Miss Jennie Smith Visiting Sister in Vandergrift
Local notes from Willes and Brushy Alley report Miss Jennie Smith visiting her sister in Vandergrift this week along with social calls, lectures, church services, and school events. Teens, teachers, and residents attend gatherings, institutes, pie socials, and visits across Lucas, Plumville, and Punxsutawney areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willes
Jennie Smith
Vandergrift
Mae Elgin
Maud Treusal
Allison School
Allison
Jay Clowes
Anderson
India
Plumcreek
Miss Afary Rankin
Washington Township
Lucas Schoolhouse
Brushy Alley
Ben Hill
Pittsburg
Barry Wakefield
I. N. Butterbaugh
Juans Town
Slabtown
Gilbert Fee
New Discovery Saves Two Lives and Local Sale Notices
Mrs. George Long of New Straitsville credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a severe cough and pneumonia after many remedies failed This testimonial notes the medicine s life saving power and outlines sales over the counter This item also lists a public sale on the Josiah Langham farm Green township Cookport with a long inventory of livestock crops and equipment plus sale terms A second block reports opera at Library Hall and local commercial openings and notices from Indiana Pa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Long
New Straitsville
Dr. King
Long
T. E. Hildebrand
I Adiana
W. I Moore
Homer City
M.G. ‘Ilter
Blairsville
Josiah Langham
Green Township
Cookport
H. B
Notable Deaths and Trials Across Several States
Luther Dana Woodbridge, anatomy professor at Wiliouts college, dies at 49. Charles Washington of Harrisburg arrested in Baltimore for shooting a man in Harrisburg. Fett Snyder, once wealthy, dies in Wichita home fire. Boer forces not overwhelming in Cape Colony. Dutch near Colesburg pro Boer. In Parkersburg, A B O Dague sues Sharp Oil for receiver. Butler investigates compulsory vaccination suit by W. F. Marland. Mrs Henry Stover of Hazleton dies after fall in New York. O'Brien heirs contest $1 million will amid two wills and possible undue influence. Charleston grants tobacco company charter to R & W Jenkins. Capitul ation of Colenso noted. Boer advance threatens White. Youngstown divorce granted to Mrs Mattie Shields Warren from Dr A E Warren. Hunting trip ends in tragedy as three men die after coffee. a copperhead snake lurks in kettle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Dana Woodbridge
Wiliouts College
Charles Washington
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Hel
Fett Snyder
Wichita
Kan
Cape Colony
Colesburg
Parkersburg
VW. Va
A. B. O. Dague
Arthur Maude
Sharp Oil Company
Butler
W. F. Marland
Martland Township
Henry Stover
Hazleton
New York
Wall Street
John O’brien
Charleston
W. Va
R. & W. Jenkins Company
Pittsburg
Capial
Alexander M. Jenkins
John M. Jenkins
Harry H. Patterson
James F. Brownlee
George W. Porter
Colenso
Cap Colony
Ladysmith
Pietermaritzburg
General White
Durban
Youngstown
Mattie Shields-Warren
A. E. Warren
Disney Rogers
Court of Common Pleas
Dr. Warren
Solomon Oldfield
William Gibbs
John Trout
Roneys Creek
Richard Dollard
Dollard
Crime of a Coward at Mount Pleasant Ohio
In Jefferson county near Mount Pleasant a farmer named James W. Gosnell was shot in the back through a window as he read a newspaper late at night. The two revolver shots fired from outside in darkness killed him instantly. Police and residents search the countryside for the killers but no clue has been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Mount Pleasant
Jefferson County
James W. Gosnell
The Origin of the Cake Walk at Old Southern Life Show
A carnival piece titled The Origin of the Cake Walk will appear at the Opera House for one night on November 14 with cake walk dancing by Afro-American performers. The program also features singers dancers comedians and musicians plus a noon street parade with two bands. Also advertised are home heating by J C Moore and livestock for sale and household paper ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Complex land parcels in Indiana County and Saltsburg region
The notice covers multiple defendants led by SIMON B MERCER and MARIA McCLEMENS with executors named Oliver V Mercer and B Mercer. It details numerous land tracts in Saltsburg, Pine and Cherryhill townships Indiana County Pennsylvania, describing bounds and lines, sizes from 23 to 383 acres, timber and coal potential, and improvements. Executions are tied to cases from December Term 1899 and other listed suits, with involved parties including Charles Lockhart and S P McClemane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Armstrong
Armstrong Township
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
A. Montgomery
John Ralston
James Hefflefinger
Crooked Creek
Said Creek
Samuel Kimmel
James MacCracken
Armstrong County
James McCracken
James Ralston
Black Jack
W. P. Armstrong
Annie M. Earhart
CoxnixcHan & Fisher
Mary A Sharper
North Mahoning Township
A. J.P. Crawford
Jno. Beek
Indiana
Punxsutawney
Webster Sutter
Geo. L. Shaffer
Simon B. Mercer
Oliver V . Mercer
B. Mercer
Simon B . Mercer
Saltsburg
County of
State of
Pennsylvania Canal
Samuel Waddle
Said Waddle
Conemaugh
Western Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles Lockhart
J. A.C. Burenee
Line & Miner
Maria McClemens
Pine Township
James Downey
John O’neal
Cherryhill Township
P. MecClemane
Hunn
D. W. Stahl
Guerrybill
James Lewis
Jacob Iydick
Johnston Moorhead
Luther Hellman
Mary AL Denison
Samuel Nelson
Adm
Agnes J. Nelson
Diana
Adams McLain
Robert Wiggins
Agnes J. Nélson
Sophia Shambaugh
Carl Shambaugh
D. Andrews
Lev
Notice at sale requires large bid and costs by December Court
Notice warns buyers that at least 5100,000 or costs must be covered if the bid falls short and the balance paid by the first week of December when deeds are acknowledged. Sheriff T S Neal of Indiana PA notes. The item continues with anecdotes from local papers including a joke at Sanders' Error store and a quip about a cottage built with terra firma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pichaser
T.S. Neal
Sheriff's Office
Indiana
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West Wheatfield
Bessie Stevenson
Gaffey
McKean County
Clara Walker
Pupixsutawney
McCormick
Smithport
Gilbert Stear
Thomas Hartman
John R. Good
Bolivar
Hendrickson
Freeport
Side Berkey
James Snyder
Filo Grimes
Horrel
Lockport
H. Riddle
ER. W. Coulter
J.B Henderson
Johnstown
Will
Homestead
James Robertson
Lola Lewis
Hallowe'enith
Blacklick
Gipson
Library Hall
Academy
International Operatic Company
Steving & Sloan
A. W. Wilson & Son
Philadelphia Street
Pattison's
Peowness
White’s
Jeffersonmo
J. C. Moore
Salinburg
J. T. Cass
M. D
R. A. Harbison
West Lebanon
D .B. Townsend
Henry Townsend
South Bend
P. Townsend
Olivet
Samuel Hine
Eldersridge
John Ferguson
Clarksburg
Henry Bain
Oakland
J. M. Elder
New Alexandria
J. F. Hood
Armstrong
Westmoreland
Jerey
Algo
J. E. Pproies
Creekside
Thia
Sheriff’s Sales
Court House
White Winship
Stuchil
George Patchin
Banks Township
Glen Campbell
Clark & Irwin
Glenwood Coal Company
Aust
William Rankin
Graham
Wheatfield Township
Harry Dick
Henry McCormick
Armagh
Samuel Hutchinson
EB. Patchin
John H. Patchin
John N Ake
Thomas Barrett
A. W. Patchin
Banks
Foreman Sanders
James Sanders
Sanders
Chanute Tribune
Brooklyn
Ie Menut
Jim
Lake Shore
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cascarets
Sallie E. Sellane
Luttrell, Tenn
Merling Refredy Company
Chicago
Montreal
New
Collamer & Co
Washington
A. W. Strong
Strongstown, Pa
TC. C.C. Fai
W. M. Cunningham
Popular Store
Lumberman
V. MM. Cunninghati
Philadelphia St
Men’s & Boys
Saxony
Fleischers
A. O. Cravener
Hastings’ Planing Mill
Indiana, Pa
Indiana Boot Rung Ladder Co
John S. Hastings
G. W. Swan
Ark C. Leydic
Epecial
Indiana Bargain House
Indiana Hotel
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