Death claims Mrs Myrtle Shaffer at 48
Mrs Myrtle Shaffer aged 48 wife of Rev J Shaffer died at home on East Locust street after a sudden heart attack early Sunday. Formerly of Pleasant Hill Cambria county the family has lived in Indiana for three years. She leaves nine children Grace Paul John Helen Frank Ila Laverne Lee Virginia and a large extended family. Funeral services were held Tuesday at her residence with Rev R B Shirey and Rev A B Hoshach. interment at Benshoirn cemetery near Johnstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Shaffer
J. Shaffer
East Locust Street
Thea
Pleasant Hill
Cambria County
Indiana
Grace
Miss May A Davis Dies In Indiana Noted Educator
Funeral services were held at her residence on Friday for Miss May A Davis who died after an extended illness at her home on South Seventh Street. A longtime Indiana resident, she served with the Indiana State Teachers Colleges as matron for many years and helped found Ingleside Club. She was a longtime Presbyterian and was survived by sister Laura M Davis and brothers Samuel M Davis of Santa Anna California and Rev McLain Davis of Seattle Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Cemetery
May A
Davis
South Beventh Street
Presbyterian Church
Town
Robert L. Clark
Ralph Nesbit
Summit
N.J
Laura M. Davis
Samuel M. Davis
Santa Anna
Calif
McLain Davis
Seattle
Wash
Mrs Austin White Funeral Services Held at Covode
Mrs. Austin White died Friday at her home near Covode. Born January 15, 1870 near Loop in West Mahoning township, she married Austin White on November 23, 1893. Funeral Sunday at Covode M E Church with interment in Covode cemetery. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Orrin Baun of Marchand and Mrs Howard Townsend of Clark's Summit and seven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covade
M. E
Austin White
Covode
Loop
West Mahoning Township
Harvey Lewis
Covede
Covede M. E. Church
Orrin Baun
Marchand
Howard Townsend
Clark’s Summit
Mrs Rebecca J Thomas Dies After Illness at Gastown
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at Gastown Reformed church for Mrs Rebecca Jewart Thomas aged nearly 80. She died Monday at her daughter’s home in Gastown after a complication of diseases. A life long Gastown resident and Reformed church member she leaves ten children forty grandchildren and nine great grandchildren in several nearby towns and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastown
Mellon Thomas
Margaret Timblin
Marjorie Miller
Sheloca, R. D
H. A. Gashoun
Maude Miller
Near Creekside
Anna Kepple
Indiana
Harvey Thomas
Vandergrift
Funeral services for Mrs. W H OHarrow at Rural Valley cemetery
Mrs W H OHarrow dies at her Rural Valley home leaving husband and four children Lewis William James Stella all at home. Also survived by her mother Mrs Hannah McGregor of Rural Valley and brothers J C McGregor of Eddyville W C McGregor of Kittanning sisters Mrs F O Postlewaite of Rural Valley and Mrs S N Moore of Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Valley Presbyterian Church
W. H. O'Harrow
Rural Valley
Lewis
William
James
Stella
Hannah McGregor
J. C. McGregor
Eddyville
W. C. McGregor
Kittanning
O. Postlewaite
N. Moore
Butler
Notable Brookville Resident Dies After Illness
Mrs Mary Knappenberger longtime Brookville resident dies at daughter Mrs Robert Tombs home in Armagh after years long illness pneumonia. Funeral held Friday in Brookville M E church with interment in Brookville cemetery. Survived by two daughters and several grandchildren. Also note obituary of Mrs Gertrude Sutton Gooding former Indiana resident who died in Yonkers New York of kidney trouble survived by son Lisle Gooding of New York. Robert H Shaw aged 80 longtime Cherry Tree resident dies after illness. survived by widow and children and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Knappenberge
Mary
Brookville Cemetery
Gertrude Sutton Gooding
Gertrude. Sutton Gooding
Indiana
Yonkers
Agnes Sutton
James McGregor
Harry M. Repline
South Seventh Street
Robert H. Shaw
Cherry Tres
Martha (Glass) Shaw
John J. Shaw
Cherry Tree
R. Raymond Shaw
Cleveland
Caroline Shaw
Laura Shaw
I. C. Shaw
Elmer E. Shaw
Orlando
Fla
Eleanor Anderson
Colorado Springs
Deaths of Miss Henrietta Parry and Infant Shaffer
Miss Henrietta Parry aged 70, unmarried, was found dead at her Pine Flats area home on Saturday. The coroner's report cites heart attack as the cause, with death occurring hours before discovery by her nephew Harry Young. Funeral services for Denver Shaffer, three years eight months old, were held Saturday and he was laid to rest in Elderton cemetery. he died Wednesday night at the Indiana hospital from a complication of diseases, survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Shaffer and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Parry
Pine Flats
Harry Young
Fred W. St. Clair
Elderton
Denver Shaffer
G. A. Shaffer
Indiana Hospital
First Reunion Of Diamondville School Attended
The first reunion of Diamondville school alumni held September 16 at the school grounds drew sixteen former teachers and over five hundred former pupils and friends. The event featured a program with songs, readings, reminiscences, a spelling bee won by Q.O. J. Pattigan, and prizes for the oldest pupil and teacher. Officers elected included President George F. Ober and Secretary Elma B. Long, with plans for a next reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamondville
Diamondville School
America
W. N. Myers
George F. Ober
C. J. Pattison
Auld Lang Syne
Florence Ferrier
George J Fell
Mable Meekins
Mary A. Farnsworth
Near
Purchase Line
Edward O’neil
Lizzie Huston
Clymer
R. D
QO. J. Pattigan
M. 8
Rodkey
A. J. Hines
D. B. Kelly
A. J. Long
Edna Long
Harry Weaver
Jay F. Hines
William Vasbinder
Elma BH
Long
Little Tot Broke Arm In Oakland Fall
Pegey Lou Clark daughter of Attorney and Mrs Eewin Clark of Oakland Avenue broke her arm Sunday after falling from a scooter while riding on the street coach notes indicate the injury occurred at the family residence area with no further complications reported by doctors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Tot
Pegey Lou
Eewin Clark
Oakland Avenue
Cloudburst Rain Rates Record Set in California Mountains
A Boston Herald writer notes cloudbursts are intensely dense showers with no clear theoretical cap on rainfall rate. Global gauges exceed 80,000, but only a few hundred measure rate. In 1926 near Los Angeles a self registering gauge recorded 1.03 inches per minute at Onid's camp, with a nearby instrument at 0.92 inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Onid’s Camp
Los Angeles
Apelles’s Public Critique Trick From Ancient Greece
Greek painter Apelles famed for Venus Rising from the Sea and Alexander with thunderbolt used a novel method to obtain feedback. After finishing a work he placed it publicly and hid to overhear passersby criticisms. When a shoemaker faulted a main figure, Apelles withdrew the painting to correct it, later rebuking the shoemaker to critique only what he knew. Largely lost to time, he lived in the third century BCE with no surviving paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apelles
Alexander
Christ
Use of Camels in U S 1800s War Department Experiment
In 1805 the War department tested camels to move loads across western deserts. Seventy five camels from Egypt and Asia Minor were joined by Greek Turkish camel drivers and sent to a post near San Antonio Texas. Trials in New Mexico Colorado and Arizona yielded favorable reports but horse dealers opposed the effort and it was abandoned with the Civil War. The camels were sold to circuses and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Desert
Egypt
Asia Minor
San Antonio
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Nara Bronze Buddha One of World’s Finest Monuments
The Great Bronze Buddha at Nara, fifty three and a half feet tall, was cast in 748 A. D. in the Nineteenth year of Shomu. It used 1,154,007 pounds of crude copper, 20,385 pounds of white metal, 4,860 pounds of mercury, and 996 pounds of green gold. The white metal’s exact composition is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Nara
Scientific American
Origins and meanings of the word robot across languages
Britannica traces the word to various roots including Latin strength and Czech pohlt meaning work and robota meaning drudgery. Other derivations link robot to serf or drudge and the term Robota for hard work. The term is old and carried ominous connotations when serfdom prevailed a century and a half ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britannica
Bridge painting in Scotland never ends
The North Bridge in Scotland has remained unfinished for 42 years with squads of men continually applying weather protection. The massive surface area to be treated is 185 acres and the work requires three men three years to traverse the length. then the process must begin anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
County Baptinto Met At Blairsville Next Week
The Baptists of the county assemble in Blairsville for the 57th annual Indiana Baptist Association and 49th annual Women’s Missionary Society meeting at Blairsville Baptist Church on Thursday and Friday October 6. Sessions begin Thursday at 10:00 AM with additional meetings for the Missionary Society Thursday afternoon and evening. The program lists devotional services, addresses by Rev. W. B. Fresher and Rev. L. W. Bumpus, reports from officers and directors, and various committee meetings. Friday features more reports, sermons by Rev. R. H. Austin and Rev. A. T. O. Marks, and adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Indiana Baptist Association
Women’s Missionary Society
Blairsville Baptist Church
Missionary Society
Indiana Association
L. C. Smith
J. T. Davis
Scott Chambers
Women's ‘Missionary Society
H. W. Pharaoh
L. W. Bumpus
Bandai
Mary Lenox
White Cross
McKee
Salina Barbour
Grove Ltr
H. F. Bowser
Nancy ‘Lenox
J. A. Adams
B. C. Barrett
Penna
A. T. O. Marks
Sec
R. H. Austin
F. W. Tomlinson
Education
Baptist Convention
Benefit
Myers Literary Society Friday Meeting Program
Myers Literary Society outlines a Friday evening event at the Myers School house Center township with songs, readings, violin and banjo performances, dialogues by school children, a Victrola selection, and a journal. The topic for discussion concerns how farm produce curtailment affected farmers, followed by a closing song and a reflection on railroad schedules and glassblowers wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers Literary Society
Myers
Center Township
Freda Stewart
Tia Davis
Helen Roskovensky
Clarissa Britton
Leo Campbell
Robert Nehrig
Virginia Henry
Jake
Vernon Britton
Chas
Henry
Fred Nehrig
Vernon Kirkland
Charles Nehrig
Mee Henry
Surprise
la Rue Warner
Howard Nehrig
Iona Lewis
Jas. Kauffman
Betty Kirkland
Eileen Stewart
Margaret Bowman
Alice Rhea
Mildred Nehrig
Carrie White
Mgr
Banjosolo
Mary Walker
Stella
Clair Kauffman
Hotinson Woman to Serve July Sentence
Jessa H Nicewonger faces felonious entry charges while multiple trials, guilty pleas, and verdicts unfold in a busy criminal docket. Notable outcomes include William Henry Bulerbaugh found not guilty on a morality charge, and Roy Muir convicted on morality offenses alongside other cases of assault and driving under the influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessa H. Nicewonger
William Henry Bulerbaugh
Frank Emerick
Langhant
Meg
W. M. Meadowa
Blairsville
Negro Baptist Chirch
Roy Muir
West Wheatfield Township
Steve Kovach
Rossiter
Charles Hurt
Duane ‘R Eadwards
Ebensburg
Way Wolfe
John Charley
James Kukula
Frank Anino
Orgill Bee
J. N. Langham
Joseph Stephenson
Johnstown
Robert Harper
Clymer
Allegheny County
iChief
Tony Askey
Harper
George Harper
George
Peter ‘Perotti
Tony
Washington Township
Blair ‘Carnahan
Perotti
Carnahan
Tony Perotti
George Glessner
Seward
Harry Cooper
Indiana
John Cox
Cooper
Indiana-Clymer
Langham
Farm Calendar Advice for Wheat Seed Treatment and Livestock
Agricultural notes cover wheat seed treatment with 2 percent copper carbonate dust per bushel, sheep breed selection, cow culling for dairy profits, proper storage of pumpkins and peppers, grain moth control with carbon disulphide, and minimal litter use for pullets. Includes practical tips for farmers and homestead equipment.
Mount Tabor Visit and Local Encounters Report
Mr and Mrs Guy Smith and Mr and Mrs Bob Muir with family visited Leechburg to see Smiths sister Russell Lichtenfeld and her sons Olver and Clair from Ardara. Mrs Clyde Palmer cut her arm requiring ten stitches after a fall on a glass can last week. Jane Lichtenfeld returned from a two week visit in Johnstown with her son. Charles Penrose family spent Sunday with the P S Lichtenfelds. Chester Empfield visited G W Clawson on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Smith
Bob Muir
Clarence
Grace
Leechburg
Johnstown
Charles Penrose
P. S. Lichtenfeln
Elders Ridge Sabbath Services and Community News
Elders Ridge notes a Sabbath school at 10:00, church at 11:00, and C. ES at 7:30 led by Annabel Wing. Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7:30. Mrs. Frank Ewing from Ridgway visited, while Mr. Mears of New Castle stays with St. B. Fassett. Annabel Ewing visited R. W. Beamer. Ed Harvey family spent Sabbath at O. TB Harvey’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qeader
Annabel Wing
Frank Ewing
Ridgway
Rose Wean
Mears
New ‘Castle
St. B. Fassett
Annabel Ewing
R. W. Beamer
Ed. ' Harvey and
O. TB
Harvey
Sabbath School Convention Attendees in Indiana Last Week
Names and initials of local residents visiting and attending church events in Indiana. Individuals include Mrs J G Henderson, Mr Helen Streams, the McConnels of Olivet, T C Hood, Mrs R Hine and daughters Martha Doris Ruth, Miss Ida Gibson, Walter Hwing, Annabel and James, Mrs J S Wwing, Miss Harriet Baxter, Dick Heamer, J G Henderson, Mr and Mrs Herbert Lambert, Mrs George Meyers, Martha Hine, Mary Henry, Mrs Walter Ewing, Mrs T C Hood, Mrs Roster Smock, and Donald and Raymond Wing. Attended events include Sabbath school convention, young people's rally, and W C T U meeting. Some also spent time in Chicago for Century of Progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Chicago
Mary Henry
Walter Ewing
TC. Hood
Roster Smock
J. B. Passett
Donald
Raymond Wing
Murraysville
Parkwood Social Notes Include Visits and Funeral
Miss Eleanor Ruth McGinley of Lewisville spent the weekend with Misa Ftuby iWraig. Deah Campbell and family of In lin watered to Parkwood Saturday. Mr. and Mrs Campbell spent the summer at Thomas Campbell farm then returned to Indiana for Vincent to attend training school. Mr. and Mrs C D Peddicord and family visited Marion Weat her Sunday. Many Parkwood folks attended the funeral of Myrna Jane Neal, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Ross Campbell. Betty Weiss continues to improve at Indiana hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Ruth McGinley
Lewisville
Misa Ftuby iWraig
Deah Campbell
Inlin
Parkwood
Purlewood
Ross Campbell
Myrna Jane Neal
Betty Weiss
Indiana Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
J.T. Shafter
Miss May A, Davis
Mrs
Rebecca J. Thomas
Robert H.shaw
Miss Henrietta Parry
U. S
of Missionary Society
Hotinson
Bakers’ Guild of
Beaumont
Tex
United States
Surrey
England
China
Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture
Ram Farly
Mount Tabor
Chester Empfield
G. W. Clawson
Elders Ridge
Mr. and
Mra. McConnel
Olivet
Krag
Pacific
Donald Moorhead
South Ninth Street
Ross & de Gaetano Cleaners
Indiane Een
Philadelphia Street
Indiana Motor Co
BUICK
Pontiao
North Eighth Street
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