125 Years Ago

Herald of Jan. 7, 1897

Calvin Ebersole of Curryville and Nannie Miller of Woodbury were united in marriage at the home of the bride. Fifty people attended.

The board of directors of the poor organized for 1897 at the county home. J.F. Wilson of Tyrone was elected president of the board.

Woodbury will ask the Bedford county court in February for the privilege to sell whiskey and all manner of strong drinks.

A notice was posted at the Upper Altoona railroad shops Tuesday morning that the shops would operate nine hours a day, with Saturday afternoon off, for fifty hours a week. This is an increas...