On this date 98 years ago, it was reported on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald that local hotelier George Titlow had collected $150 toward the townĢƵ first ambulance.Private subscribers were being solicited around the area who would contribute $1 each (“the maximum amount that ...
<em>“WhatĢƵ in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”</em><em>William Shakespeare, from Romeo and Juliet</em>This is that rare occasion when I quote old Bill Shakespeare.Come to think of it, I’ve ...
One hundred years ago today, a clear sign spring had finally sprung, was the discovery -- of all things --of a snake. Don’t believe me?“J.O. Clark captures poisonous snake alive,'' read a prominent headline on the front page of the May 12, 1914, edition of the Uniontown Morning Herald.Mr. ...