Local Correspondence Highlights Garfield Area Life
Eva Bowser lands a job at David Kyine's clothing store in Bolivar. Blairsville visitors Mr. and Mrs. Brendlinger and daughter call on J. J. Brendlinger relatives. Indiana native John G. Cameron pens business in Garfield. Delia Hoskinson closes her school while visiting New Florence and Pan-American Exposition with Wm Hoskinson. Lynn school shuts due to W. G. Walbeck's illness. Martin Libengood and wife visit Hendersons. T. J. Robinson returns from South Fork after guiding incline track work for Robinson Brothers. Rev. Bailey plans to leave Garfield after conference session. Mrs. George Lear visits Vandergrift. Mrs. Sammel Fisher frail, Matilda Mack ill and uncertain recovery. Ray Barnett contracts typhoid fever. A. L. Boring moves to Latrobe. Cupid hints at a Garfield wedding soon. Three Garfield families to move: Frank Lear to Johnstown. John McIntire and Harvey Donahue to Blairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Bowser
David Kyine
Bolivar
Jacob Brendlinger
Blairsville
Garfield
George Lear
Vandergrift
Sammel Fisher
Matilda Mack
West Wheatfield
Ray Barnett
A. L. Boring
Latrobe
Cupid
Frank Lear
Johnstown
John MclIntire
Harvey Donahue
Blajiraville
Marion Center Visitors and Illness Report
Lists local social visitations including Guy Hastings and families in Falls Creek Smithport Punxsutawney Hora tio Deckera Point Pittsburg and Smithport. Notes Mrs Elize Wetzel seriously ill and Mrs Reese at her mother's bedside. Also advertises Dr. King's New Life Pills with druggists in Indiana Homer City Blairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Center
Guy Hastings
Falls Creek
James Hastings
Frank Laughlin
Elize Wetzel
Jack Guthrie
Smithport
Townsend
Frank Hastings
Punxsutawney
William Jamison
Horatio
John Hols
H. J. Thompson
Deckera Point
Fred Wetzel
Louis Charles and Son
Pitteburg
Lettie Stuchell
Reese
Wetzel
Dr. King
T. E. Hildebrand
Indiana
W. I. Moore
Homer City
M. G. Miller
Blairaville
SPRUCE AND GATBLETON COMMUNITY GOSSIP REPORTS
Local notes show Miss Alberta Patterson hosting friends, visits from Elsie Engle and Loleta Grambling returning from Indiana. Various residents travel for work, funerals, and fairs as mills operate at full output and new workers join the mines.
Prices drop on varied linens and towels at new stock
A deteriorated listing shows dozens of linen styles from 2 to 9 pieces per pattern with prices cut from 10c to 25c each. Unbleached 60 inch yardage priced at 50c, 58 inch at 40c, 66 inch damask at 85c, napkins $2 per dozen, 20x40 Huck Towels two for 25c, Turkish towels from 10c to 15c, bleached 24x54 inch towels at 25c. Stock doubled with new weaves and shades, carrying Read cloths from Philadelphia with strong wear and finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. F. Read
Philadelphia
Home Tailoring Mail Order Dept at Indiana store
The department serves distant customers by mailing samples of Drees Goods and linings for selection. Delivery expenses are paid to the nearest railroad or express station or post office, enabling mail order shopping for home tailoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar Opper
Indiana
Marchand Visitors and Local Arrivals Record
Silas C Wetzel returns home with wife and Bertha after a two week vacation. Rev D J Hershberger of Somerset visits daughter Mrs J M Zener. Edith and Lula Cramer visit Maud and Edith Peffer with East Mahoning ties. Mrs Charles Sherman of Adrian visits her parents Geo Moot. T Wingert returns after months away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas C. Wetzel
Bertha
D. J. Hershberger
Somerset
J. M. Zener
Near Town
Edith
Lula Cramer
Maud
Edith Peffer
East Mahoning Township
Charles Sherman
Adrian
Local Social Notes From Brush Valley and Nearby Areas
Brush Valley and nearby towns report visitors and relatives staying with local families. Guests include Mr and Mrs John Motter of McKeesport Mrs Eva Marks and Miss Nellie Evans with Indianapolis ties. Hoosier visitors also seen. Typhoid illness affects Mrs Oliver Holsapple while a newborn girl joins the home of 8 H Trudy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trudy
Mrs. H. Myers
Indiana
Night of Terror and Local Visits Mentioned
Smicksburg notes include D D Good on county business and a Good reunion attendance from Ashtabula Ohio. Visitors from Pittsburg Vandergrift and DuBois attend weddings and family gatherings while a testimonial touts King’s Discovery for throat and lung ailments with trial bottles offered in local drugstores.
Ayrshire cattle shine at Indiana county fair exhibit
Mr. Johnston Moorhead of Cherryhill township displays a fine herd of Ayrshire cattle praised by judges. He is the county's sole Ayr shire breeder and a leading Poland China hog breeder, with his stock show exhibit among the fair's highlights. The agricultural society should boost premiums as stock displays grow. Pay County Taxes Before October 15. The 1901 county tax levy totals 54 703.83 with 37 110.01 unpaid, last day to pay without 8 percent penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston Moorhead
Cherryhill Township
Moorhead
Agricultural Society
W. R. Calhoun
Deering Corn Harvester Tops McCormick at Indiana Field Trial
At a September 16, 1901 field trial on C. J. Hileman’s Indiana Pa. farm, the Deering Corn Harvester outclassed the McCormick machine. John C. Patton and local neighbors witnessed the event and endorsed Deering for lighter draft, side draft, neck weight, binder adjustment, and tying capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Hileman
Indiana
Deering
McCormick
Hileman
John C. Patton
White Township
Town
C. Lucas
J. A. McKelvy
C. Hotaling
W.H. Fleming
H. ©. Iseman
L. H. Moorhead
F. M. Smith
H. E. Thompson
C.J. Hiseman
Jno
W. Lowman
M. St.Clair
E. H. Henry
G. Groft
Chambersville
J. Henry
J.T. Cathcart
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Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
New York
Guy
A. Walker
Rast Whatfield
H. M. Eliott
Armagh
President McKinley
Sara Tinkcom
Kansas
David Stutzman
Conemaugh
Harry Mack
John Brubaker
Cokeville
Samuel Hutchison
Ralph Shaffer
R. G. Hutchison
A. Dick
Brushvalley
Penn Run
Jacob Strong
Andrew Lydick
Vista Baumgardner
Belsano
Edna Ferrier
John Stumpf
Wm. Enterline
Ida Stumpf
Big Roan
Hulda
Violet Stumpf
Miller
T. E. Hetrick
Johnstowni Ig
Rev
L. E. Baumgardner
Lowery Cameron
Frank Stephens
Augusta Stewart
Milton
Stewart
J. Q. Adams
Rev. Sproull
Josiah Lydick
Edward Lydick
Uniontown
W.H. Green
Dayton
Wm, Stephens
Agnes
Chas. Porter
Buffalo
Mechanicsburg
Gertrude Moorhead
Central Telephone Office
Geo. Dick
James Johnson
Newton
Dan Empfield
Cresgon
Wm. Stilts
Cambria County
G. H. Hamilton
Onch
Cunninghams
Marchand
IDEAL
Laura Telford
Westover
Ella Stahl
Steele
Glassport
H. F. Berkeypile
Crete
James Robbins
Braddock
L. C. Kunkle
H. E. Kauffman
Allegheny
Theological Seminary
J. H. Miller
Lola Miller
Grove City College
M. Telford
Creteron
Smicksburg
D. D. Good
Rebecca Robinson
Pittsburg
Peter Good
Ashtabula
H. O. Bond
Bond
Cynthia Bond
West Mahoning Township
George Condron
Elmer Condron
J. A. Cassidy
David Ritchey
Margaret Johnson
Lakehart-Condron
Wm. Kepple
J. W. Marshall
Malinda Brown
Polk
Venango County
Adam
Burnham
Machias
H. Lincoln
Dr. King’s Men Discovery
T. E. Hildebrand’s
W. I. Moore’s
M. G. Miller’s
South 10Th Street
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
David Ellis & Son
Penn
Indiana, PA
Deering Corn Harvester
Wallace Dry Goods Co
J. C. Wallace & Son
Philadelphia Street
City Grocery
Francis H. Leggett & Co
Indiana County
Ira A.tyers
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