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Newspaper

Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1899

Page

4

Senator Penrose Defends Party Unity Against Insurgents

Senator Penrose voices stalwart Republican policy against insurgent tactics and asserts majority rule and party regularity. He pledges to back Senator Quay, warns bolting minorities face expulsion, and predicts regulars will dominate the next state convention. Also notes Progress newspaper gains in subscribers and value.

United States Penrose Quay General Assembly Pennsylvania Senator Quay

No United States Senator Yet in Pennsylvania Innings

Yesterday Judge John Stewart of Chambersburg led insurgent votes in a joint ballot showing Quay 95 Jenks 76 Stewart 51 total 222 with 112 needed and 31 not voting In a Prosperous Condition Second United Presbyterian church elected J B Adair and Frank Fowler as trustees for another year The financial report shows expenses met and a 14 member increase The noon dinner interrupted Moving R R Cunningham electric plant foreman welcomed as mother gave birth to twins The license list includes Lemuel Kunkle Clara Swazy Horace Stump Annie Thompson Blacklick and other names with small sums.

John Stewart Chambersburg Quay Jenks Stewart Second United Presbyterian Church Messrs J. B. Adair Frank Fowler

Local Notes From Elderton and Surrounding Towns

Local activity runs through Elderton Vandergrift and nearby towns with visits, comings and goings, and a wedding. Notables include J B McCreight at home from Washington and Jefferson, Lida Bleakney on vacation from Juniata College, and the Prugh Rankin wedding at the bride’s home with Rev J W Dunbar officiating. Community announcements cover church events, travel, and local trades, plus a correction recognizing A M Morrow as West Lebanon’s select school principal and a looming twelve week term. Also noted are various visits to Irwin, Indiana, and Homestead, a canoe ridge health update, and local business moves.

Elderton James Rupert Jessie Vandercrift J.B. McCreight Washington and Jefferson College Frank Hunter Vandergrift Pittsburg John Fry A. A. Calhoun W. H. Rankin Eldersridge Academy Butler County Lida Bleakney Juniata College Lowash Irwin Lottie Dixon J. E. Wherry South Bend H. Prugh Martha Rankin J. W. Dunbar Presbyterian Church Ida Rankin E. W. Lukehart G. A. Prugh H. N Abner John Lowman Homestead W. F. Walker Famly Thomas Fleming John O. Campbell Parkwood W. W. Harbison Vinnie Lytle Indiana A. M. Morrow West Lebanon J. Sloan Walker Maggie Peeler Mr. Stewart Herbert Farren Dora H. Rupert Lottie Walker Sheloca W. A. George Herbert Warren Isaac Heffelfinger Derry William Fleming W. F. Sell William Devlin Anthony Montgomery Shelocta Morrow

Many in new homes on Philadelphia street and beyond

A long list details numerous property moves and transfers across West Philadelphia Street East Oak Street Water Street and surrounding blocks. Moves include Thomas McDermott from Allison property to Stuchel property and Miss Belle Anderson from Church Street rear to her own property on West Church Street, among many others with dates and street names. The record catalogs residents shifting parcels among houses, churches, schools, and businesses, reflecting a town reorganization of property ownership.

Thomas McDermott Allison Sixth Street Stuchel West Philadelphia Street Belle Anderson Church Street West Church Street Ernest Edmiston Sutton Daugherty Oak Street Sophia Irwin North Fifth Street Wilkinsburg Sarah Young Hare Philadelphia Street Wissell Ed Beck Derr Water Street Davis Same Street John Ray Kuhn Clay Avenue John Patterson Shotz Sarah Miller Ed Young Horner Lutheran Church John Wickner Pittsburg Fannie Earhart Coho Oakland Avenue Livermore L. Culp Watterson Gurney Billings Fleming Thirteenth Street Anthony C. A. Buchanan Lockard East Oak Street H. B. Buterbaugh Buchanan Wissel John Carney Myers al Wagle Mitchell Railroad Avenue Banks Kauffman Bowman Kinter East Philadelphia Street W. A. Lovelace Lewis School Street Wiggins South Tenth Street G. W. Pownall Lowry S. C. Thompson Rayne Township J. F. Creps White West Oak Street A. S. Wallace Sloan W. G. Gibson Hood Tenth Street Williard West Philadelphia Lizzie Wachob Tenth Simpson Chestnut Street Patton Matthew Gamble Third Ward Albert Yengst East Chestnut Street North Sixth Street Mary Griner Fifth Street Hanna Walker Findley House Harry E. Walker Wallace Pitsburg W. Bennett Rower Jacob Reyer Seyfried Gailey Wm. Lydick Jamison House McCullough David Myers Latrobe McCune Farm J.S. Russell Hall West Water Street BR. W. Langham Pitcairn Samuel Shank Hamilton House Mertz E. L. Conover Homer City Steying C. B. Lindsey East School Street Vandergrift W. H. Turner Wagle J. C. Hasinger South Fifth Street Jank Walker South Seventh Street Leonard Gibson Wadding House Locust Street George 8 Markle Young Engle House Maple Street John Corrigan Hazlett Rouge John Stank Jamison Sexton Barto Roof Spence George Mitchell McCowish Wayne Avenue Leasure North Eighth Street H. C. Myers Garman Chearnut Street D. W. Tomb McLain Johnstown Blair Kelly Annie Graft Greensburg Philadelphia Wm. H. Miller East Philadelphia Sol Keck Fred Herlinger Lemuel Myers Paul Mary Gibson Joseph McAdoo North Third Street George 3. Marshall & Co James A. McNeal Watson & Keener Deposit Bank J. A. White Elkin Birt C. Roof New American House John L. Getty Cunningham Farmers’ Bank Leslie Pattison Gilchrist J. A. Crossman Armstrong Township Kinter House John Widdowson John Houck Dixonville Alex Malcolm Guthrie Ninth Street Anderson George Wheeler

Personal Brevities Highlight Local Visitors and Guests

A stream of social notes lists residents and guests visiting from Marion Center, Leechburg, Clarion, Greensburg, Vandergrift, Altoona, Philadelphia, Scranton, Oil City, Johnstown, Pittsburgh, Rochester Mills, and other towns. Names include Warner, Wood, Ashbaugh, Lohr, Banks, Gessler, Fleming, Gessler, Prothero, Armstrong, Calhoun, White, Moore, Oberlin, Nesbitt, Cunningham, Houghton, Ewing, Moorhead, Tintoff, Lafferty, Mack, Kerr, Henry, Stephens, Work, Hazlett, and others with pension, juror duties, and schooling notes.

8. F. Warner Falls Creek Will Wood Marion Center Will Ashbaugh Leechburg Indiana Barry Lohr Clarion J. Harry Smith Pittsburg Miss Gretta Park Wm. Banks C. A. Gessler Latrobe H. A. Fleming Vandergrift Carrie Gessler Philadelphia Street Greensburg Elizabeth Walker Church Street Livermore Ney Prothero Fourth Ward Altoona J. M. Armstrong Montgomery Township W. R. Calhoun Blaimsville L. M. White Third Ward Nell Moore Homer Bertha Conover Anna M. Oberlin Rochester Mills Franklin Sansom United States Court Scranton Samuel Nesbitt Conemaugh Township A. Smith Oil City Cunningham Ralph Philadelphia C. E. Houghton Bradford C. H. Moore New American Maude Ewing Saltsbury Florence Lowry Nansie Moorhead Chestnut Street Emily Speedy Johnstown Edna Tintoff Fifth Street Silas Hollis Buairaville Annie Lafferty East End Mary Loughry North Lixth Street Bert H. Liehteberger W. B. Kline T. B. Clark Sabbath Ollie Mack Andrew Kerr Nineveh Harry Bennett Buffington Township Isaac Beck Lizzie Lottie Stephens White Township T. P. Stephens Penn Run J. T. Henry Homer City Center Township Martha Bertha Work Mabel Hazlett East Mahoning Township Normal

Loughby's Campaign for Quality Goods

LOUGHBY S proclaims Dont Burn the Candle at Both Ends and urges shoppers to avoid cheap merchandise. The ad asserts the store sells only the best goods, claims good goods are the cheapest, and highlights a large assortment across lines with lower cash prices. It notes a shift toward higher quality and announces a spring stock up of top items.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Sherif E. D. E. Thompson Blairsville Protogonotary D. W. Simpson James K. Dick Burlington Township Green Township William F. George James L. Peterman DE. M. M. Davis George W. Hood A. F. Cooper Homer Unity R. R. Cunningham Electric Light Plant Lemuel Kunkle Clara Hi. Swazy Igo Horace T. Stump Annie Phompson Blacklick Merry Warlye Canoe Ridge Charles Hughes Clark Gaston Adrian Hospital Panxsutawney John Henry Randolph States Norman Viper Locust Clarence States Cortez Wilbert Timberlin Glen Campbell Hufe Charles Bates Seward Daisy Mack Sherman Allegheny Frank Ashcam B. F. Swartz, Jr Walls B. F. Swartz Flora van Horm Michel Curtain Plainfield, II King T. E. Hildebrand’s Segions W. I. Moore’s M. G. Miller’s Blairaville J. J. Hare D. W. Schrecongost Methodist Church J. B. Younkina W.R. Loughry & CO D. M. Caldwell Dave Forest City Our Hat Department Clothier Hatter Formisher Court House
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