Local Social Roundup Of Westmoreland Residents
Local notes list visits and calls among residents including Lizzie Elwood W W Huston families and the Learn and Dick households. Several relatives and neighbors in Indiana Pittsburgh Vandergrift Ebensburg and State College attended Memorial Day events at Gettysburg battlefield and Penn's Cave while others traveled to Michigan Brushvalley and Johnstown. Hospital and birth reports include John Holmes in Philadelphia and the birth of a daughter May 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Coy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenwood
Lizzie Elwood
W.W. Huston
Roy Learn
Mra
Margaret Learn
Sam
M. H. Dick's
Annis McCoy
Hines Emigh
Tunnelton
Larence Hines
Michigan
Zenas Hines
Warren Butterbaugh
Indiana
F. C. Adams
Pittsburgh
Matilda Gibgani
Lizale Dinwiddie
Helen
Hazel Dick
Albert Stiler
Alverda
Clair Edwards
Ebensburg
Gettysburg Battlefield
Elmer Failing
Florence Stepheng
Margaret Brady
Minnie
Tadlana
Olive Parrish
Bichensburg
Bilis Smith
Culver
J. H. Smith
Cherry Tree
F. B. Smith
John Holmes
Philadelphia Hospital
West Wheatfield Weekend Visits Highlight Local Families
Mrs Clyde Palmer of Homer City spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs G R Shoupe and called on Verelda Lewis Sunday evening. Blaine and Wilbur atmpflela visited their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Geo Clawson. Ingt week Mrs Geo Clawson Mrs Chester Minpfield and family Mr and Mrs Roy Palmer Mrs Guy McConnell and family and Gladys Deemer of Heshbon spent Memorial Day with Mr and Mrs Geo Palmer of Mt Tabor. Geo Shoupe recently recovered from illness. Logan Carnathin of Heshbon called on his parents Luther Carnathin Saturday. Mr and Mrs John Witehtenfels of Mt Tabor visited their daughter Mrs Will Dilts Saturday. Mrs Trussell Liechtenfels and family spent last week with her mother in law Mrs Will Lichtenfels. Mrs Foster Johnston and Ellen spent Monday with sister Mrs Dick Shaupea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Palmer
Homer City
G. R. Shoupe
Palmer
Verelda Lewis
Blaine
Wilbur Atmpflela
Geo. Clawson
Chester Minpfield
Roy Palmec
Guy McConnnell
Gladys Deemer
Heshbon
PLUM CREEK COMMUNITY NOTES AND FAMILY VISITS
Mr and Mrs M R Ankeny visited in the J F Kimmel home on Sunday. Families from Van dergrift Indiana Ohio Apollo and South Bend were mentioned in casual visits. A two week vacation Bible school began at the Brethren church. Memorial Day family reunions and local gatherings are noted along with frost damage to fruit and grain. The column also includes a couple of humorous anecdotes from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plum Creek
M. R. Ankeny
J. F. Kimmel
Irvin Kelly
Vandergrift
T.Q. Kimmel
R. B. Miller
Oakland
J. N. Brose
Washington
Delbert Sechrist
Ralph Ramer
Silvis
South Bend
Edgar Kimmel
Martha Beerer
Indiana
Mra
Wm. Beerer
Lawrence Frailey
Apollo
Frank Bleakney
Ohio
The
Brethren Church
Blenger
Jacob Miller
Roy Dunmire
Duty of Dancing by Jane Osborn
Jim Harper, tall and outdoorsy from work on a western dam, dances at a St Elizabeth hospital nursing school event. He flirts with the buttercup yellow clad nurse candidate, learning of Patty a nurse in training, and teases about the head nurse Miss Bradstreet as the two exchange playful compliments amid chaperons and an orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Harper
Mke
Jim
Patty
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Jane Bradstreet
Guy
Bradstreet
Water Filtration and Chlorination in Public Water
A historical overview notes Percy Frankland and colleagues showing sand filtration nearly halted bacteria in water. It contrasts Hamburg and Altona cholera outcomes, linking filtration to protection. It traces chlorine disinfection from 1904 1905 to Johnsons Jersey City work in 1908 for modern water purification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Frankland
Hamburg
Altona
Elba
Mouston and McGovern
England
George A. Johngson
Jersey City
New York Times
Inventions to Make Deviser Wealthy from Babson's List
A forum lists 26 wealth ideas by economist Roger W. Babson. Notable items include plant fertilizer pills, a gearless rotary car, a helicopter for street landings, children’s gliders, fog piercing navigation lights, talking books, unbreakable flextile glass, Cold Night to reduce electric waste, and dye inoculated hardwood lumber from native trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Babson
Diet of Lions Will Eat Flesh of Many Animals
Lions in native habitats prey on young antelopes zebras buffalos and giraffes and often eat flesh of recently killed prey. In captivity they eat various flesh and occasionally attack humans as shown by Dr. W Reid Blair in In the Zoo noting two man-eating lions in Africa that killed 18 railway workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Reid Blair
Africa
Uganda
Pathfinder Magazine
Small Potatoes Haley Fiske Quotation On Small Economies
Haley Fiske, famed in insurance circles, said in a Brooklyn M A address that saving a dollar in a petty way costs hundreds of dollars in goodwill. He told a Scotch barber anecdote about pay for a haircut and shave to illustrate stinginess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haley Fiske
Insurance
Brooklyn
Purifying Public Water Movement Starts in 1866
The New York Health department notes the first notable US push for municipal water purification began in 1866 when St. Louis sent James P. Kirkwood to Europe to study methods. His ensuing report guided American practice and led to a 1872 plant at Poughkeepsie based on his plans, marking the first practical purification of a city water supply in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Health Department
St. Louis
James P. Kirkwood
Europe
Kirkwood
Poughkeepsie
America
Unrepose Prose on Cats on a Garden Wall
Pathfinder Magazine presents playful verse about cats meeting on a garden wall. It contrasts affectionate greeting with comic growls as a tomcat and tabby interact, noting a kitten's courtship and the male's exaggerated display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Pathfinder Magazine
Clever riddle teaser at the tavern
A man with clean reputation asked a five person division riddle about sharing five eyes. The group puzzled over how to divide, and he finally replied that one person would take the dish with the egg.
Local social notes and a quip about short skirts
Commondord and surrounding towns show a flurry of visits and calls from Saturday to Sunday. Mrs. Boyd and others travel to Indi Mint. Irene Longnecker returns from Braddock. Fleming and Stieestey children visit. Deckport recommencement attendance. Edna Diahony and Arvedla Iiney visit Milineh friends. John quips about recognizing women as skirts change. marriage, family and friendship details capture a bustling social week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Scott
Uniontown
A. C. Creaman
Boyd
Indi- Mint
G. J. Gromley
Chile
O8e Long
Traddock
Longnecker
Mildred Shoesly
Mra
Tom Stieestey
Smith and Family
Glen Camel Willes
Drown
Nick
Gverett Pettieord Spront
Meo
Pon Urlee
Ames Getty
Taweth Lown
Mroo
David Stonebraker
Ted
Sheriff's Sale of Blairs, Homer City and Indiana parcels
Public vendue at Indiana County Court House exposes the rights of DAVIS G SWIGART and MARY C SWIGART to a Blairsville borough lot with a two story dwelling, a S.C PUGILES parcel in Center Township with Mazza Street plots and a Homer City tract around Yellowcreek Branch, plus a White Township Chevy Chase Heights Lot 66. Purchases to settle against War mers Bank and Trust and Farmers Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis G. Swigart
Mary C. Swigart
Blairsville
County of
Indiana
State of
Pennsylvania
Burrell Street
Walnut Street
Thomas Calabrese
Conemaugh Building and Loan Association
S.C. Pugiles
Center
County
Oak Street
Mazza Street
Guiseppe Mazza
iFirst Mazza
Recorder's Office
Indiana County
Homer City
Yellowcreek
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania, Railroad Company
Eckman Kcira
Yellow Creek
Said Creek
Magza Street
S. C
Salt of Warmers Bank &T Company
Himnay Johnson
Rosa Johnson
White
Chevy Chase Heights
Lota
Wifth Avenue
Graff
Scott Dixon
Henry Johncott
J. D. McCreary
Salt of
J. D
Land Tracts and Lots in Indiana County Under Mortgage Sale
Multiple parcels including 80 acre Bingaman tract in Banks Township with two farm houses and outbuildings. Nick Murinaro mortgage in Homer City and Ehoiner City parcels with several small lots. Angela Previte and Petro Luna deeded lots in Center Township. Marshall heirs property in West Mahoning. Camp Rest-A-While White Township tract with club house and pool. all taken in execution in 1930s-1920s against various defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tutle
Stalin
Bingaman
Banks Township
Indiana County
John Smith
First National Bank
Glen Campbell
Wiliam M. Kuey
John Mouk
John iHouk
M. E. Bingaman
Floed
Charles H. Pierce
Recorder’s Office
Sutton- Miller Company
Nick Marina LO
Ehoiner City
County
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Mariner Maroon
Main Street
Homer City
County of
State of
William Gfovis
William G. Havis
Nick Murinaro Vad
Murrai Coup
Jushynd
Decla
National Ink
Omer City
Jack & Tuck
Margaret
Marshale
Jams Ed. Marshall
West Mahoning
Indian County
Win Pest
Alex. McConnell
James Gaston
Kennedy Hairs
Alex McConnall
TR. A. McDivilt
Albert M. Barrett
Margaret J. Marshall
R. A. Melivht
C. J. Mcl Jivitt
O. PB Walker
J. G. Walker
Peconapd
White
Blairsville Road
Ethel Troad
Hauxhurst Meirs
Bame
Lillian B. Pounds
John T. Founds
Leeds
T. K. Smith
Camp Rest
Aken
H. K. Smith
Farmers Bank & Trust Company
Tadbans
Notice of sale payment requirements and terms
The notice states that a minimum of one hundred dollars of the purchase price must be paid to the sheriff at sale time unless the purchaser is the sole judgment creditor, with the balance due upon or before the second Monday of June. It warns of resale risk, legal remedies, and that no deed will be issued until full payment is received. Indiana Pa May 21 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Bobh Eet
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Maple Grove
Wienn Coy
David Adams
Amanda Adams
Johnstown
Rezza McCullough Sundey
G. E. Holmes
Indiana Caflers
Homer Phillips
Oliver
Arthur
William Phillips
William, Jr
Conrad Sleppy
Bert Roser
Punxsutawney
G. R. Waltemire
Hersh Boring
Portage
Melville Coy
Cuyahoga Falls
Albert Coy
D, EB
Alfred Detwiler
Heilwood
Alex Hobart
McIntire
Calvin Shank
Glymer
James Bowers
Conrad Sleapy
Wm. Schultz
Dorothy
Near Sheloca
West Wheatfield
Currys Run
Delbert Alter
Miller Airey
W. A. Ross
Joe Ross
H. L. McCurdy
Alta
Elda
Myrtle May
Dale
Alice
Jennie
Pauline Cribbs
Luella
William Thomas
Robert Cunningham
Sara Jane
Geraldine Sell
BE. M
Carson
Louise
Arthur Miller
Clyde
Wilbur
Goldie
Hie
Bell
Alice Foreman
Howard Gamble
Dean
Paul
Elsie Fleming
Zelda Miller
Darhl MccCreight
Salisbury
Dale Shaner
Robert
McCurdy
M. D. McClelland
Sara Jane Sell
Myrtle May McCurdy
Elderton High School
Peiuic
Griftle Park
Frances Kline
McGurdy
Thur
Harry Millen
P. le
Shelocta
Earl Miller
Waynd
Montreal Star
Ararat
Goodrich Silvertowns
Indiana Motor Company
Opp
P. R. R. Sta
Union Central Service
Medical Department
John B. Desantis
Philadelphia St
Diana
By Jane Osborn
Hilledale
John
Sheriff's Sales
Court of Common Pleas
Court House
P. Mt
Jas, W. Mack
BON Ton
Ernest, Stewart
Aiso
Angela Luna Prigvith
Ui Township
Grey Street
Green Street
Water Street
Angela Luna Previte
Petro Luna
Anny Sung
Indlang County
Yaken
Tamer Clity National Bank
Flau
Jock
Gl, J. Creps
James W. Muck
Sheriff's Office
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