News of County Towns and Community Travels
Livermore notes visits by Misses Hazel and Sarah Rincker. A large Hopewell flag service drew many locals with speakers from Pittsburgh Blairsville Indiana and others. Promised speakers and dedication events loom. Nearby residents and relatives from Jeannette Coshocton Wandercrift Wilkinsburg Spangler DuBois Homer City Ebensburg and Granville are listed among recent guests and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel
Sarah Rincker
Brickwell
Hopewell
Nopewell
Trev. Coleman
Pittsburgh
W. PB. Graft
Wynn
Blairsville
John Wisher
Indiana
Livermore
Elnore Coates
John Clayton
Jeannette
George Baker
Coshocton
Ty Bolen
A. Siegfried
Homer Seigfried
Wandercrift
Social and church notices from Laurel Swamp area
Inez Kephart and Emma Dick were Heilwood callers Tuesday. A social to benefit the Red Cross will be held at the schoolhouse Thursday night. Dorothea and Wilda Kep hart were Indiana callers Monday. Leroy Jearn and family and John Kephart visited St Benedict Sunday in the Learn car. Carrie and Roy Waltermire visited W K Waltermire Sunday. Ross Reed and family visited near Spruce Grove Sunday. Preaching at the schoolhouse Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Kephart
Emma Dick
Heilwood
David Rummel
É the Red Cross
Dorothea
Wilda i
Local residents share Sunday visits and gatherings
Miss Geneva ileman visited Miss Pearl Spicher on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Fred Heiser of Shar on spent the latter part of the week with Mrs Heiser's parents, Mr and Mrs Andrew Rickadd. Claence Spicher and family of Johnstown motored to Geary Spich er's on Sunday. John Ripple and wife, Otto Goss and family near Bowdertown spent Sunday at Mrs Malitta Rippie's home. Arthur Lewis and wife of Jersey Shore visited Mr Lewis's parents last week. A party was held at Quay Lewis's home Wednesday evening for Willian Lewis with many attendees enjoying games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Ileman
Pearl Spicher
Fred Heiser
Sharon
Jersey Shore
Lewis
Quay Lewis
Willian Lewis
Praik Wood
Harry Hunter
J. M. Gibson
Hert Lorkard
Pleasant Valley Social Notes and Local Visits 1918
In Pleasant Valley, families including the Woods Hunt and Lorkard clans share reports of Sunday visits, hospital stays, and travel to nearby towns. Local clubs hold meetings at homes, with the Girls True Blue Club and Literary Club planning August events. A Purchase Line Academy reunion is set for August 22 with a service flag display and participation by families with members in military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mumaus
Purchase Line Academy
Senator Sherman Refuses Tips Over Bellboy Pranks
Kansas City Star reports Senator Lawrence Sherman refuses tips as a matter of principle, saying no justification for tipping when hotel service is unnecessary. A NY hotel bellboy pesters Sherman with ice water and lights, prompting the senator to declare no tip and to endure the threefold thanks before retorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Sherman
New York
Kansag City Star
Boy Scouts as Coast Guards in Wartime Britain
The British Scouts proved their value after war broke out with thousands ready within hours of a call. They replaced coast guards who returned to the navy, marching through night and day with telescopes to spot enemy ships. A German paper recounted a humorous scene of a French prisoner dispute resolved by a professor of Romance philology and a Sorbonne tutor over Provençal poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Noersenblatt
Leipaig
Maubenge
Germany
Sorbonne
Brushvalley Greetings and Upcoming Mpworth League Festival
Mrs Blanche McCrea and daughter Mrs Alex Dick visited Mrs G T McCrea last Friday. Vergie Miller visited Johnstown friends Ruth Allen and Ethel McCrea were visitors Monday. William Herlinger attended quarterly nesting at Stronestown Sunday. Lincoln Overdorf and his wife called in Brushvalley Sunday. A festival on August 2 at the Brushvalley school grounds supports the Mpworth League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche McCrea
Alex Dick
G. T. McCrea
Vergie Miller
Johnstown
Ruth Allen
Ethel McCrea
Fromer City
William Herlinger
Stronestown
Lincoln Overdorf
Brushvalley
Local Visitors and Home Improvements Highlight Marion Center
Mrs Jann Brewer of Punxsutawney visits sister Mrs N W Stewart. N J Barr adds a new front porch to his building. Jay Kime and wife from New York visit Hi b Lewis near town. Lettie Lory of Indiana and others mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. A
Local Notes From Penn Run Area
Miss Ethel Emigh is employed at I. H. Lowmans. James and Perrin Huston attended the lecture at Penn Run on Sunday evening. Miss Tidtha Smith and Helen Huston take music lessons from Mrs. J. D. Stephens of Penn Run. Irene Gibson visits her brother J. A. Gibson. Miss Margaret Means of Indiana spends a few weeks with aunt Mrs. T. B. Smith. Floyd Burnhelme and son Sheard spent Sunday at their home here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Emigh
I. H. Lowman
James
Perrin Huston
Penn Run
Tidtha Smith
Helen Huston
J. D. Stephens
Irene Gibson
J. A. Gibson
Margaret Means
Indiana
T. B. Smith
Floyd Burnhelme
Sheard
Reward for Deserters Abolished In Military Policy
The prior reward of fifty dollars offered for turning deserters to military authorities has been abolished, ending the incentive program.
Executor Notice for Tacob Bey Estate Indiana Borough
Tames L. Jack attorney issues exhoulor's notice, letters testamentary granted. Creditors must present claims duly authenticated for settlement, and debtors requested to pay promptly. Savings & Trust Company of Indiana is executor. July 24, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tames L. Jack
Exhoulor
Tacob Bey
Indiana
Savings & Trust Company OF Indiana
Il Moore
Martha Tanbler
Blairsyile
Taubler
Chas
Moore Executors
Rblalraville
Peeler
Pierce & Pierce
Mary E. Hinds
D. W. Simpson
John L. Getty
M. L. Carnahan
Creekside Borough
Nan J
Carnahan
J. J
Creekside
Attorneys
J. M. Winsheimer
BR. E. Winshmimir
Vandercrift
Frank E. Winshhimer
R. B
Jixecutora
Mary A. Marlin
Washington
Iram
Marlin
Tt. D
Pau
Cunningbow & Plater
John Galentine
Plumville Boroler
Maudid Galentine
Piouville
Tene
Dress Reform for Women in Hoston City
Hoston, father of reforms, leads a bold dress reform for women aiming to make garments comfortable, stylish, and utilitarian. Critics doubt broad adoption, while Boston women pursue progress, inviting a broader movement but facing skepticism about gendered fashion changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoston
Father of
Mother of Movements
Cradle of Progress
Civil Service House
Boston
Hiei
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Senator Sherman
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