Man found wandering in woods after two days
Robert Beck aged 84 was found Friday in woods near Rochester Mills after wandering two days. He disappeared Wednesday morning from his daughter Dorsie Smith of Mopsy. Delusions about Dayton and relatives recurred during wanderings. searchers scoured the area. He was exhausted but not severely harmed. Rev John Ferry aged 65, Concord Baptist pastor, died Saturday from a fall at home. He was married to Mina Hall Rutter and survived by a widow, children, and stepdaughters. Funeral conducted in Concord with interment there.
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Robert
Beck
Doty's Round Top
Ruvchestere Mills
Dorsie Smith
Dayton
Rochester Mills
al Ahrargh
Ronni
John
Ferry
Baptist Church
Concord
Mina Hall Rutter
James Hall
Robinson
Widdow
Harold Bosser
Martinsburg
Freda Rut‘ter
Marriage of Over and Year Ago Is Announced Here
A luncheon at Rose Tea Room announced the marriage of Miss Thalia Williams of town to Stanley Long, wed May 1, 1929 in Cumberland Maryland by Rev H W Sharpe. The bride, Indiana teacher, and the groom, Harrisburg health department assistant engineer, will reside in Harrisburg.
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Rose ‘Tea Room
Alice Clements
Thalia V. Williams
Stanley W. Long
Cumberland
H. ‘Wy. Sharpe
Uride
Indisama ‘High School
Indiana State Teachers’ College
Indiana
Long
High School
Daytona
Florida
University of Fittsburgh
Harrisburg
Four Travel Types in Midcentury Era Revealed
The New York Times recalls four travel categories from the midcentury period. Tours decree visited penal colonies like Algiers or Botany Bay in chains. Tour de Gascon referenced imaginary journeys tied to Gascon inventiveness. Tour de Nesle involved “on the wall” payments and a wall pun. The Grand Tour was for young gentlemen to sow wild oats abroad, angering fathers when bills arrived.
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Algiers
Botany Bay
Barot Munehausen
New York Times
Sweden Holds Vast Array of Prehistoric Relics
Swedish antiquarians claim the nation’s 15 000 year heritage makes its relics the richest globally. Museums house over half a million antiquities while landscapes with forests and hills shield tombs, fortifications, and Viking rune stones from farming. Authorities began protecting relics about 300 years ago under law.
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Curman
Sweden
Execution of Animals Through History
The article recalls how pigs cows and horses faced trial before judges for centuries and were executed by rack torture and gallows. Executions involved attorneys pleading for animal rights and sometimes dressing animals in human clothes before the rope dropped to end their lives amid crowd jeers.
Per Every One He Father Alarms Clock Maker Mention
Wallace's Farmer from Des Moines Iowa notes a remark about a man who contributed to the working class yet is not a socialist, stating he makes alarm clocks.
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Wallace
Des Moines, Ia
Ambrose Baptist Church Announces Sunday and Children’s Day
Regular services at Ambrose Baptist Church will be held Sunday at 11:00 a.m. On Sunday afternoon June 22 at 2:30 p.m. Children’s Day services will follow at the church.
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Ambrose
Ambrose Baptist Church
Deer Kill Report From Harrisburg Farmers Slain
Farmers reported to the Game Commission that they killed twenty five deer during May 1 to protect crops. Twenty of the deer were retained for food by the farmers who shot them in Harrisburg on June 11.
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Harrisburg
Game Commission
The Cautious Man Grover Pendergast
Grover Pendergast, a cautious forty year old, seeks opinions on a private crisis. He questions trusted men from different walks of life about a hypothetical husband whose wife is violent and neglectful. The barbers, preacher, and boss weigh drastic remedies while Pendergast confirms his own disbelief at being believed married.
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Rover
Pendergast
Grover
Mr. Pendergast
Ife
Doctor Parsons
Gentlemano
Limberly
Mr. Stocker
Mie
Relics of Robert the Bruce Housed by Dunfermline Abbey
Trustees of Professor New Paton handed over King Robert the Bruce relics to the kirk-session of Dunfermline Abbey. Items include bone fragments, a leaded church vessel, iron coffin remains, iron ring handles, and portions of the Bruce monument. Now kept in an oak glass cabinet near the abbey pulpit above the Bruce vault.
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Robert Bruce
Professor New Paton
Dunfermline Abbey
Robert the
Nanely
Robert the Bruce
Dunfermline
London Mail
Washington Stirred By Van Buren Coach Arrival
The Washington session opens with Vice President Van Buren’s public remarks small in significance, while the English coach he brought draws attention as an elaborate, almost regal carriage. Descriptions praise its dark-olive hue and burnished-gold ornaments, likening it to royal equipages.
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Washington
van Buren
Senate
England
Dennis Tilden Lynch
Wide Use of Amulets and Charms Across Ages
The article notes broad amulet use for people and cattle, highlighting Antonius medal lions hung on horses for Antony of Padua, cow bells once meant to scare spirits then aid herdsmen, and charms against charms worn as protection and identification.
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Frank
Vizetelly
New Standard Dictionary
Antonius
Antony of
Padua
What All Mothers Should Know
A young Indianapolis physician’s son, keen on moths, reads widely. His father asks the book's title and the boy replies with a wry line about knowing all moth facts. The anecdote frames a humorous moment about parental expectations and curiosity.
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Indianapolis
FourYearOld Victim Misreads Dinner Chicken Note
A four year old boy named Bobbie accompanied his mother to visit a maiden great aunt. After days of caution he became excited at dinner when chicken was served. Seeing shredded patties instead of drumsticks he exclaimed that chicken must have been run over.
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Bobbie
Growth of Sand Dunes by Wind on Lakeshores
The sand dunes along lake shores are formed by wind carrying sand to obstacles such as driftwood or grass. Sand deposits into tiny dunes that grow into larger mounds, sometimes reaching eight hundred feet high, while wind also erodes them, keeping their shapes and positions in flux.
Not Through Billy Invited for Dinner at Local Hotel
A five year old, Not Through Billy, dined with his parents at a hotel and impressed staff with his manners especially over a finger bowl. When the waitress attempted to remove the wash bowl he commanded without delay to let him finish washing his hands, saying he wanted to remove more dirt.
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Billy
Weekend Visitors and Local Notables Make Rounds
Gipsy My and Mrs Warren and daughter Marjorie Rose and June Cummings of Collier W Va spent the weekend at G M Brady home. Dolah Spicher visited Indiana Saturday. Harry Gorman and son of Hadden Colorado visit friends here. Mildred Kuntz, former Big Run student, vacationing with parents S S G Kuntz. Gerald Tyger ill with typhoid pneumonia now improved. Oy Richards DuHoi salesman called in town Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Harl Beck of Indiana and George Beck of Dubois were in town last week. Lloyd Martz and William Hillsmore of Glen Campbell were callers. Lynn Smith Heilwood visited his parents Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Joseph Schrode of Coral visited Leonard Hess Sunday. Rand Ginter in Cincinnati last week for Wesleyan Methodist convention. Mr and Mrs A W Jones and daughter Lillian and Genevieve Bagley Arcadia visited F W Hess home Sunday.
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Harry Warren
Marjorie Rose
June Cummings
Collier
W.va
G. M. Brady
Dolah Spicher
Indiana
Harry Gorman
Hadden
Colorado
Mildred Kuntz
Big Run
G. Kuntz
Gerald
Jack Tyger
Harl Beck
George Beck
DuBois
Lloyd Martz
William Hillsmore
Glen Campbell
Lynn Smith
Heilwood
M. Smith
Joseph Schrode
Coral
Leonard Hess
Rand Ginter
Cincinnati
Wesleyan Methodist Church
A. W. Jones
Lillian
Genevieve Bagley
Arcadia
F. W. Hess
Local Couple Visits and Moves Across Town
Smicksbury residents Mr. and Mrs. William Stiteler of Dubois spent the weekend with friends and returned with Gilbert Stear. Several locals visited relatives in Pittsburgh and Punxautawney, with a move reported for the Stiteler family to Catharine Whitaker property.
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Clair Stear
Pittsburgh
William Stiteler
Catharine Whitaker
Russell Ritchey
Mart Zimmerman
Plumville
Ell’ Condren
Pine Flats Children Day Observed at Baptist Church
Pine Flats observance of Children Day held at the Baptist church Sunday evening. J W Gemmer and family from Indiana visited the parents on Sunday. Pine Flats cemetery association to meet Tuesday evening June 17 at 8:00 to elect trustees. John Siverd Sr and Ira Reithmiller and family called at Mrs Mary Morriss on Sunday. William and Charles Morris and families visited their mother on Sunday.
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J. W. Gemmer
Indiana
Pine Flats
State road maps issued with new features in 1930 tour guide
Harrisburg announces distribution of the revised 1930 Pennsylvania State highways tourist map. The three color map shows every mile of state highways, county connections, boundaries, streams, and parks. It includes profiles of Lincoln and William Penn highways, a 92-city distance schedule, city maps, a mileage log, and a road rules digest.
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Harrisburg
Department of Highways
Pennsylvania
William Penn
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Erie
New Castle
Williamsport
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Altoona
Johnstown
Lancaster
Reading
Allentown
Bethlehem
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Hoover
Wall
White House
Poultry Record Club
Court House
H. H. Kauffman
Penn State
Purdue University
Kantiman
Arange
Friendly Five Shoes
G. Travers
Erowntman’s
PENNA
Smicksburg
Gilbert Stear
Angus Hoover
John Lewis
Leana Davis
Mae Davis
Bert Good
Dave Ritchey
Aaron Lakehart
Dave Elkin
Thomas
Turnis Crissman
Pauline Stiteler
Molle Crissman
Tomas Taylor
Punxautawney
PINE
Luxenberg’s
Jewelry Store
Indiana, Pa
Io Bureau of Publicity
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Elderton
Rev. Wright
Linsenbigier
Biere
Wagner
Shaffer
Upplinger
Rupp
Miller
Altman
Blystone
Murphys
Holigans
Flannigan
John Houser
Bruce H. Fitzgerald
Conemaugh Township
Douglass
Douglass Studio
Union Central Service
Medical Department
John B. Desantis
Philadelphia St
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