Big Fourth of July Plans Unveiled With National Speakers
Indiana prepares a grand Independence Day event at the Fair Grounds. General Smedley Butler and Senator James J. Davis will speak as a massive parade forms in the morning, followed by Legion Drum Corps drills, music, horse racing with the World Champion Diving Horses, a Smokey Joe bicycle act, and a grand fireworks display. Public excitement rises for Indiana's largest Fourth in years.
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Indiana
Fair Grounds
Smedhey Butler
United States
James J. Davis
Legion
Gen
Pershing
Legion Boys
Hendersons Observe 54th Wedding Anniversary on Robinson Farm
Mr and Mrs T A Henderson long time West Wheatfield residents celebrate their 54th wedding anniversary at their Robinson area farm. Married Blairsville June 21 1877 they have eight living children and a basket picnic gathering with many relatives and local officials present. Oliver Henderson could not attend.
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Hobinson
T. A. Henderson
West Wheatfield
Robinson
Blairaville
Henderson
J. J. Henderson
Indiana
Harry Henderson
Johnstown
Charles Henderson
Lloyd Henderson
New Florence
Bert Fisher
Harry Johns
Hd‘win Croll
Charles Hostettler
Robin
Oliver Henderson
Bolivar
John J. Mellyaine
School Street
J. W. Mellyaine
Pittsburgh
Sheriff Borland Seeks County Treasurer Post in Primary
Sheriff Elmer Borland announced his candidacy for County Treasurer in the fall primary. A longtime county figure and Republican, Borland says his sheriff term demonstrated impartiality and steady administration amid varying economic moods. Also in other local notes a purse snatching, a wrist fracture from a fall, a health camp opening, and licenses issued to two couples.
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Elmer Borland
H. Elmer Borland
Borland
Crooked Creek Park Bill Veto and Local Marriages
The paper reports Gov. Pinchot vetoing Buena Vista Park appropriation for a park by Blacklick creek. It also lists marriages in Cumberland Maryland with John C. Felton and Miss Goldie B. Cramer, and James Chappell with Miss Sarah E. Welmer. An Indiana Hospital birth to Mr and Mrs William H Kissinger is noted. County treasurer reported dog and fishing licenses issued to date.
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Cumberland
John C. Felton
New Florence
Goldie B. Cramer
Seward
James Chappell
Blairsville
Sarah E. Welmer
Ligonier
Pinchot
Buena Vista Park
Three youths rob Blairsville gas station in early morning raid
Three armed youths held up the Gulf Refining gas station at Blairsville around 3:00 a.m. and forced attendant Richard Clawson to unlock the cash register, taking $12 plus $5 from his pocket. They also seized a pay station telephone and escaped. Police tie the incident to a earlier hold up on the William Penn Highway near Wilkinsburg at 2:00 a.m., with about $40 stolen.
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Gulf Refining Company
Blairsville
Richard Clawson
Blairaville
Clawson
Wool Pool Totals 40000 Pounds in Indiana County
Approximately 40,000 pounds of wool were pooled graded and shipped here this week by members of the Indiana County Sheep and Wool Growers Association. It is the 14th year of the county wool pool with prices for fine and half at 20 and 15 hundredths cents per pound, others lower. Real estate transfers follow with assorted tract and lot sales across Indiana County.
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Indiana County Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Deputy Eugene Wilson runs for Sheriff in county primary
Deputy Sheriff Eugene Wilson, a Montgomery native with lifelong county ties and Republican activity, announces his candidacy for Sheriff citing proven deputy experience and wide county support. Newlyweds Roy and Mrs Hughes return to Indiana from Johnstown and settle in Keener apartments. James M. Simpson reports a big rattler killed at camp of Indiana Bear Club in Huntingdon County.
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Eugene Wilson
Wilson
Montgomery Township
Roy B. Hughes
Johnstown
Indiana
Keener Apartments
South Seventh Street
James M. Simpson
Indiana Bear Club
Huntingdon County
Farm Census Shows Indiana County Drops From 1920 Counts
The 1930 county census reports 3,058 farms in Indiana County, down from 3,936 in 1920 and 4,062 in 1925. Total farm acreage fell to 312,979 acres from 348,904 in 1926 and 392,939 in 1920, with average farm size about 102 acres. Figures cover crop land, idle land, livestock, and tonnage of crops for 1929 contrasts with earlier years, noting declines in horses, cattle, hogs, and milk cows while detailing crop outputs and hay.
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Washington, D.C
Indiana County
Indiana Delegation Attends Spanish War Meet at Gettysburg
Indiana sends a large delegation to the United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary state convention in Gettysburg this week. Among attendees are Mr. and Mrs. George T. McHenry, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Streams, Mr. and Mrs. CG C. McLain, Mr. and Mrs. Steele H. Kerr and son Eric, Harry W. Fee, Wm. Tait, A. J. Russell, Mrs. Barbara Langham, G. W. Wakefield and wife, Dr. M. M. Palmer and wife of Homer City, J. Roy Baker and wife of Blairsville, R. D. Napp of Dixonville, James S. Kauffman of Center Township, M. F. Dorn and Joseph Gray of Spangler.
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Indiana
Gettysburg
Indiana County
United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary
George T. McHenry
H. B. Streams
CG. C. McLain
Steele H. Kerr
Eric
Harry W. Fee
Wm. Tait
A. J. Russell
Barbara Langham
Cherry Tree Girl Dies of Meningitis at 18
Miss Viola Straw aged 18 of Cherry Tree, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Straw, died Thursday afternoon at South Baltimore Hospital from meningitis. She was a student nurse since last September and a Cherry Tree Presbyterian Church member. Survived by her parents and three sisters Mildred Beulah and Betty. Funeral held at parents’ home Sunday with Rev. C. O. Anderson officiating, burial in Cherry Tree Cemetery.
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Cherry Tree
Viola Straw
Lewis Straw
South Baltimore Hospital
Miss Straw
Cherry Tree Presbyterian Church
Mildred
Beulah
Betty
Milas
Dorothy “Mae Duffman
Dorothy Mae Duffman
Herbert Duffman
Vandergrift
J. Burt Lytle
Indiana
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
John
Jimmy
Martha Grace
Bessie Lytle
J. P. Lytle
Chambersville
Rev. McGuger
Floyd Pierce
Rochester Mills
Indiana Hospital
Nesbitt Announces Run for Reappointment as County Commissioner
County Commissioner George Nesbitt declared his candidacy for re election in the fall primary. Appointed to fill the late James M Marshall's unexpired term he has served well and earned a reputation for fair dealing as a merchant and painter across the county.
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George Nesbitt
George Nesbit
Nesbit
James M. Marshall
County Christian Endeavor Conference Set For Sunday
A county Christian Endeavor Conference will be held Sunday afternoon at 3:00 in the Presbyterian church. All county societies are urged to send officers as details for summer and fall activities will be given. A state officer will install county officers and announce plans for the county picnic. Christian Endeavorers are urged to attend.
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Christian Endeavor
County Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Church
Christian
Indiana Visitors and Local News Highlight Indiana Weekends
A flood of items notes Mrs. Robert M. Wilson of Akron visiting Indiana friends, many residents traveling to and from the county seat on business, and numerous Indiana visitors to town including families from Blacklick Creekside and Youngstown. Also mentioned are dental board duties, a Latin prize awarded at Exeter Academy, and local society and church events amid regional travels.
Many Reunions Planned by County Families
Numerous family reunions are scheduled across the county. The Moorhead descendants held a Sleepy Hollow gathering with out-of-town members joining from Sunbury West Newton Toronto Leachburg Johnstown Par nassus and nearby areas. Other reunions include Barrett Elkin Clawson McMillen White Oak Flat and Trimble families with dates set for July and early July, plus Strong and Fyock gatherings with invitations to relatives and friends.
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J. C. Moorhead
Sleepy Hollow
Indiana
William O. Moorhead
Calvin Moorhead
Sunbury
Edward Moorhead
West Newton
William Brown
Toronto
C., Mrs. Brown
Mary Moorhead
S. J. McMains
Leachburg
McMains
Margaret Moorhead
H. B. Smith
Johnstown
Suni
Clara. Moorhead
Charles McMains
Lewis North
Parnassus
General Assembly
Pittsburgh
Siam
G. W. McIntire
Dayton
J. B. Troutman
Francis Elkin
Smicksburg
Benenieta
D. McHenry
Bigun
Clawson
Clawson and McMillen
Marion Center Park
Joseph Clawson
Wisconsin
C. C. Clawson
Wiverett Clawson
Clair Clawson
White Oak Flat
Rossmoyne
White Oak
Grant Township
Fyock
Purchase Line
Strong
Thomas Strong
Blacklick Township
Indiana Youths Freed on Fish Dynamiting Charge
At a hearing before Squire C C McLain in town on Monday evening, Indiana youths B Walker Smith Jr Donald Johnston J R Talbott Harry Goosey and Robert Kirker were freed of charges of dynamiting fish in Little Mahoning creek in East Mahoning township on the night of June 16. The charge was brought by Fish Ward en Don Zeltler of Punxsutawney. County Boys to Attend 4 H Camp Wesco Indiana county boys have applied to attend the 4 H Club camp at State College during the week of June 29 including Ernest Bilder Sutton Smith Wayne Elder Ernest Smith Clair Dunlap Derwood Lambing William and James Washington.
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Robert M. Wilson
Akron
Indiana
William M. Sheesley
Creekside
James L. Stuchell
Willet
Jony
Daniel Bates
Blacklick
Harry Watson
Youngstown
John Fisher
Deckers Point
William St. Clair
Schoolstreet
Paul Reed, Jr
Nemacolin
Albert Raleigh
Montgomery Township
W. L. Montgomery
Rayne Township
Robert Bates
Washington Township
J. B. Linmar
Burrell Township
Frank Sensabaugh
Frank Walker
Green Township
J. Roy St. Glatt
Alexandria
W. A. Simpson
Seventh Street
Mark Hasinger
School Street
BH. R. Lumsden
Buffalo
N.C
Jack Eisman
Faye Jones
Germantown Hospital
Philadelphia
J. Garfield Jones
Town
Ira Myers
Genevieve
George
West Wheatfield Township
Stanley H. Enterline
Church Street
Dwight Gressley
Locust Street
Washington, D.C
Norman Hamilton
Gertrude Morrow
R. J. Morrow
Plumville
Hata
Indiana Hospital
Clark J. Dickie
South Seventh Street
Harrisburg
Dickie
State Dental Examining Board
William Bath
J. R. Bath
Port Arthur
Texas
Wilbur Black
Black
Toronto
Canada
Zion Lutheran Church
H.W. Knox
Aliquippa
Howard Johns
New Sheffield
Knox
Banks Township
Tie
The
Progress
John D. Stewart
College Avenue
Exeter Academy
Exeter
Njh
Ernest Stewart
John
Squire C. C. McLain
B. Walker Smith, Jr
Donald Johnston
J. R. Talbott
Harry Goosey
Robert Kirker
Little Mahoning Creek
East Mahoning Township
Don Zeltler
Punxsutawney
Indiana County
Amp Wesco
State College
Ernest Bilder
Rochester Mills
Sutton Smith
Marion Center
Wayne Elder
Ernest ‘Smith
Blairaville
Clair Dunlap
Blairsville
Derwood Lambing
William and James Washington
County bankers cut time deposit rate to three percent
At a meeting of the Indiana County Bankers Association held here last night the interest rate on savings accounts in all county banks was reduced to three percent. The new rate becomes effective September 1 next. The association adopted the resolution after full discussion of the proposed change in time deposits.
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Indiana County Bankers Association
Banks Township Barn Burned By Lightning Saturday Night
A barn on the Blaine McFarland farm in Banks township was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire during the storm Saturday evening. The barn was insured in the Patron's Mutual Co. William H. Miller appointed cone stable for Cherry Tree Borough by Judge J. N. Langham to succeed E. C. Shepard who resigned recently. Earl Lewis of Heshboo dead. Earl Lewis, a well known resident of Heshboo, died on Tuesday. An apple a day will keep the doctor away provided you don't take it in the form of apple jack.
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Banks Township
Blaine McFarland
Patron’s Mutual Co
Willian. H. Miller
Cherry ‘Tree Borough
William H. Miller
Cherry Tree Borough
J. N. Langham
E. C. Shepard
Eurl Lewis
Heshboo
Earl Lewis
Flower Garden Club Show At Sutton-Miller Co Here
The first annual Flower Show by the Indiana Flower Garden Club will be staged in Sutton-Miller Co display rooms on Sixth Street this Saturday. Exhibits across multiple classes include roses, lilies, irises, delphiniums, petunias, calendulas, and bachelor buttons. Entries open 8 to 10 AM. amateurs from Indiana county may enter, with judges focusing on foliage and bloom condition.
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Sutton- Miller Co
Indiana Flower Garden Club
Sutton-Miller Co
Sixth Street
Indiana County
Indlana County
Governor signs township road bill and reforms
Governor Pinchot approved the Eidelspacher House bill adding 20 208 miles of township roads to the state highway system and unveiled a low cost road policy, moving away from high priced main mileage projects. The action expands the system to about 80 000 miles with 6 000 miles already improved. The governor also backed around 40 additional measures including election reform bills.
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Pennsylvvania
Pinchot
Eidelspacher House
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Highway Department
Harris
McGregor
Schreck
Harrisburg
Indiana County
Chambersville
Gaiblaton
Pine Flats
Spruce
Seward
Cramer
Smicksburg
Trade City
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Smedley ‘Butler
Bairdstown
Susan Wilhelm
Sophia Gontz
John A. Miller
Wayne Avenue
Miller
Gentz
McCoy Farm
Center ‘ Township
Indiana County Tuberculosis Society
A. C. McCoy
Cherry Rundam
Center Township
Ebensburg
A. Leroy Douds
Edna May Campbell
Livermore
Lawrence H. Mushrush
Homer City
Ethel May ‘Taylor
Gracaton
Elmer W. Alligon
Ohio
William H. Kissinger
Lavust Street
Indiana Co
Roxie Berringer
Green
Emerson G. Rumsey
Pine
Mabel 8. Evans
Robert J. Craig
Charles Hildebrand
Albert Jacjoby
White
Hannah M. McIntire
L. Jennie McIntire
Jacksonville
Ww. F. Neely
Campbell
Clymer
Adam B. Lyda
M. C.lyda
Burrell
Sarah A. Lyda
M. C. Lyda
Farmers Bank & Trust Co
W. C. Bennett
Sanford Gardner
Anna BE
J . Graceton
Thomas Weido
Clymer Erman
Wolfe Indiana
John Badosky
Clarksburg
Martha’ Bishop
George A. Lunn
Heilwood
Mary J. McCullough
Thomas Liddell, Jr
Barnesboro
Mildred Fetterman - Barneshoro
Harold L. Rhe
Penn Run
Bhdna L. Householder
Wendell A. Doty
Clara N. Black Wander
Indiana County Boy Scouts
Saltsburg
Rock Creek Park
Geo. D. Leydie
Clyde Wine
Mrs
Nannie W. Calhoun
J. J. McIlvaine
Oakland
Katal
L. J. Cunningham
West Penn Hospital
Leechburg
Cunningham
Sie
Misa Grace McIntyre
Meade L
Edgar M
Margie Evelyn
J. B. Cunningham
Clara Wangaman
Apollo
Anna Smith
Alliance, O
L. Earle Miller
West
Stork
Willis Miller
Arkansas Gazette
Hamill-Rossiter
Hamill
Rosalter
Juneau
Gov. Pinchot
Alex R. Wheeler
Forest County
Pitt
Mary J. McGregor
East Louust Street
Peart McGregor
Helen Hersperger
North Sixth Street
Joseph Sshane
Indiana Publi Schools
University of Pittsburgh
Watterson Farm
Is. A. Lake
John J. Watterson
BE. A. Strout Realty Agency
Virginias Martin
Howard D. Martin
North Ninth Street
Ross
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