Frightful Run-Off in Brushvalley Township
A horse and buggy crash in Brushvalley Township last evening left Mrs. Jeaniel Miller seriously bruised with a broken collar bone and three ribs. Her companion Shaffer sustained a dislocated shoulder blade and minor scratches while the horse and buggy were wrecked. The injured, over fifty, is recovering, doubts linger on prognosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Miller
Brushvalley Township
Das
Trushvally
Hey
Jéaniel Miller
Brushvalley
John W. Miller
Mechanicsburg
Meboniesture
Nis Miller
Sis
Dance Ends In Dark Fight At Strongstown Barn
A Wednesday dance held by Joe Stiles near Strongstown erupted into a free-for-all when a dispute led to a brutal brawl. Stiles tried peacemaking, lights were blown out, and the melee continued in darkness leaving several boys with injuries, notably James Donahugh with a severely cut head and near severed ear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Stiles
Strongstown
Mr. Stiles
Stiles
James Donahugh
Erradps Attempted Death by Own Action Reported
Miss Jane Thompson, an elderly woman living with sister in law Mrs. Mary Thompson of West Oak Street, was found in a distressed state Sabbath evening near a rain barrel in the yard. A chair near the barrel and signs indicate an attempted self harm. she suffers intermittent mental disturbance and spoke little when questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Thompson
Mary Thompson
West Oak Street
Herricks Erected in Armstrong and Plumcreek Townships
Pittsburg parties holding gas and oil leases in the western area plan to drill wells. Three herricks are being erected on Samuel Miller's farm in Plumcreek Township near the Indiana county line. A fourth well is planned on James Kinter's farm in Armstrong Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Township
Pittsburg
Samuel Miller
Plumcreek Tewnship
Indiana County
Armstong County
James Kinter
Lightning Splits Chestnut Tree On Gressley Farm
During a Friday storm in Montgomery township a large chestnut tree on 4. B. Gressley’s farm was struck by lightning. Mr. Gressley and his son sought shelter beneath it when the bolt hit, shocking them and a team standing nearby as the tree was badly torn by the electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Gressley
Montgomery Township
Taken Back to Jail and Threats Follow Release
Scott Stewart of Washington township, released from jail last Thursday, returned home and threatened to kill his family. On Monday he was arrested again by Sheriff Mack and jailed. A wagon accident on West Philadelphia street caused by a broken double tree alarmed bystanders but no serious harm. Creeks Creekside Hall foundation completed. first floor storeroom, second floor Creekside Council No. 430 to occupy. completion targeted July 1. F H G Wineman of New Derry preached at the M E church yesterday morning and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Mack
Wm. Hay
Asmstrong Township
Philadelphia
Mr. Bas
Creekside
Creekside Council
Visitors Day At Indiana Schools Delights Parents
Friday was visitors day as Indiana schools invited parents and others to observe. Nearly two hundred strangers attended, with each room decorated and classes presenting recitations essays and orations. Parents praised teachers for the new feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Conemaugh Township Voting Districts Clarified
Authorities explain the division of Conemaugh township into two voting districts is for voter convenience, not an extra township. Similar districting already exists in Burrell township and most Westmoreland townships, and more divisions are likely to follow to ease long polling trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conemaugh Township
Burrell Township
Westmoreland
State council eyes ban on teachers in religious garb
Harrisburg April 29 At a meeting of the State Council of the Order of United American Mechanics 175 delegates from across the state will consider proposed legislation to bar teachers from appearing in public schools in religious garb The conclave opens tomorrow in Harrisburg and will run until Wednesday with Vice Councillor Johnson and other Pittsburgh members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Council of the Order of United American Mechanics
Johnson
Saltsburg Rolling Mill Company Chartered in Pa
Harrisburg May 1 charter issued by the State Department to the Saltsburg Rolling Mill Company of Saltsburg with capital of 100000. Directors include Samuel A Gourley Gilbreth Still W W Leech of Apollo William F Still of Saltsburg and M F Leason of Kittanning. The P R R Company is building a side track for the mill and operations will begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Department
Saltsburg Rolling Mill Company
Saltsburg
Capital
Samuel A. Gourley
Married Fifty Years at Learn Homestead Golden Wedding
On April 18 at the Peter Learn home in Green township a golden wedding anniversary was celebrated. Six children five sons and one daughter plus fifteen grandchildren gathered as Rev Krider and others offered remarks. The couple enjoyed a day of family memories and warm congratulations from relatives and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Learn
Green Township
Krider
Laying the Corner Stone at Smicksburg M E Church
A large crowd gathered last Saturday in Smicksburg for the laying of the corner stone of the M E church. The event opened with a congregational hymn and prayer by Rev Streamer. Presiding Elder Miller of Indiana delivered an address, Rev Prosser of Dayton recounted church history, and ministers and masons placed the stone. A time capsule included Progress newspapers coins and a list of church and building staff and contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Smicksburg
Streamer
Miller
Indiana
Prosser
Dayton
M. E. Church
the Progress
Communion Services and Inter esting Church Notes
In the U P church next Sabbath will observe communion with preparatory services this week. Rev T D Boone from Saltsburg assists. Dr David Hall on ten day vacation with his son Edward in Washington DC. Rev Wherry to preach next Sabbath. Revival services at Washington Presbyterian church Rayne township this week. Communion on Sabbath. Rev Bach of West Indiana preached at Cool Spring Jefferson county on Sabbath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
T. D. Boone
Saltsburg
David Hall
Edward Hall
Washington, D.C
Wherry
Washington Presbyterian Church
Rayne Township
Bach
West Indiana
Cool Spring
Jefferson County
Pastor Henshey at Indiana church this week
Pastor B B Henshey conducts services at his Indiana church this evening and Sunday morning and evening. He closed a fifteen day meeting at Kel ly s Station church with fifteen additions and more to follow. Sunday school reorganized and a prayer meeting begun. Rev D W Swigart, former pastor, to preach Friday and Sunday. Henshey retires from sheer exhaustion. Regular preaching to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Henshey
Indiana
Kellys Station
D. W. Swigart
Henshey
Sunday School Seeks Help for Library and Carpets
The M. E. church Sunday school plans to enlarge its library and carpet the Sunday school room. Each student receives a book and they are soliciting friends for aid. The youngsters strive to have the largest book subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Daughter of Morrellville Resident Buried in Mechanicsburg
The only daughter of David Bonner of Morrellville was buried at Mechanicsburg, this county, on Thursday. She had spent the winter in the west seeking health but died on the evening she returned home. Her father was formerly a citizen of Brush valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bonner
Morrellville
Mechanicsburg
Miss Bonner
Brushvalley
Gessler Returns Home After Successful Tumor Removal
Mr. C. A. Gessler, who has been treated in Philadelphia, will come home next week. The operation was entirely successful and the growing tumor disfiguring his neck has been removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Gessler
Philadephia
Public address by Rev Dr Wherry in Normal chapel
Rev Dr Wherry of Chicago and former India missionary will speak Saturday at eight o clock in Normal chapel on Arabia and Islands. He has studied islands for twenty years and influenced many Hindu converts. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wherry
Chicago
India
Arabia
Islands
Mass Meeting Endorses Y M C A Effort In Town
Over 500 attended Friday night meeting called to support the Young Men’s Christian Association. Dr Waller chaired. Mr Buckalew spoke on aims and operations. Saturday meeting at Presbyterian church formed temporary leadership and committees. Funds of about 2000 sought. 1000 already pledged. Next gatherings planned at Lutheran and Presbyterian churches with services by Dr Schmucker and Prof McWhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckalew
Young Men’s Christian Association
Waller
Normal
Hall
Sweeny
Hayl
8. M. Work
Thos. Sutton
J. B. Taylor
J. W. McCartney
Barto Berringer
John P. Elkin
W. Guthrie
W. R. Hile
G. W. Earl
D. J. Waller
P. N. Baker
Albert Lowry
S. M. McMaster
J. J. Kerr
M. Work
Thomas Sutton
Lutheran Church
Schmucker
Presbyterian Church
McWhood
Canoe Place Monument Site Located at Cherrytree
Surveyors from Clearfield Cambria and Indiana counties finished locating the monument spot at Cherrytree last Wednesday. The eight by eight foot monument will stand in the old river bed of the north branch of the Susquehanna now Cush Creek. The erection contract will be let in Harrisburg Thursday and work to start at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Cambria
Indiana
Cherrytree
Susquehanna
Cush Creek
Harrisburg
South Bend Woman Keeps Coffin At Home For Years
Mrs. Wm. Houston of South Bend township Armstrong county preserves a coffin in her residence for three years. The community, while respecting her, questions the peculiarity of the living arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Houston
South Bend Township
Armstrong County
Indiana Normal appoints W P Altman as special officer
Trustees hire W P Altman to guard the grounds and enforce access restrictions. They warn that trespassers will be warned and pursued. the watchful official will ensure transgression is noticed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Indiana Normal
W. P. Altman
W. P
Thompson trio and Palmer head to Harrisburg for party convention
R. A. Thompson and R. B. Thompson from this place along with St. Clair Thompson of Rayne township and Davis Palmer of Blacklick township left Monday evening for Harrisburg to attend the People's Party State Convention meeting there. They expect to see Coxey's Army in Washington before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Thompson
R. B. Thompson
St. Clair Thompson
Rayne Township
Davis Palmer
Blacklick Township
Harrisburg
People’s Party
Coxey
Washington
Ewe prodigy cements farm fame at Purchase Line
Cyrus Daugherty of near Purchase Line raises a famed ewe that bore five lambs last spring and three more this season. The prolific sheep stands out as a notable example of her flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Daugherty
Near Purchase Line
House fire at Graceton damages McCreary home
A Graceton residence owned by Harry McCreary sustained a roof blaze caused by a detective flue on Monday morning. Loss is estimated at 40 dollars and covered by Thompson's agency. In Blairsville, a large Masonic delegation visited local Masons Thursday evening, returning about 11 p.m. The Twolick Chemical Works resumed operations after a three week shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McCreary
Graceton
Thompson
Masonic Order of
Blairsville
Epworth League entertains with stereopticon views
The Epworth League of the M. E. church entertained friends on Tuesday evening with special exercises and a program of stereopticon views to entertain the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
The
M. E. Church
Tulip Bed Vandalism Strikes U P Church Yard
A Monday night act in the U P church yard destroyed a tulip bed with fifty flowers in full bloom. The culprit is described as a wretch and should be punished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
Wife of Dr Long Dies in Orion on Sabbath
The wife of Dr. L. L. Long of Orion TL died on the Sabbath. Mr. Long is a son of Christopher Long of Cherryhill township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Long
Orion, TL
Mr. Long
Christopher Long
Cherryhill Township
Samuel L Lowry Keeps County's Oldest Plowing Team
Samuel L. Lowry of near Purchase Line maintains perhaps the county's oldest pair of workhorses. The two horses total 58 years in age and are the sole team used on his farm for all plowing and farm labor over the years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel L. Lowry
Near Purchase Line
Mr. Lowry
Gallitzin Voters Seek Removal of Nuns from Schools
Judge Barker issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Gallitzin school board from employing six Sisters of St. Joseph pending a May 3 hearing at Ebensburg. Seven Gallitzin residents and William T. Kerr of the Junior Order United American Mechanics filed the suit, arguing religious garb and teaching practices violate public school neutrality and legal requirements. Kerr, noted for the Riverside case, leads broader public interest in the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallitzin
Sisters of
William T. Kerr
Pittsburg
United American Mechanics of Pennsylvania
Riverside
Old Draft Settles Clearfield Line at Canoe Place
County surveyors at Cherrytree last week confirmed the line of Clearfield County does not meet at Canoe Place. An 1849 draft by Page and Proudfoot shows the Clearfield line runs 110 feet north of the Purchase and Potter district intersection at Canoe Place, settling a long disputed point among Clearfield Cambria and Indiana counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Cherrytree
Cambria
Indiana
Canoe Place
Caldwell
Page
Proudfoot
Purchase and
Potter District
Birthday Surprise for Albert C. McCoy in White Township
At the home of Columbus Mc Coy in White township last Friday evening April 27 1894 a birthday surprise celebrated Albert C McCoy on his nineteenth milestone. About thirty young people attended to wish him well with nineteen pulls, gifts from Miss Jennie Seaman and others, music by the Misses Johnston and Mr Dickey, luncheon at midnight, and hopes for a happy useful life ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus McCoy
White Township
Albert C. McCoy
Johnston
Dickey
McCoy
Remains Taken From Churchyard to Johnstown
The remains of Mrs. Margaret Lowman were removed from the Presbyterian church yard on Wednesday and taken to Johnstown. Her children, living there, wish to have the remains buried in Johnstown. The body had been laid in the old graveyard fifty two years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lowman
Johnstown
Enrollment at Clarion Normal School Reaches Five Hundred Six
The Clarion Democrat reports large enrollment with 506 students after the third week. The paper notes the school is well organized and running smoothly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarion Normal School
Clarion Democrat
Bicycle auction yields prize for local man
D. M. Caldwell acquired a fine bicycle at a bargain price after a weekend auction. The wheel was the last offered and, as the student bidder, he earned the prize. Ask Tom Hildebrand for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Caldwell
David
Tom Hildebrand
Memorial Services Held at New Florence for Dr James A Fulton
Rev M M Sweeny conducted memorial services at New Florence under the auspices of the New Florence G A E Post in memory of their late comrade Dr James A Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Sweeny
New Florence
G. A. E. Post
James A. Fulton
Miss Beli Sabin Injury At Noumal School Fall
Miss Beli Sabin of Noumal slipped and fell on the stair at Noumal School on a snowy Babbatly day, injuring her knee. A teacher assisted her, and she was led to the nurse's office for evaluation. Further details on her condition were not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beli Sabin
Noumal
Coxey's Camp Ends With Capitol Protest and Admission Fees
About 609 men from Coxey’s Army reached the Capitol steps, Coxey was denied a speech, and the movement’s finale saw the employable cohort dispersed to a camp near an open sewer canal. Coxey now charges gate money for admission to his lectures at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Washington
Coxey
Capitol Hill
Agamd
Senate
Are You Going to Oregon and a Funeral Notice
An aged citizen, Mr. James McFastern of Macklick tegn ship, died Tuesday morning after battling cancer. Funeral services will be held at his intersection this Wednesday afternoon, with burial to follow. Also referenced is an invitation to attend a General Assembly meeting in Portland, Oregon and contact Transportation Agent A. Myers of the Union Pacific System for travel details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
A. Myers
Union Pacific System
Pesgunem Block
Pittsburg
Grutlewen
Gers
Josaes McFestern
Macklick Tegnship
Miss Sallie St. Clair Plans New Home on First Street
Miss Sallie St. Clair announces erection of a new home on First street in Went Indians. Work will begin soon with Clair and her family to occupy the residence once ready.
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Erradps
Scott Stewart
Washington Township
F. HG. Wineman
New Derry
Ifa
Sant
A Rolling Mill Company
Learn
New Methodist Episcopal Church At
Normal Chapel
Twolick
Mlinois
Clearfield County
the Clarion Normal School
Capital Steps
Browne
National Capitol
Kelly
Antther Pension
James Campbell
West Church Struph
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