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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1912
Page
4
The Republican County Committee announces candidates on the Republican ticket in compliance with party rules and the Assembly Act governing Primary elections to be voted on Saturday April 13 2012.
In Indiana, Armstrong, Jefferson and Clarion counties shoulder a delegate split for the National Convention. The district alternates counties, prompting support for Newton E. Graham of Clarion and Senator John S. Fisher of Indiana as two qualifying delegates. The article endorses Graham and Fisher, praising their character and Republican record, and urges voters to back them at the primaries.
The piece urges Republicans to vote for trusted candidates like Langham for Congress, notes district support for a big course, and stresses primaries select party nominees not general election winners. It thanks the Indiana County Home management and court officials, praises past boards and juries, and looks forward to successors Mr. and Mrs. D T Niel and Mr. and Mrs W M Piper on April 1, 1912.
The Indiana Market showcases Easter cards in thousands of varieties. The Silms family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during their mother Elizabeth Sims illness and death. Huey Moorhead advertises lines of Easter cards booklets and novel titles.
Alr John Gorst denounces an educational system out of touch with real needs. He warns a "starved and tattered race" and says schools drill rather than educate. He critiques mediaeval university methods and exams as the main goal of learning, urging overhauls.
The French destroyed vast numbers of books in a sweeping campaign. Edmund Gosse might praise the method, while critics coin the term biblolytte for deliberate book destruction. In 1790 Paris alone saw 808,120 volumes seized from religious houses burned, with nationwide totals around 4,194,400 volumes.
In Boston a shift in appearance and vitality among youths signals a changing social scene. The piece notes taller frames and new vigor as nature adapts to modern life, with a light aside on playful egg coloring using a full spectrum of dyes.
Frantz Brob in Rosamyne Pa pays $1.00 per bushel for clean wheat delivered to his mill. Willet Horse listings near Indiana Pa with post March 28 sale. Beryl Senor announces horses after May 1 1912. J I Fine Dept Store Punxsutawney Pa features ladies coats and guitars from $1 and up. Huey Moorhead ads Easter cards and novelties. Wilmer Stewart Indiana Pa lists buggies and horse stock with prices and a bay horse for $100.
Local retailer J H Fink Dept Store showcases paper land pane and napkins at Huey and Moof's, Punxsutawney Pennsylvania. Decorations highlighted amid seasonal display with household linens and party supplies.
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