Mulligan Does His Duty On The City Police Force
Tim Mulligan, a veteran officer nearing 90, battles guilt as a young suspect is captured after a gas station hold up. The old timer wrestles with duty, family, and the hard truth that he must arrest his own kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Mulligan
Murphy
Tim
Molly
Mulligan
Faith
Molly Mulligan
Koesting
Jones
Cohen
Fairview
Edgemont
Ivan
Not Economical Paper from Cornstalks Proved Unviable
Studies by the United States Bureau of Standards conclude that paper made from cornstalks would cost more than wood pulp paper. Researchers compare production costs and material performance, finding cornstalk fiber economically unfavorable for standard papermaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Standards
Electrical Measurements Named for Electricians
The ampere is named for A M Ampere a French electrician the ohm for the German G S Ohm the volt for Alessandro Volta while the others take their names from Charles A de Coulomb Michael Faraday James P Joule and James Watt The ohm is a unit of resistance it represents the resistance offered to a constant current by a column of mercury at ice temperature The ampere is a unit of current An ampere deposits silver or decomposes water in a second The volt is a unit of electromotive force One volt equals one ampere of current through a substance with one ohm of resistance The coulomb is the unit of quantity The farad is a unit of capacity The joule is a unit of work The watt is the unit of power
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Cleveland Plain Center
A. M. Ampere
Alessandro Volta
Charles A de Coulomb
Michael Faraday
James P. Joule
James Watt
Rhinoceroses Once Roamed North America At Meld Museum
The Meld Museum of Natural History in Chicago highlights fossil rhinoceroses from North America. Elmer Riggs notes these pachyderms were widespread millions of years ago, with a Graham hall collection showing a near complete mounted skeleton and various skulls and bones from South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas sites. Extinction linked to advancing cold and dryness before the Ice Age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Meld Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Africa
India
Elmer 8. Riggs
Museum
Graham Hall
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Great Plains
Witness Trees Marked Old Michigan Land Corners
Surveys from 80 to 100 years ago used square wood stakes and blazed witness trees to denote section corners with distance and bearing notes. Though stakes vanished, many witness trees remain, with stump holes sometimes preserving the markings, especially in virgin timber or unburned swamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Franking Privileges through History and Language
The term franking traces to medieval Francus meaning free with the sense of send without charge. Frank evolved as a synonym for free in Gaul within the Roman empire. Early English literature joined frank and free, as in free borne. The practice of frank in letter superscriptions began in the early eighteenth century and continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaul
River Named for Stone Dog Near Beirut
The River River near Beirut Syria獨 is named for a giant stone dog or Assyrian bull that once stood at the river mouth. Its hollow head howled with the wind, terrifying locals until the bravest pushed the statue over the cliff into the sea where it is visible at low tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Syria
Increases Milk Bill By Bottle Breakage Costs
The average milk bottle makes twenty trips before breaking and breakage adds 12 million dollars to the yearly U S milk bill.
Oldest English Colony Newfoundland History
A brief note on Newfoundland as England’s oldest colony, claimed after its discovery by John Cabot in 1497 and long under British possession since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
England
John Cabot
Local residents call on friends and relatives
A flurry of Monday to Sunday visits reports locals from Penn Run and Hellwood to Spangler and Indiana. Several business callers include Arch Repine and Loula Ballas with others from Cortland areas. Families attend a funeral in Hellwood and patients seek hospital care in Spangler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alverda Robert Adames
Penn Run
R. O. Lytle
Cherry Tree
Friends
Joseph Waxler
Indiana
Loula Ballas
Barnesboro
Arch Repine
John Yuhas
Danny Pinter
Barneaboro
James Funari
Merle
Aaron Funari
Trenton
N. J
Angelo Funari
Hellwood
Uniontown Visitors and Upcoming Evangelist Services
Uniontown residents hosted visitors including Mr and Mrs Herman Hadden Ruth Langham of Clymer and Harry Thomas of Lewistown on Saturday evening. Evangelist I W Woodrow of Somerset will hold services at the Church of Christ on Sept 21 and 22. Additional callers included Floyd Stiffler Shelocta Ned Baker Namine Norman Stiffler and Norma of Stifflertown Rhuel Stiffler of Hazlett Clark Beringer Cookport James Hudson near Pine Grove Nora Stiffler Sam Biss Hillsdale Agnes Harkins Indiana Eugene Rummel Vandergrift and Mrs Elizabeth Rummel Sunday visits completed the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Herman Hadden
Ruth Langham
Clymer
Harry Thomas
Lewistown
James Langham
Evangelist I. W. Woodrow
Somerset
Church of Christ
Floyd Stiffler
Shelocta
Ned Baker
Namine
Norman Stiffler
Norma
Stifflertown
Rhuel Stiffler
Hazlett
Stiffler
Clark Beringer
Cookport
Gilbert Ahlas
James Hudson
Near Pine Grove
Nora Stiffler
Ivan Beringer
Ivan
Sam Biss
Hillsdale
Local residents visit friends and attend events across counties
Rochester Mills notes show Ida Jeffries of California visiting locally and several couples from Indiana Pennsylvania and Dixontville with weekend gatherings. Visits include Ray Altman, Marla Cochran, Geo Johnsons, Annie Richardson, Homer Work, and Bun A Olson. Dayton fair attendance and a Reno Nevada divorce tally from 1935 conclude the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester Mills
Ida Jeffries
California
Big Place
H. C. Shank
Indiana
Ray Altman
R. M. Dodson
F. A. Moore
J. B. Work
Dayton Fair
Harvey Little
Deckers Point
David Langer
Dixonville
Marla Cochran
Alfred Johnson
Pittsburgh
Geo. H. Johnson
Annie Richardson
Falls Creek
Homer Work
Marion Center
Town
Bunday
Mount Union and Area Residents Attend Weekend Gatherings
Canton native Everett Blystone called on his parents and many local families were visited over the weekend. The Mr Union School reunion is set for Saturday September 21 with a filled basket. Numerous trips to Indiana Ford City Pittsburgh Beech Bottom and Apollo are noted along with visits to and from many local households and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Union
Everett Blystone
Canton, O
J. O. Blystone
Local Notes On Schooling Visits And Social Calls
Julia Swan left for Lewisburg to resume studies at Bucknell University. Several Blairsville area residents visited relatives in nearby towns. Trips to Waynesburg and Johnstown for study and shopping occurred. Rebekah lodge members attended a chicken dinner in Salisbury. A nation report notes accidents rank high among causes of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
W. W. Fulton
Atlantic City
Brooklyn
N. Y
A. W. Campbell
Winifred Bushnell
Indiana
Local Social and Community Notes from South Bend Sector
Mrs Ezra Dunmire hosted the Guild of the Reformed Church on Wednesday. Mrs Frank Altman hosted the missionary society of the Lutheran church on Thursday. A surprise party marked Wanda Ellenberger’s birthday. Delphine Vaneta Club met at Mrs Clare Thompson’s home. Clara Townsend attended the Dayton fair. J H Hanna visited Indiana. Martha Townsend and Mrs Clara Townsend visited Brookville. Wil Bufiner called in Clymer. A South Bend area picnic for the South Band Reformed church charge was held at Gasawn. Alfred Silvis and family from West Lebanon visited, as did Jim Forter and family from Vandergrift. Relatives from Pittsburgh visited Bentzler. Theft has been rising in the section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ezra Dunmire
Guild of the Reformed Church
Frank Altman
Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church
Wanda Ellenberger
Delphine Vaneta Club
Clare Thompson
Clara Townsend
Dayton
Wil Bufiner
Clymer
South Band Reformed
Gasawn
Alfred Silvis
Weat Lebanon
Jim Forter
Vandercrift
R. A. Silvis
Pittaburgh
Bentzler
Sabbath school and visits span Lewistown community notes
Sabbath school at ten preceded by preaching on September 22. Delegates from Ebenezer Sabbath school to the Indiana County Sabbath School Convention are Mrs Frank Calhoun Mrs Lyla Diver and Breanor Ruth McCinley. Missionary Society met at Mrs Shvvey Flemings with Gladys Wing and Joader. Postal carrier duties shift as PD CG Welk and J Ll Bittle cover mail in absence. Visitors include Fauna Reeger from Indiana and households of R D B Reeger. Young people hosted a corn roast at W J McGinley home with guests from Homer City Indiana and New Kensington. Jeanne Kennedy from Indiana visited her parents. Ella Warner Shelocta and Roy McGinley joined McGinley family Sabbath. Allen Fatts family Pitcairn spent weekend with Samuel Gibson. J S Marshall and children visited I M Speedy home Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Sabbath School
Indiana
Frank Calhoun
Lyla Diver
Breanor
Ruth McCinley
Missionary Secuiety
Shvvey Fleming
Gladys Wing Ad Joader
Sall Man
PD. CG
Welk
J. Ll. Bittle
Fauna Reeger
Mig
R. DB. Reeger
W. J. McGinley
Homer City
New Kensington
Jeanne Kennedy
Ella Warner
Shelocta
Iroy McGinley
W. B. McCanley
Allen Fatts and Family
Pitcairn
Samuel Gibson
J. 8. Marshall
I. M. Speedy
Wise Girl Trades Cash For Love In Cairo Tale
A story contrasts a wise girl who spends freely then marries a saver with a wise wife who refuses to manage her husband. It notes Cairo, Egypt, is widely regarded as a leading city of wickedness and vice in popular lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Weather Note Sparks Unlikely Lightning Safety Claim
The British Meteorological Office states that aircraft lacking radio aerials face negligible lightning danger. A South region culinary claim touts alligator tall as valued food among Negro communities. The text also asserts the North Star outshines the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Meteorological Office
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Rowley
Mra
John M. Williams
Miles Davis
H. M. Henry
Fred Henry
George Williams
Thomas McKee
Spangler
Mies M. Mellon
Patton
John Satmary
Spangler Hospital
Harry Ansted
Joseph Leone
Heilwood
John Leone
Jack
Julia Vater
Valletto Bellone
Thiel Heiser
Shirley
W. H. Heiser
Gomer Smith
Kathryn Percic
McIntyre
Mike Skorija
Agnes Harkins
Eugene Rummel
Vandergrift
Elizabeth Rummel
Locust
Paul Work
MclIntyre
Leroy Spon
Charles Hoop
H. N. Richardson
C. WH. Richardson
Reno
Nevada
Murray Meyer
Sara Nsther Walker
Siater
Lewis Shirley
Spring Church
Union School
Dale Boyer
Pan! Boyer
Frank Ankney
Pern Ankney
Walter Rupert
Glenn
Eleanor
Nevin
Leroy
F. W. Stippe
Girty
G. Rosborough
Rose Lake
Leroy Wagner
Paul
Walter
Ruby
Yatesboro
Apent
Raymond Boyer
G. Dunmire
John Kough
George
Martha
Betty
Glenn Jewart
Arthur Blystone
Ethel Harmon
Walter Harman
Buffalo
J. C. Mulberger
Jesse
Edwin
Tarentum
Lloyd Rupert
Andrew Heckman
G. BE. Wingard
James Heckman
Dorothy Chivers
Beech Bottom
West Virginia
Vera Smith
Apollo
C. G. Rosborough
Arthur Altman
Elderton
Vincent Shank
Barbary Lynn
Anallo
Sheasley
Dean Higin
Clarence
DeWayne
Harry Jors
Richard Kimmel
Jimmy
Edgar Kimmel
Gertrude
Carl
Connie Lou
Iderton
Shaeffer
Francis Galton
Coney Island
Coney 18
Farmers Bank & Trust Company
Mers ‘Bank
Wia
J. H. Hanna
Martha Townsend
Brookville
Lewisville
Progress
Pittsburgh Post. Gazette
R. D
Indiana County
R. W. Wehrle & CO
Phila
Indiana, Pa
Leevzse Action CunenNy
Rooken
On.m
Chlldren
DR. Stahlman Sincere Dentist Treet
Casta Raraoxmet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!