Taft and Sherman Head State Ticket in Historic Ballot
The ticket lists William H. Taft for President with James Sherman as Vice President. State officers include Robert K. Young as State Treasurer and J W Powell as Auditor General. Congress candidates are B Lewis and John M Morin with Arthur R Rupley and Anderson Walters also named, all from various counties.
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Nation, Wer
William H. Taft
Obta
James 8. Sherman
New York
Robert K. Young
Tioga County
Wer
J & W Powell
Allegheny County
Congress
Red B. Lewis
Lehigh County
John M. Morin
Arthur R. Rupley
Cumberland County
Anderson J. Walters
Cambria County
Discontent and faction shape party life in the nation
The piece argues that no organization endures without debate and variances in belief. It surveys religious splits among Methodists Presbyterians and Baptists, notes political discontent among voters, and defends the Republican party as a resilient bulwark against internal and external foes.
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Methodist
Episcopal
Free Methodist
Presbyterians
United Presbyterians
Covenanters
Cumberland Presbyterians
Baptist Church
Christian Church
Republican Party
Aise Gode
Garfield
Dla
Fighting Over Girls Sparks Court Fight in Rochester
A Rochester incident shows two young men clashing at a picnic on August 21 over a dispute about a girl. Cecil Tee, 18, killed by a narrow margin, faces court proceedings as the fight ends with witnesses and legal consequences.
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Bains
Rochester Mille
Cecil Tee
Plcnic
Wdingo
Fatal Poison Ends Custody Dispute Among Rivals
In a case involving Miss Btates, a fight over a girl led to a man pursuing assault charges while the girl, refusing to testify, allegedly took a fatal poison dose rather than appear in court. The preacher warns youths that chasing male pride harms the girl, who bears the brunt of public shaming.
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Miss Btates
Sait
Recent Deaths in Indiana County Fragments
Obituary notices from Indiana County detail the deaths of Henry Elkin of West Mahoning township Pittsburg injuries from a fall. James Hull aged 11 from pneumonia following blood poison. Medus Hall aged 16 missing since Memorial Day. Mrs Margaret J Wilson Plumville 70. Mrs H M Campbell Phoenix Arizona 47. Margaret Morrow Plumville 69. Lincoln M Lockard Center township typhoid fever near Homer City. Nannie Lawther McCune Wayne Avenue 72 of typhoid. Laura D Crosbie Brooklyn New York August eve.
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James Hull
George Hull
James
Indiana Patrol
Boy Scouts
Idaho
Armstrong County
Medus Hall
Canton
Lincoln M. Lockard
Center Township
Fig
Homer City
Tte
Toliie
Vanedergrift
Tra
Duquesne
Roy
Cokeville
Row and
Mable
Mrs Painter of Plumville Dies at 34
Mrs James Painter of Plumville died at her home on August 2d from heart trouble aged 34. She is survived by her husband and her parents Mr and Mrs Samuel Fleming of Chamberaville and four brothers and a sister Mrs Rachel Millen. Mrs Rachel Millen, aged 40, widow of Joseph Millen, died at the home of Mrs S M Armhurat in Saltubark on August 27.
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McKee Wilson
Margaret J. Wilson
Plumville
W. 4. Wilson
Harry Getty
Mt. Jewett
Geo. M. Wilkan
Shindledecker
H. M. Campbell
Campbell
Presbyterian Church
Phoenix
Ariz
Long Beach
Cal
Sarah A. Wilson
Bellefonts
Robert M. Wilson
Town
Harry G. Wilson
Hebron
Neb
W. G. Wilson
Rebecca G. Wilson
Belleville
Margaret Morrow
William Morrow
Aingering
John
Denver
Colo
Andrew M
DuBois
Alexander
Mis
Mary Ashbaugh
Joseph Stuchell
Dillie Morrow
M. B. Sturgeon
The
United Presbyterian Church
James Painter
Mra
Samuel Fleming
Chamberaville
Rachel Millen
Mrns
Joseph Millen
S. M. Armhurat
Saltubark
Personal Brevities from Indiana Area Court Week
West Lebanon resident C George attends court this week while several locals visit relatives and serve as jurors. Teachers, professionals, and others travel to Pittsburg and Hilwood for work, treatment, or schooling. Dr H B Butterbaugh joins Mr P J McGovern for Michigan treatment. Mrs F Frantz suffers paralysis while her son James Frantz died earlier. Sheriff Jeffries sells multiple properties at Court House, with sums ranging from 700 to 5,010 dollars. General Harry White attends Civil War ex-prisoners sessions in Los Angeles, visiting son Thomas in San Francisco.
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C. George
West Lebanon
Joss Hill
Mast Liverpool
Ohio
S. J H. Plowman
East Whee Township
Wis
Lerday
W. N. Myers
Cherryhill Township
Misa Laura Hackman
Pittsburg
John Ness
Oak Street
Eda Nichol
Hilwood
Ind
Green
Miamville Drugeist
Robert. Wolf
Blairsville
M. Work
Church Street
Margaret Given
Bess Hamilton
Caroline Lytle
South Louth Street
Mt. Clemens
Mich
McGovern
Abraham Frantz
Shady, Plain
James Frantz
Harry White
Los Angeles
Cal
Association of
White
Thomas White
San Francisco
Farmers Institutes
Farmers
J. T. Campbell
Crawford County
Leon Otis van Noy
Venango County
Sheldon W. Funk
Somerset County
Wirgus
Richmond
Creekside
Dilltown
Weddings of a Week Schaffner Domb Roy and Zelia Domb
Schaffner of Falls Creek married Miss Zelia V Domb of Walier on August 286. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Domb, graduated from the Indiana Normal school in 1968. Neil Pearce Homer M Neil and Miss Clara J Pearce, both of Rossiter, were married Thursday at Cloes by Rev D J Rodkey. Miner fatally injured Charles Kines, Sh. years, in Ixelin coal mines Friday. He died Saturday at Adrian hospital Punxsutawney.
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Neil Pearce
Homer M. Neil
Clara J. Pearce
Rossiter
Cloe
D. J. Rodkey
Charles Kines
Ixelin
Adrian Hospital
Punxsutawney
Winters Restaurant Reopens in Indiana Market Building
Winters Restaurant in the White Building behind the street car station reopens after summer closure offering full meals, oysters, seafood, and noted service. J C Parsytte Funeral Director's office in Marshall Building Carpenter Avenue open day and night with updated services. Weather note mentions trespass watches and rain gear.
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Winters
J. C. Parsytte
Puneral
Marshall Building
Carpenter Avenue
Thy Soul Grow Fine A Poem On A Father Son Theme
A poetic urging to a son to cultivate a strong serene soul free from pride and hate. Emphasizes giving aid to the weak, seeing life as eternal for souls, and valuing inner virtue over material fortune. Highlights brotherly love and moral steadfastness as lifelong riches.
Tennis Racket Prices Prompt Banter Between Friends
In a witty exchange one character recalls buying a tennis racket for 2.48 while the other boasts a far higher price near fifty. The brief dialogue contrasts cheap and premium gear in a humorous tone.
A Social Sherlock Holmes Observes a New Arrival
A witty social exchange centers on a new arrival whose origin is questioned. The observer notes her gesture of only raising her hand to her chin when shaking hands and suggests she may not be from as far east as Pittsburgh, highlighting society’s habit of noting little details.
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Sherlock Holmes
Pittsburg
He Drew the Lins Ferry Tale With Charon
A fragmentary dialogue on a Bryx ferry with Charon warning a new arrival about a solo crossing while passengers discuss money and folly. The Spendthrift Nephew and Wise Uncle exchange sayings about value and loss, revealing a fablelike scene.
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Charon
Bryx
Uncle Rungell
Fresh Heir Fund Sparks Odd Estate Tale
A quirky scene unfolds as a young man jokes about a Fresh Heir Fund while a man named Richdad signs another check for his son’s college expenses. The exchange evokes a playful yet curious episode about inheritance and family finance in a small town setting.
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Mr. Richdad
Tale of Winchester Battle Comrade B and B
Comrade M Clayton of the Twenty sixth Ohio recalls a July 20 battle near Winchester and the days surrounding it. He describes Mulligan's brigade, Cole's Rangers, and the First New York Cavalry, a retreat to Martinsburg, a flag of truce for Mulligan's body, and a moonlit march with scarce food before reaching Willameburg, Md.
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B&b. M. Clayton
Ohio
Winchester
Monocacy Junction
Frederick
Virginia
Shenandoah River
Snicker's Gap
Mulligan
New York Cavalry
Newm. C. Eckman
Atlantic City
N. J
National Tribune
Kernstown
Cole's Rangers
Link
Cole
Hea
Captain Link
New York
Averill
Berryville
Tinaburg
Wesley Mann
Imboden
Rangera
Martinsburg
Harry
Willameburg
Change for the Worst in a Cavalry Scout Scene
A Michigan cavalry unit revisits a scout site near the Virginia North Carolina line. The Cracker’s home, once in North Carolina, now lies in Virginia after boundary shifts. An enlisted man asks the elderly resident how life in Virginia suits her. She replies that Virginia is unhealthy and she now suffers constant rheumatism.
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Michigan Cavalry
Virginia
North Carolina
Boundary Line
North Caylonia
Japanese Ration for Day in Held Soldiers
Japanese ration for a day provides three small bags of rice and no vegetables. Meals include two more servings without vegetables, totaling three meals with no greens.
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Japan
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Indiana Progress
India
Waveat
Bell
Indiana
Evers
Congress N. Langham
Indiana County
M. Kurtz
Jeferson County
County. Or Assembly
Cc. Watson
Henry Emciney
Henry Mikin
West Miholling Township
County Tyrone
Ireland
America
Smicksburg
Clarksburg
West Mahoning Township
William
James Elkin
Jas. F. Chapman
Georgeville
Annie Barrett
Kansas
John P. Wilkin
W. F. Elkin
Elizabeth Elkin
Uniondale
Allegheny
Lincoln M. Lookard
Alexander McCune
Nannie Lawther McCune
Wayne Avenue
Eliza McElwain
Mira
Laura
Round House
Y. PG U
First
U. P. Church of Indiana
Sheriff Nales
George H. Jeffries
Court House
William P. Kelly
J. Clair Longwill
Kenton K. Jamison
Conemaugh Township
George D. B. Myer
Indiana Market
Muslia
Onigor Wildur D. x
Pit
Hoe
Har
Gol
Encinda Winger
South Sixth Street
Tames W. Wiggins
G. Agey
R. D
Tndiana
J. M. Lafferty
Livermore
Dixonville Hospital
Charen J. Nehrig
Ader
Homer Ag
Act of Seventh
Ihegulra
Citizena National Bank
Tudlengy
Ryh Stelaw
Robinatean Dollar & Leather Co
Ipata
Cagh, Tse
M. Scott & Son
Main St
Marysville
Indiana Woolen Mills
D.cmace
St. Clair, Rinn & Co
Water St
Indiana Dye Works
Lesviner
Phila
Mou
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