Rayne Local Wedding Roundup and Community Notes
Local correspondence from Rayne reports four weddings last week and visits by residents such as Mrs Long of Brookville to her father Mr Hiehnard Smith. The Grangers plan a picnic at Mr Sylvester Little’s on the 20th, while Miss Rebecca Forrester and Miss Ella Boucher are noted in town. Several residents are described as visiting, teaching, or returning from trips, with occasional corrections to last week’s festival proceeds and a report on postmaster activity and school openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Buchanan
Puptevine
Long
Brookville
Hiehnrd Smith
Sylvester Little
Rebecca Forrester
Weamer Harmans
Ella Boucher
Dixonville
Shields
Township
Calithumpian
Watson Kinter
Guy
Jefferson County
Ira Harrison
Alimihany Mountains
Myrtle Boncher
Bailey Harmon
Whit Shields
Illness and town notes in a rustic district
The piece reports Arthur's children suffering from sphoid fever, local schools advancing, and Phanise stressing Treyndromes. It mentions Sabbath services at the Presbyterian church, an inspection train arriving Wednesday evening, and wages paid Thursday. A doctor, J Ho Peterman, is praised as a capable physician entering practice at Masters', Chambersville area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Presbyterian
Sabath
Local Business Moves and Travel News in Barnesboro Area
Joseph G Huston enters huckstering. Dr T B Allison and wife return to Pittsburg. I K Honk Johnston quit nervantile business at Barnesboro. Houk and Donahey hire Lewis Hile as clerk. John M Nickle buys and ships livestock to eastern markets. KE Butterbaugh returns home from north. Rev W P Hile to lecture at Cookport on Gettysburg. Houk sons Harvey and Howard visit Pittsburg for eight to ten days. Willis Hile returns to Phillipsburg to work at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph G. Huston
T. B. Allison
Pittsburg
I. K. Honk & Johnston
Barnesboro
Houk & Donahey
Lewis Hile
John M. Nickle
W.P. Hile
Cookport
Gettysburg
Harvey
Howard Houk
Joseph Houk
Willis Hile
W. P. Hile
Phillipsburg
Local Social Notes From Creekside and Nearby
Mrs Lillie Stuchel is seriously ill. Photographer E W Lukehart visits this week. Clark Conch from Pittsburg spends Sunday and Monday in Creekside. M I Cammahan and M F Conch swap horses last Saturday. Stella Brown of Greensburg visits her parents nearby. Mrs Mary Gibson remains ill and not improving. Miss Bird Hamilton visits Indiana with Milton Fairman and family. Oscar Fairman Ed Munshower and Mary Couch attend Creekside Council Jr O U A M at McKeesport. Couch McCrea horses Arthurton Burglar and Frank Burglar win county fair premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Stuchel
E. W. Lukehart
Clark Conch
Pittsburg
Creekside
M. I. Cammahan
M. F. Conch
Stella Brown
Greensburg
Mary Gibson
Miss Bird Hamilton
Milton Fairman
Indiana
Oscar Fairman
Ed Munshower
Mary Couch
Creekside Council, Jr. O. UL A. M
McKeesport
Couch & McCrea
Arthurton
Frank Burglar
Local Residents and Visitors Reported in Brief
Mr and Mrs Geo Study spent Sabbath Prof H V Rowan visited friends in Pittsburg last week Mrs Clark Clows and children of O are visiting friends in this a Mesers Jeese Grn their Will Bolar rode to Leechburg last Friday of wheels Mrs Van Dugen of ii
Local Socials and Meetings Precede Fall Camp Events
Miss May Ebbey of Indiana guests Brushvalley friends while Charles Davis of Altoona visits his parents. Attorneys Tomb and Fee of Indiana stop by. Free Methodists host outdoor Oak Grove meeting. Weslyeans and Free Methodists plan fall camp meeting. Local stock runs freely on streets drawing legal scrutiny. G T McCrea represents Mechanicsburg Council at State Council in McKeesport. Rev Tinker preaches at Bethel U P church in West Wheatfield on Sabbath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Ebbey
Indiana
Brushvalley Friends
Charles Davis
Altoona
D. H. Tomb
H. W. Fee
Free Methodists
Oak Grove School House
G. T. McCrea
Mechanicsburg Council
Jr OL Ual M
McKeesport
Tinker
Bethel United Presbyterian Church
West Wheatfield Township
U. P Church
Latrobe Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Minnie Johns guests Latrobe friends. Mrs Margaret Kingland of Pittsburg visits in township. West Wheatfield locals attend Indiana fair. Mrs Elizabeth Bryan returns home from Conemaugh visit. Mrs Amanda Mack and Mrs Will Mack of Garfield visit R G Mack. J H Hall and John Lichtenfels at Grand Army encampment in Louisville. Pearl Gamble and Samuel Brantlinger guest at Creekside late last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kingland
Pittsburg
West Wheatfield Township
Elizabeth Bryan
Amanda Mack
Will Mack
Garfield
R. G. Mack
Messrs
J. H. Hall
John Lichtenfels
Louisville
Pearl Gamble
Samuel Brantlinger
Creekside
Local notes on residents and visitors in the area
John McGuire is able to be around again after illness. Mrs Amanda Shank travels to Twolick to be by her sick son. Edie Emma and Pearl Griffith from Indiana attended church at Sample Run last Sabbath. Mrs John Dearme of Reeds Station and Charles Fleming of Indiana visited their parents Mr and Mrs David Fleming over Sabbath. Sherman Barnett of this place, formerly with Apollo, recently visited his parents and now works on a farm near Homer City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGuire
Amanda Shank
Twolick
Edie
Emma Griffith
Pearl Langham
Indiana
Sample Run
John Dearme
Reeds Station
Charles Fleming
David Fleming
Sherman Barnett
Apollo
Homer City
Local notices on farming labor and repairs in the district
Mr George Stephens is repairing his mill. Joseph George harvested eight acres yielding buckwheat. F G Conrad cuts corn. Sabbath school progresses under W S and F G Conrad. Dr V Flowers of Tyrone returned home after visiting. Crops in the neighborhood are yielding well. S H Conrad reports rye one bushel per dozen and wheat three pecks per dozen. W Wagner operates a new saw mill. Chester Wagner, son of Michael W, is ill with fever. A stone in the area last week damaged buckwheat. James Mack of Brookville visits his parents Mr and Mrs Hugh Mack nearby. A W Campbell left for Blairsville to become principal there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stephens
Joseph George
F.G. Conrad
W.S
F. G. Conrad
Vplower
Tyrone
S. H. Conrad
Chester Wagner
Michael W
James Mack
Brookville
Hugh Mack
A. W. Campbell
Blairsville
Xner
Visitors at the Indiana fair this week
Mr J C Conner and Mr W C Andrews visited the Indiana fair last week and on Thursday. A Barnesboro carriage lead to the fair included Miss Mary Duke Mrs Thomas Prosser and daughter Cora Mrs C C Sypher and daughter Celia and Mr W A Donahey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Conner
W. C. Andrews
Commercial Hotel
Barnesboro
Mary Duke
Thomas Prosser
Cora
C. C. Sypher
Celia
W. A. Donahey
North-Western Line announces low rate excursion sales
Bountiful harvests are reported from the west and northwest as the North Western Line offers a series of low rate excursions for home seekers. Tickets good for August 29, September 10 and 24 to numerous northern states and western regions, with full details via connecting line agents or H A Gross and T P Vaile in New York and Philadelphia. Miss Laurinda Depp visits the city for two weeks in a trimming department and invites friends to call at her Smicksburg store next to the Lutheran church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Northwest
North-Western Line
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
H. A. Gross
Broadway
New York
T. P. Vaile
South Fourth Street
Philadelphia
Laurinda Depp
Smicksburg
Miss Depp
Mrs.Stiteler
Lutheran Church
Grapes on Sale from Highland Vine Yards and More
D W Anthony of Highland Vineyards offers popular grapes in stores at Jahp. F Clements reports cheese grapes, Galvan-Caw rods at 15 cents per foot, with insulators Tepece and related hardware. T Hamilton promotes a general investment appeal for industrious men. Patton’s famous shell oysters are now in season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Anthony
Highland
F. Clements
Tartei
Tepece T. Hamilton
Patton
Rason
Constantinople as a Prize in Future War
The piece argues Germany and Austria would watch a Russian advance on Constantinople unless drawn into war with France. It suggests Russia could leverage a prize for support or neutral behavior, citing 1871 precedent and Moscow Byzantium tensions, with diplomacy and divine mission shaping outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Germany
Austria
France
Russia
London
Paris
Black Sea
Golden Horn
Danube
Moscow
Byzantium
St. Petersburg
Galveston Street Names Baffle New York Sun
The New York Sun notes Galveston streets use half letters and half names for addresses leading to quirky designations such as P-and-a-half street and N and N-and-a-half. It contrasts Avenue I as elegant with J Avenue described as rough and neglected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Washington
Avenue
New York Sun
Collector gathers vast Victor Hugo portraits and odd items
An admirer named M. Beave has assembled nearly 4,000 portraits of Victor Hugo including black and white, colored, and caricatures. He also collected with many pipes, canes, tobacco jars, bottles, shirt pins, handkerchiefs, Byron cakes of soap, all featuring the poet’s head in a quirky tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Hango
M. Beave
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Hip Disease Testimony
A Philadelphia father reports his daughter suffered hip disease due to blood impurity. After starting Hood's Sarsaparilla she could place her foot on the floor again, soon could reach playthings, and steadily improved. He notes the medicine benefits general health and uses it for other children when ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Philadelphia
Hamilton Wins Acquittal After Watch Heist Case
Biddeford attorney B F Hamilton defended a man accused of breaking into a jewelry store and stealing watches. The prisoner denied guilt and faced trial before Judge Virgin. He was acquitted. The lawyer billed about $100, but accepted $25 after negotiations. The discharged man joked about paying later after selling the watches in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. BF. Hamilton
Biddeford
Virgin
Boston
Hamilton
Bangor
Foot in the pan proverb from dairy cooling scene
An English saying explains how after milk is drawn and poured into large flat pans to cool on the ground a clumsy person can easily put a foot in the pan. The phrase highlights a common domestic mishap in rural dairy work.
September 1895 New Capes and Coats Arrive at Shop
Our cloak department showcases latest jackets and capes with mandolin sleeves and ripple backs. Neat fashionable 26 inch to 29 inch lengths in blue, black, navy, and chiffon. Prices range from 3.88 to 15 with plush capes and fur trimmed options. Large selection of children wrap garments and new stock to move quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
E. E. Baldwin
Wallace & Son, Prorririons
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RAYNE
Rayne Township
Shelocta
Samuel Lytle
Aly. Rupert
Elderton
Kk. FE. Russell
Lizzie Wiggins
McAheesport
Mr. Russell
Cockport
John
Mary Wiggins
Ed. Hall
East End
Cherrytree
Cas
Dells Luding
J. Ho Peterman
Chambersville
UW. F. Hazlett
Fenure
KE. Butterbaugh
West Wheatfield
Minnie Johns
Onberg
Dilltown
Jiesh Ron
W. . Wagner
Wanrep
ProGrEss Office
Hugo
A. W. Wilson & Son
Plain Beavers
Boucle
A. W. Wilson. & Son
Cunningham’s
Philadelphia ST
Wallace Dry Goods Store
Indiana, Penn’ A
Standard Cabinet Company
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