Grand Jury Opens With Long Indictment List
A September term grand jury was set to hear numerous Commonwealth indictments this week after constables filed minor returns. Foreman Samuel Shearer of White Township was appointed, with cases including murder, larceny, liquor violations, adultery, seduction, assault with intent to kill, bigamy, keeping a bawdy house, and other charges listed for consideration. Additional hearings on non support and surety of the peace are scheduled for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court
Samuel Shearer
White Township
Domenick Madalina
Jake Bobits
Pete Coppatto
Chester Fry
Excape
Damico Pasquale
John Pacini
Frank Saldi
Joe Cassar
Guy Musser
Jos Greasi
Mike Moriarty
Frank Pellegrena
Sam Ferraro
Julia Caputo
Rotmaan Plievin
Ford Berringer
Joseph Lewis
Rose’ Palmer
Petre Gretena
Hugenie Sinkel
Blair Lamer
Cora Stumpf
Andy Kanapp
Frank Mariana A
Thomas Testa
Wm, Tirabassi
Antonia Blice
Damitz Barawry
Julia Johns
Stanley Sclivitz
Earl Stewart
Frank Stiles
Sol. Diamond
Sam Belas
Paul Novozel
Rosy Groeta
Et al
Hannah R. Frey
D. Papa- Tours
John St. Clair
Bruno Maruco
Ed Hamilton
William Brown
W. R. Keibier
Theo. B. Oakes
Gilbert Harkins
Marchand Woman Heads Temperance Organization
Mrs. Mary Stewart MeIsaac of Marchand was elected president of the Indiana County Women's Christian Temperance Union at its closing Richmond session. Honorary president and legislative superintendent went to Mrs. Mary H. Bruce. Several superintendents were re elected, including literature head J. S. Russell and narcotics chief Sarah Rombach. An In Memoriam noted Mrs. Brownles and Rev. Dr. May as honorary Indiana members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stewart Meiisaac
Marchand
Indiana County Women's Christian Temperance Union
Richmond
Mary H. Bruce
Town
Sarah Rombach
Homer City
Matilda Park Lang
Marion Center
Marion Center Union
Wild Life Leaguers Meet E. R. Springer Elected Head
At a Friday meeting of the Indiana County Branch of the Wild Life League in the county courthouse H R Springer was chosen president. The group discussed prosecutions of foreigners by game wardens and elected a board of directors and officers including J R Richards and J M Carson. Harry E B Stiffey and D W Simpson attended as delegates to state conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Springer
Indiana County
Wild Life League
Court House
H. R. Springer
Harry EB. Stiffey
Blairsville
Conneaut
D. W. Simpson
J. T. Davis
J. R. Richards
J. M. Carson
Too Big a Job for a Snake in Lovejoy Farm Tale
John Wise of Green township finds a house snake attempting to digest a brown backed ground snake in a field near Lovejoy. He boxes the scene and notes the house snake nearly swallowed the prey but resigns after three inches remain. The event is described as a humorous, cautionary tale of misfit appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wise
Green Township
Oato
Lovejoy
Jonah
Homer City Couple On Serve New Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Henry Sickenberger prominent Homer City residents celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family reunion. Fourteen grandchildren attended along with children Mary and Robert and others, a gold present was given and a lawn dinner at 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sickenherer
Henry Sickenberger
Homer City
Sickenberger
Garmanville
Cambria County
Mary
Robert Sickenberger
John Chessley
Pittsburg
Harry Flickinger
W. Welker
Youngstown, C
Millie Sickenberger
Fire damages mill and dwelling at Locust and Strongstown
A large flouring mill owned by Daniel Rishel at Locust and the adjoining Rishel house were leveled by fire on a calm Wednesday night. Incendiary origin suspected, with only a few articles saved and Locust briefly at risk. Insured for eight thousand dollars. A Strongstown farm house of Squire J B Graham burned Friday morning, with removal of Lang family the day before. Out buildings and two tons of phosphate burned. loss about one thousand dollars with three hundred insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locust
Strongstown
Daniel Rishel
Rishel
J. B. Graham
Philip Lang
Ended life with bullet George Hazer despondent over ill health
George Hazer about 45 ended his life by shooting himself at his East Josephine home on Monday morning. The body was found in the yard by a neighbor later that day. He lived with his father on the ridge road near the Bridenbaugh school house and had been in ill health for some time, growing despondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hazer
East Josephine
Hazer
Ridge Road
Bridenbaugh School House
Ten Thousand Dollars for Roosevelt to Fight for Britain
Brooklyn real estate dealer George Gess offers Theodore Roosevelt $10,000 to shoulder a musket and join British troops on the firing line. He says German-Americans in Brooklyn would double the amount, and Roosevelt would receive the money upon arrival at the front. The boast follows Roosevelt’s public remarks about war and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
George Gess
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
Mr. Gess
Republican Party
Crooked Grate ton merchant fined for short sugar sale
J Peristine of Gration admitted to a short weight scheme that removed a pound from a 25 pound sack, sewing it shut and selling 24 pounds as full. Justice James A Crossman fined him plus costs totaling 50.71 after D W Simpson, sealer, filed charges and Peristine confessed at Friday hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Peristine
Grateton
Justice of the Peace
James A. Crossman
Parlatine
D. W. Simpson
Peristine
Presbytery to Meet at Rochester Malls
The fall conference of the Brookville presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church will be held at Rochester Mille next Tuesday. The theme God’s Challenge to Our Presbytery will be presented in various phases. Rev H L Ralaton will speak on Opportunities Within the Bounds of Our Presbytery. Rev W E M Copeland on Opportunities in the Home Land. Rev R T McGill on Opportunities in the Foreign Field. Rev J L Shaw on Shall We Meet the Challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester Malls
Brookville
Monster Apples Harvested Near Shelocta Featured by Local Family
Hayes George of near Shelocta harvested monster apples this season. The largest weighed 21 ounces and measured 14 3-4 inches in circumference, presented to his mother Mrs Elizabeth George of East Oak Street who recently celebrated her 91st birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes George
Shelocta
Elizabeth George
East Oak Street
Child Suffers Scalding From Hot Water Spill
Penn Run child Sara Stephens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Stephens, sustained painful burns after hot water spilled on her bare feet on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara. Stephens
Penn Run
A. H. Stephens
Died Before Train After Overexertion in Homer City
Charles Boyle of Homer City aged 63 collapsed near Blacklick station on Monday while hurrying to catch a train to Johnstown. Death due to heart failure from overexertion. He leaves a widow Elizabeth Sproull Boyle and five children. Funeral held at his home then interment in Johnstown. Also notices: Mrs John Douthitt dies suddenly at 55. Miss Nancy Getty aged 85 plus. W John Dougherty of Rossiter dies of stomach cancer. William Hollen aged 67 dies at Deckers Point. Elizabeth Penwin dies at Iselin aged 4 from infantile paralysis. Nancy Kunkle dies in Pittsburg, interred Greenwood. Robert B. McCloskey, 63, of West Homestead dies of apoplexy. Washington reports suffrage states lead in divorces per 100,000. Miss Marie Leslie visiting Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AM. C. Watson
Philadelphia
Henry Nitewonger
Penn Run
Faouny Reynolds
Robinson
Indiana
J. Bunyan
Plumville
James J. Hutchison
Armagh
May Scott
Waterstreet
Irene Mercer
Ridgway
William Watterson
Charteroi
A. M. Hammers
Pittsburg
Julia Hook Kieflin
Ashtabula
John 8. McCoy
North Fifth Street
W. Griffith
Ray Griffith
South Mahoning Township
George W. McGowan
North Seventh Street
Smethport
Carrie Trainer
Church Street
Mildred Wettling
Warren
Howard Rowe
North Sixth Street
Katherine Butterbaugh
Charlotte Stuchul
Johnstown
Olive Evans
South Fifth Street
Latrobe
William Wehrie
Richard
Punxsutawney
R. W. Wehrle
Patrick Burns
Mari- Jetta Zook
John E. Hasinger
Wayne Avenue
Misa Stella Hasinger
Ardmore
Luther Roof
Bert Roof
Railroad Avenue
Anna Shields
Ebensburg
Jennie Lowman
South Eleventh Street
Jessia Fleming
Struthers, C
Thomas Sutton
South Sixth Street
Mary
Louisa Whiteman
William W. Taylor
West Church Street
Mary Daugherty
Vernie Rugh
Beaverdale
Daisy Gilbert
Helen Gilbert Wolford
Glenfield
Addison Hamilton
Akron
Smyrna
Frank Sutton
Chicago
Ill
W. F. Wettling
North Sixth Bereet
M. Work
Charles R. Work
Detroit
Mich
John McGeary
Leechburg
C. J. Shea
Misa Matilda Ralston
Oakland Avenue
Troutman
Beulah EB. Anderson
South Seventh Street
South Side Hospital
Martin B. Stadtmiller
Margaret
Marion
Ypsilanti, Mich
Bennett Stadtmiller
Merle Henry
Brushvalley Township
Creekside
Minne Henry
Richard W. Watson Teederwent
Indiana Hospital
Luther Park
Locust Street
Carlisle
Conway Hall
Ivan
General Electric Company
Erie
General Harry White
R. F. Templeton
Town
Jerry Keith
Simon McDonald
Green Township
Soldiers’ Monument
Sixter
Blacklick
Homer City
Charles Boyle
Pennsylvania
Boyle
Center Township
Columbus Avenue
Widdowson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Sproull Boyle
Charles
Swissvale
J. W. Johnston
Vandergrift
Mabel
Laura
Pearl
A. J. Boyle
Braddock
John Douthitt
Douthitt
Presbyterian Church of
Fred Herninger
Youngstown
Nancy Getty
East Oak Street
Miss Getty
Getty
Chambersville
Nancy
Second United Presbyterian Church
W. Getty
Greenwood Cemetery
John Dougherty
Rossiter
Osceola
William Hollen
Hollen
Deckers Point
Uniontown
Elizabeth Penwin
W. N. Penwin
Iselin
Penwin
Iselin Priday
Culbertson
Clarksburg
Nancy Kunkle
Nancy Stear Kunkle
Henry Kunkle
Greenwood
Robert McCloskey
Robert B. McCloskey
Indiana County
West Homestead
WEDDINGS OF A WEEK IN INDIANA COUNTY LISTS VOWS
Indiana news records multiple marriage notices across Charleroi Indiana and surrounding townships. Robert J Reed and Noya V Myers wed at First United Presbyterian Church on church street with guests Laura Lyfle and Niel Thoms present. Other couples include Van Duser Herrick Merrick in Indiana and Smith Fulton Fulton, plus Doty Stear, Myers Sexton, Moose Lyons, Coy Dinwiddie, McCracken Ayers and more in nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Reed
Charleroi
Noya V. Myers
Tenby Myers
Railroad Avenue
C. G. Morrow
First United Presbyterian Church
Church Street
Mixx Laura Lyfle
Sroom
Niel Thoms
Dravesburg
Hitler Fulton
Shaw
Smyrna United
Jonathan S. Doty
Annie J. Stear
White Township
J. Calvitt Clarke
The
Christian Church
Town
North Seventh Street
Myers Sexton
Penn Run
McCracken-Ayers
Clarence W. McCracken
Lila Ayers
Josephine
W. C. Wallace
Herbert Stephens
Dilltown
Stella M. Mack
Wehrum
Josephine Lila I. Ayers
Josephine Jonathan B. Doty
Cherryhill
Annie ¥. Stear
Rayna Clair A, Myers
Indiana
Florence BH
Sexton
Harvey W. Moose
Cherryhill Two
Mayme Lyons
Herbert M
Henry
Burrell
Mabel
Hancock
Brooks M
Alcorn
Blacklick
Cora G
Diag
Blacklick Elmer
Sickenberger
Nanty
aHallatay Mills
John J. Humphreys
Goraine
Annie Wynkoop
Blairsvills
Robert J. Read
Charlerot Als Ay
Aan
Ene Britt Indiana Noya V. Myers
Cunningham Company Sells Greensburg Store to Troutman Company
The Cunningham Company on Philadelphia Street and Carpenter Avenue is sold to Troutman & Co of Greensburg. The new firm aims to clear stock then undertake extensive improvements to create one of the area’s up to date establishments, preserving the golden rule business tradition spanning decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troutman & Co
Troutman Company
Indiana County
Fatal Motorcycle Accident Near Reed Station
A Greensburg photographer Edward Lange aged 2 died in Indiana hospital after a motorcycle crash near Reed Station. Milas Edna Trimble was not seriously hurt. Coroner ruled accidental death after inquest. Lange belonged to Go. 3, Tenth regiment, N. G. P. Girl passenger sent home. Additional items list real estate transfers in Indiana County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mint
Edward Lange
Greensburg
Indiana
Reed Station
Milas Edna Trimble
Blairsville
Lange
Go. 3, Tenth Regiment
H. B. Buterbaugh
Austrian miner electrocuted at Heilwood No 8 mine
John Zorsorder, an Austrian miner aged about 41, was instantly killed when he touched an overhead live wire while replacing a car on the track in mine No 8 of the Penn-Mary Coal Company at Heilwood on Thursday afternoon. Three other miners were present. initial reports of heavy shock proved fatal. He is survived by a wife and child in Austria and his father, employed at Barnesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heilwood
Penn-Mary Goal Company
John Zorsorder
Zorsordor
Bushness Houses to Close for Indiana County Week
Local business houses in Bolivar will close Thursday and Friday afternoons from 12:00 to 4:00 with Chamber members, banks, and public schools suspending sessions. Constable J. C. McCune of Bolivar found guilty of selling Mor Megally before Westmoreland grand jury. A shooting on Tide street near Homer City wounded a man. several foreigners involved amid a recent town clean-up and arrests. Butter Eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bushness
Indiana
Chamber of Commerce
Algo
Pub Mc
J. C. McCune
Bolivar
Har Mor Megally
Westmoreland County Courts
Bollyar
Tide
Homer City
de Nigi Wan
Big County Fair Opens With Packed Exhibits And Health Exhibits
The 59th annual Indiana county fair opens with numerous entrants in races and displays. Special train and trolley services cater to Thursday and Friday crowds. The State Health Department presents moving pictures on tuberculosis and an exhibit on pest and hygiene practices alongside free health models and charts. The fair runs with expanded attractions and is highlighted by civil war veterans days and a focus on public health education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
The
Agricultural Association
Horticultural Hall
Round House
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Cresson
Blacklick
Buffalo, Rochester
State Sanitary Board
State Health Department
State Department of Health
Commissioner of Health
Samuel G. Dixon
Mont Alto
Department of Health
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Patrons Mutual Assessments Set at $2 Per Thousand
The Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance Company levy sets a $2.00 per $1,000 assessment for the past year as the lowest rate in its history. Notices go out around October first. The company serves 3,500 farmers in Indiana and Jefferson counties, with over $6,000,000 in coverage. In church news Rev. R. C. Miller is reappointed pastor. J. W. Richards becomes presiding elder. John Gaul named Indiana circuit minister. H. H. Faust takes Marchand pastor. L. B. Rittenhouse to evangelize Indiana conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrons’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
William W. Liggett
Indiana
Jefferson
R. C. Miller
Blairsville
Johstown
J. W. Richards
Parmerly
John Gaul
H. H. Faust
Marchand
L. B. Rittenhouse
Big Peach Crop Estimate From Marchand Grower
John Dorn of Marchand reports a large peach yield this season, estimating about 3500 bushels. The county’s fruit outlook highlights Dorn as a prominent local producer in the harvest roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dorn
Marchand
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marchand Woman Heads Temperance Organization
Wild Life Leaguers
Teddy
Presbytery
Charles Hoyle
Washington
Wyoming
Idaho
Colorado
Marie Leslie
Newburg, N
Florence Wallace
Oakland Avenues
Seaman Paytosh
Andrew H. Seaman
Anna Paytosh
Clymer
Cumberland
Miss Paytosh
Hellwood
Mr. Seaman
H. W. Moose
William Lyons
Doty-Stour
Saltsburg
Jas
McKeown
Kiskiminetas Springs
Harry BE
Kier
Tipple Foreman
Edna Shields
Clarence Shields
Rayne Township
Trydia Niel
Prohibition
Sengieral
M. Rednelli
Center
P. Volpi
John P. Orner
EB. OB. Witet
Charles H. Moore
Frank B. Stevenson
Samuel T. Ray
Lesbia C. Rigg
Cc. M. Wortman
C. H. Moore
Philip Painter
Batke
John Fetterman
William A. Smith
Glen Campbell
James Mula
Charles M. Rankin
Tt. Dupp
John Chilinski
Alice J. Clawson
White
Charles Zander
John P. Elkin
Big County Fair
Annie
Big County
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