Hillsdale society notes and Halloween in town
Blair Fridley and sister visit sister Mrs Boyd Straw of Akron Ohio. Mrs M R B Longnecker shopped in Indiana. Mr and Mrs L E B May visited Mrs May's mother Mrs D M Treese. Everette Peddicord and Ted McQuown called on business in Pittsburgh. James Longnecker and Pied in Clearfield. Mrs Myrl Fridley taken to Clearfield hospital. George Sherwin and Ruth Sharp called in town. Halloween celebrated with comic make ups. An Austrian butcher invented the hot dog but mustard was added by an American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair Fridley
Zane Buterbaugh
Boyd Straw
Akron
M. RB. Longnecker
Indiana
L. EB. May
May
D. M. Treese
Everette Peddicord
Ted McQuown
Pittsburgh
James Longnecker
Pied
Clearfeld
Saturay
Myrl Fridley
Clearfield Hospital
George Sherwin
Ruth Sharp
Hallowe'en
Jiggs
Maggie
Halloween party at Hellwood and local moves
Mary Atkins and sons returned home from Irwin while John Engle family visited Slickville. Hemlock area notes include Hellwood high hosting a Hallowe en party and Fred Gance buying Frank Coy property. Hunting season opened with many hunters about. Ms Atkins and Miss Parry visited Mrs Engle. several Indiana residents visited Eagle home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Atkins
Irwin
John Engle
O. D. Asking
Slickville
Hdna Pyle
Indiana
Sylvester Refiner
Near
Pine Flats
Hellwood
Hellwood High School
Fred Gance
Frank Coy
Charles Bennett
Ruth
Giana Bennett
Eagle
Hixon
Homer City
Tessie Parry
Local Social Roundup and Visits in Geor geville and Seward
Weekend visitors and social events across Georsville and Seward include Mr. and Mrs. Blair Hamill hosting calls at the Whitaker home, funeral attendance for J. Zimmerman at Plumville, and multiple family visits among Reale, Sprankle, Elkin, and Corbett households. A masquerade at the school drew turnout, while hunting trips and Sunday gatherings occurred with extended kin from Trade City, Rochester Mills, Apollo, and nearby areas. Preaching at Salem and hospital news in Seward frame a week of community activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgeville
Blair Hamill
Whitaker
H. Corbett
Zimmerman
Plumville
Jesse Remale
Apollo
B. P. Remale
Dale Sprankle
Arthur Nichol
Roy Simpson
Ambrose
Forest County
Margaret Hickox
Dalyell Hickox
Ethel Corbett
Dayton
George Simmons
Albert Whitaker
Wm. Hazlett
Margaret Hawk
Kittanning
Merl McManus
Geo. Simmons
Dale Sprankie
Wilson Sprankie
Clair Elkin
Porter
John Elkin
Trade City
Cye Dilts
R. H
Four colossal Buddha statues erected in Japan by 1800s
The piece describes four large Buddha statues in Japan. Kyoto houses the tallest at 58 feet, dating to 1801 with a wooden head and shoulders. Nara’s is 63 feet 16 inches of bronze plates. Kamakura’s 49 feet 7 inches of bronze sheets forms a hollow interior shrine. Hyogo’s Nofukuji statue stands 48 feet high, aided by Nanjo ShoBei.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kyoto
Nara
Kamakura
Hyogo
Nofukuji
Nanjo Shobei
Why Heavy Timbers in Colonial Frame Houses
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that American interest in historical frame dwellings dates back 150 to 200 years. It explains braced timber frames along the Atlantic coast originate from British tradition, not invention by colonists, driven by abundant standing timber and manual cutting. Large square-hewn timbers of eight to ten inches were common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Philadelphia Ledger
Excavations Uncover Ancient Treasures Across Germany
A Marienburg householder unearthed a keg of 697 silver coins from 1625 and 1626 likely buried in the Thirty Years War. Near Karlsruhe a bear skeleton was found in a cave, with Celtic graves 5,000 years old at Konigsburg. In Speyer cathedral an early Christian saint's stone sarcophagus emerged. Near Frankfurt on Main a Roman camp, steam heated in 16 rooms, was uncovered.
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Germany
Marienburg
Karlsruhe
Konigsburg
Europe
Speyer
Frankforton Main
Cape Horn Named for Dutch Sailor Hoorn
The Detroit News notes Cape Horn was named by Dutch mariner Willem Schouten who rounded South America’s tip in 1616 and christened the southern land projection Cape Hoorn after his birthplace, later shortened to Horn rather than for its shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Horn
Hoorn
Holland
Wiliam Schouten
South America
Pacific
Straits of Magellan
Cape Hoorn
Detroit News
First car driver seeks turn around in Petunia streets
Constable Slackpater scolds a novice motorist for fiddling through Petunia streets with his new car. The offender explains he is learning and wants space to turn around, and is advised to drive to Torpidville six miles away to use the public square to reverse course and return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slackpater
Petunia
Torpidville
Kansas City Star
Six Canons of Paintings and Their Critics
The text outlines six painting canons long used in art criticism. It emphasizes life motion, spiritual harmony, brushwork for bone structure, form delineation, appropriate colors, proper spacing, and copying classic pictures to preserve tradition.
Action Follows Vision with Determination and Effort
A vision of what should be done remains unreal without the mental or physical tools and the resolve to accomplish it. Those who act clearly and energetically find the world responds to decisive action.
Local social notes and church events summarized
Akron visitor returns home after trip to John Cowperthwaite Jr and family. Lutheran Sunday school convention held in Irvin. Greensburg guest at Croll home. Various residents visit hospitals, hostesses, and family guests noted. Marriages, births, moves, and a Cumberland Md marriage completed with couple returning home. Rev. Ruff to preach reformation service next Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston
John EH. Boyle
Joseph Penrose
Johnstown
James Patch
William Fisher
G. W. Ruff
Lutheran Church
Arthur Moyer
Ralph
Herman
Raymond
Annabel
John Clawson
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
A. J. Boyle
John McDowell
Wm. Bouser
Hart St.Clair
New Florence
Bowser
Jay Bowser
Della Boyle
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Germany
M. EB. Church
Frank Brendlinger
Brendlinger
David Brendlinger
Los Angeles
Calif
West
Ohio
Spokane
Seattle
Wasa
Simmons
Wintondale
Lawrence Reaster
Richard Ritenour
West Fairfield
Willis Henderson
Administrators Notice for Cyrus Stery Estate
Letters of administration granted to Charles V. Stenty for Cyrus Stery of Washington Township. Claimants must present their claims with proof for settlement and debtors should pay promptly. Oct. 8, 1920. Creekside, Tra. administrator listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notich
Cyrus Stery
Washington Township
Charles V. Stenty
Creekside
Tra
Ote
Local Shoppers and Visits Highlight Blairsville Heshbon Scene
Blairsville last week saw Mrs Billie Dias and C B Empfield from Heshbon among town shoppers. Miss Gladys Deemer visited Miss Rose Palmer, and Russell Lindsey called in Heshbon. Florence Wagon called on Hazel McHihoes, while Raymond McHihoes visited Cheater Empfield. Blairsville hosts guests of Mr and Mrs Less Brilhart and families Friday evening. George Palmer Jr and relatives shopped in town. Harry Deemer and Indiana guests joined Sunday at Johnstown. Sunday school rally set at Heshdon church next Friday at 7 30 PM. A 1930 birth is linked to a 10 year longer life per US Health Service report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Dias
C. B. Empfield
Heshbon
Blairsville
Gladys Deemer
Rose Palmer
Russell Lindsey
Florence Wagon
Hazel McHihoes
Raymond McHihoes
Cheater Empfield
Less Brilhart
George Palmer
Harry Deemer
Harry Bennett
Indiana
Ross Palmer
Bob Palmer
Kenneth Goss
Verna Overdorph
Johnstown
Alvin Palmer
Ernest Keltner
Seward
Heshidon Church
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Lewis
Roy McDannell
Robert
Repine
Samuel Bowser
Cr. Wi. Smith
Orpha Fry
Memorial Hospital
Cecil M. Fry
Associated Gas and Electric System
Clarion
Martin, Frye
Mack Brothers
John, Clifford
Russell
Martin Frye
John Diehl
Pry
Howard Yarnell
Virginia
I. 8
Ross
DeGaetano Master Cleaners
Philadelphia Street
First National Bank
Penna
Oscar Hewitt
Archie Fulcomer
Dewey Riddell
Chestnut Street
Paul Brendlinger
Pauline
Jesse McElvee
William Coley, Jr
Somerset
Lemon Brendlinger
United States Health Service
San Antonio Express
Indiana Roller Mills
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