Excerpts
from the Advance Argus, Greenville, Mercer County, PA, May 5, 1898,
page 5
BREVITIES.
Dorothy,
May 13 and 14.
The
Pittsburg papers say the Fifteenth regiment has re-enlisted to a man in
the national service.
The
Erie announces that on and after May 1 the sale of tickets at Amasa will
be discontinued until further notice.
German
services at Zion’s church, Sunday, at 10 a.m. Good Hope at 2:30 p.m.,
English. S. B. Stupp, pastor.
The
eight-inch department of the rolling mill resumed work on Tuesday. The
prospects for the mill are very bright.
A
series of views on Mr. Blair’s road, the
Colorado & Northwestern, attract a great deal of attention in the
window of Reiss & Son’s.
Hugh
Sewell, recently charged with murder, came home Saturday noon and
was greeted by many friends. His was nearly hysterical with joy.
A
Pleasant Wedding.
A
very pleasant wedding took place at the residence of Mrs.
Wm Bell, two miles north
of Greenville. The contracting parties were her daughter
Maud, another of West Salem’s most successful school teachers and
Mr. J. T. Reed, of Kennard, a most promising
young man, who were united in marriage, Wednesday evening, April 27, by
the United Presbyterian minister, Rev. Dr. McKay,
of Greenville.
The
bride’s sister, Miss Gertrude, acted as
bridesmaid, and Thomas Parks, of Jamestown,
groomsman. After the ceremony a delicious supper was served and many
costly presents were given. Among the Invited guests were Mrs.
E. B. McManus and Miss Valeria Reed,
Windham, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Haas, of Meadville.
The young couple expect going to New Kensington where we wish them a most
prosperous and happy life. A GUEST
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Messrs.
Sahm & Leech have the contract for a house and barn to be built
on the Howard Durst farm, south of town.
Workmen have already begun the excavating.
A
telegram received from Capt. J. H. Martin
says he is on his way to Greenville to select twenty five men from those
recruited here Monday night, with which be will fill his company to the
national requirements.
Fire
broke out at H. M. Hamblin’s residence on
South Mercer street, Saturday afternoon at 3:15 o’clock. It took well on
to an hour to get the fire extinguished as the blaze was largely in the
interior. The loss will be quite heavy.
The
baccalaureate sermon before the High school graduating class was preached
in the U. P. church, Sunday evening, by Rev. Dr. D.
G. McKay. His text was a most appropriate one— Acts 22:3: “At
the feet of Gamaliel.” The discourse was eloquent and instructive, and
was listened to with rapt attention. The choir rendered two musical
numbers. Invocation, "O Thou that Hearest Prayer" and the anthem
“The Lord is in His Holy Temple.” [View
actual newspaper article.]
PERSONAL.
—Born:
To D. E. Billig and wife, today, a son.
—Dr.
Borland, of Grove City, was in town Monday,
—Born:
To Mr. and Mrs. H. Bloch a girl, Tuesday.
—Mrs.
Milton Cooper visited friends in town recently.
—Mrs.
Carrie Heilman, of Allegheny is a Greenville visitor.
—Misses
Hattie Bell and Grace Jennings spent
Saturday at Fredonia.
—Miss
Emma Bear, of Pittsburg, is a guest of Mrs.
Ella K. Morgan.
—Dr.
I. C. Ketler, president of Grove City college, was in town
yesterday.
—E.
C. Reed and daughter, Mrs. Dunn, are
spending the week with friends in Youngstown.
—Frank
D. Muse and T. S. Patton, two well
known citizens of Sandy Lake, were in town, Tuesday.
—Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas White, of Hadley, were guests of Milford
Dunn and family, a few days since.
—Prof.
Sandt left, Monday morning, for his home in Allentown, being called
away by the death of his father.
—The
remains of Mrs. Harper Loomis of Sharpsville,
were interred in the Shenango Valley cemetery Monday. [View
obituary from the newspaper.]
—Rev.
D. W. Burger, of Sharpsville, was in town today on his way home
from Maysville, where he had preached the day before.
—William
English, of Jamestown, was in town today. He leaves today for West
Virginia, where he will embark in the stave business.
—Mrs.
William Bell, of Grove City, died very suddenly of pneumonia,
Saturday, aged about 50 years. She was an active church worker. [View
obituary from the newspaper.]
—James
Lubold, Henry Mowry and Cyrus Mowry
have each purchased building lots on Wilbur street, which is a part of the
Stewart estate.
—John
D. Cutler has on exhibition at Blackmon
& Bentle's pharmacy a fine collection of
snap shots of Company K boys as they were about to leave town.
—L.
M. Stright and Harry Custard, of
Sheakleyville, were in town, Tuesday. Mr. Stright Leaves next week for
Rovenswood, W. Va., where he is engaged by W.J.
Fell.
—James
R. Gemmill, of Sharpsville, a bridge architect, was here on Monday
and in company with Commissioner Fred Myers
visited the Templeton run bridge in West Salem.
—Esther
Cooper, wife of Mr. Frank Cooper, of
near town, died Tuesday, aged about 77 years. Funeral on Thursday at 10 a.
m. Services at the house by her pastor S. B. Stupp.
Interment in Greenville cemetery. [View
obituary from the newspaper.]
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