Washington Township Social News Highlights
Reed Blystone and Hari Blystone visited Punxsutawney last week. Dozens of locals, including Mrs. McCausland, Sara Orr, and J. Park's family, called on friends across Rural Valley and Indiana. Harmony Grove Lutheran services are set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Community members attend plays, Grange meetings, and a farewell party for Jarl Wallace near Willet. A note on local fauna mentions black squirrels as a sport of the gray stock.
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Reed Blystone
Punxsutawney
Hari
Homer McCausland
Sara Orr
J. H. Park
William McCausland
Harry Sink
Melvin Park and Gon
Edward
M. J. Boyer
Bertha Miller
Rural Valley
James Stuchel
Josiah Fisher
Whetzel
Indiana
Walter Harman
Sara
Bert McCausland
Namine
Robert Huff
Fairmont
W.va
Myron Rearigh
Vandergrift
Rearigh
J. H. Blystone
Roy Blystone
George Harman
M. Dunmire
Harmony Grove Lutheran Church
Myrl Fisher
Dayton
Jarl Wallace
Willet
John Orr
Samuel McFarland
Sara Harman
Luther Peterman
Pluniville
Laura Frye
Edna
Hmma Brewer
Ira Martin
John
Willet Grange
Pomona Grange
Marchand
Cudinna
Esther Monroe's Dress Sparks Schoolroom Gossip
Esther Monroe spills a tale of a brown dress and a mischievous student Minnie Hatch. The scene moves from damp mishap to romance as Esther notices a roadster and Dan Fillmore, then forgives Minnie and ends with a playful promise to wear the dress again.
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Anita ‘Page
Minnie
Anna
Billie 'Dove
Esther
Dan
Miss Monroe
Old Testament Botany and Nomenclature in Early Texts
The Montreal Herald notes that ancient writers often used broad terms for trees, classifying them by leaf behavior rather than precise species. They emphasize the sacred aim of biblical texts over scientific naming, tracing how cedar, fir, cypress, pine, and hemlock were grouped under rough categories.
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Montreal Herald
Ancient Burial Ground Found in Ballinascadden Field Ireland
In Ballinascadden Ireland a workman uncovered an ancient sepulcher in good condition while digging for gravel. An urn with ashes and charred bones lay inside a 2 by 1.5 foot chamber with a flat roof and stone front. Similar vaults and hollow sounds suggest more vaults nearby.
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Ireland
Ballinascadden
Correcting Grant’s Name Origin in 19th Century Report
A historical note explains why Ulysses S Grant is known by his middle name Simpson. It states Hiram Ulysses Grant entered West Point via Congressman Himer and was mistakenly called Ulysses Simpson Grant. The error likely arose from his mother’s maiden name Simpson and family familiarity.
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Grant
Hiram Ulysses
Ulysses Simpson Grant
West Point Military Academy
Thomas L. Himer
Haomer
Ulysses
Simpson
Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster Abbey’s Historic Hall
The Jerusalem Chamber at the foot of the Wren towers of Westminster Abbey is a gray stone building linked to Abbot Lidyngton who built it in 1876. It hosted abbots guests, witnessed Henry IV’s death and Henry V’s ascent, housed the Bible revision committee, and held Addison and Isaac Newton in state. The cedar paneled room contains ancient glass and a portrait of Richard II.
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Jerusalem
Westminster Abbey
Lidyngton
Westminster
Henry the Fourth
Henry the Fifth
Tere Addison
Isaac Newton
Richard the Second
Lake Ontario, a historic and commercial waterway
Lake Ontario, the smallest in the chain of Great Lakes, spans 87 260 square miles and played a key role historically and commercially. Discovered around 1615 by Champlain and Brule, it was known as Lac des Iroquois and Ine St. Louis. Cartier and Champlain learned of it from Native peoples. Early explorers ascended its waters and La Salle may have built the first boat on the lake.
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Lake Ontario
Creat Lakes
Champlain
Brule
Lac Des Iroquois
Wood veneer mounted on cloth offers wall paneling alternative
Popular Mechanics Magazine describes a flexible wood veneer that comes in rolls and can be hung on plaster walls with standard tools. The veneer behaves like fine cabinet wood when applied to plaster, wallboard, or metal and can be finished as an ordinary wood surface.
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Ing
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Reckoning Dispute Between Bookkeeper and Boss in Berlin
A Berlin boss disputes a bookkeeper’s forecast for a four raise in the new year. The dialogue quips that the bookkeeper’s errors render them useless, labeling the counterparty as fredi while the exchange hints at a costly miscalculation and tension in financial affairs.
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Fredi— der Bronituer
Berlin
Identifying Herself in a Theatre Queue
In a crowded theater queue a young girl pushes ahead of an elderly man who objects to the push. She claims the right to move forward after briefly leaving to get candy and teases him by marking his back with a mopstick to prove her place.
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Sther Monroe
Dessa
Minnie Tatch
Wsther
Sther
Minnie
Miss Monroe
Esther
Minnie Hatch
Anna
Dan Fillmore
Annie
Not Quite the Same in Springfield Union Dining Row
A Springfield home drew a crowd when a resident announced the head of the house wanted a bevy for dinner. The total abstainer’s response sparked a terse inquiry, revealing the line really meant I won’t be here for dinner.
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Springfield
Bevy
Local Notes From Shelocta and Ridge Areas
Community news reports visitors and gatherings across Shelocta and Ridge including Mrs Fairman and others visiting in nearby towns, church events, a festival and supper planned, high school activities, illness updates, weddings and hometown travels among families and locals in Indiana and Johnstown.
East Run Social Notes and Quilt Making Roundup
East Run residents spread a quiet weekend gathering at Elmer Steward’s home with Don Steward and Walter Goss of Tide. Neighbors aided Mrs. Spurgeon Mumau on a quilt as a new piece for Mrs. Mumau was completed. Laney Gromley visited Hope Brown in Starford Sunday. Lina Mumau visited Harry MacCann’s home and a sick list was shared. Farmers reported sap gathering for maple syrup and a note on Kellogg’s public service appears.
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First United Presbyterian Church
Indiana
Polly
New Church
Y.P.C.U
Albert Miler
Henry Ramer
Arthur Johns
Louise
Ruth
Frances Sharp
R. W. E. Wright
Roy Fulmer
Arthur Lowery
Harry Kimmel
BR. O. Richardson
Ruth Warner
McHenry
Ramner
Garfield Woods
Don Steward
Walter Goss
Tide
Elmer Steward
Spurgeon Mumau
Jess Hardridge
Mis. Ling Mumau
John Farnsworth
Clark Steward
Howser
Mags
John Gromley
Alb
Mumau
Laney Gromley
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Spruce
Roy McDonnell
Lillian
Ted
Herbert Biss
Louise Somerville
Cherry Tree
Jesse Frank
Carl
Klingensmith
Leechburg
Salem Church
Jennie C. Anderson
Elizabeth Keener
Harold Bagley
D. D. Patterson
W. H. Patterson
Central America
United States
Boss 6DeGaetano Master Cleaners
Philadelphia Street
Progress
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Post Gazette
Indiana Progress
Queen Quality
Wilbur Coon
Matrix Shoes
Phila
Nuon Bush
Indiana, Pa
Marion
Douglass
Douglass Studio
Orp
Jesse Fairman
Lowry Lillie
Near Davis
Feury
Crookside
J. M. Johnston
Fermily
Bells Tanading
Stewart Pro
Burleson Johnston
Maria Brewer
Wromw Miller
Chambers Ville
W. L. Johnston
Crockside
J. W. Ebyers
Marry Clark Wee Enling
Byers
Tressi McGaughey
Minerva Hiner
Paul McGaughey
Homer City
Wve
Robert Johnston
Pittsburgh
James Gibson
Harry Hendricks
Weldon Hendricks
Johnstown
Hva Tendricks
Merle MccGaora
Dale
Percy Wissinger
Presbyterian Church
Bernard Furman
Hoshbon
John Lackey
Mildred McHenry
Detroit
Mich
Young Ladies Guild
Elderton
Frances Wood
Mrs. Good
Arthur George
Ohio
Smicksburg
Minnie Stiteler
Nora Smith
Home-Makers Club
Mae Halve
Tommy
David Elkin
Howard Haire
Mac Haire
Ada Gahagan
Plumville
David Edmunds
Lola Fulton
Clarissa Casedy
Victor Davis
State College
Melvin Borsha
Sharpaburg
Ti. Leopold
Howard Wilson
Blairsville
Maybell Lindsey
G. R. Shoup
William Shoup
Frank B. Kellogg
Chevrolet
Pack
Miéh
Chookle Motor Sabew
Kent Sohnaton
Meron
Baltabure Mote
Commodore
Girage
Canmadorg Huai
the Savings & Trust Co
Eschelman Guaranteed Feed
Globe Poultry Feeds
Larro Dairy Feeds
Wingold
Goldenrod
Winona
Hetrick & Wilson
P.R.R
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