Timely Topics of The Week at The Big Warehouse
Mr J P Brandon of Chambersville visits for potatoes claiming 150 bushels from a skimp acre. Dockash Heater or Range ads tout efficiency as orders roll in including a third Dockash Air Tight Double Heater to K F Ake Hillsdale. Eden and Copper Eden machines spark demand, with Mrs Campbell and Mrs Blythe ordering Eden washers. Daniel Sauers of Blairsville buys upholstery supplies after 40 years’ patronage. New arrivals include two and four lid laundry stores at $14.50 and $12.50. Dockash Double Heater praised by Nelson Widlowson of Clymor and H B Beers receives a Copper Eden Electric Washer. Vulcan Springs remain in demand for auto use.
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J. P. Brandon
Chambersville
K. F. Ake
Hillsdale
Ake
Mr. Ake
Blairsville
Mar
Daniel Sauers
Household Talk and Stove Sales Highlight Local Ad
A humorous exchange about death and family happiness appears beside a local advertisement noting a busy Saturday delivery. The paper reports selling three Dockash Heaters and four Dockash No 9 ranges along with one Economy Gas Range, totaling eight stoves.
The Big Warehouse Auto Supplies Ad
An old style advertisement urges drivers to prepare for breakdowns by carrying hot supplies and fixing minor car issues themselves. It promotes a full line of auto parts from spark plugs to radiators, including Ford parts and tires for all makes, with a call to visit the Accessory Department for needed items.
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Bel
Sunday Visits and Birthday Gatherings At County Towns
News items report Mrs. Ross Reede and daughter visiting Mr. and Mrs. David Wike in Spruce Sunday. Dick celebrated his 49th birthday with about 40 friends at his home. Leroy Learn and Monros Learn, formerly of Bealsana, toured Canton, Ohio visiting relatives. Gibson family of Pine Flats and Henry Learn of Balsano visited locals. Mrs. Falsie Toy and three children with Miss Sacha Brown from Indiana visited recently.
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Ross Reede
David Wike
Spruce
Leroy Learn
Monros Learn
Bealsana
Canton
Kenwood Social Round: Visits and Moves Noted
Mrs W W Huston and three children James Perrin and Jelen spent part of last year with friends in Johns town. Hed Dick Mrs Jessa Dick and son hosted a party Friday. Mrs Jennie Stephens visited George Stephens Saturday. Mrs Zonas Hines visited Linzia Elwood Saturday. Mr and Mrs J N Buttebaugh returned from Beaverdale Mahaffey. Mrs F C Adams and Mrs Jennie Stepheng visited Zenasines Wednesday. Mya Travers visited her mother a hus Wers Sabbath. Mrs Wilcott Lanay stayed with daughter Mrs Wallace at Homer City last week and Wallace is convalescing. Mrs Robert Dunwiddie and granddaughter Irene of Pike's Park visited her sister Mrs D G Brown last Sabbath. Misses Nancy and Elizabeth Keener visited Browns Saturday. Dean Beringer moving to Barnesboro this week. Mr and Mrs Quirk Keith visited Asa McAnally's Sunday. Oliver Bennett of Indiana and John Graham and family visited G Brown's on Sabbath.
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W. W. Huston
James
Perrin
Jelen
Johnstown
Hed Dick
Jessa Dick
Jennie Stephens
George Stephens
Zonas Hines
Linzia Elwood
J. N. Buttebuugh
Beaverdale
Mahaffey
Mya. Travers
Wilcott Lanay
Wallace
Homer City
Robert Dunwiddie
Irene
Pike's Park
D. G. Brown
Nancy
Elizabeth Keener
Browns
Dean Beringer
Barnesboro
Quirk Keith
Asa McAnally
Oliver Bennett
Indiana
John Graham
G. Brown
Local Social Notes From Alverda and Vicinity
Mrs Geo Wilson spent the week end with her mother Mrs Shepard in Cherry Tree. Nellie Lease is a patient at Spangler hospital. W B Douglass was a caller Friday evening. Lawrence Beringer has resigned from Pennsylvania Coal Co. Miss Odta Douglass resigned for a job with Moss Creek Supply store. Maurice Johns and friend from Culver visited his parents JT W Johns. Misses Miller and Parrish teachers in this place visited relatives near Nicktown. Mr and Mrs George Marsh and family visited Bert Lieb and wife Sunday.
Fractured anecdote of a shopper's mishap in Chicago era
A reader recounts a chaotic scene in a crowded street, slipping on a stone streetcar step and a bag bursting. Neighbors respond with help and laughter as the writer mourns the loss of goods and dignity. The chaotic episode ends with a plea for kindness amid the embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ny Costind-enery
Lee
Eruption Observed at Yorkes Obserype Amid Stubborn Rooster Tale
A fractured report notes a volcanic eruption observed and photographed, with the plume reaching vast heights as a sun sized spectacle. Separately Charles Collins of Oak THN Taiteh from a peculiar rooster tale claims nightly roosting during dawn, a bizarre local curiosity surrounding a White Whinlotte bird.
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Yorkes
Rinar
Charles Collins
Oak
Collins
Neal
Ali Chinge
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Claghorn
L. W. Egolf
Dilltown
A. S. Campbell
W. S. Blythe
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Nelson Widlowson
Clymor
Flo
H. B. Beers
Fautonobile i
Gibson-Clark Co
Church St
Indiana, PA
Indiana County
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Pleasantville
Kenwood
F.C. Adams
Jennie Stepheng
Zenasines
Alverda
Packard Motor Company of
Pittsburgh
Center Ave
Miland
Tyson
Zord
C.B. Detroit
Sutton Killer Co
Dasshtota
Toba
Ghleaga Tribune
The
Citizen's National Bank
Citizens National Bank
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Bell
Dick” Thompson
Giana, PA
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