Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, July 24, 1908 Volume 42, Number 29 South Fork Lad Killed in Wreck While Riding in a Wagon Had Neck Broken While Merchant Samuel Penrod of South Fork was delivering goods to customers on Tuesday morning last with two children – William Schofield, aged three and half years and Letetia Norris, his cousin, - in the wagon, while going down an alley known as Grant Street Alley, quite a distance above Grant Street, there is a deep gutter into which the front wheels of the wagon, which are low, lurched and Mr. Penrod, in order to avoid upsetting, turned the horse to one side when the hind part of the wagon turned around and slid along the ground for some distance, striking a fence and throwing Mr. Penrod out and the Schofield lad against the side of the wagon bed or fence, dislocating his neck and death followed a few minutes later. His cousin escaped by holding on to the seat and Mr. Penrod sustained but a few scratches. Young Schofield was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schofield and a nephew of Burgess Schofield. But one more child – a baby sister - remains in the family. The Funeral of Mrs. Casper Lieb After a Solemn High Mass of Requiem Remains are Interred at Nicktown The funeral of Mrs. Casper Lieb, who died at her home in this place on Thursday morning of last week as announced in THE FREEMAN the following day, took place after a solemn high mass of requiem in the church of the Holy Name in this place on Saturday morning last, celebrated by Rev. Father Denis Severn, a nephew of the deceased, with Rev. Fathers O’Neill and O’Hara acting as deacon and sub-deacon, and an eloquent and pathetic sermon which paid a high tribute to the virtues of the deceased lady, after which the funeral cortege proceeded overland to Nicktown where interment was made in the cemetery of the church of St. Nicholas at that place. Death of Miss Loretto Pruner East Ward Young Lady Succumbs to Pulmonary Trouble after a Year’s Illness Miss Loretto Pruner, the seventeen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pruner of High Street, East Ward, expired at the home of her parents on Sunday morning last after a year’s illness of a pulmonary affection. Miss Pruner was born in Allegheny Township, her mother being a daughter of Squire W. A. B. Little of Loretto, but her parents having removed to Ebensburg several years ago, she has since lived here a general favorite in the community. Her last illness was borne with a Christian fortitude and resignation remarkable in one so young in years with a bright prospect in life before her. Besides her parents, the following brothers and sisters survive her: May, Hattie, Emma, William, Camille, Edward, John, Donald, Florence and Robert. The funeral on Tuesday of the deceased was one of the largest that has taken place in Ebensburg for years, and the expressions of respect and sympathy of the multitudes showed the esteem in which she was held in the community. The remains in a beautiful casket were conveyed to the hearse by the pall bearers: William Owens, Connie Lieb, Maurice Luther, Leo Kimball, Reamer Apel and Robert Davis, followed by a long line of carriages containing the mourners; and many friends from Loretto and Ebensburg were conveyed to the church of the Holy Name of which the deceased had been in life a faithful and devoted member, where after a Solemn High Mass of Requiem, by the rector, Rev. Father H. M. O’Neill with Father Vogel of Cresson as deacon and Rev. Father Weisenberger of St. Francis College as sub-deacon, and an affecting and impressive sermon by Rev. Father O’Neill, interment was made in the new cemetery of the church in the West Ward, where loving hands will deck her grave while the remembrance of her pure life will long endure in the communities in which she was known and loved. Terrible Tragedy at Nant-y-Glo Young Man, Formerly of Ebensburg, Shoots Companions on Tuesday Night About 11 o’clock on Tuesday night word reached the office of District Attorney Leech that a young man, well known in Ebensburg where he has relatives living, had shot and fatally wounded a young man named Bland, a son of Constable Bland of Nant-y-Glo and a foreigner name Padauli or Padeaux. The details of the affair as gathered from various sources is that on the evening in question, the foreigner and Gibson, who is badly crippled and uses two crutches to aid locomotion were drinking near the railroad in Nant-y-Glo when the foreigner, who was already considerably under the influence of liquor, went to a wholesale establishment to get another “eight,” but being unable to carry it on account of his inebriety, young Bland took it to the place of rendezvous and was then sent to a restaurant for some sandwiches, and when in the act of handing them over, Gibson, without provocation, whipped out a revolver and shot him in the groin, inflicting a terrible wound and then according to the foreigner, picked a quarrel with him and shot him in the left breast above the heart. Constable Bland and Stiffler arrested Gibson and County Detective Berkebile and Constable Richard Evans brought him to jail overland arriving here about 4 o’clock Wednesday morning, while the wounded men were put aboard the morning train to be taken to Johnstown to the hospital, but the foreigner died when the train was about Summerhill and Bert Bland died yesterday morning.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, July 17, 1908 Volume 42, Number 28 Why Editor Thompson Wears a Happy Smile The Stork Visits His Household and Brings a New Editor On Sunday night last the stork visited the house of editor Walter Thompson of the MOUNTAINEER HERALD and made our genial brother happy by presenting him and his good wife with a brand new baby boy, which with commendable good sense they are not going to name in honor of presidential or other candidates but Benjamin Jenkins Thompson after an ancestor of the child’s grandmother Thompson. This is the eighth child that has come to bless our editorial brother. Mother and child are doing well and Walter - well, he feels happier than Bill Taft and is not at all worried over the result of the election or anything else on this mundane sphere. ---------------------------------------------------------------- MARRIAGES Marriage Licenses Robert Downey and Eleanor Bowman of Carrolltown. Meade Bowing, Berringer, Indiana County and Grace Wilt, Cookport, Indiana County. Thomas Byron, Bakerton and Eleanor Morris, Hastings. Martin Wendey and Katie Runys of Carrolltown Township. Albert Crum and Laura F. Young, Beaverdale. George A. Leonard, Tunnelhill and Hannah Harvey, Gallitzin. Samuel B Spearing and Ella Alice Moyer, Gallitzin.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, July 17, 1908 Volume 42, Number 28 Death of Mrs. Pius Cramer Allegheny Township Lady Found Dead in Bed Word was received at THE FREEMAN office this morning that Mrs. Pius Cramer of Allegheny Township was found dead in bed this morning. Mrs. Cramer retired to bed last night complaining of a tired feeling and this morning the family was horrified to find that she had died during the night. The maiden name of the deceased lady was Miss Annie Dodson, a daughter of Wm. Dodson. She was the mother of eleven children, some of whom are teaching in the public schools of the county. She was a person much esteemed in the community in which she lived and a faithful member of the Catholic Church. The Death of Mrs. George Huntley Venerable Lady Pass Away at Her Home in this Place Mrs. Mary Ann, wife of George Huntley, of this place, died on Tuesday morning last at her home on Crawford street, after an illness of several years, superinduced by having been scalded while in a fainting fit at her home five year ago. She was in her seventy-ninth year. Mrs. Huntley’s maiden name was Mary Ann Roberts. She was a daughter of William Roberts, who many years ago, kept an inn on the old Pittsburg pike six miles west of Ebensburg. She was married to Mr. Huntley, who survives her in 1853 by Rev. Montgomery, at that time pastor of the Presbyterian church in Ebensburg, and has resided here ever since. Of the children of this union several are dead. The survivors are Mrs. W. R. Smith of Aspinwall, Allegheny County; Miss Minnie, at home and Seldon and Leonard Huntley. Mrs. Huntley is survived by one sister - Mrs. Harriet Smith of Pittsburg and one half-sister, Mrs. R. E. Jones of Ebensburg. The deceased lady was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church; yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock by Rev. S. G. Craig, the local pastor of that denomination, conducted the funeral services at the late home of the deceased after which interment was made in Lloyd’s cemetery near this place. Death of Mrs. Casper Leib Wife of Ebensburg Business Man Passes Away Mrs. Philomena, wife of Casper Leib, of the firm of Luther, Leib and Estep, died at her home on Lloyd street, Ebensburg, yesterday morning at 1 o’clock. The deceased lady, who was a daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Sharbaugh, was born in Carrolltown fifty-six years ago. In 1871 she and Casper Leib were married in St. Benedict’s church, Carrolltown and for many years lived in Nicktown, moving to Ebensburg about three years ago. Of this union the following children survive – two having died when young – Mrs. Lawrence Luther; Frank, Harry, Conrad, Herman, Emma, Cecelia and Viola, all of Ebensburg; Edward of Morrellville and Alton of Sunbury. She also leaves six grandchildren – Anthony, Clare and Mary Luther and Gervaise, Carmilla and Paul Leib. Besides her husband, the following brothers and sisters survive the deceased: J. W. and A. C. Sharbaugh and Mrs. Valentine Thomas and Mrs. William Severn of Carrolltown and Mrs. John McDermitt of Johnstown. Mrs. Leib was a devoted wife, a loving mother, a good friend and neighbor and an exemplary member of the Catholic church. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning after a Solemn High Mass of Requiem in the Catholic church in this place by Rev. Father Dennis Severn, nephew of the deceased, assisted by Fathers O’Neill and O’Hara, interment to follow in the Catholic cemetery at Nicktown. Wreck of Windber Street Car Ran into Bark Train, then Ran Back and Jumped the Track One Killed Forty Injured A terrible accident resulting in the death of Ernest Gianetta, a French chef in the Saratoga lunchroom on Clinton Street, Johnstown, conducted by Fred A. Vivis and the injured - some seriously – of about forty persons. The catastrophe was the culmination of two wrecks, the first of which was caused by car No. 104 running into a bark train, hauled by a traction engine, crossing the street car line, without lights at a sharp curve on Central avenue, Ferndale, near the Hogback tunnel, where the lights of the car did not illuminate the track far ahead and the motorman - Irvin Hoover - could not see the bark train until within a short distance when he reversed his car on the four motors notwithstanding, it struck the first of the three bark wagons with terrific force, shoving in the front of the car which instantly turned backwards and there being no break levers on the hind end of the car, Conductor Edward Deitz had no means to stop it and the trolley having jumped off the wire, the car was in darkness until it struck the curve where the tracks turn off the Valley Pike in Ferndale to cross the B. & O. tracks into Moxham, when, turning, running at terrific speed, it jumped the track and turned on its side. Relief was promptly at hand and after the passengers were gotten out it was found that Ernest Gianetta was so seriously injured about the head and neck that he died in a few minutes. The wounded were taken to the hospital and cared for and Coroner McMillan of Barnesboro notified of the accident that an inquest might be held. Gianetta who was a young man came to this country six years ago and worked in various saloons as chef, accumulating, it is said, by this means about $12,000. Besides this, by the death of his parents in France, he recently fell heir to property valued at $100,000 – $50,000 of which is cash. He had intended to return to France in about a year and settle up the estate and live a retired life. He has two brothers in this country and a sister and brother in France. Gausch, Dixmont State Asylum Word was received here Monday afternoon from the officials of the state asylum at Dixmont, telling of the death of a Cambria County patient, Gausch, by name. He was a native of Cambria City where his relatives reside. The remains were buried at Dixmont.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, July 10, 1908 Volume 42, Number 27 Married 50 Years ago Married in Butler on the 3rd inst., by Rev. T. Malone, S. S. Christy, formerly of Cambria County to Miss Maggie P. Brendin of Butler. 1908 Marriages Marriage Licenses R. F. Johns and Annie Lowmaster of Garman Mills. Ernest Edward Sheets and Ethel May Beacham of Barnesboro. Wm. Killinger and Jane Williamson of Benscreek. Jolly-Logan At Nuptial Mass in the church of the Holy Name in this place on Wednesday, July 1st, by Rev. Father M. C. O’Connor of Nant-y-Glo, Mr. Emanuel Jolly of Patton to Miss Eleanor Logan of Ebensburg.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, July 10, 1908 Volume 42, Number 27 Recent Death of S. Dean Canan Born in Ebensburg 81 Years Ago Son of Editor of the SKY S. Dean Canan, a native of Ebensburg, son of Moses Canan, Esq., one of the fist attorneys at the Ebensburg bar and editor of the SKY, a paper of rare merit published in Ebensburg from 1832 to 1836, died at his home in Johnstown, Wednesday, June 24th last, aged 81 years. The deceased was well known in canal days, having held positions under the State and afterwards engaged in the mercantile business. He was a prominent member of Emory Fisher Post G. A. R. of Johnstown and other orders. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer infantry, under Capt. J. H. Hite of that city. During the nine months which he served he was in a number of battles, the most important of which was that of Fredericksburg. Mr. Canan is survived by four children as follows: Mrs. Samuel M. Miller, at home; Moses H. and William Dean Canan of Altoona and Mary C., at home. One sister, Mrs. Charlotte Canan Pershing, widow of Rev. Dr. I. C. Pershing of Wilkinsburg, eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren also survive him. His wife died about four months ago. Funeral services were held from the Canan residence at 2 o’clock on Friday afternoon June 26th, conducted by Rev. J. W. G. Faust, pastor of the Franklin street M. E. Church. Interment was made in the Grand View cemetery. Death of Mrs. Michael Wirtner On Thursday morning July 2nd, Mrs. Ella, wife of Simon Wirtner of Latrobe, having learned from a letter from her mother – Mrs. Simon Kisch of Barr township – that the latter intended paying her a visit went to the depot in her bare head to meet her and the day being excessively hot, she was prostrated by the heat and not being known, it is alleged, she was not properly taken care of by the officials of the company. She was past relief when she was finally recognized. Her mother arrived on the evening train to find her dead. Mr. and Mrs. Wirtner were but recently married and her early demise is much regretted by a large circle of friends and relatives. The funeral took place in the Catholic cemetery at Nicktown on Saturday last. John L. Stough Dies Suddenly Octogenarian Veteran Passes Away at His Home in the West Ward, Tuesday Morning, June 30th John L. Stough, one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Ebensburg, died suddenly of heart failure on Tuesday morning, June 30th at his home in the West Ward. The deceased was born at West Newton, Westmoreland County, in December, 1829, and began work as a cooper, later learning the painters’ trade. He came to Ebensburg on June 7, 1850, and had since resided here, working for a long time as a master painter. He and Miss Jane Mills were married here in 1855. Besides his wife he is survived by these children: Addison of Braddock; Wm., in the West; Kate, wife of Howard Evans of Park Avenue, Moxham; Emma, wife of J. G. Sechler of Grant, Indiana County; George, in the West; Minnie, wife of Schuyler Davis of this place; and Charles and Oliver, also of this place. John and Cora Stough, two other children, are dead. Mr. Stough was a brother of Mrs. Annie Cosier and Mrs. Barbara Crise of Greensburg and Mrs. L. C. DeLancey, living in the state of Iowa. Mr. Stough resided the greater part of his life in Ebensburg but during the Civil War enlisted in Co. K, Twenty-Sixth Regiment, Indiana Infantry Volunteers in which he served. He was a member of John M. Jones Post, G. A. R. No. 556 and was a charter member of the Highland Lodge I. O. O. F. of this place. Mr. Stough was a painter by trade and was at the time of his death in his seventy-ninth year. In politics he was a staunch Democrat and his religious predilection inclined to the Presbyterian Church. He was reputed one of the best of neighbors and a monthly (sic) citizen. The funeral took place after services and an eloquent sermon at the late home of the deceased by Rev. S. G. Craig of the Presbyterian church on Thursday afternoon, July 2nd. The local Grand Army Post and Highland Lodge were out in force and many friends and neighbors were in the solemn cortege. The floral offerings were beautiful. The pall bearers were Squire A. J. Waters, Herman Apel, Carl Rivinius, John Owens, C. T. Roberts and F. H. Barker. The interment was made in Lloyd’s cemetery.

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Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, June 26, 1908 Volume 42, Number 26 Marriage Licenses Joseph Gill and Mary Stopka, both Susquehanna Twp. Joseph Portada and Rose Hess, both of Johnstown. Marcey Washata and Sophia Yakowski, both of Moss Creek. George Wolashen and Mary Jacobs, both of Vintondale. Philip J. Yahner of Patton and Elizabeth R. Orr of St. Boniface. Neil A. Lohr of South Fork and Ida S. Lape of Boswell. William L. Bougher of Johnstown and Elizabeth Holsinger of New Enterprise, Pa. Walter C. Blair of Patton and Annie M. Warner of St. Lawrence. Matthew Sherwin, Jr. and Isabella Thornton, both of Barnesboro. Walter Mulvehill of Spangler and Ada Ager of Nicktown. Jordan-Eckenrode James Jordan of Cresson and Miss Hallie Eckenrode of Loretto were married at nuptial mass in St. Michael’s Church on Tuesday last by Rev. Father Ferdinand Kittell.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, June 26, 1908 Volume 42, Number 26 Heavy Storms in Northern Cambria Woman Killed by Lightning in Barnesboro and Barn burned at Hastings, Much Damage Done to Telephone Lines, Timber, Crops, etc. On Wednesday afternoon last between the hours of two and four o’clock a heavy storm of hail, rain, wind and lightning passed over Northern Cambria County. At Barnesboro Mrs. Mary Olair, a Slavish woman, a widow, with eight children, while returning to her home along the railroad track for the Pennsylvania Railroad depot where she had gone with a friend, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. At Hastings the large barn of Peter Helfrick which contained a considerable amount of hay was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Large trees were broken off or turned out of root and corn and potato ground which had been recently cultivated was badly washed. Reports that a man named Alex Dunlap, living at New Washington, near Hastings had been killed by lightning lacks confirmation as also a report that a man was killed in the vicinity of Chest Springs. The storm extended as far at Tyrone, Blair County. The farmers in the vicinity of Chest Springs, Bradley Junction, Patton and Carrolltown, had warning to expect rain sent out by phone by Dr. Harry Somerville of Chest Springs, who receives daily reports with the Weather Bureau at Pittsburg, but they did not expect any such storm. Death of Peter Hubbard at Bakerton Northern Man Dies of Rupture of a Bloodvessel (sic) in the Brain on Tuesday On Tuesday morning last word came to Ebensburg that a man named Peter Hubbard, employed in firing the boilers at Mine No. 13 of the Duncan Spangler Coal Company at Bakerton had been murdered and County Detective J. L. Berkebile and Constable Richard Evans at once drove to the place, but it was found upon an autopsy having been held that death was caused by a rupture of a bloodvessel in the brain, which showed signs of a softening for some time past. Hubbard had been at his work on Monday as usual but did not return to his boarding house that night and on Tuesday morning an employee of the company, in going to work, found his dead body in a clump of bushes on a pathway leading from the mine. The body was lying face downwards and nearby some bottles of beer, with one partly empty. It is supposed that the deceased after quitting work had procured the beer and had partaken of some of it when overcome by the fatal stroke, superinduced probably by the heat of the weather. Hubbard was 50 years of age and was married but had not lived with his family for some time. He has a son living in Johnstown where his wife was visiting at the time of his death. Both started for Barnesboro when notified of the sad occurrence. Child Drowns in Somerset’s Reservoir On Monday morning last Edward Walter, the twelve year old son of Albert Walter of Connellsville, was drowned in the reservoir at Somerset. He had been wadding in shallow water and, slipping on the asphalt bottom, was thrown into eight feet of water and being unable to swim and two youthful companions being unable to save him, he was drowned. Fred Lambert Kittanning, Pa., June 25 While swimming in the Allegheny River at Ford City, Fred Lambert, eleven years old, got into a sand hole and was drowned. The body was recovered. Barnesboro Woman [Mrs. Mary Olair] Johnstown, Pa., June 25 During a severe storm at Barnesboro a foreign woman, whose name has not been learned, was struck by lightning while walking along the railroad and killed. Chester Richard Altoona, Pa., June 25 The jury in the case of Policeman Samuel Werner on trial for slaying Chester Richard returned a verdict of not guilty. Richard was killed while trying to escape arrest.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, June 19, 1908 Volume 42, Number 25 Wedding at Hastings on Tuesday Last Miss Regina Walters Becomes Mrs. Thomas A. Cassidy On Tuesday last in St. Bernard’s church in Hastings at nuptial mass celebrated by Rev. Father Thomas of Carrolltown, and Rev. Father Germaine Ball, rector of St. Bernard’s performing the ceremony, Mr. Thomas A. Cassidy, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Cassidy of this place, now a resident of Spangler where he runs a modern barber shop and Miss Regina A. Walters of St. Boniface, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Walters, of that place, recently a milliner in Miss Nellie Luther’s millinery establishment in Hastings. Their attendants were Mr. “Clem” Flick of Barnesboro and Miss Matilda Yeager of Hastings. After the ceremony and a sumptuous repast at the home of the bride’s parents, the newly wedded and their attendants drove to Ebensburg where they partook of a wedding dinner at the home of the parents of the bridegroom, after which they left for Altoona on the 5:35 train, returning on Wednesday evening to Spangler where they will in the near future begin housekeeping. The groom is one of the best tonsorial artists of the county and is doing prosperous business in Spangler and the bride is one of Cambria’s most estimable young ladies and with their many friends, THE FREEMAN wishes them long life and an abundance of happiness here and hereafter. Wedding at Summit Mr. Charles Vaught and Miss Bertha Weise of Cresson were married in St. Aloysius church, Summit, on Tuesday by Rev. Father James Graven. The attendants were Mr. Harvey Vaught of Loretto, a brother of the groom and Miss Annie [Heil or Bell] of Altoona, a cousin of the bride. Both are popular young people of Cresson at which place they will make their future home.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, June 19, 1908 Volume 42, Number 25 Tragic Death of Joseph Bengele of Gallitzin Well Known Man in a Fit of Temporary Aberration of Mind Shoots Himself on Wednesday Morning Despondent on Account of Ill Health Was Highly Respected in the Community By All It is with feelings of deep sorrow that THE FREEMAN records the death by his own hand of Joseph Bengele, one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Cambria County and a successful business man of unquestioned integrity and ability, which sad event took place at his home in Gallitzin on Wednesday morning last at about 5 o’clock. The health of Mr. Bengele has been considerably impaired for several years on account of stomach trouble in an acute form and the Cresson Springs Brewing Company, of which he was president, recently gave him a two months vacation in order that he might endeavor to recuperate his health, notwithstanding which he was loth (sic) to temporarily abandon his duties but occasionally put in an appearance at the office to see if anything would be required of him. A short time ago he served for about ten days as a juror in the United States District Court in Pittsburg and while there manifested symptoms of insomnia and listlessness, the more remarkable on account of his former joviality and buoyancy of sprits and appeared depressed and melancholy. On Tuesday he was in Ebensburg, returning to his home in the evening. That night, several friends visited him at his home whom he entertained and to whom he served lunch, complaining of a severe headache to relieve which he would frequently go out on the porch of his house in the air. On Wednesday morning about 5 o’clock, his wife heard what she took to be the falling of a chair in his room, went to it, and found her husband lying dead on the floor beside his bed with a bullet hole in his head entering about the right eye and going out below the left ear. Joseph Bengele was a son of Florian and Frances Haid Bengele and was born and raised in Loretto, his father having been a native of Germany who during his residence in Loretto, for many years, conducted a hotel at the upper end of St. Mary’s Street. The deceased was educated at St. Francis College, Loretto, and at St. Vincent’s college and in 1882 was married to Mary August Buck, daughter of William J. Buck of Buck’s Mills and for about eighteen months ran the Bengele Hotel in Loretto but removed to Gallitzin where he started a dry goods and grocery store and did a large business and became a general favorite in the community. He was a whole-souled magnanimous liberal man – too much so for his own good as extension of credit to many who were unable or unwilling to meet their obligations temporarily embarrassed him in his business, but the fortunate sale of property to the PRR gave him ample means to meet his obligations and start up a prosperous business once more, but in a disastrous fire a few years ago, he lost much, notwithstanding which it is generally believed that he was financially well situated and his rash act is attributed by those who knew him best to a temporary aberration of mind occasioned by his enfeebled health. Besides his wife, Mr. Bengele is survived by the following named children - five of their oldest children having died many years ago during an epidemic of diphtheria in Gallitzin: Hilda, a student at Seton Hill Seminary at the time of her father’s tragic death and who would have graduated in a few days; William, Edna, Marie, Paul, Charles, Ophelia and Virginia. Florian Bengele of Omaha, Nebraska, who cannot be present at his brother’s funeral on account of the nervous illness of his wife; B. M. Bengele of Loretto, are his surviving brothers and the Misses Mary and Sophia Bengele of Loretto are sisters of the deceased. Joseph Bengele was a devout Catholic and as a neighbor and citizen no one was more highly esteemed or more implicitly trusted. He was a member of various religious societies; a director of the American National Bank of Ebensburg for many years; a member of the Gallitzin School Board; Treasurer of the Gallitzin Building & Loan Association and Treasurer of the Borough and School District of Gallitzin; President of the Cresson Springs Brewing Company, in which concern, as well as in various others, he held considerable stock. His age was about 50 years. It has been a long time since any death has occurred that has caused much wide spread regret and such heartfelt sympathy with the family of the deceased as he surely was not responsible for the rash act which ended his life. Tomorrow morning in St. Patrick’s church, Gallitzin, a high mass of requiem for the repose of his soul will be celebrated after which his remains will be conveyed to Loretto and interred in the family plot in St. Michael’s cemetery by the side of his children whose deaths occurred in tender years. Death of Miss Ada Murray Miss Ada Murray, for many years a resident of Ebensburg, died at St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburg on Sunday morning last where she had gone several weeks prior to last time from the Mountain House where she had made her home. Miss Murray was born in Cameron’s Bottom, Indiana County, March 1, 1868, her parents being the late Michael and Helen Murray. The deceased was a devout Catholic, a parishioner of the Church of the Holy Name in Ebensburg, to which church on Monday morning last her remains were conveyed and after a high mass of requiem interment took place in the new cemetery of that church. Miss Murray is survived by a brother, Peter H. Murray of Butte, Montana and by three sisters - Mrs. Mollie Schrum of Blairsville; Mrs. Jacob F. Donahue of Pineton, Indiana County; and Miss Delia Murray of Clarion, Pa., and by five nephews and niece – Leo, Michael, Elwood, Frank, Harry and Mary Kittell, children of a deceased sister. Death of Philip Anstead Aged Resident of Ebensburg Passes Away Philip Anstead of the East Ward died rather suddenly last evening of the effects of a paralytic stroke. Mr. Anstead was born in the vicinity of St. Boniface, this county, December 8, 1833 and was consequently in his sixty-seventh year. The deceased was a veteran of the Civil War, having been a member of the Twenty-sixth Regiment P. V. On January 29, 1867 he was united in marriage with Mary Ann Zimmerman, who with two sons – Constantine A. and Harry F. – survives him. The funeral will take place on Monday morning next after a high mass of requiem in the Holy Name church in this place of which the deceased was a member, the remains will be conveyed to Carrolltown and interred in St. Benedict’s cemetery. Joseph Benegele Johnstown, Pa., June 17 Despondent since he was told that he was suffering from cancer of the stomach, Joseph Benegele, aged fifty, a wealthy Gallitzin merchant and one of the most widely known residents of Cambria County, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, June 12, 1908 Volume 42, Number 24 Marriage 50 Years Ago Hymeneal – Married on Thursday, the third inst., by the Rev. S. E. Babcock, Mr. Wm. T. Devine of Montour County to Miss Mollie J. Hamilton of Johnstown, Cambria County. Again we herald the pleasing announcement of two congenial spirits united in the joys of wedlock. May hope ever buoy up their spirits, comfort always find its way to their dwelling and joy ever crown them with blessings. 1908 Birth John Thompson The stork has recently paid a visit to the home of our merchant friend, John Thompson and the family has been enlarged by the addition of a brand new girl baby. Mother and child are doing well and our friend John wears a glad smile. No 1908 Marriages in this edition of the newspaper

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, June 12, 1908 Volume 42, Number 24 Death from 50 Years Ago Obituary – Died at the residence of his father in Munster Township, in Thursday the 3d inst., John C. Luckett, aged 28 years. When the young are stricken down in the flower of manhood, no consolation is sufficient to assuage the pangs of grief except certain consciousness that their lives have been well spent and a rational hope that they have exchanged this world’s trials and troubles for the ever lasting bliss of the roseate bowers of eternity. Free from the vices of the world and possessing a gentle and generous disposition, the subject of this note was always a favorite, admired for his many manly virtues, he passed through life without a stain upon his name or a blot upon his honor. May he rest in peace. 1908 Deaths Death of Mrs. John Sauter Blanche, wife of John Sauter of Patton, died at the home of her father – Philip Detrick in Carroll Township on Monday last of tuberculosis, aged twenty-six years. The deceased lady was a niece of Landlord Michael Stoltz of this place. She contracted tuberculosis a couple of years ago and was for quite a while a patient in Dr. Flick’s White Haven Hospital, but a couple of weeks ago after her malady was found to be incurable, she came home to die. Besides her husband, one child, a boy two years old – the parents of Mrs. Sauter, her brothers - Edwin and William of Altoona – and her sisters – Marie and Marguarite, at home, survive. The funeral took place on Monday last after a high mass of requiem in St. Benedict’s church, Carrolltown. Interment in cemetery nearby. Captain McDonald Mourns Death of His Comrade Thomas Van Irwin of Mifflintown Passes Away Captain Morgan McDonald of this place recently received a marked paper from Mifflintown containing an account of the death of an old comrade, Thomas Van Irwin, for forty years cashier of the Juniata National Bank of Mifflintown, Penna. Thomas Van Irwin enlisted January 1, 1864 in the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry commanded by his uncle, Col. Wm. Bell Irwin and was at the latter’s request enrolled in Company M of that regiment of which Captain Morgan McDonald was the commanding officer and was taken prisoner in the summer of 1864 but escaped from prison. The deceased was well known by many Johnstowners. The Irwin and Bell families from whom he was descended were two of the foremost families of Central Pennsylvania.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, June 5, 1908 Volume 42, Number 23 Marriage Licenses David S. Miller and Edith Lantzy, Susquehanna Township. Francis M. Lumadue and Celia F. Endler, St. Boniface. Matteillo Aniello and Maria Rosa Madaio, Lilly. Married Last Evening Miss Martha Hughes, third daughter of the late Thomas J. Hughes of the East Ward, and Herschel Davis, of the same Ward, were quietly married last evening by Rev. J. Twyson Jones, pastor of the Congregational church in this place and after partaking of a bounteous wedding repast drove overland to Cresson where they boarded a train for their honeymoon trip to eastern cities. On their return, the newly wedded couple will reside in Ebensburg where the groom is engaged in the insurance business and where both have hosts of friends, as they are numbered among our most popular and deserving young couple.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, June 5, 1908 Volume 42, Number 23 Doings of 50 Years Ago! >From the Mountaineer of June 8, 1858 Mrs. Margaret Purdy, aged one hundred and six years, lately died at Spencer, New York. She had been a widow over eighty years, her husband having been killed in the Revolutionary War in the year 1777. No deaths from 1908 in this edition

You're terrific. Just want I wanted for Christmas and forgot to put on my list!! Jack > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 18:51:28 -0500 > Subject: [PACAMBRI] Obits May 1, 1908 > > > > > > > Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. > > Friday, May 1, 1908 > > Volume 42, Number 18 > > Death from 50 Years Ago > > Obituary – Died on > the 19th inst. in Susquehanna township, Mrs. Hannah Heinbaugh, in the 35th year > of her age. > > > > > 1908 Deaths > > > > > > Death of William J. > Mobly > > William J. Mobly, formerly a resident of > Ebensburg at the time of the grading of the Blacklick Extension of the E. & > C. branch at which time he worked for Contractor McFadden, died at his home in > Pittsburg on Saturday last of paralysis and pneumonia, aged 60 years. The remains were conveyed to Ebensburg and > interred in Lloyd’s cemetery by the side of his wife who died many years ago. > > > > Lilly Boy Killed on > Railroad > > Wallace McGough > While Returning From Baseball Game on Sunday Last > > Wallace McGough, the 16-year-old son of > Wilfred McGough of Lilly, was killed while returning from a baseball game at Portage by falling from a freight train on which he > was riding on Sunday afternoon last. > > The funeral took place after a high mass of > requiem in St. Bridget’s church, Lilly, by the rector, Rev. Father Thomas Ryan > on Tuesday morning last. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - - - - - - - - - - > > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: > http://www.camgenpa.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, May 29, 1908 Volume 42, Number 22 Marriage from 50 Years ago Hymeneal – Married on Thursday the 20th of May, by the Rev. William Lloyd, Mr. John Tibbott to Miss Harriet Griffith, both of this vicinity. Thanks for the cake; it was delicious. May your lives be prosperous and happy. 1908 Marriages Marriage Licenses Frank Edward Jackson, U. S. A. Naval Service and Blanche Adelaide Eckenrode of Johnstown. James E. Conrad and Annie C. Lynch of Elstie W. J. Riddle of Altoona and Margaret Diehl of Benscreek. Irwin C. Moyer and Florence M. Rose, both of Elton. Andrew Robine, Washington Township and Genevieve McManamy of Lilly.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, May 29, 1908 Volume 42, Number 22 Luke Crauley Dead Luke Crauley, who was, it is said, accidentally stabbed while acting as peacemaker in a fight between his half-brother - Andrew Crauley - and another man died at the Memorial Hospital in Johnstown on Wednesday evening. Andrew Crauley, it is said, did the cutting in his efforts to stab his opponent. Wilmore Child Dead The infant child of Irwin and Bertha Pringle of Wilmore passed away Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, succumbing to an attack of brain fever. The funeral was held Monday afternoon in the Wilmore U. B. Church and the Rev. W. H. Spangler, the pastor, delivered the sermon. Interment was made in the Wilmore cemetery. Crushed by Rock Elmer and Charles Peterson, Brothers, Meet Death in Mine Near Hastings Elmer Peterson and Charles Peterson, brothers, aged respectively 17 and 16 years, met terrible deaths Saturday morning in mine No. 11 of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke company near Hastings when they were crushed by heavy rock. Both boys were instantly killed and met death in the sight of their brother, Axle Peterson. The three boys were working in the same room in the mine when the boulder, which was so heavy that it required seven men to remove it, dropped from the roof. The two younger boys were caught under the mass, the older brother escaping by a narrow margin. He ran for assistance and in a short time the rock was removed. The bodies of the victims were found to be crushed into shapeless masses. The boys were sons of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Peterson, well known residents of Hastings. Death of John G. Curnow John G. Curnow, a well known miner of South Fork, died at his home early Saturday morning after an illness of three months with asthma. The deceased was born in England but had been a resident of this country for years. He is survived by his wife and several children. Mr. Curnow was an advocate of Christian Science and religiously studied the doctrine of his faith. The funeral took place Monday afternoon with interment in the South Fork cemetery.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, May 22, 1908 Volume 42, Number 21 Marriage Licenses William R. Blair of Patton and Mary Singleton of Hastings. Charles Larson and Anna Abrahamson, both of Patton. Sheldon McDonald, Barr Township and Pansy Loretto Davis of Green Township, Indiana County. John E. Huffman and Anna B. Cuppels, both of Blandburg. Daniel W. James and Jane Davis, both of Ebensburg. Frank Raymond and Annie Eckenrode, both of Wildwood Springs.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, May 22, 1908 Volume 42, Number 21 Death from 50 Years Ago Obituary – Died at his residence in Munster Township on Wednesday evening, Mr. John Myers, aged 68 years. The funeral will start from his late residence to proceed to Loretto cemetery on Friday at 10 o’clock A. M. Mr. Myers was among the oldest residents of the county and no one possessed to a greater extent the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. He was a kind father, a faithful friend, a generous neighbor, a consistent Christian and an honest man. May he rest in peace. 1908 Deaths Bernard McClain Died from Taking Carbolic Acid Greensburg, May 18 “Ever see a man asleep with his eyes open?” asked Bernard McClain as he dropped into a chair on the porch of the Hecla Hotel at Hecla Saturday afternoon. W. H. Myers, to whom the remark was addressed, was about to make a laughing reply when his attention was attracted by the other’s pallor. In half a minute, McClain was dead from Carbolic acid, self-administered. Bernard McClain was a brother of James A. McClain, Cashier of the First National Bank of Spangler and of Frank McClain of Bellefonte. The interment was made at Bellefonte on Monday. Murder at Barnesboro Guesippe Sciowto Shot to Death by Chicken Thieves On Wednesday night last Guesippe Sciowto, an Italian, was shot at his home near the Madeira mines, a short distance from Barnesboro and died in a few minutes. The wife of Sciowto at a late hour on the night in question heard a noise in the chicken coup in the cellar of the house, and arousing her husband, he went down to see what was the matter when some person, as yet unknown, fired a load of buckshot into his neck, tearing away arteries, tendons and veins, from the result of which he died in the arms of his wife who had gone to his assistance. District Attorney Leech was immediately notified of the occurrence and County Detective Berkebile was immediately dispatched to the scene of the murder and an investigation was started. Chicken feathers indicated a path to the house of a suspicious character and red feathers found in his house which Mrs. Sciowto believes came from a rooster she owned. The man was arrested but no direct evidence against him being at hand, he was discharged from custody as was also a young man of the neighborhood whom it was afterwards found had been acting strangely that night from the effects of booze. The affair has caused a great sensation in the neighborhood but it is doubtful if any evidence can be found to fasten the crime on the guilty.