Late 19th to early 20th century wills cited in Ontario and Indiana estates
Notices recount multiple wills detailing bequests to spouses, children, siblings, and heirs. Among them are Mary Clark of Ernest, Ontario, Marcela Doran of Kiowa and Morrisburg properties, and Walter and Annie Byers in Rayne township. Several other estates in Indiana list distributions to wives, children, and heirs, with dates ranging 1870 to 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resoo
Tate
Mary
Philips
Homiet City
Robart Hutehinaom
Amore
Dnd
Star
John
Robert
Thomas
Hugh Taylor
Mya
Jane Ax Mich
Het
Willie
Morrisburg
Ontario
Canada
Walter Doran
Drv
A.W. Clark
Ernest
Moe
John’ Byers
Rayne
George N. Byers
George
William Byers
Mary Kinter
Hirza Cooper
Salinburg
Samuel Cooper
James’ Cooper
Martha
Chestnut Street
Mary Deyarmine
Brushvalley
Clair Deyarmine
Deyarmine
Sadie. Moyer
Allee, Reynolds
Sarah
Ann ‘George
Harry P. ‘George
Margaret Slivers
Walter
William
Marty Pattison
Blairsville
Misa
Margaret
J. Pattison
Indiana
Hiram,Jr
Amanda St. Clair
Augustus F. Purington
Back to the Farm Promotes Modern Agriculture Ideas
An essay argues agriculture offers the surest fortune for capable men, urging vacation work with experienced farmers to learn and enrich oneself. It notes modern farming uses less muscular labor, praises intensive farming, and highlights shifts from wheat to dairy and diversified crops. Also mentions Robert Blain resigning from Horeat Mine No 4 and sailing to England with thanks from colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Bede
Phe
Minnesota
Washington Post
City pest letters urge action on San Jose Scale menace
A Pennsylvanian citizen wrote to Prof H H A Sure of Hartleburg state zoologist detailing widespread tree and shrub damage from San Jose Scale and related pests. Prof Surface confirmed the issue across eastern and northern Pennsylvania and solicited careful specimen handling and prompt control measures including whale oil soap and lime sulfur sprays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holgard
Pensylvania
HH. A. Sure Fucd
Hartleburg
San Jose
Mmba
Dan Jose Seale
Surface
Harrisburg
Weddings of a Week and Local Nuptials in Blairsville Area
A series of marriage notices from Blairsville and nearby towns details weddings and engagements. Hi Blanche Wolfe wed Vinton D. Edwards in a Pine Flats home ceremony September 15 with forty guests. Other couples include George W. McCurdy and Nora M. Alter at Pitcairn, Calvin E. Gamble and Ida Rummel at Cherry Tree, William Norris Conner and Isabelle Ranson at Blaireville, Leo T. Duffner and Anna M. Stiteler Harhart, Henry R. Boles and Della V. Berrington in Platesburg. A Civil War letter to his mother describes John R. Bryan’s apple tree slip now yielding yearly fruit. Property notices warn of trespass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.C. Wolfe
Pine Flats
Hi Blanche Wolfe
Vinton D. Edwards
P. J. Chilcote
Hbensburg
Bera Wolfe
R. D. Fyock
Penn Run
Hdwards Ia
Belsano
Cambria County
John R. Bryan
Bouth Firth Street
Greenville
Bryan
Aryan
Indiana
Hig Yard
Leg Breaks In Runoff Near Punxsutawney
William Fry of near Plumville was taken to Adrian hospital with a broken leg after his horses frightened and ran away on Big Run Road two miles east of Punxsutawney. The wagon wheel crushed his right leg as he was returning from Punxsutawney. troopers Sutton and Steiner found him and had the man transported to the hospital where bruising and a fractured leg were confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumvyille
Big Run Road
William Fry
Plumville
Adrian Hospital
Punxsutaw~ney
Fry
Sutton
Steiner
Deaths and obituaries span county in long column
Recent deaths include Miss Maria Henry of White Township near Crete aged 69, a longtime county resident and church worker. Funeral by Rev J C Ny Park at Oakland cemetery. Other notices mention George Williams, a child who died of diphtheria, and Mrs Hebece Jed near Homer City aged 77. The column ends with a sentimental verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Henry
White Township
Crete
Henry
Oakland Cemetery
Pulgabeth Dumandee
Afr
Wisworth Henry
Matthew Henry
W. M. Peffer Ang
Hebece
Watheck
Homer City
Not at Home and Ebonizing Furniture Sentences
A seven year old child, visiting, remarks on a sitter of kittens and deduces his papa must be a traveling man. A method to ebonize picture frames and chairs describes washing four times in a boiling logwood solution, drying between washes, then treating with iron vinegar solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garret
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ernest Man
England
Robert Blain
Hraeat Mine No. 4
Hat
Waburg
Edwards Wolfe
Gamble-Rummell
Calvin E. Gamble
Cherry Tree
Ida Rummel
Westover
John M. Byers
Boles-Berrington
Henry R. Boles
Washington, Pa
Della V. Berrington
Gherry Tree
Platesburg
Indie
Treepasa
Myelin
Pew
Sheater
Alfred Benjamin
Benjamin
W. R Loughry & CO
Josephine Poultry Farm Varieties
Buff Orphingtons
Cook
P. Rocka
Thompson
P. Rocks
Fisher
Buff Leghorns
C. White Leghorns
R. C
Rhode Island
Reda
Waverly
Pennsylvania
Waverly Oil Works Co
Pittsburg
Vogel Brothers
George Williams
Andrew Williams
Near Blacklick
Elie
God
Jesus
Tal
Suer
W. S. Daugherty
Philadelphia St
Rossmayne
Rossmoyne Flouring Mills
Frantz Brothers, Proprietors
Oth
Pennsylvay
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!