Mechanicsburg Centennial Celebrates Century of Progress
Mechanicsburg marks its 100th anniversary during the 11th Brush Valley Community Fair with a Century of Progress featuring a Fashion Revue of 1883 to present, a 25 member Musicunity Chorus, a Children's Rhythm Orchestra, historical talks by Flora Allen, and a range of fair contests and displays. The event recalls local founding milestones from 1780 cabins to 1833 town layout and early trades, highlighting borough formation in 1857 and long civic involvement.
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Indiana County
Mechanicsburg
Brush Valley
Brushvalley
Flora Allen
Mack
James Williams
Miller
John ‘Crisswell
Samuel Stephens
John Taylor
Robert McCormick
Mechanics
Stephen Adams
Main Street
Samuel Wilson
Elizabeth McLaughlin
George Robertson
Simeon Truby
Truby
Hugh Evans
George Deitrick
William Glass
John Marks
Richard Donahue
Mathias Yaney
Jacob Clark
Margaret McLaughlin
William McIntire
James Stewart
Hildebrand
Mechanics- Yours
Presbyterian
United Presbyterian
Brushvalley Township
County Mines Idle as Coal Operations Remain Static
No change in county coal mine activity at noon today with major operations still idle. The season’s mood is summed up by the old gag about what you can and cannot do.
Men’s Association Convention At First Presbyterian Sunday
An excellent program has been arranged for the fifth annual convention of the Men’s Association of Kitetanning Presbytery to be held in the First Presbyterian church of Indiana on Sunday afternoon and evening October 8. The themes include Lord What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do with the first session opening at 1 46 featuring a group of Mother's Songs.
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Men‘’s Association of Kitetanning ‘Presbytery
First Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Talks and music at college event plus marriage licenses
Albner Shaw leads a program with Miss Mary and St Clair King at the piano. Dr. Charles R. Foster of State Teachers College will welcome at 2:00, then Dr McLeod M Pearce of Geneva College speaks at 2:20 on Young Men and the Fullness of Life. A recital by Harold Turney follows, then L H Beeler of Grove City College on The Priesthood. Marriage licenses listed for numerous couples in Indiana and nearby towns.
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Albner Shaw
Mary
St. Clair King
Charles R. Foster
State Teachers College
McLeod M. ‘Pearce
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Harold Turney
Rural Valley
L. H
Real Estate Transfers Reported From Various Towns
Transfers show Irvin Lydick selling 50 acres in Grant to Lena Lydick for 12.39 dollars. Margaret G. Steele sells to Conemaugh B. L. Asen a lot in Blairsville for 1 dollar. Archie D Johnston sells tracts in Armstrong to Lydia M Johnston for 125 dollars. Clymer Nat s Bank transfers to The American Legion post 222 four units in Clymer for 3000 dollars. Rarl 8 Campbell sells to Mary K Campbell in John Burrell for 1 dollar. Prazio Di Salvatore sells a lot in Canoe to James Jud Bers for 275 dollars.
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Irvin Lydick
Lena Lydick
Grant
Margaret G. Steele
Conemaugh B
L. Asen
Blairsville
Archie D. Johnston
Lydia M. Johnston
Armstrong
Clymer Nat's Bank
Clymar Post
The
American Legion
Clymer
Campbell
Mary K. Campbell
Joh
Burrell
Prazio di Salvatore
James Jud Bers
Canoe
Wife of College Faculty Member Patient in Pittsburgh Hospital
Mrs. Fern W. Madden wife of Dr Richard Madden of the State Teachers College education department is a patient in Columbia Hospital Pittsburgh where she underwent a mastoid operation on Friday. She is getting along nicely. We hope that under the new copper code the traffic policeman will have to be a little gentler as bailed us out.
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State Teachers College
Pittsburgh Hospital
Fern W. Madden
Richard Madden
Education Department
The
Columbia Hospital
Pittsburgh
Properties to Be Sold for Taxes by County Commissioners
A list of 676 delinquent properties due to nonpayment of county, school and road taxes from 1929 and earlier, plus 1933, will be sold at Commissioners Sale at the Court House on Monday, November 20. Delinquent taxes totaling 275,000 are listed. The board says the sale will occur as advertised if taxes are not paid by the date.
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Board of County Commissioners
Commissioners
Court House
Board of Commissioners
Socialists Prohibition and Labor to Run in County Races
The General section ballot in November will list Socialist Prohibition and Labor Party candidates for Register and Recorder and Jury Commissioner in the county. For Register and Recorder F Theodore Miner led Socialist with 75 votes, W R Calhoun topped Prohibition with 22 votes and W Ralph Cummings won Labor with four. Calhoun is also the Republican nominee. In the Jury Commissioner race Eugene Morton led Socialist with 80 votes, W M Blose had 18 Prohibition votes, Levi Houck received three votes on Labor.
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Prohibition
Register
Recorder
Jury
F. Theodore Miner
W. R. Calhoun
W. Ralph Cummings
Calhoun
Eugene Morton
W. M. Blose
Levi Houck
Labor Party
Dog thieves face heavy penalties as hunting season nears
Harrisburg reports hunting season approaches and warns dog owners that dogs are personal property protected under the Pennsylvania Dog Law. Convicted thieves face up to 500 dollar fines and up to three years in prison. Officials pledge prosecution and owners urged to supervise hunting dogs. A separate note from Indiana hospital details Herbert Wardrop’s eye injury from a Coral mine accident.
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Harrisburg
Bureau of Animal Industry
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Bureau
Herbert E. Wardrop
South Sixth Street
Indiana Hospital
Coral Mine
County Spends on Road Bonds and Interest Since October 1
Indiana county reports 54 456 25 spent redeeming road bonds and paying interest since October 1 with additional payments today. Thirty five bonds of 1 000 each redeemed and 19 456 25 paid on interest coupons. Robbery At New Florence F D Love store robbed of 200 merchandise and cash Saturday night entry gained by cutting rear window bars. 704 hunting permits and 7 575 dog licenses issued at noon today by County Treasurer C C McLain. David Lloyd George argues WWI should have ended in 1916.
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Indiana County
New Florence
F. D. Love
C. C. McLain
Two Golden Anniversaries Celebrate Long Marriage Ends
Mr and Mrs Jerry Saxton of Robinson and Mr and Mrs David R Shirley of Canter township mark 50 years of marriage with family gatherings and church greetings. The Shirleys recall October 4 anniversaries. the Saxtons hosted a Round Top reunion with a large family turnout.
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Center Township
Jerry Saxton
Robinson
David R. Shirley
Canter Township
Shirley
John Walton
Niles
Watton
Wilda
Carney) McCracken
Shiroda
Elizabeth Douthitt
Indiana
David Hall
Presbyterian Church
Shirley Homestead
Edward McClintock
Crete United Presbyterian Church
Personal Brevities Highlight Indiana Visits and Local Moves
Local notes show W. J. Altman visiting Indiana friends, Troub of Troub Furniture in Atlantic City, I. M. Speedy and family at the county seat, and many townsfolk traveling to Chicago and Harrisburg. Students like James O Hara resume studies at Tri-State University while Elizabeth Bilis earns another Eastman School scholarship. Age 88 Edward ONeill, a longtime merchant near Diamondville, is noted at the county seat.
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W. J. Altman
Johnstown
Indiana
Troub
Atlantic City
I. M. Speedy
Conemaugh Township
Mary A. Anderson
Park
Wilson St. Clair
John G. St. Clair
School St
Lafayette
Floyd Fowler
East Washington Street
Raymond Denning
East, Water Street
Chicago
C, FP. Clawson
Mooseheart School
Mooseheart
Albert A. Calhoun
South Fifth Street
Samuel Calhoun
Shelocta
Harrisburg
Gettysburg
William Speer
John
Peggy Lou Allison
Mary
Frances Sciatto
Kathryn Barlar
Lena
Betty Trunzo
Joseph Spera
Harrigburg
Elizabeth Bilis
Elmer Bilis
Church Street
Eastman School of Mule
Rochester
N. Y
Edward O'Neill
Diamondville
Vernie jo'Nelll
World’s Fair Closes October 31 Amid Final Rush
Chicago officials confirm the Century of Progress exposition will end on October 31. Despite last minute rushes by millions who have not yet seen it, fair leaders say the event will not stay open beyond October. Major Lenox R. Lohr and Rufus C. Dawes anchor the closure plan.
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Chicago
Rufus CC
Dawes
Lenox R. Lohr
Swing Pipe Death Claims Plumville Boy
Robert Smith Bailey six years old of Plumville was killed when a 600 pound iron pipe supporting a swing broke loose and fell 16 feet striking his head. He died at Dr C M Smith’s office shortly after the accident occurred about 6 pm. Coroner Fred W St Clair investigated and found the pipe had connected a tree fork to a pole.
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Robert Smith Bailey
Plumvilla
C. M. Smith
Plumville
Fred W. St Clair
Civil Court Awards and Sentences From Local Trials
A September civil court verdict awards 91 347.55 in a trespass case involving Glenn S Brink er and George Welgh, while another suit ends with 220 in favor of Irwin Foundry and Mine Care Co. against Harvey S Lute. New assumpsit action heard against Pine Creek Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Judge Langham imposes sentences on multiple defendants for DUI and assaults. several defendants receive jail terms or suspended sentences. A separate not guilty verdict with costs is returned in a voluntary manslaughter case tied to a May accident on the Indiana Punxsutawney road. The column notes general sentiment on oil code impacts.
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Glenn S. Brinker
George Welgh
Irwin Foundry and Mine Care Co
Harvey S. Lute
S. R. Clawson
Pine Creek Mutual Fire Insurance Co
J. N. Langham
F. Brothers
Blacklick
John ‘Lansing
John Sampson
Plumsville
Ansley and Zimmerman
Plumville
Bill Noel
Mary Jane Noel
Blairaville
Ernest
Indiana-Punxsu~ Tawney Road
Marion Center
Hellbrun
Emerick
Civil War veteran Joseph Rising laid to rest with honors
Rayne township resident Joseph Rising, born February 26 1840, longtime farmer and Civil War veteran, died Thursday. Services at St Bernard church included two comrades from Indiana Post No 28 and Sons of Civil War Veterans. sword and flag on casket. he served in Company 5 148th Pennsylvania Volunteers and endured Libby and Pendleton imprisonment before discharge in 1865. Survived by wife, six children, fourteen grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
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Maes
St. Bernard Catholic
Joseph ‘Rising
Rayne Township
William B.stahl
Indiana Post
No. 28
Grand Army of the Republic
Asa Scott
Sons of
Sutton
St. Bernard
Chancersville
Haymarket
Gettysburg
Auburn
Bristow
Kellysford
Mine Run
Wilderness
Po River
Spottsylvania
Cold Harbor
First Bottom
Second Bottom
Reams Station
Petersburg
Libby Prialon
Pendleton
Salisbury
Cvil
George Nibert
Albert Marshall
Smicksburg
Edward ‘Cost
Town
Patrick Denning
Cherryhill Township
Maria Rising
Vandergrift
Frederick Rising
Dr Paul Emerson Dies After Ill Health Leader in Community
The Rochester born Dr Paul Emerson died Monday at his Church street home after a long illness. He trained at Kirksville Osteopathy College and practiced in Indiana from 1913 until retirement due to health. Survived by widow Ethel Tomb Emerson and his father Benjamin Cole Emerson, a brother also survives.
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Paul
Emerson
Church Street
Rochester
Benjamin Cole Emerson
American College of Osteopathy
Kirksville
Indiana
Ethel Tomb
Johnstown
Alao
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Mechanisburg
Crushvalley
Tures
Men's Association
Kittanning
Samuel R. Brandon
R.D
Melissa, Toy
Livermore
William F. Morrow
Ligonier
Annabelle
I. Showers
Audley W. LaVan
Franklin
Flora K. Bishop
Steve P. Allen
Robinson Anna A. Lustick
Victor H. ‘Rummel Vandergrift
Gladys I. Ke
Langley Field
Newrytown
Portage Rochester Mills
James L. Ewing
Wilkinsburg
Ella M. Anderson
Clarksburg
Arthur L. Braeseke
Iselin
Edith M. Bini
Marion E. Hewitt
Rosalier
Edna V
Smethport
Faward
Hughmansle
Pearl L. Boss
Ray N
Maurer Goldie
Henry
Charles H
Lewis Seymour Mudge
Men’s Association
David Lloyd George
David RB
Shirlen
Round Top
Saxton
West Wheatfield Township
Mary Ellen Alcorn
Isaac Alcorn
Heshbon
Conemaugh
J. N. Miller
Brethren Church
Gertrude May Radford
Newark
N.J
Estella £. Palmer
Carrier B. Palmer
Minnie C. Hinton
Tillie Moskum
McKeesport
Pearl Brendlinger
Floyd Saxton
Paul Saxton
Irving
Lois
Billy
Wayne
Paul Long
Betty Long
Clyde Nixon
Lawrence Arford
Sally Arford
Scott ‘Brendlinger
Elmer Lear
Hazel
Earl
Donald
Bobby
Vincent
Clair Lear
Blair Gamble
Newton Muir
Cora
Frank Muir
Bolivar
Clement Campbell
George Hinton
Bob
Ethel
Marie Hinton
May Henry
Estella Palmer
Ruth
Don
Merl Davis
Jane Lisle
Gene
Marie ‘Palmer
Edith Palmer
Dorothy
Beatrice
Gladys
Blair Palmer
John Moskum
Lisle Moskum
Pauline Vidman
Crewa
Crews
Pitts
New York
Nira
the Pan Alley
George W. Shelton
Lad
Odd Man
Ghvtyshurg
dJoseph
Jn. Paul
Bier
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