul Nees, Miranda Stewart, James Stafford, Gibson Graham, and an infant son of J Milton Hamilton. Interments recorded in local cemeteries. multiple churches and townships referenced.
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Jackson McMillen
Jockson McMillen
Marion Center
Denton van Hom
McMillen
Signal Corps
Ebensburg
Kittanning
Indiana
Glen Campbell
John Wagner
Parsa Landing
Noble B. Ramey
T. C. Ramey
Fort Collins
Colo
Denver
Trade City
Grant Ramey
Methodist Church
CAME HAS INA WAGON Family Passes Through Indiana
A brief wire item notes a family traveling by wagon passes through Indiana en route to an unspecified destination. No additional details on names dates or destinations are provided in the readable text.
New York Central Could Extend Rail Line Through Indiana
Rail project eyed to shorten westward route via Arcadia and Indiana County. NY Central interests in local coal fields tied to McHenry options. Prominent officials expected this week to discuss field development and potential connection to Pittsburgh via Leechburg and Braddock corridors.
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New York Central Railroad
Indiana
Rossiter
Arcadia
New York Central
McHenry
Pittsburg
Dixon
Allegheny River
Leechburg
Lextend
Briddock
Pittaburg, McKeepost & Youghiogheny Railroad
Lake Erie
Pittaburg
WEDDINGS OF 4 WHEE MURRAY ROBENSON
Marriages recorded including Ed Murray of Salieburg and Elizabeth Robinson of Clarksburg at Oakland Croat Roads Westmoreland. Honeymoon planned at Navare Falls. Other notices include Cunningham-Yetterman and Demmles-Nowry, with limited legible details.
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Murray-Robenson
Ed. Murray
Salieburg
Elizabeth Robinson
Clarksburg
Oakland Croat Roads
Westmoreland County
Henry Bain
Navare Falls
Two Estates Divided Bequests Made in Two Wills
The will of the late George F. Die of East Wheatim?? is reported to divide his estates between two beneficiaries. Executors are filing probate documents this week detailing the bequests and amounts.
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George F
Wheatii
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Schools For All
Brushvalley
Price
J. Harvey Rhine
Mack
Miss McLaughin
Mr. McCormick
Underwood
John Kelly
McFarland
Tilie S McCrea
Crisswell
Frank Rhine
Oak Grove
Dora Adams
Evany
Nellie Rhine
Heehhon
Rogh
Simon
Hamill
Edna Simpson
Upper Creek
Vernie Mottarn
Ebert Simpson
Lowman
Wallace Hopkins
Pickering
Rachel Meazor
Marion
Margretta Park
Five Points
William Prugh
Clara Conner
Kelly
Marjoria McFarland
Harmon
May Shields
Bell
Annie Fairman
Hanging Rock
Charlotte McCreight
Red Lion
Lena Kettering
Cribbs
R. E. Ruesetl
Lucas
Vernie Black
Cumming
Belle McHenry
Kettering
Eile Doude
Cole
Wheatfield
East
Shellbark
Pearl Mack
Hutchison
Ira Felton
Bluffton
Thomas Moorhead
Elder
May Dias
Cramer
Maude Stephens
Calvert
Oda Howesth
Tomb
Robert Palmer
Trindle
Madge Falcon
Young—Elder
Alice M. Elder
Sloan
Charles Cribbs
Kennedy
Janet Iseman
Anderson
George Hart
Watson
Dessa Henderson
Athens
Alva Stewart
McKisson
Paul Miller
Henry
Alfred Casa
Mary Glasser
Hedbank
Nellie Frantz
Grow
Borrell Simona
Dodson
Guesie Stephens
Toom
Lizzie McFeatere
Duncan
Calvin Steffy
Webrum
Miriam R. Cameron
John G. Cameron
North Ninth Street
Derry
C. M. Miller
Lesta Fleck
Samena Maxwell
Martha Cunningham
Mabel McGaughey
Nellie Caulfield
E L. Wetzel
Bolivar
L. D. Emmerts
Charles Teston
Pearl Henderson
Mabel Johnston
Near Shelocta
Bouquet
Misa Mary Gilson
Shelocts
Loyalhanna
Oir
Ford Gibson
Barnesboro
Cambria County
J. H. Williamson
Smicksburg
Mechanicsburg
Mary Drips
Armagh
J. F. Russell
Shelocta
Renne
Saltsburg
Allegheny County Grand Army Association
Ito
Indiana County Association
J. Cameron
Cherrytree
61St Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Old Soldiers’ Association
Ilehraing
Noble
Ramey
Clarence George
Harry Trosal
Vandergrift
Trussl
Robert, Carson
Homer City
Greenwood Cemetery
Mrs. Am, Ewing
Jemima Ewing
KR. ML Ewing
Elders Ridge
Frank
Ralph
Pan
N. B. Kelly
Baul Nees
Paul Nees
Andrew Nees
East Oak Street
St. Bernard Catholic
Miranda Stewart
Mikes
Rachel Stewart
Washington Township
Dropey
Shout
Washington Presbyterian Church
Rayne Township
Thureday
James Stafford
Center Township
Brush Valley
Gibson Graham
J. C. Leasure
Green 'Township
J. Milton Hamilton
Elkin
Iniliana Oi
Farmers’ Bank Nilding
Volpe-Carney
Joseph Volpe
Janie
Eatmoore- Land- Bane
Kate
Young Township
Squire
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