County Town News Notes Visitors and School Openings
Mrs. W F Neeley and daughter Winifred visit Mr Neeley’s parents near DuBois. Mrs D E H Tomb of Indiana visits Mrs Joe Rankin. Hilary Hubbard attends Indiana Normal. J and Morrow spend Sunday with friends in Indiana. Mildred Dearolph resumes at Indiana Normal. Albert Dearolph enters Kiski. Neeley, Balfour, and Mary Good attend Punxsutawney fair. Ladies’ Aid of First Presbyterian meets at Mrs B F Coe’s. Clymer schools open September 12 with 700 attendance. Clymer band concerts on Tue Thu appreciated. Aldine Bone ill with scarlet fever. Mrs Bash, Mrs Phythyon, Mrs Clemenson, Mrs Dwyer shop in Indiana. Lyte Pattison and daughter June Burns move to Clymer for winter. Sarah Good hosts fancy work party. Mrs Adam Stahl and Mrs Homer Andrews shop in Indiana. Laura Hubbard becomes chief operator at H and C Telephone, replacing Anna Parama. Rose Dale, head nurse at Dixonville hospital, guests of Mrs B F Cee. Mrs Wm Tate of Pine Flats visits daughter Mrs Frank Phythyon. Mr and Mrs Robert Haupt of Ford City visit town. Mrs Sarah Howearth on sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Neeley
Winifred
Mr. Neeley
DuBois
D. E H. Tomb
Indiana
Joe Rankin
Hilary Hubbard
Indiana Normal
J. &. Morrow
Mildred Dearolph
Albert Dearolph
Kiski
Fred Balfour
Mary Good
Dwyer
Lyte Pattison
June Burns
Penn Run
Clymer
Sarah Good
Adam Stahl
Homer Andrews
Laura Hubbard
H. & C. Telephone Company
Anna Parama
Rose Dale
Dixonville Hospital
B. F. Cee
Wm. Tate
Pine Flats
Frank Phythyon
John Brown
Helen
Curwensville
Robert Haupt
Ford City
Sarah Howearth
Sixth Street
Marchand pastor joins United Evangelical church lineup
John Gail Marchand of Covode has entered the Evangelical ministry and preached at the United Evangelical church. His field next year is Indiana circuit. The town hears many visitors with social calls and a minor auto mishap near Covode involved Dorn and Hadden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gail
Covode
The
Evangelical Association
United Evangelical Church
Gail
Indiana
Punxsutawney
Our Town
H. H. Faust
W. C. Brown
Elmer Homan
Larue Potter
D. A. Worn
Marchand
M. C. Collins
Pittsburg
A General Survey of the War Headlines and Claims
Reported advances and setbacks across Europe. Vichy and Vilna captured by German forces while Dwinsk faced flanking moves. Galicia sees Ausro-German retreat, and the Russian cabinet resigns. Tensions ease after talks with Lansing. Anglo-French seeks a billion in the U.S. credit. Riga clashes and Hesperian mine note. Britain faces high war costs and meat seizures amid Zeppelin raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Vilna
Dwinsk
Austria
Constantin T. Dumbs
United States
Galicia
Lansing
America
Riga
Asquith
House
Britain
Lord Kitchener
House of Lords
Boltng
Great Britain
Germany
Widow of British Officer Wed by Proxy in War Time
Miss Mildred Solliton of Willimantic married Lt Leslie Cowan by proxy after he was sent to India. Cowan later died in France. Solliton sails to Jamaica to wed Mr Courtney Badbridge, widowhood follows amid wartime romance. bootleggerette arrests describe two women carrying whisky from Kentucky to West Virginia. Josephine Harper and Eva Fisher resisted arrest during transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Solliton
Willimantic
Leslie Montague Cowan
Oxfordshire Light Infantry
India
Courtney Badbridge
Misa Colliton
Cowan
France
Zacapal
Jamaica
Badbridge
Cattlettsburg
Charleston
W. Va
Josephine Harper
Eva Fisher
Judge Blames Liquor in Dry Chicago Push 1916
Judge Gemmill states liquor caused 50,000 cases during his term as he advocates a dry Chicago in 1916. Ex Senator Foraker of Ohio remains seriously ill in Cincinnati hospital with slim chances of recovery. American Marines seize two more Haitian ports Jacmel and Lecayes bringing total to nine. Henry Ford defends disarmament citing Belgium’s wartime preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gemmill
Chicago
Foraker Ili
Joseph Benson Foraker
Ohio
Cincinnati
Haiti
Haitian
Jacmel
Lecayes
Washington
Admiral Caperton
Fires and chimneys shape Boston and New Amsterdam history
By A. W. Macy, the article notes Boston’s March 16 1631 fire and its aftermath. Early chimneys were built of sticks plastered with clay and roofs of rushes, making houses highly inflammable. The text recalls that wooden chimneys and thatched roofs were banned after the first blaze and cites a New Amsterdam fire that destroyed a two year building in half an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Macy
Boston
New Amsterdam
New York
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Plumville
Sarah Williams
Glen Campbell
May T. Stuchell
Sarah Couch
J. R. Stewart
Etta Bradley
Vandergrift
John Galentine
East Plumville
Caroline Raleigh
Graham
Irma Keplar
Davis
Near Smickshore
J. G. Schrecengost
John Lukehart
Sagamore
Sam Olson
Josephine Dodson
California
Byron Stewart
Fiva G. Thompson
Trafford
Kate Pease
Lilly
Margaret Clowes
Mary Thompson
Nan McCreight
Fred McLaughlin
Murr Weston
Brown
Vogue
Brown’s Boot Shop, Inc
Philadelphia St
Indiana, Pa
Ours
Indiana HarDwAre Co
Moorhead Bros
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Kirschbaum
Knox and Stetson
Superior and Roxford Underwear
Manhattan
Xplorer Thought Lost
North
American Press Association
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Ford
Case
Belgium
Henry Ford
Detroit
Men’s & Boys
Dinsmore Bros
Clothiers
Haberdashers
Philadelphia Street
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Alee Farmers
the Farmers Bank
Joseph B. Bowles
Henry H. Steving
O. Heber Steving
Henry H. Steving & Son
M. Edith Steving
Ladies & Children
Automobile Service
Dodge Bros.’ Motor Cars
U. S. & B. A. Sheffler
Lebanon, PA
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