Local residents note town events and travels
County Town News lists activities and movements of residents. Ralph Moffley and PL Evans travel to Pittsburg for Union Switch and Signal. John Davis and Raymond Wallace resume studies at Washington and Jefferson College. several attend Masonic meetings in Patton. Others journey to Altoona, Petersburg, Indiana, or Oklahoma City, with hospital staff changes and a long street gospel pilgrimage by Mr. Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Moffley
PL. Evans
Pittsburg
Union Switch & Signal Co
Thos. Glenn
Indiana
John Davis
Raymond Wallace
Washington and Jefferson College
G Tf. Bell
Thos. Hogarth
W. H. Nix
Patton
O. Baker
Bakerton
O. Lytle
Mary K. Schnebley
Altoona
Petersburg
Fat Youngaquist
W. A. Miller
Barr
D. Holmes
Pine Flats
Roberta Sheets
Mary McCarthy
June Robison
Rhoda Sheets
Barnesboro
W. W. Burke
C. Jackson
G. A
Co. F
Harvey's Lake
Oklahoma City
Paul Agnara
Barberra Sheets
Dishes and disease risks cited by nurse and state notes
Miss Lillian Diem returns home from Penn Mary hospital after about a year as a nurse. The article warns on cleaning eating utensils to prevent germ transmission from communicable diseases and stresses boiling water sterilization. State agricultural notes report heat and drought harming corn and potatoes, light oat yields, widespread sunflowers, cabbage issues, and timothy seed germination concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Diem
Penn Mary Hospital
Lock Haven
Callinon
Union County
Timothy Seed Germination Rates Fall Short in Tests
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture reports Timothy seed from seed brokers tested after a wet season yields germination as low as 20 percent in some cases and averages around 60 percent. There are no state laws governing germination power, but 80 to 90 percent is recommended to achieve best planting results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvania Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Hunting Season Rules And Bag Limits Released
The notice lists season dates and bag limits for many game species including rail snipe wild turkey woodcock raccoon rabbits quail hare pheasants English Mongolian Chinese and Ring neck deer and bear with various protections in Indiana county until 1917 1919 and national law protection until 1918. It requires licenses be carried for inspection by game wardens and notes province wide restrictions on certain species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snipe
Jack
Wilson
Indiana County
Indiana
Pension Law Explains Widows Pensions In 1916 Act
Public act outlines pension rates for Civil War and Mexican War widows. It sets a $20 monthly pension for qualifying widows and preserves child allowances, with renewals on remarriage rules and provisions for earlier widows. It limits claims agent fees to ten dollars and restricts attorney involvement in initial adjudications. Approved September 8, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Widow’s Pension Rights Under 1916 Act Provisions
Section 8 guidance outlines widow eligibility for a pension after marriage dates and confirms pension start from application filing in the Bureau of Pensions. It notes that if the soldier’s child has a pension, the widow may not qualify unless the child’s pension ends or the child remains in her care. Payments continue pending widow’s eligibility determination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army, Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Bureau of Pensions
Army
Navy
Commissioner of Pensions
Widow and child pension rights interpretation in 1916
GM. SALTZGABER outlines pension deductions and precedence between widow and child when a widow files for a survivor benefit. If the child is in the widow's family and cared for, payment may go to the widow or child. if not, the widow may have no title. The ruling details abeyance of child claims pending widow rights, and potential pension transfer to the child if applicable, with dates anchored to the filing of the widow's claim. Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltzgaber
Administrators Sale in Shelocta September 1916
At the office of the late Dr William A McChesney in Shelocta on Saturday September 20 1916 at 130 pm medical library instruments medicine jars bottles boxes etc common to drug stores two stores large safe in good condition and household goods including stands tables chairs couches mattresses bureau mirror pictures beds and many books of all descriptions Mrs Estelle McChesney Northam L E B Miller Administrators G W Roof Auctioneer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. McChesney
Shelocta
Estelle McChesney Northam
L. E B. Miller
Sewing Machines Offer New Tension Indicator
The ad touts a new tension indicator for the White sewing machine and notes availability of second hand machines at low prices. Address: J. IK, Carney, 659 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. IK
Carney
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
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County Town News
Samuel
Dixon
Penn
Columbia Grafonoa
Dlow
Wtc
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Columbia Records
October Records
Steving
Phila
Indiana, Pa
G. W. Roof
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