Cherry Tree Social Notes and Local Visits
Local residents from Cherry Tree and nearby areas are listed visiting relatives and friends in Clymer Greensburg Latrobe Philadelphia Altoona Detroit East Ridge and Philadelphia again. Died Simon McDonald buried East Ridge. operetta Tulip Time at Cherry Tree high school hall drew a large crowd. Court case note on a husband opening his wife’s letters ends with a pointed quip from the Shreveport Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. A. Krone
Karl, Jr
Robert
Lock Haven
R. Jenney
Kate
Clymer
Clyde and
Harlin Reck
Greensburg
Latrobe
Blanche Knepper
Betty
Boswell
C. W. Sehring
T. W. Munroe
Philadelphia
Vivian Tonkin Longacre
Beulah
Detroit
Mich
M. J. Tonkin
Longacre
Martha Cameron
Johnstown
Simon McDonald
Thos. Anderson
East Ridge
Crawford Sebring
I. D. Somerville
Brilhart
Ashville
Rose Ross
Ella Patterson
Indiana State Teachers College
OC. W. Sebring
Jack
Altoona
Worth Tonkin
Cameron Munroe
B. W. Kinport
Barnesboro
Carolyn Winslow
Sara Hawes
Wilmore School
Cherry Tree High School
Hall
Evening oyster supper hosts in South Bend group
Mr and Mrs Tfarold Mcintire hosted an oyster supper with friends at their home in South Bend aided by Mr and Mrs Mac Anderson of Alons Valley J N Wherry and daughter Bess. Local callers included R A Silvis Joe King and others as several families visited relatives and moved between farms and homes while a revival meeting in a West Texas village drew placards announcing Subject Hell and performer Herman Watts baritone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tfarold Mccintire
Mac Anderson
Alons Valley
J. N. Wherry
Bess
Kittanning
R. A. Silvis
Joe King
O. M. Andrraon
Bob Townsend
Clara Townsend
Clarence Devers
Vandergrift
N. A. Davis
EH. M. Knepshield
Apollo
Wilber Bearle
Watsony Ridge
Uugh Rearie
Ralph Ramer
Orville
Phimcreck
Harry Heasley
King Farm
Salsgiver
R. T. Dunmire
Ida DB. Wherry
Earl Wells
Sara Brown
Plumville
Linzie Painter
Knepshield
H. H. Hanna
Elderton
Anna Mae Anderson
Indiana
James Smith
Leechburg
West Texas
Herman Watts
Emmanuel Smith
Blairsville
H. A. Raleigh
Clearfield Hospital
Rev. Mahler
Punxsutawney
W. J. Henry
Mollie Coalmer
Harold Fitzgerald
Buller
George Brady
Nevada Buchanan
Jamestown
N My
Joseph Schrode
Coral
Leonard Boss
Indiana Hospital
Russell Kilmer
Clearfield
J. M. Hamilton
Glen Campbell
Hmina Lydie
Taylorsville
John Lydie
Joe Finally Got Wise
Irving King portrays Joe Fairbanks in a tale of love and rivalry as Minerva Fairbanks and her sister Susan draw toward the dashing Martin Van Beekman. Joe, a cautious suitor, confronts the outsider with Bradstreet credentials and the threat of losing Minnie, leading to a quick, decisive ending as the couple wed a month before Susan and Van Beekman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olepi Scarborough
Minerva Valrbanks
Martin van Beekman
Joe
van Beekmaan
van Beekman
Fairbanks
Minerva
Susan
Sue
Cnaling
Minnie
Sister Sue
van Berkman
Miss Palrbauts
Bradstreet’s
van Beeknmn
Vineekusny
Keystone State: the seventh state in original union
The piece notes Pennsylvania as the Keystone State and describes its position as seventh or central among the original thirteen states, highlighting its pivotal geographic role in early American history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
Pennsylvania
Ois
Key Stone
Literary Digest
Water-clocks and an ancient time measure in Britain
An old article in the Montreal Family World describes water clocks as a crude device where river-like flow through a small orifice marks time by volume. Julius Caesar noted Britons using such a clock and observed shorter midsummer nights in Britain than in Italy, attributing it to the earth’s shape and rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Worald
Julius Chesar
Gaul
Britain
Gav
Italy
Amber Beads Linking Alaska Races to Orientals
Horace McGracken heads a scientific expedition into Alaska and discovers a Stone-age mummy with a string of amber beads on a remote island. The beads, likely from Korea, suggest a westward origin for America's first settlers. Native fears limited initial aid, but an elder guided discovery of four mummies and ancient artifacts in a cave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Horace McGracken
Alaska
America
West
Korea
Frank student note shocks grade teacher in Chicago
An eighth grade pupil Virginia, age eleven, writes a frank critique of her teacher after a prompt for brutal honesty. The teacher sought frankness, but Virginia describes the teacher as brutal and mean to her and classmates, sparking a personal note on discipline and school life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Virginia
Chicago Evening Post
Unknown assailant robs man near village
Wilson, walking home from the station, nears his house when a stranger approaches from the opposite direction seeking a policeman. The stranger then demands Wilson’s watch and pocketbook and speeds away. No officer nearby observed within two miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
The Dividing Line Between Poets and Philosophers
Emerson contrasts a dividing line among poets and philosophers, highlighting those who speak from experience versus those who speak as observers. He distinguishes treacherous distinctions among poets Herbert versus Pope and philosophers Spinoza Kant Coleridge versus Locke Paley Stewart, stressing inner conviction against worldly talkers and fervent mystics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treachers
Lke Herbert
Pope
Spinoza
Kant
Coleridge
Lke Locke
Paley
Stewart
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Disturbing Bible Habit Shows Haphazard Guidance
A man named Alan read random Bible verses for guidance. The first verse advised Judas to hang himself. Reopening the book yielded different readings telling him to go and do likewise and to do quickly. The incident highlights risky interpretive behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan
Judas
Mystery Children Singers At School Play
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Glenn and Bess with schoolchildren as they practiced music. Bess directed a moment saying they would sing while Glenn played, with lines about bread as part of the improvised tune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Aba Bess
You
T Ley
Bess
Glenn
Local social notes from Punxsutawney area
Various visits and social calls are recorded among residents including Ed Weaver’s Friday with his son in law Paul Templeton, Hilton Reefer’s return from Ohio, and multiple calls on Sundays. The Budapest street railway company issues a edict banning employees from death by own action while in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
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Shreveport Journal
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Studio D. I. M
D. J. Means
BABY
S. C
Indiana County
Paul B. Hasinger
Wayne Avenue
Penna
The
Indiana Progress
By H, Irving King
Conyright
First National Bank of Indiana, Penna
Girty
Harry Houser
J. H. Christy
Ed. Weaver
Paul Templeton
Mary Ellen Matthews
Anna Smith
Hilton Reefer
Harold Reefer
Leavittsburgh
Ohio
Anna
Ida Scott
Justine Christy
Quinter Boyer
Mt. Union
J. R. Jamison
J. T. Jamison
J. C. Schrecengost
Stork
J. D. Bruce
Daniel Wray
Shady Plain
EF. W. Stepp
Sarah Smeltzer
M. B. Smeltzer
Todd
Cochran Mills
Harry Jamison
Anna Mary
James Porter
A. M. Jamison
FP. W. Stepp
Harlan Smeltzer
F. W. Stepp
Patronize Progress
RW. Wehrle & Co
Indiana, Pa
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