Tom O_Bannon's grueling endurance ride ends in wedding twist
Master mechanic Tom O'Bannon endures a 96 hour car endurance stunt to win Mary Wilson's hand after Rose O'Neill, the nurse who cared for him, stays by his side through sleepless nights. The stunt earns four thousand dollars for start of their life, and Mary reveals their wedding happened that morning.
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Tom O’bannon
Speedwell Motor Company
Mary Wilson
Tom
Thompson
Daredev
Mary
Juniper
Miss O'Neill
Rose
Daredevil Thompson
Tom O’banen
Eva
iEngine
Rose O’neill
How Baton Rouge Got Its Name
Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, derives from a French phrase meaning red stick. The name refers to a red marker on the Mississippi high bank used to mark tribal hunting ground boundaries near the Muskhogean Bayogoula and Choctaw. first applied by Pierre le Moyne Iberville around 1699, though some sources suggest a ceremonial pole or a red-hued cypress tree.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Mississippi
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pierre le Moyne Iberville
Eat Their Plates In German Cities A Holiday Tradition
In some German cities bakers make the bright plate or bunter teller dish filled with fruits and candy of regular cookie dough so that after the feast the family eats the dish itself to finish the meal.
Penn Run Social News Sees Local Travelers and Visits
Canton couple Mr and Mrs L Hhey visited friends in Penn Run on Sunday. Mrs Annie Fulmer of Johnstown spent days with the Pattersons. Blaie Hille attended Mrs William Patterson's funeral. Washington guests included Mr and Mrs Thomas Finley with Mrs Finley's mother Mrs Etta Houck. Johnstown visitors Mr and Mrs Simon Martie spent Sunday with Harry Shaffer. Elwood Vanderhoof and family visited his mother Mrs Vanderhoof of Indiana. Milton Huffman and Arch Nicewonger with daughter Maxine were in New Kensington. W E Lightner visited Rosalier and Punxsutawney relatives. Carl Mauck of Indiana called on Mrs Lightner. Elinor Burkhart of Penn Run was taken to Indiana hospital for appendicitis.
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Annie Fulmer
Johnstown
J. Patterson
A. P. Hille
Blaie
William Patterson
Thomas Finley
Washington
Elwood Vanderoof
Mr. Vanderhoof
Vanderhoof
Indiana
Milton Huffman
Sunday Family Visits and Local Social Roundup in Indiana County
Miss Olive Lowman of Wilkinsburg spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs Clyde Lowman. Mr. and Mrs R A Brown visited Mrs Repine in Indiana hospital. Raymond Elrick family were Saltsburg shoppers Saturday evening. D Weick of Livermore called at Paul Dixon home Saturday. Attorney W M Ewing of Pittsburgh visited brother John Ewing and attended Elders Ridge school reunion. Mrs R E Dick and daughters visited Warren Ohio relatives. Raymond Marshall and daughter spent Saturday evening in Blairsville. Jessie Mae Cribbs, Indiana State Teachers College student, weekend with parents J A Cribbs. Everette Lintner and daughter near Blairsville spent Sunday with Wells Cunningham family.
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Olive Lowman
Wilkinsburg
Clyde Lowman
R. A. Brown
Repine
Indiana Hospital
Raymond Elrick
Saltsburg
Pittsburgh
John Ewing
Elders Ridge
Ewing
Elders Ridge Academy
R. EE. Dick
Warren
Ohio
B. H. Fitzgerald
Nettie Fitzgerald
G. K. Hughes
Familly
Wiggins
Raymond Marshall
Blairsville
Misa Jessie Mae Cribbs
Indiana State Teachers College
J. A. Cribbs
Everette Lintner
Wells Cunningham
Local social notes from Plum Creek region
West Lebanon visitors to Rev and Mrs J H Wimmer include Plum Creek residents Carl Armstrong and family. Loyd Reefer and son Billy have moved to a new home. Ralph Ranner and son Orville called on the Altman home. Jake Frailey and children from Gastown visited Blair Frailey. Ervin Keeler made a business trip to Kittanning. Dan Clarke received a radio gift from his father C M Clarke of Sewickley. George Keeler of Burrell Township dropped by the Ramer home. Mrs Jay Henry and daughter Martha called at the Millar home. Measles are present in the vicinity. Ergin Keeler is shing his house and building new chimneys. Grant Rearick and daughter Eleanore visited with the Reefer family.
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Plum Creek
Carl Armstrong
West Lebanon
J. H. Wimmer
Loyd Reefer
Billy
Ralph Ranner
Orville
Arthur Altman
Jake Frailey
Gastown
Blair Frailey
Ervin Keeler
Kittanning
Dan Clarke
C. M. Clarke
Sewickiey
George Keeler
Burrell Township
Ralph Ramer
Jay Henry
Martha
R. B. Millar
Ergin Keeler
Grant Rearick
Eleanore
Lewisville Church Services and Local Clergy Notes
Sunday worship in Lewisville lists Sunday school at 8 PM and a sermon at 11 15 AM delivered by Rev. King of Elwood City with stated supply for three months in Kent Clarksburg and Ebenezer. Rev Bowersox of Pittsburgh preached here last Sunday and local officers met at Sattsburg Presbyterian last Wednesday. W Kramer visited Indiana on business last week, J J Little served as juror in Indiana, and W B McGinley serves as juror this week. Roy Ewing shopped in Indiana last Wednesday and the Women’s Missionary Society met at Mrs I M Speedy’s home last Wednesday.
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Lewisville
King
Elwood City
Kent
Clartsburg
Ebenezer Ag Au
Bowersox
Pittsburgh
W. B. McGinley
Velma Barkley
Sattsburg Presbyterian Church
W. K. Cramer
Indiana
J. J. Little
Roy Ewing
Women’s Missionary Society
I. M. Speedy
Local families visit in Mount Union area church events and reunions
A string of summer gatherings and calls across Mount Union include Cratty Shaeffer and Kough family visits, Sunday calls by Jay Kough and relatives, and a new Elderton minister Rev. Richter installed at Mt Union church. Numerous attendees from Prospect Shelocta Van dergrift Blanco and surrounding towns join relatives and attend the Johnathan Rearick funeral. The Little Shaeffer reunion is planned for June 26 at the C. G. Rosborough grove.
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Mount Union
Cratty
R. G. Shaeffer
Prospect
Paul Kimmel
Shelocta
Shaeffer
Dorothy Kough
Mra
T. M. Rupert
Lisle Walker
Vandergrift
Walker
Agnes Peterman
J. H. Kough
Murray Meyera
Albert
Louise
Arthur Blystone
Frank Cessna
Richter
Elderton
Keith Cessna
Guy Siverling
Lesley
Eugene
Genevieve
Donald
Spring Church
Amog Boyer
Paul Boyer
Dave Boyer
Dorothy Chivers
Quinter Boyer
Twila
Ethel
Huldah
Faye
Johnathan Rearick
Fred McIntire
Ronald
Jimmy
Tunnelton
Margaret Rosborough
Indiana
Little Shaeffer
C. G. Rosborough Grove
Local families and visits noted across Indiana and Vandergrift
Girty W. C. Jamison spent Saturday with his father and brother. Anna C. Smith returned home after two weeks with her brother and wife in Cheyenne Wyoming. J. R. Jamison and son Merle spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Jamison's parents in Indiana. Howard Martin and family from Vandergrift visited the Jamison and Schrecengost homes. Ivan Dunmire and Harold Stapp returned home after a week with grandparents. Several residents visited in Muddy Run and at the J. T. Jamison home. Mt. Zion M B church festival set for Friday night July 2 at Girty Grange hall. Robert Jamison Jr. visited grandparents in Indiana. Families and friends spent Sunday evening in the Jamison home. QO N. Smeltzer and family from Faglers Run called on his mother. Edwin Rosansteel family and Christy sisters from Apollo and Vandergrift spent Sunday with J. H. Christy.
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Girty W. C. Jamison
Home
A. M
J. T. Jamison
Anna C. Smith
Harry B. Henderson
Cheyenne
Wyoming
J. R. Jamison
Merle
Howard Martin
Vandergrift
J. C. Schrecengost
Ivan Dunmire
North Apollo
Harold Stapp
W. Stepp
J. A. Miller
Janet
Julia Keppel
W. R. King
N. Smeltzer
Laura
Wesley
Faglers Run
Sarah Smeltzer
Edwin Rosansteel
Shirley
Jus
Teen Christy
Apollo
Local Notes From Marion Center and Nearby
Marion Center reports Rev James Bence and bride near Dixonville in town. Robert E Wetzel of Asbury College Wilmore Ky preached at the M B church Sunday. The M E church gets a new roof this week. Lulu B Kinter visits Blairsville sister Mrs Lockard. A C Work of Warren Oh visits relatives. aunt Mrs Mary Wetzel will visit nephews HB Work and Wm Miller. Lewis Wetzel of Wilkinsburg with family attends Weitzel reunion at Marchand. revisits mother Mrs Maria Trimmer and Mary Coles in Greensburg. Virginia joins Girl Scout camp at Buttermilk Falls. Griffiths celebrate twenty eighth wedding anniversary with motor trip to Quemahoning Dam. Anna Loughry, Penn State student, summer with father J Norman Loughry west of town.
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Robert E. Wetzel
Asbury College
Wilmore
H. H. Weitzel
M. B
M. E
Warren, O
Lewis G. Wetzel
Wilkinsburg
C. Wetzel
Marchand
Rey
H. G. Trimmer
Bobby
Virginia
Maria Trimmer
Mount Pleasant
Mary Coles
Greensburg
Buttermilk Falls
Wills
Griffith
Quemahoning Dam
Anna Loughry
Penn State
J. Norman Loughry
Change of Costume Judge in Historic Suit
A dramatic courtroom exchange features a judge questioning a witness about attire, and the woman replies this is the first time she has worn the costume, highlighting the season’s religious newspaper tone in the Christian Union Herald.
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Christian Union Herald
Conversation Prompt Between Jimmie and Bertha
A crude dialogue fragment shows Jimmie asking if an ugly man could kiss Bertha and Bertha daring him to try. The exchange hints at personal boundaries and bold humor without further context or consequences.
Miss King There’s No Use Talking Clothes Make The Woman
Martin remarks that attire defines gender roles with a sharp line about how clothes shape behavior. The exchange hinges on social expectations of men and women in daily life.
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Miss King
Martin
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