Fruit Growers Hear Extension Experts At Indiana County Meeting
Farm Extension News reports a Penn State fruit extension specialist J L Mecartney spoke on moisture control and orchard cover crops at a gathering in Indiana County. Other speakers discussed cold storage for apples roadside marketing and pruning demonstrations at Clarence McHenry’s two miles north of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutawney
A. Woodward Smith
Blatraville
R.D
Zenes Hines
Clymer
William Nibert
Indiana
Burrell Township
Eda. A. Murray
Punxsutawney
Marchand
J.L. Mecartney
Penn State
Clarence McHenry
Mccartney
Indiana County
McHenry
Warner
Court House
Brushvalley Community Banquet Impresses 120 Attendees
The Brushvalley Community Association held its annual banquet Thursday at the Brushvalley community building with 120 attendees. M C Stewart presided as toastmaster greeting guests from Indiana Lions club, Miss Mable Fiscus and Angie Cardemone performed, John Warner led group singing, Rev Charles Held spoke on Washington and John Thompson discussed the county budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushvalley Community Association
Brushvalley
M. C. Stewart
Indiana Lion's Club
Mable Fiscus
Indiana
Angie Cardemone
Delos Campbell
John Warner
John Thompson
Washington
Charles Held
Homer City Lutheran Church
Pomona Grange Mets TN Indiana March 30 Meeting
Planned Pomona Grange gathering at Zion Lutheran Church Indiana on Thursday March 30 at 10 AM. Program includes songs, reports, committee naming, lectures, discussions on Welfare Association work, address by State Master J A Book, and motion pictures about Chicago and waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona Grange Mets
Indiana
Pomona Grange
Zion Gautheran Church
Success Grange of
Creekside
Paul Walker
Farmers Hope Grange
Welfare Association
Belle Lewis
M. Thompson
Elmer Short
A. P. Marshall
Belle McHenry
C. C. Beatty
Home Grange
Meade Buchanan
J. A. Book
Grange
Sheloca Grange Motion Pictures
Chicago
J. W.warner
Well-Bred Baby Chicks Grow Into Best Layers
A Pennsylvania poultryman proves breeding quality boosts egg production. Two breeding pens from 1000 birds yielded 1424 eggs from Group 1 versus 1065 from Group 2 over 100 days, with larger, better colored eggs from the first group. Also notes cost of chicks and parent stock importance. BE. J. Anderson to speak on bee disease control and management at two Indiana county meetings next Wednesday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Warner
Bes
Anderson
Marion Center
Indiana County
South Bend Visitors and Pittsburgh Trip Over Week
Mrs Harold McIntire and daughter with Margaret Anderson visited Mrs Wendell Dvers and Mrs Martin and Mrs Jim Taylor. Mrs Will Huffner and Mrs Dan Ruffner called on Mrs Clara Townsend. Virgie Alshouse stays with Dr Yoder in New Kensington after Henry Yoder’s death. Henry Townsend, Jim Smith and Howard Kimmel went to Pittsburgh on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Jim Taylor
Paul King
Will Huffner
Dan Ruffner
Clara Townsend
Virgie Alshouse
Dr. Yoder
New Kensington
Henry Yoder
Henry Townsend
Jim Smith
Howard Kimmel
Pittsburgh
Poverty and Prosperity From Samuel Johnson
A fragmentary reading quotes Samuel Johnson on poverty as lack of superfluities and wealth as desire versus enjoyment. It argues poverty can grant happiness health security and honesty, while prosperity may hinder self examination. adversity fosters reflection and self-knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lfe
Samuel Johnson
Ridiculed Exponent of Evaporated Milk Idea
In 1884 a Swiss man proposed sealing milk in cans to keep it fresh, a notion mocked at the Green Tree bar on the St Louis waterfront. Meyenberg perfected evaporated milk by removing water without sweetening, a convenience for many uses, building on earlier experiments by Appert and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Tree Hotel
St. Louia
John Meyenberg
Frank
Rice
Charles Dillon
Hygein Magazine
Nicholas Appert
United States
Europe
Meyenberg
Colonial artisans and furniture makers in early America
John Alden, described as the first trained woodworker to arrive in the colonies, served on the Colonial council and as deputy governor. William Savery, notable for interpreting Chippen dale mode in furniture, sold to wealthy Quakers and served as ward assessor in 1754. Jonathan Gostelowe, cabinet maker and artillery officer, was a Christchurch vestryman with a famed business card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alden
John
Prisejia Faroe
Colonial Council
William Savery
Jonathan Gostelowe
Artillery
Christchurch
Jonathan
Stage Comedy and Tragedy Drama Defined
A stage drama is a prose or poetry composition acted by characters in contrived situations to develop a plot with scenery and other accessories. Tragedy presents solemn lofty themes and great actions, while comedy depicts humorous or satirical incidents in a familiar style.
A Labor Member of Parliament Speaks on Family Discipline
In a passage from A Man's Life by Jack Lawson, a Labor Member of Parliament, the speaker recalls his mother's strict code of conduct. She avoided displays of affection, urged resilience, truth telling, and self-control, warning that anyone who harmed them would face trouble, and noting neighbors rarely repeated offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor
Jack Lawson
Theory and Truth in Scientific Thought
Theory is a rational framework that aligns with observed facts and explains them. Truth is a belief or principle that maps to reality, backed by correct reasoning and strong evidence from experiment and observation.
Hero’s Burial Place in 1818 Commodore Perry
Commodore Perry was sent with a small squadron to the West Indies to protect American commerce against pirates. He contracted yellow fever and died on his thirty fourth birthday, August 28, 1810. He was buried with military honors at Port of Spain, Prinidad, but in 1820 his body was moved to Newport. Rhode Island erected a monument to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore Perry
West Indies
Port of Spain
Prinidad
Congress
Newport
Rhode Island
Plumville Fire Destroys Store and Home in Two Incidents
In Plumville a two story frame building housing Meple Good general store and Good Family residence burned to the ground in a rapid blaze discovered about 7 00 PM. Fire damage also hit the Buffalo and Susquehanna railroad trestle nearby with partial mitigation by a bucket brigade. The store, once run by Ross Fulmer, was among Plumville oldest businesses and partial insurance coverage is noted. A separate late night fire near Plumville destroyed a six room dwelling owned by Paul Fisher with contents. Fisher reported returning home to find the blaze. Both homes had insurance. A separate car crash near the Indiana disposal plant left Ruth Stewart Anne Hoskinson Byron North and Alice Stewart with minor facial and head cuts after a collision caused by a Glen Campbell driver. recklessness was charged. All injured were treated at Indiana hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumville
Meple Good General Store
Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad
Ross Fulmer
Naurance
Paul Fisher
Fisher
Trade City
Ruth Stewart
Anne Hoskinson
Brush Valley Township
Byron North
Glen Campbell
Indiana
George Bowman
Alice Stewart
Brushvalley Township
Indiana Hospital
Faraday and Edison Rise From Humble Origins
Faraday, like Edison, came from poor beginnings and fought for education. He apprenticed as a bookbinder, absorbed many books, and attended Sir Humphrey Davy's Royal Institution lectures. He prepared notes and drawings of apparatus, then sought a position with Davy and secured it, launching a storied career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faraday
Edison Faraday
Wdison
Humphrey Davy
Davy
Royal Institution
St. Nicholas
Old Bay Path Links Pilgrims To Puritan Boston Roads
In a brief reminiscence on early travel in America, Marion Nicholl Rawson notes the Bay path as the earliest white man road linking Plymouth to Boston in the 1930s era. She contrasts rustic Indian trails with later civilized highways and mentions road features like brace planks and water ditches, ending with a playful nod to night time “Kiss-me-quicks.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Marion Nicholl Rawson
Senator Gillette’s wry Washington recollection
The late Senator Gillette, a Massachusetts statesman, was famed for polished sarcasm and cool, steady poise. A reporter asked about his first Washington appearance as a new House member, and he quipped about initially wondering how he got there, then how others did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillette
Massachusetts
Washington
House of Representatives
London Coat of Arms Origins Reexamined
The popular dagger tale tied to Wat Tyler is refuted. In fact the emblem dates from earlier times and represents the sword of St. Paul, London’s patron saint, with the cross of St. George borne by the national capital Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Whilam Walworth
Kifiad Wat Tyler
Tyler
St. Paul
St. George
Montreal
Parkwood Farmers Ready for Plowing and Seeding
Parkwood reports active farm work as fields are plowed and farmers discuss seeds and chicks in March. The note highlights Dora Black, eleven, in critical peritonitis in a Indiana hospital and mentions local residents including W. J. Craig, the West Union minister, Ward Craig turning eight with top marks, and various visits and errands among Indiana, Vandergrift, and Parkwood residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Black
Walter Black
Indiana Hospital
W. J. Craig
Pittsburgh
Minteer
West Union
Ward Craig
Bert Craig
Ward
Parkwood School
Blanche Craig
Louella Craig
Indiana
Norris ‘Wise
Donnie
Vandergrift
Isabelle Tackitt
Shellhammer
Grace ‘Ross
Ross
Carlysle Campbell
Paul ‘Campbell
Rev. McTavish
Banquet, church revival, and community notes from Brush Valley
The Brush Valley column reports the community banquet was well attended, revival services continue at the Evangelical church, and Mrs A F Richards is seriously ill at home. An infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick Snyder died of pneumonia with funeral at the M B H church. Several locals and visitors are mentioned visiting or attending funerals, and U S District No 7 is rehearsing an Easter pageant under Nettie McCrea. Mrs Wagner’s funeral was attended by Mrs H C Cunningham and Mrs Frank Rhine has recovered enough to move about.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Association
Evangelical Church
A. F. Richards
Dick Snyder
M.bh
Sharpe
U. P
Ella Artemus
Blairaville
Annis Mc Featers
Taylor Rouland
Johnstown
Lynn Craft
Indiana
Alice Rowland
U. S. District No. 7
Nettie McCrea
Oran Mack
H. C. Cunningham
Wagner
New Florence
Currys Run Ladies Missionary Society Meeting
The Ladies Missionary Society and Working Circle will hold an all day meeting at Mrs. Aiey’s home next Wednesday March 8. Mrs. McCurdy visited Mrs. Frances Kline last Wednesday afternoon. Louella Carson, recently returned from Ohio in poor health, is back home. Ella Ray of Parkwood is employed at Creekline. A quilting party at the Akey home last Thursday hosted by Mrs. Harry MacNeel and Mrs. Akey included Mrs. W. J. Rising, Mrs. Carson, Mrs. McCurdy and Miss Jennia Peslier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Missionary Society and Working Circle
Aiey
McCurdy
Frances Kline
Louella Carson
Ohio
Ella Ray
Parkwood
Creekline
W. J. Rising
Carson
Jennia Peslier
Akey
Harry MacNeel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Extension News
County Fruit Growers Association
Jvationa
Blondie Johnston
Joan Blonde
Chester Morris
Leo Tracy
George Artiss Leo
George O'Brien
Yayne Grey
Mystery of Wax Museum
Animal Kingdom
Aton
Martha Cumming
C. M. Miller
Mahoning Grange
Sane
South Bend
Harold McIntire
Margaret Anderson
Wendell Devers
the Savings & Trust Co. of
Indiana, Pa
Currys Run
Mabon’s
Philadelphia
Eveready
Kirsch
A.W. Maron & Sons
Philadelphia St
Geef Vice Pee
Geo.d.leydic
Patronize Progress
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!