Normal Graduates Her Largest Class At Indiana Normal
Indiana State Normal School celebrates its largest graduation with 325 recipients. The week featured a president’s reception, Bat. lecterns, a baccalaureate address, recitals, and a banquet. Alumni events included dinners, toasts, and class reunions, led by the class of 1908 with plans for memorials and gates on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Normal School
Pennsylvania Normal School
Thomdy Sutton
Sixth Street
Pittsburg
Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg Collegians
Alumni Association
St. Clair
Town
Sarah M. Gallaher
Edensburg
Alfred M. Ine
Viola Simpson
Indiana
Thomas Sutton
James B. Ament
Gladstone Carmall
Brookville
Janet H. Leonard
Jane Leonard
Old Normal
Hauxhursts
Teullets
North Ninth Street
Miss Simpson
Ralph C. Pinkerton
Bellevue
Opal L. Berthel
Pleasant
Madge Cameron
Bartow
Fla
Hamil
Elders Ridge Academy Graduation and Play Tonight
A class of two, Arthur D. Wilson and James T. Lakegiver, will graduate from Elders Ridge Academy. The junior play The Spy of Gettysburg is on tonight, with graduation tomorrow evening after a day of literary society reunions and a baseball game. Reverend Dr McWhatty Russell of Westminster College will deliver the principal address. Lytle Adams of Penn Run won $20 for the best oration, titled The Gold Mine Within. Mead Buchanan of Kellysburg visited Indiana yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton Stewart
Marion Center
Marie L. Conlin
Duquesne
Daley HE
Culp
Arnold
William Nix
Wehrum
Carrie A. Fisher
Edgewood Park
Alice Hirth
Homestead
Neil P. Maxwell
Wilkinsburg
Grace M. Mumaw
Scottdale
Lois McHiwain
Logan’s Ferry
Gertrude Reven
Latroba
Isa L. Ryan
Smithfield
Lula B. Thompson
Murraysville
Viola Simpson
Indiana
Francis D. Glover
Pittssburg
A. 8.Cunningham
Philadelphia
Elble B. Creps
Town
James B. Sansom
Sarah Bruce
Stella Hasinger
Spirit of Indiana
H. EB. Cogswell
Clarence D. Frankel
Christchurch
Cherry Trea
McMillan
Rose Garden
Azrael
Marjorie Alice Dah
Williamsburg
Arthur D. Wilson
James T. Lakegiver
Elders Ridge Academy
Charles G. Mitchell
Avonmore
Presbyterian Church of
Elders Ridge
Gettysburg
McWhatty Russell
Westminster College
Penn Run
Lytle Adams
Grove City College
Tragic Robin Hangs Self While Building Nest
A robin in a yard on Church Street dies by a hanging string used in nest construction. A mate returns daily, singing at dawn and dusk, as investigators note the unfinished nest shows the looped cord that tightened around the bird’s neck and caused its death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin
Harry W. Wilson
Church Street
Contracts Set for Big Work Near Homer City
The Brush Creek Coal Mining Company plans develop the Tearing Run coal field near Homer City with a new mining town on Mechanicsburg road. Hyde Murphy Company won the contract for 80 dwellings to be started soon and completed this year, while Hyle Patternon Company of Pittsburgh secured the tipple contract to serve the area and be ready as houses are built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tearing Run
Homer City
Brush Creak Coal Mining Company
Mechanicsburg Road
Hyde-Murphy Company
Hyle Patternon Company
Pittsburg
Algo
Old inspectors re appointed Maize resigns to coal chief
Gov Tener reappoints 26 bituminous mine inspectors for four years. Richard Maize of Somerset resigns to become general superintendent of the United Coal Company at Boswell. William Langan of Hite is named to fill the vacancy. Elks held outing with townspeople attending the Idlewild picnic and reunion. Western trip planned by S C Wilson and family. Plumville school board elects two teachers Harry Crawford and Reynolds Burns for seven months. Local residents hosted guests at weekend visits and school events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Maize
Coal Company
John K. Tener
Somerset
United Coal Company
Boswell
William Langan
Hite
Elks
The
Idlewild
J. R. Richards
John W. Barr
Ira Myers
C. H. Moore
M. Wortman
W. Rose
Charles Pickington
Harl Raymond
Fred Hare
Robert Bonner
J. B. Younkins
H. H. Steving
Plumville Borough
Harry Crawford
Marion Center
Reynolds Burns
Personal Briefs Dense with Local Social Ties
Local notices compile a long list of names and travels from Indiana and nearby towns. Residents visit relatives in Blairsville Johns town Punxsutawney and Arcadia while others attend funerals, commencements, or recoveries at hospitals.
Real Estate Transfers in Indiana County Since Last Report
Real estate transfers recorded in Indiana County include 20 acres in Center to Brush Creek Coal Mining Co for 1500 dollars, 80 acres in Center to Peter Senock for 3500, 66 acres in South Mahoning to Milton B. Smith for 1500, 64 acres in White to Sarah C. Fisher for 3000, and multiple lot transfers in Creekside Armagh Rayne Dix onville and other townships, with sums ranging from 500 to 2337.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Indiana County
A. Lotsick
Brush Creek Coal Mining Co
Peter Senock
Karl A. Davis
Blairsville
Mary H. Smith
Ff. Smith
Admi
South Mahoning
Milton B. Smith
M. Domenico
Creekside
Walker Smith
Irene HW. Grove
White
Sarah C. Fisher
Watt Kinter
Rayne
J. F. Ganley
H. B. Engle
Indiana
Cora M. Ray
Martha A. Fetterhoff
James Moore
Silas
Michael W. Moore
J. W. Cramer
Armagh
Carrie Cramer
W. D. Gates
Center
Bar-1
Zoldak
Oxion Run Lumber Co
Dixonville
John Klymer
CERTIFICATES FOR MINE FOREMEN AND FIRE BOSSES
The Twelfth Bituminous Coal District Board of Examiners mailed official permits today to first grade foremen nine second grade foremen 19 assistant foremen and 13 fire bosses who passed May exams at Punxsutawney. Names include Mat thew Blair Anita Ray Roland Null Sykesville James Neilson Eleanora and others from Punxsutawney Clymer Lovejoy and Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Examiners
Bitunimous
Punxsutawney
Matthew Blair
Anita
Ray Roland Null
Sykesville
James Neilson
Eleanora
James Callahan
DeLancey
William H. Malloy
Martin Malooney
Rossiter
Archibald W. Donaldson
Hellwood
William Murray
James Waddell
Dixonville
Gustave Sunberg
Henry H. Pennington
Glen Campbell
Andrew R. Watson
Clymer
Howard Carlson
Thomas Engler
Edward J.gagen
Florenza
George Cole
Joseph BH
Gorman
John O’hara
David Troup
Alexander Donaldson
James J. Madden
Owen J. Flannagan
James Morran
Charles B. Nolf
Double Wedding in Cokeville as Cogley Daughters Wed
In Cokeville on Thursday June 19, Nana Pearl Cogley and Stella Ruth Cogley, daughters of Rev. J. M. Cogley, were married. Nana Pearl wed James Donald Ashton of New Florence. Stella Ruth wed Thomas Sander Stephenson of Altoona. Both grooms work for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Also noted: T. B. Neal and family made an overland trip to Gettysburg, W. W. Dodson appointed insurance inspector for Western Pennsylvania, J. J. Warner shifts timber work to the Hurd tract near Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Cogley
Cokeville
Nana Pearl Cogley
Stella Ruth Cogley
Pittsburgh
Nana Pearl
James Donald Ashton
New Florence
Stella Ruth
Thomas Sanderson ,Stephenson
Altoona
P. R. R. Company
Gettysburg
T. 8. Neal
Trade City
G. E. Simpson
Church Street
Harold
Simpson
Wil Represent Insurance Company
W. W. Dodson
Smicksburg
Western Pennsylvania
Eastern Fire Insurance Company
Dodson
Duluth Inspection Bureau
Puntuth, Minn
HI Health
Weddings Involving Wettling and Others On Local Notices
A series of wedding notices across town include Jack Wettling and Mabel Wettling to wed at St. Luke's Newtown, with lengthy ceremony details and family connections. Other marriages cover Velma Walbeck and Ira Spackiman in Sunnybrook, Johnston Campbell and Ethel Campbell in Armagh, Work and Pollock in New Kensington, Drenning and Thomas in Homer City, and Bouleware and Roxie Frank in Natrona with subsequent plans and backgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wettling
James Lowry Jack
S. M. Jack
Mabel Clare Wettling
Lewis C. Wettling
Newtown
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
William Chauncey Emhardt
Rehurch
Killarney
Jack
Philadelphia Street
A. T. Taylor
Edward Rowe
W. PF. Wettling
Town
Yale College
M. Jack
Simon Jf. Drenning
Homer City
Eizabeth Thomas
Steubenville
Ohio
John Burnworth
Spence Faces Heavy Penalty After Murder Verdict
Harry Spence was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of Mrs. Belle Smathers Clark. The trial drew public interest as defense lawyers argued insanity and heredity, while witnesses described Spence’s lifelong oddities and alleged delusions. The jury’s verdict followed lengthy jury deliberations and extended court arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Harry Spence
Belle Smathers Clark
Samuel Cunningham
Harry White
William N. Liggett
Commonwealth
Cresswell
John L. Getty
Elizabeth Piper
Tie Spence
Harry
Richard Spence
Minnesota
Silas Kinter
Town
Hawitt Short
J. D. McKendrick
W. K. Walker
Pittsburg
Walker
Dixmont
Lim In Jie
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Aaa
Normal
Adda
Thomas E. Davis
Patton
Reading
New England
Jennie Carlson
Titusville
Bell Hilda
Rachel Jones
Braddock
Walter Allison
Passing Cloud
Mary Lillian Pierce
Cynthia Sloan
Jessie Yuill Warren
John Elton Harkless
Cailensburg Reading
Eva Porter
Apollo Singers
Vera
Amy Simpson
Edna Alan Cogswell
Ruth Eleanora Linnenbrink
Walter Linnenbrink
Portland Cement Company
New Castle
Norman Vandivoort
Blairaville
Vandivort Ia
Mead Buchanan
Kellysburg
8. C. Wilson
Olive
Mary
Charlotte
Misa‘es Olive
Normal School
J. CG. Conner
John Myers
Davis
W. Va
C. W. Clelland
Grove City
Benjamin McCreight
West School Street
Lewis Wells
Shoeloca
H. H. Miller
Indiana R. D
Emma Elder
Adams
Neb
Peeler
Murray
Detroit
Jack J.ness
Fourth Street
Johnstown
Jane Wilson
Roy Kessler
Smethport
Oakland
J. F. Runyan
Plumyville
P. W. Kinter
Lovejoy
Ralaton
DuBois
T. Be, Wachob
Della and
Nora Swan
West Oak Street
Margaret Spicher
South Eleventh Street
Arcadia
Mildred Wettling
Warren
North Sixth Street
J. F. Mulberger
Home R. D. 2
Rebecca Miller
South Fifth Street
Mary Wilson
Onberg
Derry
Rena Thompson
Naomi
South Seventh Street
H. C. Winters
South Sixth Street
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Audley Mabon
Howard Lewis
Cleveland
L. M.lewis
Harry Borland
William Timlin
Max North
J. R. Patterson
Dwight
West Lebanon
North Fifth Street
Harry W. Oberlin
Indiana Hospital
Rochester Mills
Barr
Apollo
Klepper
Sharon
W. T. Wilson
Huntingdon County
Wilson
James Learn
Lovejoy R. D. 2
Irvin Learn
Jacksonville
John Cook
Learn
John W. Sutton
Tancred Commandry
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
George W. Guthrie
Japan
Button
Kathryn Park
Locust Street
Roanoke
Luther
University of Pittsburg
A. S. Moorhead
W. B. Johns
Howard Falr
Uniontown
Edna Johns
Will
Brlde
J. J. Warner
Armstrong County
Hurd
Richmond
Herman Domka
Pearl Cunningham
Spackiman
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Johnston Campbell
Stephen Alexander Johnston
Ethel Mabel Campbell
C. A. Campbell
Amanda Campbell
Slater
Maurice Johnston
Samuel Hill
Bouleware-Frank
Fred B. Bouleware
Natrona,Gol
Roxie Itronk
WM. Normaunt
the Christian Church
R. W. Wehrle
Spence
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