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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1892
Page
5
Re from Indiana Pa and Greensburg. new glass plant ground laid out. church social next Tuesday at M E church. Notices of horse for sale, repairs, revivals, elimination of street litter, and a Prohibition Convention event at Library Hall. Indiana Normal opens with 250 students, 300+ enrolled. academy at Marion Center opens April 11. various ads for merchants, lodging, and local services.
A fragmented register shows names and locales for registration in multiple houses including West Indiana and KinTer and Inprana, with entries from Blairsville Smicksburg Parkwood and surrounding areas. Names include C. K. Lawman, W. Fritz Patrick, James Rupert, Jno. Johnston, George Barnheimer, David Short, and many others across Indiana Pa and adjoining towns.
A sequence of property transfers dated March 30 to April 5 shows various buyers purchasing acres and lots across townships including Rayne, Center, White, Conemaugh, North Mahoning, Cherryhill, Buffington, Armstrong, Young, Brushvalley, Pine, and others. Amounts range from 36 to 42795 dollars with buyers such as John Nichol, James Huston, John Roof, H P Lewis, Samuel C Taylor, and Jacob Dick among the transferees.
Marriage licenses issued include Nettie Me and L Hazlet Mageglon Claweon, W H Straus in Johnstown, and others listed in this notice. Names appear with partial spellings and fragmented details from the source page.
Irwin McFarland was in Latrobe Monday. Several locals, including Mrs. Cunningham in Pittsburg, Mr. Fleming in Blairsville, and Dr. St.Clair in Latrobe, circulated among friends this week. Notables like pension recipients, shoe store plans, and family visits mark a busy period in West Indiana and Rayne township communities.
At the April 2 election, B B Henshey was chosen pastor with J F Barnes as church clerk and a trustees group including Barto Berringer G W Lovelace Kellar Harris Isaac W Warner John B Johnston and Samuel Nelson. The Young People’s Union lists 104 members with 20 active 21 associate and 13 honorary. 88 additions and 10 awaiting baptism plus three letter-inclined members. repairs planned and a new house of worship hoped for next year. Baptismal service planned for Wednesday at 7:30 PM. all welcome.
A fragment recalls Castoria being given to a sick child Bany and a young girl crying for Castoria, with mentions of growth from age three to becoming Miss, reflecting nostalgic lines and misheard phrasing.
The column records multiple deaths in April 1892 including Mrs Rebecca Treece of Green toyn ship who died April 2 at age 81 and Mrs George Buchanan who passed April 2 in Mechanicsburg at age 72. It notes their virtues and family roles and their burials at Lutheran and Bethel graveyards. Also mentions Wm B Allison of Plumville dying April 3 at age 81 and Rosa Craven of Center township dying April 3 from pneumonia with burial at Bethel graveyard.
Legal notices cover sheriff levies and claims by Sheriff Machinery Co for property held by J M Treese. Viewers to lay out a road near Mudlick bridge from public road through Dr Morrow lands to John Fairman road. auditors to distribute funds of Wim Mock estate. Various deed actions and guardianships noted with adjournments and notices. U S Official Postal Guide newly issued highlights mail errors and guides for post offices and professionals.
On March 30 a murder in the Laurel Hill wilds near Trent and Rockwood stunned Somerset County. Jonathan Hochsteler, a revenue agent and alleged government spy who aided moonshine crackdowns, was killed by William Miller and a man named Pritts. Bob Miller, son of the killer, confessed. The body lay in a stream where it had been hidden as locals reacted with intense alarm.
A small, period style notice from Corner Church and Railroad Street Indiana Pennsylvania offers Staple Hardware Farm Implements wood willow ware Flour Feed Grain Grass seeds plastering materials and related items. The shop promises cash for grains bark ties shingles and lumber and states it will sell on small margins for east or produce while thanking patrons and pledging close attention to future patronage.
Local correspondence reports residents traveling for business, moves and openings in Blairsville and Cookport. Notable items include Murray in Pittsburg, Ogden in Latrobe, Zimmers opening a boot and shoe store, and R S Zimmers moving to store space on Market street. plus many illness and social updates.
Fifteen acres near Gettysburg in this county are being laid out in town lots this week on land owned by William Buterbaugh. The lots will be sold at public sale as a new railroad route approaches, potentially creating a rival town to Gettysburg in coming months. Dixonville Select School to open Monday April 11, 1892 under Prof. R. E. B. Harbison for a 12 week term. information via Rev. M. L. Rowland, President.
Broad list of offerings from A S Cunningham Miller Daugherty Clem ents and W M Cunningham including summer hats cook stoves aristo photos and a wide range of groceries medicines seeds and household products. Promotions highlight low prices and household essentials with brands like Hood s Sarsaparilla Olive Bossom and Clark s Aristo noted.
A prominent man states his wife suffered Dyspepsia Liver Complaint and Indigestion and nearly recovered after three packages of Aunt Fanny's Health Restorer. He urges keeping blood healthy with this vegetable compound and offers a free trial sample from Daugherty Bros Sergeaize 50c.
Thousands of new spring items advertised from ginghams chevrons silks and laces. Stock includes Bedford cords serges wool crepons cashmeres and plain dress goods with many pieces under one dollar per yard. Men boys and women offers feature cheap shirts ties hats shoes and clothing with cash sales and no credit.
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