County Fair Opens With Notable Exhibits And Races
The fifty seventh annual Indiana County Agricultural Society Fair opens next week with large displays in Horicultural Hall and a big Pennsylvania State College exhibit on stock raising and dairy farming. Visitors will enjoy insect and bird displays by the local boys naturalist club, hippo drome and chariot races, trained horse acts, and concerts by the Indiana Military Band and Blairsville brass band. Excursion trains and streetcar traffic are planned to handle crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Agricultural Society
County Agricultural Society
Round House
Horticultural Hall
Pennsylvania State College
Boys’ Naturalist Club of
Indiana
Dick” Wehrle
Wehrle
Indiana Military Band
Blairsville
Indiana County Street Railways Company
Serious Pole Fall Injures Local Public Service Chief
Clair Fleming, superintendent of the Penn Public Service Company, was seriously injured in a fall from an electric light pole at Fifth and Oak streets. His climbing spur broke, throwing him to the ground, causing a fractured right thigh and crushed cheekbone. He was taken to Indiana Hospital and is expected to recover barring internal injuries. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Fleming of Grant street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hair Fleming
Clair Fleming
Penn Public Service Company
Fifth
Oak Streets
Indiana Hospital
Fleming
David Fleming
Grant Street
Dr Harry Keepers Hurt In Heilwood Accident
Dr Harry Keepers of town suffered a fractured collar bone and severe bruises Monday in Heilwood when a charged steel bar fell in the Pont Mary Coal Company machine shop. He was stunned by the shock but is resting comfortably and expected to fully recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heilwood
Harry Keepers
Town
Keepers
Pont- Mary
Jurors Pay Not Increased despite circulating report
A report that juror daily pay rose from 2.50 to 4.00 is wrong. No law increased juror pay. An act only raised Jury Commissioners’ pay from 2,560 to 4,000, which may have caused the mis impression. The Powder Mill at Cloe was dismantled after years idle due to an injunction. An old German Bible, 246 years old, owned by the Meller lineage, now in possession of W H Foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloe
W. H. Foreman
Meller
Mr. Foreman
Christian Endeavor Union Opens Silver Anniversary Session
The Indiana County Christian Endeavor Union marks its twenty-fifth annual convention with ceremonies at the Presbyterian church in Indiana. County President James R. King leads the event amid routine business and greetings. Rev W M Norment conducts a half hour service, followed by a committee conference led by State Secretary H B Macrory. An inspirational service and an address on Pennsylvania for Christ conclude the opening night activities. Three sessions are planned for today, with the convention closing tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Christian Endeavor Union
Presbyterian Church of Indiaana
James R. King
W. M. Norment
Christian Church of Indiana
H. B. Macrory
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Edoge
Issuing Hunters Licenses Sparks County Treasurer Office
County Treasurer J. Willis Wilson issues resident hunters licenses under the act passed by the last legislature. The office is besieged by applicants required to supply names, residence, age, height, complexion, hair and eye color and general appearance. License fee is one dollar. exemptions apply to owners or renters and their families hunting land they occupy with owner consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimrods
J. Willis Wilson
Lcense
Commonwealth
United States
Indiana Girl Sails to China Mission Field
Miss Marie Woodward of town sails from New York on September 11 to engage in missionary work in Shantung Province China. She travels as a worker for the Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian church of Indiana and is funded entirely by Mrs. Caleb Green of Trenton. Woodward, daughter of Mr and Mrs A B Woodward, is a 1912 graduate of Indiana State Normal school and studied Bible in New York City before departure. She is sister to Rev Frank Woodward, serving in the Gilbert Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Woodward
Town
New York
China
Shantung Province
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Caleb Green
Trenton
Miss Woodward
A. B. Woodward
Weat School Street
Indiana State Normal School
New York City
Frank Woodward
Gilbert Islands
Pacific Ocean
Hoover-Faith Arlington B. Hoover
Altoona
Daisy
Faith
Tipperary Faith
Greensburg
W. L."bunger
Greensburg United
Indiana Visitors Highlight Local Briefs
Local notes list residents and friends traveling to and from Indiana this week. Clark Neal and Jacob Stitt visitants from Livermore East Mahoning and Taylorsville are among those mentioned, with others from Pittsburg Wilkinsburg and Cambria County noted as callers and guests. A Pie Social and Festival at Washington Presbyterian church in Rayne township is announced for Friday September 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Neal
Livermore
Indiana
Bar Shields
Taylorsville
Jacob Stitt
East Mahoning Township
3. C. Prothero
Kel- Weare
Thursay
Clarence Evans
HbaCe
Benjamin Walker
Near Clymer
Pittsburg
E. G. Rice
Wilkinsburg
Deckers Point
Alexander W. Hartman
Karl Lyda
Percy
J. W. Napp
John Burns
E. A. Barber
Dixonville
Dill
Dilltown
Watson Dill
Paul Emerson
Elmer E. Dinger
West Mahoning Township
J. M. Smeltzer
M. J. Wiggins
Church Street
Clarksburg
W. A. Bartley
Sarah Bush
East Oak Street
Leechburg
McCormick
Sue McCormick
North Seventh Street
Edmund Kuhns
DuBois
Esther Swartz
M. E. Remaley
Elders Ridge
George A. Reeves
A. Ralph Moorhead
John Washington
Near
Marion Center
Paul J. Tait
Grove Chapel
Minnie Uber
Edith
Detroit
Mich
Samuel Lowery
Margaret
Ruth
John W. Kephart
Johnstown
Cambria County Bar Association
Superior Court
Washington Presbyterian Church
Rayne Township
Green Township
Fatal accidents claim child and miner in region
A bonfire blaze at Anitman on Wad iesday afternoon ignited a child’s clothing, fatally burning James Persenell Jr aged 9. coroner's inquest ruled accidental burns. Miner Antonio Prunzo 23 at Lucerne was killed when run over by mine cars. five brothers and five sisters survive. Eugene Barrett 11 died in Pittsburg hospital from spinal injuries after a fall from a horse. Daniel Green 72 Sagamore was instantly killed on the railroad near a tunnel at Ponxsutawney. Marshall McDermott 26 Bolivar died in a rock fall at Lacolle mines. survivors include wife and six children. Geraldine Harvey 13 Smyerstown narrowly escaped a revolver discharge that fractured her temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anitman
James Persenell, Jr
James Persenell
Antonio Prunzo
Lucerne
Prunza
Daniel Green
Sagamore
Ponxsutawney
Gross
Marshall McDermott
Bolivar
Lacolle
Well Known Woman Killed In Auto Accident Near Clearfield
Mrs William J Wetter aged 26 daughter of William Davis former Proprietor of the Commercial Hotel Barnesboro was killed instantly when the automobile she rode in skidded over an embankment near Clearfield at about 3 pm Her neck was broken Her daughter Miss Florence Wetter was injured with a fractured collar bone The Wetter party had been to Phillipsburg and were returning The husband William J Wetter chief engineer of the Clearfield Bituminous Coal and Coke Company is well known in northern Indiana county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Wetter
Clearfield
William Davis
Commercial
Barnesboro
Weddings of a Week in Greensburg Area
WEDDINGS OF A WEEK reports several marriages in Greensburg and Vandergrift areas. Hoover and Faith unite in Greensburg with plans to reside in Altoona. Simpson and Richards wed at M E church parsonage, to live in Vandergrift. Snyder and Dunn marry in Vandergrift, and Rosser and Wilson wed in this place. Dower and Waddle marry in this place, with multiple local families and guests noted. A surprise party celebrates Charles Williams’s eighth birthday, and numerous local residents attend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. King
Indiana Baptisl Church
Weat School Street
Vandergrift
Rosser-Wilson
Thomas R. Rosser
Helen
Haupt G. Dower
Center County
Della Ruth Waddle
Tunnelton
W. Rtarshaw
Grim Reaper Harvest and Local Obituaries Chronicle County Deaths
Mrs Norah Thompson Schaeffer of Made line dies aged 41 after a Christian life. Survived by husband Elmer, two children Frederick and Dzertha, and family. Funeral at Burnside Union Church with Rev Walden, burial in Burnside cemetery. Also notes of Elizabeth Waller Mack death in Atlantic City at age five and other local obituaries. Jeremiah B Ling dies at 64 following a stroke, with several children and spouses listed. funeral and cremation in Armagh cemetery. Susan Michaels aged 78 dies in Johnstown. multiple children and sisters survive. burial Strongs town cemetery. Miss Matilda L Allison of Salisbury dies suddenly in Los Angeles after a church address. Walter S Hayes of Indiana dies after appendicitis. buried in Claridge. Buckwheat stalks reach 67 inches. local grower G C Neal reports 40 acres. An infant dies at Brackenridge. Agnes Scott dies in Cokeville aged 77. Mary Santer dies of diphtheria. Eliza Fetterman dies at age two. Indiana Foundry Co orders grate bars for New York City fire department boilers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norah Thompson Schaeffer
Hlmer H. Schaeffer
Madeline
Alexander Thompson
Patchinville
Elmer J. Schaeffer
Burnside
Frederick A
Dzertha A
Boger
Mirabeth Waller Mack
Elizabeth Waller Mack
James W. Mack
North Sixth Street
Atlantic City
N. J
Lizabeth
James
Josephine
Margaret
W. J. Wilson
Greenwood Cemetery
Jeremiah B. Ling
Cramer
Chauncey E. Ling
East Wheafield Township
Harvey Ting
Johnstown
Mont
Roy Ling
Charles Horner
Bellwood
Frank Norton
Allentown
N. Y
Scott Rogers
Seward
Neal Mack
Armagh
Real Estate Transfers Recorded in Indiana County
Real estate transfers from Indiana County show numerous lot deeds and acreage changes. Names include Elmet Itcknon, Charles A. Wellstrand, Savina L. Donahey, Annie M. Seigfriad, Marta A. Paestorela, Tony Manifest, A. T. Stiver, W. C. Ferrier, and many others with prices ranging from 67.50 to 2600 dollars. Transfers cover Green, Blairsville, Canoe, Center, Saltsburg, Homer City, White, and surrounding townships with trustees noted for some parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Elmet Itcknon
Green
Charles A. Wellstrand
Savina L. Donahey
Tuntelton
Annie M. Seigfriad
Marta A. Paestorela
Saltsburg
Tony Manifest
A. T. Stiver
Canoe
W. C. Ferrier
George W. Butler
East Wheatfield
Geo. T. Robinson
Frank I. Cable
West Wheatfield
Harvey McClain
Crissman
Canter
Steve Bodnar
George Truchan
Calvin W. Baker
James B. Anderson
H. R. Martin
Andrew Caporogdo
J. J. Fleming
Frank Tomko
Wao. N. Cunningham
Young
B. M. Clark
Ray Young
Myrtle Stiles
John Nealor
White
Wilmer D. Stewart
Paolmer
Burrell
Frank Klinehock
Anderson Fowler
Cherryhill
D. C. Cramer
Aaron Burnheimer
R. B. Silvis
R. E. McClure
Blairsville
W. W. Spiker
Sarah J. Fleming
Clymer
Regis Canevin
D. D
Temperance Women Hold Good Meeting At Indiana County
Reports show 30th annual Indiana County Women’s Christian Temperance Union convention at the Presbyterian church. Mary H Bruce re-elected president Harriet Fair Conner named secretary. Welcome by Annie Given and responses. Memorial service opened by Eva G Thompson. Notable deaths listed and Young Naturalist Club activities noted. Tuberculosis Day planned for December 7 and public schools reopen with large enrollments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Women's Christian Temperance Union
Presbyterian Church
Mary H. Bruce
Indiana
Harriet Fair Conner
Blairsville
Annie Given
A. T. Bell
W. J. Wilson
Mary Steale
Westmoreland County
Mary K. Stewart
Town
McIsaacs
Marchand
Ridgeview Park Institute
Marie Amsden
Samuel G. Wilson
Eva G. Thompson
Katherine Allison
Homerity
Sadie Muffman
Milzabeth Wyant
Wine
Arubakar
Slogtfried
Sara Hall
Anna Dick Wilson
Myra
Clara Lapsley Engle
Iadinni
Boy Shoots Brother in Robinson County Tragedy
Arthur McCollim, a youth under 16, is jailed in Robinson on murder charges after allegedly shooting his brother Lee McCollim amid a dispute over a rifle. A sister witnessed the 2 am incident as authorities opened an inquest. family ties and local work history are noted in Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCollim
Bolivar
Krebb
Arthur McCollim
Lee McCollim
Arthur
Lee
Robinson
William McCollim
Garsfield Fire Clay Company
Clymer
Evangelical Church
West Wheatfield
Thomas Gamble
Laurie J. W. Huston
Town
Chearing
Charles Krebbs
Joseph Wyant
Krebbs
Wyant
McColum
Bollynr
Mahoning Church Reopens After Extensive Repairs
Mahoning Baptist church reopens this Sunday at 11:00 am after weeks of repairs including a new roof and interior repainting. Rev. J. T. Davis will lead Sunday services along with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ast Mahoning Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry
Keepers Burt
H. H. Thompson
Williamstown
Dauphin County
Gente’ Furnishing
J. Irvin Shaffer
Seventh and
Philadelphia Streets
Christian Endeavorers
China Mission Field
Sesssors
Criminal Court
Lynn
West Wheatfield Township
Nick Mayo
Heilwood Company
James Serlo
Maria Perh
Luigi Trongo
Plumville
Shelocta
Lorenzo Deemer
Emma Stewart
Ernest Stewart
J. F. Gooper
Gon. Lester
Cherry Tree
Thomas H. Lawley
McKeesport
Conemaugh
Fannie Perks
seer _Vandergrift
March A
Snyder
Priscilla Dunn
Burnell
Simpeon
Tidna A
Richards Sig
Madison Dickey
Toledo
Ethel I
Cuddy Ee
Atwood Madison
Conrad Ree
Stomer City
Bertha M. Kunkle
Homer City
Marion
Boyer
Shalocta
Kittle &. Peterman
Shalocta A
Geraldine Harvey
John Harvey
Smyerstown
Jefferson County
Campbell
South Seventh Street
West of Town
Edward McCrady
William McGrady
James McCrady
William Morton
Ruth Clifford
Jom . Wilkin
Wiliam
PF J. Neff
School Street
Nett
Charles Williams
East School Street
Grim Reaper’s Harvest
Mrs. Winer
Schaffer
Susan Michaels
Susan Michaela
Strongatown
W. J. O'Brien
Ada Miller
Belaano
Marsh
Sally Matsens
Bradley Hileman
Strongstown
Matilda L. Allison
Matilda Allison
D. R. Allison
Salisburg
Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Presbyterian Mission School
Walter
Hayes
Indiana Foundry Company
Joseph Hayes
Claridge
G. C. Neal
Chambersville
Progress Office
Neal
Mre
Lee Cunningham
Brackenridge
Parkwood
D. B. Gourley
Leachburg
Agnes Scott
Cokeville
Scott
Mary Santer
Michael Santer
Rossiter
Miza Petterman
Eliza Fetterman
Roualter
Indiana Foundry Co
Fire Department
Temperance
R. W. Wehrle
Young Naturalist Club
Alaro
Ware Ringlig
Uncle Dick
Mooge
Yellow Creek
Cherryhill Township
Acta
India
Lad of
Ida Wells
Groundhog Club
Panxsu~ Tawney
Second United Presbyterian Church
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