Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, December 12, 1902 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. T. M. Richards, of this place, visited Altoona on Thursday. F. J. Parrish, Esq., of Gallitzin, attended court this week as a witness. There is some talk that Ebensburg will have a brick plant in the near future. Mr. Joseph Simindinger, of Carroll township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Saturday. Four new cases of smallpox were reported to the Altoona board of health on Monday, all in one family. Four Dauphin county meat dealers have been arrested upon the charge of selling bologna containing acid. Mr. Frank O’Hara, of Munster township, spent this week in Ebensburg attending court as a juror. Judge Bell, of Blair county, assisted Judge O’Connor for several days this week in disposing of cases in court. Miss Blanche Henry, who has been visiting relatives in Williamsport, Pa., for a couple months, has retuned home. Mr. Wm. Tierney of the East ward, Ebensburg, has sold his farm in Cambria township to Porter Kinports of Cherrytree. On Saturday Judge O’Connor announced January 5th as the date for Motion Court and January 20th for argument court. Mr. William Pryce, residing in Cambria township, four miles north of Ebensburg, had ten sheep killed by dogs one night last week. A short time ago some money was dropped in McBreen’s restaurant that the owner can recover by description and paying for this notice. Pay your taxes before Dec. 20th, after that date five percent will be added on all unpaid borough and school taxes in Ebensburg borough. Five cases of smallpox have been discovered at Sonman, a small mining town near Ben’s Creek. The houses have been quarantined and one school closed. On Wednesday evening Mrs. Maude Collins entertained the Whist club of this place. The lady’s prize was won by Mrs. Johnston and the gentleman’s prize by Mr. Buck. Mr. Carl Rivinius, Ebensburg’s well-known jeweler, has placed in his establishment two fine plate glass show cases in which will be displayed a handsome line of holiday gifts. Smallpox is quite prevalent in Glen Campbell, Indiana county, and the residents of that place are alarmed over the matter. There are a number of cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever in the place too. Mr. V. S. Barker and son, Austin, left Saturday for New Castle to attend the funeral of Mrs. Edward Jones, a sister of Mr. Barker’s wife. Mrs. Barker had been with her sister for several days before she died. David Miller, who was convicted at the recent term of Centre county court for the shooting of his son-in-law, Robert Roach, was sentenced by Judge Love to eight years and eleven months in the penitentiary. A bill was introduced Friday at Washington by Representative Jenkins, to make newspapers or other periodicals unmailable which contain any pictures of suicides or details relating to suicides beyond a simple statement of death by suicide and imposing a penalty. Some two years ago J. H. Kinter, of this place, sold his hotel property by article of agreement to I. N. Rodkey, of Cambria county, for $6,250. Mr. Rodkey failed to make the first or any subsequent payments as promised in the article. A few days since he made a tender of the whole amount to Mr. Kinter, who refused to accept the tender. [Indiana Messenger] A train of 61 heavily loaded coal cars of the Pennsylvania railroad company broke away from a siding on a branch between Lovett and Windber Wednesday afternoon of last week. They made a wild and terrible dash down the mountain, and 39 of them piled up in one of the most marvelous masses of wreckage ever seen. The loss reaches many thousands of dollars. Mrs. William Kimball, wife of the proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel in this place, is seriously ill from the effects of blood poisoning. A short time ago Mrs. Kimball injured one of her fingers while engaged in hanging curtains but at the time regarded the wound as being of little consequence. Blood poisoning developed and Mrs. Kimball’s condition is quite serious. J. H. Glasgow, purchasing agent of the Cresson Supply company, formerly of Altoona, was badly injured in Harrisburg a few days ago. He was crossing the capitol grounds when a bolt fell from a scaffolding where workmen are erecting a wing of the new building. The bolt struck Mr. Glasgow on the right side of the head, splitting the ear and causing scalp lacerations. He was removed to a hospital. _________________________________________________________________ See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. http://www.windowslive.com/connect?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_connect2_082008

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, December 5, 1902 LOCAL AND PERSONAL The apple crop is rotting rapidly this year. Two deaths from smallpox occurred in Johnstown on Monday. About four inches of snow fell on Sunday, but it is now gone. Miss Nellie Lloyd, of this place, visited friends in Johnstown this week. Rev. Father Deasy, of Gallitzin, visited friends in Ebensburg on Tuesday. E. R. Dunegan, Esq., of St. Augustine, spent several days in town this week. County Commissioner Sheehan intends to reside in Patton in the near future. Mr. P. E. Dillon, of Elder township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Tuesday. Mr. John Rorabaugh, of Salix, this county, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Tuesday. Messrs. Andrew Storm and Thomas Callan, of Cresson, were in Ebensburg on Tuesday. A great many rabbits and pheasants have been bagged by hunters in this vicinity this season. Mr. Pius Anna, of Chest township, spent the past week in Ebensburg doing duty as a juror. Mr. Bat. Hobart, of Clearfield township, spent this week in town doing duty as a traverse juror. Mr. William Inman, Constable of Washington township, was a visitor to the FREEMAN office on Monday. Mr. Allen Barker spent several days in town with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Barker. Editor Gibson of the MOUNTAINEER HERALD attended the Blair county institute at Hollidaysburg this week. Barnesboro is said to have a greater number typhoid fever patients there than any other town in the county. Postmaster General Payne has issued an order forbidding the employment of married women in the post office department. Mr. C. P. Pannebaker, the clothier, is in eastern cities this week purchasing clothing and furnishings for the holiday trade. Farmers’ institutes this winter will be held as follows: December 18 and 19 at Scalp Level and December 29 and 30 at Carrolltown. Mr. Frank Gates, who attends school at State College, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gates of this place. Henry J. Easly, the well-known furniture dealer at Hastings, is lying at the home of his parents in Carrolltown, with a bad attack of typhoid fever. Mr. Harry Fredericks, of Lilly, a former resident of Ebensburg, will open up a restaurant on Centre street in the room formerly occupied by Shurber’s fruit store. Mrs. Urban C. Luther, of Carrolltown, is ill at the residence of Mr. Clark Thomas, in that place, with typhoid fever. Her husband died recently of the same decease. The Ebensburg public schools will give a musical entertainment in the Opera House, Friday evening, Dec. 19th, for the benefit of the school library. Be sure to attend. While out hunting rabbits recently, Robert Jones of South Ebensburg, accidentally shot himself in the foot with a 25 caliber rifle. The ball passed through the foot without breaking any bones. The Patton borough council has decided to sell to the highest bidder bonds to the amount of $7,000 for the purpose of building bridges on Lang and Magee avenues and for other municipal improvements. Squire T. J. Stephens and Policeman James Lees, of Gallitzin, were pleasant callers at the FREEMAN office on Wednesday. Misses Tillie and Josie Stephens, daughters of T. J., were also visitors to Ebensburg during the week. Michael Dunn, aged 32 years, a laborer employed at the new Gallitzin tunnel, was taken to the Altoona hospital on Sunday with his left arm fractured. He was at work in the tunnel when he was struck by a heavy timber. Fran Kuzakosko, a miner aged thirty-eight years, and living at Cresson, was admitted to the Altoona hospital last Friday, suffering from a punctured wound of the left leg. The wounds were received while at work in the mine. The jury impaneled by Coroner Miller on Monday to investigate and place the responsibility for the explosion of the P. R. R. locomotive at Mineral Point last week which resulted in two deaths, were unable to discover the cause of the explosion. Dr. N. C. Schaeffer, state superintendent of public instruction, has notified the school directors of the several boroughs that he will impose upon them the penalty of the law if they do not compel the children of their respective districts between the ages of 6 and 16 to attend school. Mr. William A. Lantzy, of Spangler, has been awarded the contract for erecting the new Catholic church at Nantyglo. The wall is already built and the congregation expects the new edifice about the first of February. The church when completed and furnished will cost about $1,700. A few days ago, Claire, the youngest son of Samuel Kelly, of Clearfield township, was seriously injured in a gunning accident. He was standing on a log when his gun slipped from his hands and was discharged. The load tearing one of his arms badly. The boys’ injuries are not regarded as dangerous. Frank Kuzakoska, age 38 years, a coal miner residing at Cresson, was taken to the Altoona hospital on Friday with both bones of his left leg fractured. While at work in a mine, he was struck and knocked down by a car. The accident happened at 9 o’clock Friday and the fracture was temporarily dressed until his arrival at the hospital. Atlas Cowan, of Altoona, a fireman on the Pittsburg division, was jolted from his engine in the Gallitzin tunnel at 6:30 Tuesday morning. His engineer saw the accident, had the man picked up and taken to the station at Gallitzin and from there to Altoona, where he was placed in bed. He received lacerations of the scalp and bruises of the body from the fall. Mr. Thomas Gettings, for many years a resident of Clearfield township, but since last spring has made his home with his son in Altoona, was at St. Augustine on Sunday bidding his friends good-bye before starting on a visit to his old home in Ireland where his mother still lives at the age of ninety years. Mr. Gettings expects to return to this country in April next. Under direction of the State Board of Health two herds of hogs have been confined to the stock yards at Butler while it is being determined whether the animals are infected with cholera. A peculiar intestinal disease developed among a great number and the two herds, comprising 75 heads were place in quarantine until the nature of the malady could be ascertained. Farmers who feed pumpkins to hogs should see that the seed has been extracted. At several points over the state hogs have been dying off on account of indigestion caused by pumpkin seeds, says an exchange. Cholera was supposed to have been the cause of the deaths, but a post mortem examination of several porkers, disclosed the fact that the stomach was packed with seeds. Harry McGuire of Loretto, who has charge of Chas. M. Schwab’s dairy there, made a narrow escape with his life from the attack of a buck deer kept there Friday evening. Three does and the buck are confined in a wire enclosure and when McGuire caught it by the horns and managed to hold on until near the gate when he slipped out. He was badly strained and will be in bed for a while. By the explosion of a kerosene lamp at West Newton, Westmoreland county on Monday morning, Mrs. Mary Price, a widow, was so terribly burned that she cannot live. She was preparing breakfast when the accident occurred and she ran to the street enveloped in flames. Her face and arms were burned almost beyond recognition. The explosion set fire to the house and it partly burned. Joseph O’Neill was seriously injured Wednesday evening of last week by his wagon being struck and smashed by the evening train at the crossing near Kaylor Station on the Ebensburg branch, the victim who was returning from market, being but a short distance from his home when the accident occurred. Dr. Devereaux, of Cresson, was on the train and attended O’Neill, the latter being then removed to his home. Word from Paris says that the hotel proprietors, hot springs officials and tradesmen returning from Aix-les Bains tell wondrous stories of the munificence of Mr. Schwab who, before going to Cannes, kept the town open three weeks after the baths had officially closed to satisfy his whims, playing all the expenses of the administration and of the great hotel, whose 1,500 employees had nothing to do but to wait on the Pittsburg millionaire. A few days ago while Conductor A. J. Duncan was running between C and GB towers on the main line between Boliver and Johnstown, the distance between the two towers being twenty-three miles, he met and passed exactly forty-three east bound trains, the trains averaging about thirty eight cars to the train. This is believed to be a sight never before witnessed on the Pennsylvania railroad or any other road. No account was taken of the westbound trains, there being a considerable number of them on the same stretch of road. A careful computation makes the combined length of the forty three trains upwards of thirteen miles, allowing but ten miles for the gaps between the trains. Such a great number of trains on so limited a stretch of track and such close running of so many trains is believed to be without a parallel. No attempt was made on Monday by the Pennsylvania Railroad company to enforce its notice of June 1st to the Western Union Telegraph company, to remove its poles and wires from Pennsylvania right of way by December 1st. This was owing to an understanding reached between the two companies that the poles and wires should not be disturbed pending the settlement of the dispute in the courts. _________________________________________________________________ Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with Windows®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, November 28, 1902 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Dr. Clark Creery came home from Pittsburg to spend a few days here this week. Mrs. M. D. Bearer and son, Master Bryon, of this place, are visiting relatives in Johnstown. Thanksgiving was ushered in with wintry blasts and it looks as if winter was coming to stay. Mr. John Hopfer, a well-known citizen of Carroll township, is reported to be dangerously ill. “Old Pet,” John Owens’ mare, died on Wednesday morning, aged 35 years. She was the oldest equine in Ebensburg. On Thursday afternoon of last week, the South Fork football team defeated the Ebensburg eleven by a score of 6 to 5. Dr. Olin G. A. Barker, of Pittsburg, spent Thanksgiving Day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Barker, of this place. Mrs. Isaac Gates, of White township, mother of Mr. John C. Gates, of this place, is spending the week in Ebensburg. W. A. Dixon, a brakeman in the yards at Altoona, was caught between two cars and badly squeezed about the abdomen on Monday. Mrs. Thos. J. Hughes, matron of the county home, visited her daughter, Mrs. Cobaugh of Johnstown, this week, returning home on Wednesday. Mr. Milton Bolsinger and family, of Windber, came to Ebensburg to spend Thanksgiving with the formers’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bolsinger. Peter Shuber, the Italian fruit dealer whose place of business was on Centre street, removed from this place on Wednesday, and will locate in Tyrone. Rev. W. L. Jones, pastor of the Baptist church, will deliver a lecture in the Opera House on Monday evening, December 1st. Subject: “Is the Bible True?” Every invalid traveling will have to show a physicians certificate that the bearer is not suffering from a contagious disease. This will go into effect December 1. The Bedford and Western Railroad Co., has been incorporated in Pennsylvania to build a steam railroad from Mount Dallas, Bedford county to Geigers, Somerset county, fifty miles. George H. Stein of Philadelphia is president. A bakery has been established at the Bare Rocks Quarry, Dysart, where bread is made for the men at work on the New Portage improvements near Gallitzin. The men consume over 1,000 loaves a day and it is sent over to Gallitzin in coarse sacks by the wagon load. The continuous blasting in the new tunnel at Gallitzin is playing havoc with the easing in the old one along side of it and it is feared it will fall in. Last Friday evening a quantity of brick fell on Johnstown accommodation, as it was coming through the tunnel, causing the train to be held for some time. An incendiary fire was discovered in the barber shop of John Tresler of Cresson on Wednesday morning about 1o’clock and before the flames could be stayed, the building and its contents were destroyed. The loss will be about $600. Two men were noticed sneaking around the building shortly before the fire was discovered. The Cresson Supply company has established five commissaries along the line of the Portage railroad between Duncansville and Gallitzin. The general merchandise and supply store is located at Duncansville. This company supplies the provisions and wearing apparel for the 1,200 laborers employed along the Portage. Andrew McCloskey, son of Demetrius McCloskey, of Gallitzin, lost both hands in a gunning accident on Thursday afternoon of last week. McCloskey, who is about twenty-two years of age, had just come from a hunt and was showing a friend a rabbit, when the shotgun he was leaning on was discharged. The gun is a hammerless, single-barrel weapon. McCloskey had both hands over the muzzle of the gun. The right hand was torn completely off at the wrist. Dr. Ferguson, who was summoned, was able to save the thumb and first finger on the left hand. The victim is reported to be resting well. There were thirteen cases of small pox in the municipal hospital, Johnstown, last week. Robert McDowell, of Johnstown, aged twenty-three years, lost the thumb of his right hand while out hunting on Friday. The weapon was a musket and Mr. McDowell, believing that the musket was not loaded, placed another load in it. When the piece was fired it exploded. The hand was badly torn by the explosion. _________________________________________________________________ See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. http://www.windowslive.com/connect?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_connect2_082008

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Cambria Co., Pa. Friday, November 21, 1902 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Johnstown has a couple cases of diphtheria. Mr. Joseph Bengele, of Gallitzin, spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Tuesday. Fire destroyed about four panels of fence at the Ebensburg Fair grounds on Friday evening. Mrs. A. J. Darragh, of this place, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. P. J. Gallagher, at Youngstown, Ohio Mr. Chas. C. Brainard, of Curwensville, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Wednesday. Messrs. Joseph Griffin and Alex Parrish of Munster township, spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Wednesday. George Phillips, aged 22 of Altoona, took laudanum by mistake at an early hour Friday. Medial treatment saved his life. The Ebensburg Electric Light, Heat and Power company has purchased a lot adjoining the plant from William Kimball. Rev. Father Hurton, of Vintondale, was quite ill at the home of Father Luden, in this place, several days last week but is now improving. The Slavish Congregation at Barnesboro has purchased three lots adjoining the Baptist church property and will erect a handsome church in the near future. Mr. A. C. Flick, of Allegheny township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Tuesday. Mr. Flick has accepted a position with the Lackawanna Coal company at Wehrum. The store of Constable Joseph Myers, of Gallitzin township, near Ashville, was entered on Monday night of last week and 25 pairs of men’s shoes all size 3 1/2 were stolen. John Galligan, of Gallitzin, was admitted to the Altoona hospital Tuesday suffering with a fracture of both bones of the left leg. The injury was received while at work in that vicinity. Steward Thos. J. Hughes, of the county home, on Friday, sold his farm in South Ebensburg containing 80 acres, to Mr. John R. Jones, a prosperous Munster township farmer for $3,000. Al Young, the Morrellville liveryman, lost a horse and buggy Saturday evening when Fast Line west-bound struck the outfit at a grade crossing near Seward, killing the horse and smashing the rig. The damage is estimated at $125. Girls employed by the United States Cigar Company which recently started a factory in Altoona, are on a strike over the wage question. The strikers claim that they were told they could make $1 a day, when in fact they only make $3 a week. The factory employs 150 girls, but they are not all on strike. Dr. L. Ellis Glasgow, of Cresson, has resigned as assistant relief physician on the C. & C. division of the Pennsylvania railroad and accepted the position of senior resident position in Mercy hospital, Pittsburg. He left Cresson for the Smoky City on Thursday of last week and at once entered upon his duties. James McHugh and wife, of Johnstown, celebrated their golden wedding at St. Johns Catholic Church, in that city. Rev. Henry McHugh, of Soho, celebrated a mass in honor of the event. The McHughs are an old family of Munster township pioneers and patriots and many of their descendants are scattered over the county. The stable and slaughter house of C. L. Stoltz, at Carrolltown, were completely destroyed by fire Tuesday evening of last week. A quantity of hay, grain, straw, etc., in the stable was also consumed, entailing a loss of $1,000, with no insurance. All the livestock was saved, though a dog was cremated. The origin of the blaze is not known. Dr. Cadwaleder Biddle of Philadelphia, general agent and secretary of the State Board of Charities, accompanied by his clerk, made his annual visit to the county home of Cambria county, on Tuesday last and was highly gratified at the excellent sanitary condition in which he found that institution and the manner in which the establishment is conducted in all departments under present management. Attorney Charles C. Linton, of Johnstown, was shot in the face and breast by Owen Stahl, of the same city, on Wednesday evening of last week while hunting game in the vicinity of Stanton’s Mills, in Somerset county. While scouring around a bush in search of pheasants, Stahl sent a load from a shotgun into the brush. Attorney Linton happened to be on the opposite side of the heap about forty feet away, and twenty-six of the pieces of lead found their way into the young attorney’s face and breast. Luckily he was not seriously injured and was taken to Boswell where a physician removed the lead and he was then able to return home. The smallpox situation at Ehrenfeld steadily improves. Six patients have been discharged from the pesthouse. Nearly a score of cases are under treatment which is less than half the original number. A FATAL EXPLOSION Two men were killed by an explosion in the mill of the Cambria Powder Company near Seward which occurred about 10:30 o’clock Monday morning. It destroyed the coining mill, in which the two victims met their fate. Between 300 and 500 pounds of powder went up. The dead are: Joseph France, aged twenty-seven and unmarried and worked in the storage house of the mill. William Norris, aged twenty-two years and unmarried; worked in the storage house. Just how the explosion occurred no one knows, but the usual spark is blamed. The bodies of France and Norris were not recovered until about an hour after the accident. This was caused by the necessity of the rescuers falling to and extinguishing the blaze which started in the ruins of the coining mill immediately following the explosion. When the bodies were recovered they were found to have been burned to a crisp, being unrecognizable except through their relative sizes. The feet of both men dropped off when the remains were lifted up and placed in the wagon to be removed to Seward. A powder can was used in carrying the feet. This is said to be the seventh explosion which has occurred since the Cambria Powder Company began operations. Three of the explosions including that of Monday have had fatal results. In the first of the trio, a man named Fink, from one of the eastern counties was killed; in June last occurred an explosion from which six men lost their lives. The financial loss entailed by the destruction of the mill will be very small and the damage will soon be repaired. _________________________________________________________________ Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, November 14, 1902 LOCAL AND PESONAL Mr. John Maloney, of this place, is seriously ill with diabetes. Mr. Peter Long, of Summerhill township, was in town on Thursday. Mr. Thomas Doran, of Wilmore, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Behe, of Lilly, drove up to Ebensburg on Tuesday. Mr. George Evans, of Altoona, spent Sunday in Ebensburg with his parents. Mr. John Nidemyer, of Chest township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Monday. Miss Mollie Schryock, of Pittsburg, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fes Lloyd of this place. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Barker, of this place, were visitors to Pittsburg on Tuesday. Mr. John Manion and wife, of this place, visited friends in Hastings on Thursday. The Western Union Telegraph company is now engaged in building a trunk line between Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Dr. F. J. Davison, of this place, returned on Tuesday evening from a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Otto Wagner, at Buckhannon, West Virginia. M. D. Kittell, Esq., of this place, shouldered his gun on Saturday for a day’s vacation and returned in the evening with a wild turkey as a trophy to his marksmanship. Harvey Long, of Summerhill, a freight conductor, was at the Altoona hospital on Tuesday for treatment. A lump of coal fell off a car and struck him on the head, causing the injury. Clint Cunningham, of Bolivar, while hunting in Washington township, Indiana county last week, shot a rare white squirrel. The hair was very coarse and the animal was slightly smaller than the average gray squirrel. He refused to sell it. Matthew Sanderson, aged twenty years, a miner employed at No. 19 mine at Frugality, received a compound fracture of the leg on Tuesday morning by being caught by a fall of roof while he was at work. He lives in the immediate neighborhood of the mine and his injuries were dressed by a nearby physician. Mr. L. P. Fagan, manger of the Altoona High School Football team, was here on Thursday making arrangements for a game on Saturday with the Ebensburg Football club, which is under the management of ex-Register-and-Recorder, F. P. Jones. The game will take place at the Belmont grounds on Saturday afternoon at 3:30. Samuel McPherran, a 16-year-old boy of Alexandria, Huntingdon county, who met with a shooting accident while out hunting on Monday, by having his left arm almost blown off by the explosion of his gun, had the arm amputated at the Altoona hospital on Tuesday morning. He rallied from the shock of the operation and is resting well and will recover. A young son of Harry Cochran, who lives at Mt. Zion, had one of his eyes blown out by an explosion of dynamite Tuesday. He and another boy found several sticks of dynamite in a barn and while playing with them one exploded, striking young Cochran in the eye, destroying that organ entirely. He is also otherwise injured and may recover. [Clearfield Republican] Mr. John Schwab, of Loretto, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Monday and while here paid the FREEMAN a pleasant visit. Mr. Schwab and his wife will spend the winter in Europe with their son, Charles M. Schwab, who is at present cruising in the Mediterranean. Mr. and Mrs. Schwab will sail from New York on Tuesday, the 18th, on the Kroupfinz Wilhelm for Bremen. We wish them a pleasant voyage and a safe return. Messrs. M. L. and W. F. Murphy, of Cambria township, finished up digging their potato crop last week and when done found they had 1048½ bushels. They had 5½ acres planted and the turn out is considered a pretty good one. Ambrose P. and Frank J. Mccall, two young men who formerly fired on the South Fork branch and at Conemaugh, have been promoted to the position of locomotive engineers on the Pittsburgh division of the P. R. R. Frank will run on the South Fork branch and Ambrose at Conemaugh. Lee Green, the colored handy man about the home of Judge A. V Barker, in this place, was committed to jail by Squire A. J. Wateers, to be held for court on charges of assault and battery, and surety of the peace. Green while intoxicated on Saturday, tried to shoot Policeman John Finn in the Metropolitan Hotel. Ever since Green’s recent escapade, when he tried to terrorize the Barker homestead and was arrested by Finn, the negro has sworn he would kill Finn on first opportunity. On Saturday Green made several attemps to shoot Finn, but was prevented by the liberal use of a blackjack in Finn’s hands, the policeman being aided by one or two spectators. P. H. Wells, the well-known coal operator, formerly of Frugality but now located in Philadelphia, was the victim of a shooting accident Tuesday morn at Altoona. He was in the city on business and at 11 o’clock went into Ganoe & Alberts barber shop on Eleventh avenue to get shaved. He was sitting in the rear of the shop talking with W. C. Leet when a bullet came through the wall from the shooting gallery next door and ploughed a furrow, skin deep, along the life side of his face. Had it been closer and half an inch lower it might have severed the jugular vein and caused death. The accident was evidently the result of careless shooting in the gallery next door. An effort was made to ascertain how the shot happened to be sent through the wall, but no one in the gallery seemed to know anything about it. SHERIFF’S SALES Sheriff Elmer E. Davis has advertised the following properties for sale at the court house in Ebensburg on Monday, December 1st, 1902, at 1 o’clock P.M.: The interest of George S. Jenkins in a piece or parcel of land situated in the village of Blandburg in Reade township, having thereon a frame house, stable and outbuildings. The interest of F. L. Flemming, in one hundred acres, more or less in Cambria township, (timber, and coal reserved), having thereon a one-and one-half story frame dwelling house, barn and outbuildings. The interest of Aaren Youngkin in 39 acres and fifty perches of land in Reade township, having thereon a two-story plank house. The interest of Domer McCartney in a certain vein or seam of cal lying in or under 30 acres of land in Reade township, also the same vein or seam of coal in 8 acres more or less in the same township. The interest of Irene McCartney and M. L. McCartney to 24 acres and 116 perches of land in Dean township. The interest of F. A. Shoemaker in all the coal in 80 acres of land, more or less in Susquehanna township; also in 20 acres and 86 perches in the same township; also the surface in 40 acres and 60 perches of land in Susquehanna township. _________________________________________________________________ Get ideas on sharing photos from people like you. Find new ways to share. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/photogallery/posts?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Photo_Gallery_082008

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, November 7, 1902 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mr. J. L. Cassidy of Ashville was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Apple, of Reade township, will celebrate the anniversary of their golden wedding on Monday, November 10th. Mr. George Gurley, a well-known grocer of Ebensburg, who has been on the sick list for the past two weeks, is now on a fair way to recovery. Gov. W. A. Stone at Harrisburg Saturday issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, calling for the general observation on Thursday, November 27th. Mr. Nelson Sipes has removed his family to Johnstown. Mr. Sipes will remain in this vicinity for some time, finishing up some work he has contracted for. James C. Murray, one of Ebensburg’s old residents, has removed to Washington township, where he recently bought a piece of land and erected a house. At an argument court held in Ebensburg on Thursday, the petition of Julian Donoughe, of Ashville, for leave to withdraw his application for divorce from his wife, Margaret, was granted. Mr. William Williams, the accommodating express delivery man of this place, has resigned his position and will remove to Pittsburg, where he will accept a similar position with the same company. Mr. John Mellon, of Virginia, is visiting friends in Northern Cambria. Mr. Mellon was a former resident of Clearfield township, but for nearly twenty years he has been a resident of Virginia where he is engaged in farming. The transfer of J. B. Baker, Jr., from the Superintendency of the Cambria & Clearfield Division of the P. R. R. at Cresson to that of the Philadelphia Terminal Division has been followed by the appointment of E. J. Cleave to Mr. Baker’s position. D. R. Baird, who some fourteen years ago, was the proprietor of a drugstore in Johnstown has been arrested and held by the coroner’s jury at Boulder, Col., to answer to a charge of having caused the death of his wife at Boulder on the night of October 15th. Clayton Gorsuch, employed in the Altoona yard as a switchman, was held up by four robbers, while at work Saturday morning. They relieved him of his coat. It is thought that one of the gang was suffering from the cold and that his companion took that way to give him warmer clothing. Mr. M. D. Pannebaker and wife, of Pueblo, Col., who were married a couple of months ago, and have been touring in the East, are spending a couple of weeks with Mr. C. P. Pannebaker, a brother, in this place. Mr. Pannebaker is a printer by trade and of course paid his respects to the FREEMAN during his stay. We congratulate the young couple and wish them much happiness. _________________________________________________________________ See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. http://www.windowslive.com/connect?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_connect2_082008

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, October 31, 1902 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Maple Park closed for this season on Monday. Prof. Herman T. Jones of this place visited Johnstown on Tuesday. Mr. Philip H. Jones, of Vintondale, was a visitor to Ebensburg Thursday. Mr. Francis Huber, of Hastings, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning snow covered the ground to a depth of two inches. Mr. Peter Long of Summerhill township spent a few hours in town on Thursday. Mr. Augustin Lieb and wife, of Carrolltown, visited friends in Ebensburg on Sunday. Mr. J. E. Hogue and wife, of Cresson, spent Sunday with relatives in Ebensburg. Reports from Altoona are to the effect that the smallpox situation is growing worse in that city. Miss Delrose Williams, of Cresson, visited the family of Mr. Thomas Peach, of this place on Sunday. Mr. John McCormick, of Summerhill township, spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Wednesday. A new bank note of $5 denomination has been issued, bearing the portrait of Benjamin Harrison. Dr. Olin G. A. Barker, of Pittsburg, spent Sunday in Ebensburg with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Barker. Mr. A. J. Darragh and daughter, Miss Rosalyn, of this place, left for Pittsburg on Tuesday, where they will visit for several days. Mr. Isaac N. Wissinger, the Democratic candidate for poor director, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mr. Wissinger will poll a large vote. The approaching marriage of John T. Blair of Ebensburg and Miss Cecelia Mellon of Patton, was announced in the Catholic church here on Sunday. About four miles of track have already been laid at the Gallitzin end of the new Portage Railroad. A steam shovel is being operated at each end of the line. Mrs. Edward W. Humphrey of this place, has who has been confined to her home by illness since April last, is not improving and but little hope is entertained for her recovery. It has been reported there are 127 cases of typhoid fever in Spangler and also that scarlet fever has broken out in North Spangler. The schools were closed last week. [Carrolltown News] James Morris, of Loretto, was severely injured one day last week while out hunting by the explosion of his gun. His left hand was badly mangled and he was also cut about the face. Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. Fenlon spent several days here last week with their relatives. Mr. Fenlon has been suffering for some time past with an abscess on his foot and is compelled to use crutches. Mr. David Davis of Ebensburg, while picking apples at the home of his brother, Joseph Davis, in the West ward of this place, fell from a ladder and was severely injured, several of his ribs being fractured. Rev. J. Twyson Jones, pastor of the Congregational church, in this place, who has been absent on a European tour for several months is expected home in time for services in his church on Sunday next. William Edwards, a colored man, was brought to jail from Nantyglo the latter part of last week for doing some promiscuous shooting in Doss Kemera’s bar room in that place, while under the influence of liquor. Luckily no one was hurt during the shooting. In the game of football played here on Saturday between the Patton Football club and the Ebensburg eleven: victory perched on the side of the latter by a score of 11 to 0. M. D. Kittell Esq. was time-keeper and E. H. Davis, Esq., referee. The Ebensburg team will play in South Fork Saturday. Last Saturday, Sheridan Bates, of Clearfield county, while hunting in Fulton county, had a part of his body accidentally filled with bird shot from his father’s gun. He was not dangerously hurt. The farm house of Andrew Stoy, in Allegheny township, about two miles from Loretto, caught fire from a defective flue about noon on Wednesday of last week and was burned to ashes. Considerable household furniture was saved. The loss is estimated at $800. George S. King, Johnstown’s oldest citizen and pioneer in the manufacture of iron, reached his 93d birthday on Tuesday. It was through the instrumentality of Mr. King that the immense iron plant now located there, was founded in that city. Steve Hurney of Patton and Steve Pensko, of Cresson, are demented foreigners in the Ebensburg jail for whom commissions in lunacy will be asked, perhaps at the December term of court. They are both harmless, which has made haste in sending them away to Dixmont unnecessary. On Monday, a youth, aged eighteen years, stole a mare from Bert Kerr who lives on the pike about a mile from Mundy’s. The nag is of a buckskin color, with silver mane and tail and a glass eye. The youth’s name was not known but it was said that he was driving toward Latrobe where he is supposed to have relatives. Mr. William Tierney, of this place has accepted the agency for the World’s Book of Knowledge and Universal Educator which he is now selling. In addition to this work, he takes orders for many other popular books, family bibles, albums, etc. If you want to purchase anything in this line, Mr. Tierney can supply you at the lowest prices. Abraham Gates, of Reade township, while out hunting on Thursday of last week with his brother, Charles, was severely hurt by a gunning accident. Charles saw a pheasant and shot at it on the wing without noticing that Abraham was in range. A number of shot struck Abraham on the left arm and hand and a doctor from Coalport had to be summoned to take them out and dress his wounds. He is getting along very well. Charles D. Good, a lumberman, aged 29 years, of Coalport, was admitted to the Altoona hospital on Monday with his right thigh bone fractured. A month ago, while at work in a saw mill he was struck by a board flying from the saw. It hit his right leg and he sustained a compound fracture of the thigh bone. Since then he has had considerable trouble with the leg and decided to go to the hospital for treatment. Merrill Kneedler, aged twenty-two years, a flagman on the Pittsburg division residing at Cresson, was taken to the Altoona hospital on Fast Line Thursday night of last week. He was suffering from injuries received in an accident at Barnesboro late that evening. Kneedler slipped and fell off a box car and sustained a concussion of the brain, lacerations of the scalp and abrasions to his face. Friday’s Johnstown Tribune says Frank and Elmer Meyer and Harry and Pearl Sheridan of this city, have returned from the vicinity of Ebensburg, where they spent a week in the woods, hunting for game. During their absence, they bagged fifty-two squirrels, thirty-one pheasants and a red fox, the latter being shot at night by Harry Sheridan. The young men had a jolly time and expect to go again before snow falls. Contractor Joseph Hubbard, who has the contract for building twenty-four homes at St. Boniface for the Beech Creek Coal & Coke company and Foreman Benjamin Wilt were on the roof of one of the dwellings the other day, when they fell to the ground. Mr. Hubbard was carried to his home at Patton on a stretcher considerably cut and bruised and badly shaken up, and Mr. Wilt was taken to Thomas’ Mills, and thence to Patton. Both will be housed up for several weeks. The following transfers of liquor licenses in the north of the county were transferred at argument court, held on Tuesday: From John A. Parks for the Parks House, Hastings, to C. H. Cypher and from Louis Spiegelhalter for the Hohenzollern House, Carrolltown to W. B. Schroth. Rev. Father Hurton, who has been assistant pastor of the Church of the Holy Name in this place, for the past year, was, on Thursday of last week, appointed pastor of the Blacklick mission churches which were, by the decree of Bishop Garvey, formed into a separate parish. Father Hurton left on Tuesday morning to assume charge of the Blacklick parish and will make his headquarters at Vintondale. During his stay here, Father Hurton made many friends who regret to see him leave. Directors of the Poor of the State want a hospital for epileptics and have recommended that a site be purchased at Somerset. This was decided at the meeting of the State Board of Associated Charities which was held at Somerset week before last. It is proposed to purchase what is known as Highland Inn, at that resort. There is no hospital of this kind in the state and the directors say that one is badly needed. The patients are distributed in various charitable institutions, many being cared for at the Institution for the Feeble Minded at Polk. The desire is to get all the wards of the state of this class under one roof. The Coaldale Mining Company which recently obtained options of between 4,000 and 5,000 acres of valuable coal land in Chest and White townships, has two diamond drills at work testing the coal on these lands. One of the drills is working on the land of Joseph Hipps and the other on the Martin Dietrick estate, both in Chest township. If the coal proves to be satisfactory, which there is every reason to believe it will, there will be a large plant started there very soon. This will necessitate the building of a branch road up the Beaver Dam valley from near Flinton, on the Coalport & Cresson railroad. Fred Bewac, aged sixteen, who lives in Conemaugh township, about six miles out from Johnstown was taken to the Memorial hospital in a wagon about 4 o’clock Monday afternoon, fearfully torn and shattered as the result of a premature explosion of powder. The boy’s skull is fractured at the base of the brain and his recovery is a matter of grave doubt. All indications point to young Bewac being a victim of anticipative enjoyment of Hallowe’en. He was in the act of punching powder into an old cannon at his home when the explosion occurred. One result was a lacerated wound of the left hand; the left side of his face was badly torn; the left jaw was fractured, and the skull was fractured at the base of the brain, as noted above. _________________________________________________________________ See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. http://www.windowslive.com/connect?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_connect2_082008

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, October 24, 1902 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Tibbott, of this place, visited Johnstown Sunday. Joseph Anderson, of Cambria township, killed a 24-pund wild turkey on Friday. Mrs. Dr. Richards, of this place, returned home on Tuesday from a visit to Pittsburg. P. J. Sanders, of Munster township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Wednesday. Mr. James White, of Summerhill township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mr. John Borabaugh, of Croyle township was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mr. Jerome Flick, of Allegheny township, spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Wednesday. Liveryman Thomas Peach left on Tuesday morning for Philadelphia with a car load of sheep. Miss Ann McDonald, of this place, left on Thursday for Pittsburg, where she will spend the winter. Mrs. C. F. O’Donnell and her sister, Miss Mary Lacy, of Loretto, were visitors to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mrs. William Garman, of Clearfield, formerly of Ebensburg, spent several days here this week visiting friends. Harry Riblett, of Jackson township, recently while walking in the woods was severely hurt by a limb of a tree falling upon him. Mr. Willard Jones, of Pittsburg, after spending a few days vacation with his parents in this place, returned to his duties on Wednesday. Mr. John E. Thompson, of this place, has purchased the Jennie Roberts property on High Street in the East ward, the consideration being $1,500. Mr. John McBride, of Cambria township, has bought the residence now occupied by Mr. Nelson Sipes in the West ward of Ebensburg, from Mrs. David Williams. South Fork is to have a national bank. All of the stock will be subscribed by people of that town, principally business men, and a meeting of the subscribers will be held soon to elect a board of directors. N. A. George is at the head of the movement. Mrs. John L. Stough, of this place, while out walking on Sunday afternoon, was taken suddenly ill near the residence of Mr. George H. Boney, where she was taken in. She was afterwards taken to her home in a conveyance and we are glad to state soon recovered. Last week five new cases of smallpox were discovered at Barnesboro among the miners. The houses are quarantined and guarded by men furnished by the Webster Coal & Coke Company. The cases are said to be a mild form of the genuine smallpox but chicken pox has been epidemic at Barnesboro since early in the spring. An Altoona dispatch of Monday says: Workmen employed in reconstructing the Portage road, in blasting to-day discovered a cave in which they found traces of habitation. Among the contents was a whiskey barrel, marked “Snowberger, 1854,” a brand well known in these parts fifty years ago. The boys prepared for a feast, but when the bung was drawn, they found nothing but a gelatin formation. Pius Bott, aged 25 years, of Frugality, was taken to the Altoona hospital on mail express on Tuesday evening to receive treatment for injuries received in a hunting accident on Friday. He and a companion named Archibald Price were out gunning, and while homeward bound, Price tripped and his gun was discharged, the contents carrying away Bott’s left heel. The wound is a serious one and will likely leave Bott a cripple. Michael Hamm, of Duncansville, while out shooting for game with Ed Langham, near Pomeroy, Saturday morning was seriously, if not fatally injured by the premature discharge of the gun of the latter. Thomas McCloskey, the seventeen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. McCloskey, of Tunnelhill, in company with Jesse Donaldson, went to the woods Thursday of last week and the two became separated. Donaldson noticed something moving in the bushes and thinking it was some large game, fired without further investigation. McCloskey, with a cry of pain, came out of the bushes having received the contents of the shotgun in his legs. Thirty five shots were found in one leg and five in the other. He will recover. Fifteen cases of small pox are reported at Ehrenfeld, Cambria County, and the public and parochial schools have been closed to prevent the spread of the disease. Some difficulty has been experienced in securing nurses for the smallpox patients but in order that they may secure suitable attention, Sisters Bertha, Ursula and Catharine of the convent of the Sisters of Mercy at Cresson, have volunteered to minister to the stricken people. Their aid was much needed and will be highly appreciated. _________________________________________________________________ Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, October 17, 1902 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Dr. S. C. Gearhart, of Blandburg, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Zahm of Vintondale spent the past week in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Misses Maude and Bessie Shoemaker returned home on Saturday from a visit to friends in Pittsburg. Mr. Newton J. Roberts of Johnstown, an old time Ebensburger, spent Monday and Tuesday in town greeting old friends. Mr. Robert Cassidy, the barber, fell from his haymow one day last week and although no bones were broken, he was unable to work for several days. Dr. J. Ellis Glasgow, of Altoona, has been appointed assistant medical examiner of the P. R. R. relief department and will be stationed at Cresson. Mayor Pendry of Johnstown, at the instance of Dr. A. M. Wakefield, acting president of the board of health has decided to issue an order prohibiting further holding of dances until the small pox wave has been controlled. Peter Patterson, of Jordan township, Clearfield county, had his pocket picked between $50 and $60 while in the crowd entering the opera house at Clearfield last Monday night, on the occasion of the Patterson meeting at that place. On Friday while he was cleaning the Todd reservoir, James Crouse killed a fine trout with a rake which he was using. The “speckled beauty,” was seventeen inches long, nine inches in circumference and weighed a pound and ten ounces. [Bedford Gazette] It is predicted that the new freight route over the Portage railroad from Gallitzin to Hollidaysburg will be completed within six months. Contractors are making arrangements for the building of shanties and the proper housing of their employees during the progress of the work. Frank Beckwith was sentenced by Judge Love at Bellefonte last week to $1 fine and nine years’ solitary confinement at hard labor in the Western Penitentiary. Beckwith was convicted at the August term of murder in the second degree for the killing of his wife, last February at Sandy Ridge. George L. Strayer, of Altoona, attempted to commit suicide Thursday morning of last week by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. It is not known why the man attempted to take his life, but it is supposed because he is under indictment for implication in the forging of orders on a beer company. YOUNG MAN CREMATED Fire at South Fork Monday night caused the burning of the scalehouse of the Argyle Coal company and the cremation of John Kline, a young man who was sleeping in the building. The monetary loss will hardly exceed $300 on which there is an insurance of $170. The scalehouse was situated about 150 feet from the tipple of the Argyle Coal company, a quarter of a mile from the town of South Fork. Shortly after 11 o’clock Monday night the men who were working on the tipple discovered flames coming out of the roof of the scalehouse and hurried over to it. They endeavored to open the door of the building which was a frame structure, 16x24 feet in size and a story and a half high, but were driven back by the flames. They could do nothing but stand idly by while the shed burned down, the rain which descended in torrents shortly before, being the only thing which saved half a dozen other buildings. The origin of the fire is not known. The fire had burned itself nearly out when it was learned that young Kline was missing and the men remembered he said he was going into the scalehouse to lie down a while before going to his home nearby. The men found the remains and removed them from the smoldering ruins. The body was charred beyond recognition, one hand and both feet were burned off, and the other arm was but a stump, leaving little more than the trunk, and head to show what a few hours before had been a young man in full life. The dead youth was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kline, his father being a dairyman. He had worked for the Argyle company off and on for five years. He was 20 years of age. _________________________________________________________________ Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, October 10, 1902 LOCAL AND PERSONAL W. B. Duncan, of Blairsville, has purchased and taken charge of the Park hotel in Johnstown. Mrs. E. R. Dunegan of St. Augustine is visiting with her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Bender, in Ebensburg. Ebensburg’s football eleven will play a game with the Patton team on Saturday next as Patton. Andrew Strittmatter, Esq., a well-known citizen of Carroll township, fell from an apple tree last week and was severely hurt. Mr. Andrew Duman and family, of Barr township, left on Monday for the West, intending to locate some place in the State of Oregon. Mr. George H. Roberts and his sister, Miss Bird, arrived in Ebensburg on Wednesday evening after a six months visit at Minneapolis Minnesota. Mr. Jerome Flick and his son, A. C., of Allegheny township, were welcome callers at this office on Tuesday. Mr. Flick is an old friend of the FREEMAN, having been a subscriber nearly a quarter of a century. Orran W. Kennedy, superintendent of the H. C. Frick Coke company, at Uniontown, has formally accepted the Democratic nomination for congress in the Twenty-third district, composed of Fayette, Greene and Somerset counties. Martin and Adam Haag, 16 and 10 years of age, sons of Lewis Haag, who resides near Lawshe, Clearfield county, were seriously injured by a powder explosion on Thursday afternoon of last week. The oldest boy, Martin, was very seriously burned about the arms and hands. Harry Topper, a Gallitzin brakeman, fell from the new stone railroad bridge, east of South Fork, on Friday morning and was severely injured about the head and body. He suffered scalp and facial lacerations and had his left arm broken. He was taken to his home at Gallitzin. Don O’Conner, youngest brother of Judge F. J. O’Connor and Attorney James H. O’Connor of Johnstown, lies seriously ill of blood poisoning in Harford, Connecticut, the result of an ugly bruise on his left hand. An operation has been performed to relieve the trouble. Squire Luther of White township and D. E. Notley, of Barnesboro, have secured options on 20,000 acres in Chest and White townships, the price for the coal rights, averaging from $25 to $35 per acre. The Beech Creek railroad is believed to be interested in the operations going on in the territory now being leased. Mrs. C. Foster of Chicago, and her son, George Foster, of Greensburg, were visitors to Ebensburg on Monday, the latter returning to Greensburg on Tuesday, while Mrs. Foster will remain for several days visiting friends. Mrs. Foster was for many years landlady of the old Cambria House in Ebensburg but left here about eighteen years ago. Thomas Blake and his son, Thomas, the latter aged 16 years, were severely injured while at work near Barnesboro Thursday of last week by a fall of a large rock from the mine roof. Mr. Blake had his collar bone broken and was otherwise badly bruised and it is feared internal injuries have been inflicted. The son had his left leg so badly mashed that amputation may be necessary. George Shantz, one of the three men who escaped from the jail in Ebensburg on Tuesday evening September 29th, was arrested in Altoona on Thursday evening of last week and was brought back to jail on Friday. Shantz’s father resides in Altoona and the escaped prisoner was captured while visiting the paternal roof. On Saturday George Steckroth, another of the fugitives, was captured in Altoona and brought back to jail. _________________________________________________________________ Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with Windows®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/

Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa, Thursday, May 1, 2008, p.B4, with his picture Richard A. Lane, Sr. Richard Alfred Lane, Sr., age 83, of New Cumberland and formerly of Camp Hill, died Sunday in Harrisburg Hospital. He was born in South Fork, PA on August 17, 1924, a son of the late Alfred John and Jennie Lewis Lane. Mr. Lane was a graduate of Lewistown High School; joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 and was a combat-war veteran serving in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, he attended the former Shippensburg State Teachers College and started the collegiate wrestling program at Shippensburg. He graduated form his beloved Penn State with a B.S. degree in 1951 and received an M.S. Degree in 1954. After positions in sales and Pennsylvania state government, he joined the U. S. Public Health Service and was stationed in Washington, D.C. and Helena, MT. After returning to Camp Hill, and serving at other duty stations, he retired form federal government service. He began Lane Maintenance Service in 1977, which evolved into Cumberland Services, Inc. He was also a founding officer of Middle Atlantic Restoration. Mr. Lane started hunting as a teenager, a love which continued into his 70's. Fishing become his passion, with frequent trips to the Chesapeake Bay with his many friends and dear family. Occasional trips to Florida, North Carolina nd [sic] Ocean City filled picture frames of him holding his catch of tuna, wahoo or tarpon. The youngest of his siblings, he was preceded in death by sisters, Evelyn, Lillian, Dorothy, Ethel and Thelma, and a brother, John. Surviving is his deeply devoted loving wife of 56 years, Barbara Slee Lane, two sons, Richard A. Lane, Jr. and wife, Sally of Missoula, MT and John W. Lane and wife, Jennifer of Dillsburg; seven grandchildren, Adam, Ross, Madison, Carley, Justin, Eliza Grace and Julianne. The joy of having his grandchildren near him was his much-sought pleasure. Also surviving are a nephew Col. (Ret.) USMC Richard L. Brinegar of Rhode Island and his wife and children. A memorial service, with a fellowship luncheon to follow, will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, May 2nd at grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1610 Carlisle Road, Camp Hill (Highland Park). Visitation will be one hour prior to services Friday in the church. Burial will be at St. Mark's Episcopal Cemetery in Lewistown at the convenience of the family. Musselman Funeral Home and cremation Services, Inc., Lemoyne, is handling arrangements. Musselmanfuneral.com <I found these Cambria County obituaries in my Harrisburg paper. I have no connection to these families. If you would like a scanned copy, email me with your home email address.>

Patriot-New, Harrisburg, Pa, Sunday, March 30, 2008, p.B6, with his picture Henry "Hank" M. Liptak, Sr. Henry M. Liptak, Sr., of Manor at Oakridge, Harrisburg, better known as "Hank", passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was born September 20, 1921 in Johnstown, PA. He was an outstanding athlete during his high school years and also at High Point University, where he attended before being drafted into the United States Army. He was a Veteran of World War II and was married to the late Florence Elkins Liptak. After his discharge from the Army, Hank began a long and dedicated career in the Construction Equipment Business. He was an owner and President of Highway Equipment & Supply Company in Harrisburg, PA, a business he ran for over 60 years. Hank was well known and highly respected in the Equipment Industry throughout Eastern Pennsylvania and had made many good friends and associates over the years. He and his wife lived for many years in the Cedar Cliff Manor area and were very active in the West Shore Community. He was a member of St. Theresa's Catholic Church in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Hank was an avid golfer and a long time member of Colonial Country Club. He is survived by his son, H. Michael Liptak and wife, Dolores R. Liptak of Harrisburg, PA; a daughter, Jacqueline L. Neubaum of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 5th at 11 a.m., at St. Theresa's Catholic Church, 1300 Bridge Street, New Cumberland. Rev. J. Michael McFadden will be officiating. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower Street, Phoenix, AZ 85014. Condolences can be shared at www.hetrickfuneralhome.com <I found these Cambria County obituaries in my Harrisburg paper. I have no connection to these families. If you would like a scanned copy, email me with your home email address.>

You could go to or write to the: Nant-Y-Glo Tri Area Museum and Historical Society 942 Roberts Street Nanty Glo, PA 15943 I think they have an obituary collection Or State Library of Pennsylvania, in Harrisburg, Pa. Nanty-Glo paper; they have 1951Aug 16-1958Dec 25 and 1971Sept 1- 1974Dec 25th. www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/site/default.asp They also interlibrary loan the newspaper microfilm. Your library would sent the request to the State Library at: (you get them for 3 weeks, I think) Office of Commonwealth Libraries Bureau of State Library-ILL 333 Market Street Harrisburg, PA 17126-1745 I hope this helps, Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: <cccdar@aol.com> To: <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 1:18 PM Subject: [PACAMBRI] Nanty Glo > Is there a way to obtain obituaries from the Nanty Glo newspaper?? I have > found names in the index, but do not see how to contact researchers at the > paper or local library...Thanks...dorothy > - - - - - - - - - - > > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: > http://www.camgenpa.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA, Tuesday, August 7, 2007, p.B3, with his picture Earl R. Custer Earl R. Custer, 59, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Sunday morning. Born in Johnstown, PA, he was the son of the late Boyd L. and Ida Shaffer Custer, and shared his life with his companion, Donald E. Mowrer, for 31 years. He was a 1965 graduate of Conemaugh Twp. High School in Davidsville, PA, and a 1969 graduate at the University of Pittsburgh. Earl was a microbiologist at Lancaster Laboratories, Inc. for 34 years. A founding member of the Vision Hope Metropolitan Community Church in Mountville where he was a member for 27 years, he also served for 2 years with the Church of the Brethren, as an alternative to military service in Indianapolis, IN, at a community center there. He is also survived by a brother, Boyd H. husband of Rosalie Custer of Lititz; three sisters, Mary L. wife of Harold Shirey of Blairsville, GA, Betty Jane wife of Ronald Shaffer of Richland, WA, and his twin sister, Linda M. wife of William Murray of Hooverville, PA, also 7 nephews, 2 nieces, 5 great nephews and 7 great nieces. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to his Life Celebration in a Memorial Service from the Vision of Hope Metropolitan Community Church, 130 E. Main St., Mountville, PA on Friday at 11:00 AM with Rev. Deb Coggin, Senior Pastor and Rev. Jen Glass, Staff Pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends at the church on Friday from 10:00 AM until the time of service. If desired, memorials may be sent in Earl's memory to the Church Building Fund, 130 E. Main St., Mountville, PA 17554. A luncheon will be served immediately following the service. Fred F. Groff Inc. www.lifecelebration.com <I found this in the Lancaster paper. I have some Custer's in my tree, but could not place him or his parents. If anyone would like a scanned copy, just email me.>

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Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa, Thursday, August 28, 2008, p.B5 Thomas R. Roth Thomas R. Roth, 61, formerly of Johnstown, PA peacefully transitioned into eternal life on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at the home of his daughter Robbin. He was born on January 30, 1947 in Johnstown to the late James Madigan and Elizabeth Martin. Tom was the former owner of T&L Auto Sales of Johnstown. He was a member St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Johnstown; he enjoyed playing poker and antique cars. Surviving are 2 daughters; Robbin Roth and her husband Mark Reese, with whom he lived in Harrisburg, Sherri Roth of Johnstown, a son William Roth of Chambersburg, 4 brothers; Steve Roth of Johnstown, Gene Roth of Florida, Bill Roth of Johnstown, 3 sisters; Barb Roth of Johnstown, Beverly Fondelier of Johnstown, Bonnie Roth Johnstown, 5 grandchildren; Nicole Belz, Kevin Roth, Cody Killinger, Ryan Roth, and Aubree Reese. He was preceded in death by his loving daughter Kellie Jo Roth an infant son James. Funeral services will be private at he convenience of the family. Arrangements are being handled by the Jesse H. Geigle Funeral Home, 2100 Linglestown Road, Susquehanna Townhip. <I have no connections to this family. It was in my local Harrisburg paper. If you would like a scanned copy, email me your home email address, since the message board doesn't allow attachments.>

Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa, Friday, July 4, 2008, p.B3 Lois M. Lantzy Lois M. Lantzy of Mechanicsburg, passed away from ALS Thursday, July 3, 2008 at her home. Lois was born in Cambria County on December 14, 1941, the daughter of the late Howard L. and Marie C. (Miller) Lantzy. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, and retired from IBM in 1992. Lois is survived by her 3 sisters, Helen Madigan-Sedor of Rockville, MD, and Pauline C. Shelley of Mechanicsburg; and her 2 brothers, James H. Lantzy of Marietta, GA and William Lantzy of Mechanicsburg. She is also survived by 7 nephews and 4 nieces. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mechanicsburg, at 10:30 a.m., on Monday, July 7th, with Father Chester P. Snyder as celebrant. The family will receive friends and relatives Sunday evening form 6-8 p.m., in the Myers Funeral Home, Mechanicsburg. Burial will be in Mechanicsburg Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial contributions to Penn State University for ALS Research, University Development, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, P. O. Box 852, Hershey, PA 17033 or Hospice of Central PA, 98 S. Enola Drive, P.O. Box 266, Enola, PA 17025. <I found these Cambria County obituaries in my Harrisburg Paper. I have no connection to these families. If you would like a scanned copy, email me with your home email address.>

Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa, Friday, July 4, 2008, p.B3, with his picture Edward W. Duras Edward W. Duras, age 70, of Palmyra, died in the VA Medical Center in Lebanon on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. He was the husband of Nancy M. (Boyer) Duras. He was born in Johnstown on August 22, 1937, to Edward and Louise Diettrich Duras. He had been employed in the Public Relations Department for the Hershey estates and also served as a Juvenile Aid Officer for 7 years for the Swatara Township Police Department. He was a member of the Route 230 Church of Christ in Elizabethtown and the Disabled American Veterans. He had served as the President of the Altoona Jay Cee's Association and was appointed the first President of the Jay Cee's of Hershey. He enjoyed crafts and reading, watching NASCAR, with his favorite being Richard Petty Team #43. He was an avid fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Notre Dame football. He also enjoyed the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. He loved animals, especially his kitty cats. He was a U.S. Navy veteran stationed on the USS Tidewater. Surviving in addition to his wife, Nancy, are his children, Edward Ryan Duras of Mechanicsburg, Maribeth Raves of Palmyra, Jean Jordan of Sarasota, FL, Amy Orbourn of Harrisburg; step-sons, Harold G. Been of Panama City, FL, and James D. Been of Middletown; 13 grandchildren; and sisters, Kathleen Casey of Flowery Branch, GA, Judith Johns of Philadelphia and Paige Berry of Bensalem. A stepson, R. Scott Been, preceded him in death. Relatives and friends are invited to a time for visitation on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 from 10-11 a.m., at the Rothermel Funeral Home, Inc., 25 W. Pine Street, Palmyra, followed by a memorial service at 11 a.m. Cremation burial will follow in the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery with full military honors. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the Delaware Valley Christian Camp, 33 Camp Road, Douglassville, PA 19518; the Adventure Zone Playground (for handicapped children), c/o Capital Area Christian Church, 1775 Lambs Gap Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 or to any Animal Rescue of your choice. <I found these Cambria County obituaries in my Harrisburg paper. I have no connection to these families. If you would like a scanned copy, email me with your home email address.>

Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa, Thursday, May 1, 2008, p.B4, with his picture Richard A. Lane, Sr. Richard Alfred Lane, Sr., age 83, of New Cumberland and formerly of Camp Hill, died Sunday in Harrisburg Hospital. He was born in South Fork, PA on August 17, 1924, a son of the late Alfred John and Jennie Lewis Lane. Mr. Lane was a graduate of Lewistown High School; joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 and was a combat-war veteran serving in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, he attended the former Shippensburg State Teachers College and started the collegiate wrestling program at Shippensburg. He graduated form his beloved Penn State with a B.S. degree in 1951 and received an M.S. Degree in 1954. After positions in sales and Pennsylvania state government, he joined the U. S. Public Health Service and was stationed in Washington, D.C. and Helena, MT. After returning to Camp Hill, and serving at other duty stations, he retired form federal government service. He began Lane Maintenance Service in 1977, which evolved into Cumberland Services, Inc. He was also a founding officer of Middle Atlantic Restoration. Mr. Lane started hunting as a teenager, a love which continued into his 70's. Fishing become his passion, with frequent trips to the Chesapeake Bay with his many friends and dear family. Occasional trips to Florida, North Carolina nd [sic] Ocean City filled picture frames of him holding his catch of tuna, wahoo or tarpon. The youngest of his siblings, he was preceded in death by sisters, Evelyn, Lillian, Dorothy, Ethel and Thelma, and a brother, John. Surviving is his deeply devoted loving wife of 56 years, Barbara Slee Lane, two sons, Richard A. Lane, Jr. and wife, Sally of Missoula, MT and John W. Lane and wife, Jennifer of Dillsburg; seven grandchildren, Adam, Ross, Madison, Carley, Justin, Eliza Grace and Julianne. The joy of having his grandchildren near him was his much-sought pleasure. Also surviving are a nephew Col. (Ret.) USMC Richard L. Brinegar of Rhode Island and his wife and children. A memorial service, with a fellowship luncheon to follow, will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, May 2nd at grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1610 Carlisle Road, Camp Hill (Highland Park). Visitation will be one hour prior to services Friday in the church. Burial will be at St. Mark's Episcopal Cemetery in Lewistown at the convenience of the family. Musselman Funeral Home and cremation Services, Inc., Lemoyne, is handling arrangements. Musselmanfuneral.com <I found these Cambria County obituaries in my Harrisburg paper. I have no connection to these families. If you would like a scanned copy, email me with your home email address.>

Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa, Sunday, March 30, 2008, p.B7, with her picture Dolores J. Williams Dolores J. Williams, 77, of Lincoln Street, Hummmelstown died Thursday, March 27, 2008 in her home. Born February 12, 1931 in Conemaugh, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Ethel M. (Wainwright) Locher. She retired from the former Pomeroy's; was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Hummelstown and was the widow of William H. "Hal" Williams who died April 26, 2000. Surviving are her sons, Robert P. Williams of Yardley and Keith A. Williams of Harrisonburg, Virginia; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, March 31, 2008 at Trinity United Methodist Church, 210 West Main Street, Hummelstown. Viewing well be held from 6-8 p.m., Sunday at Buse Funeral Home, 2 East Main Street, Hummelstown and form 9:30-10 a.m., Monday at the church. Burial will be in Hummelstown Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 210 West Main Street, Hummelstown, PA 17036. Condolences may be shared at BuseFuneralHome.com <I found these Cambria County obituaries in my Harrisburg paper. I have no connection to these families. If you would like a scanned copy, email me with your home email address.>