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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1923
Page
4
A fragment from a 1825 issue discusses Moorhead, Aditara and Proprietora with subscription terms in cash in advance for various periods. It then presents parenting advice advising mothers on children’s companions and the importance of guiding rather than controlling friendships, emphasizing education of judgment to discern good from bad influence.
Local society column records visitors and residents across Kittanning, Johnstown, Uniontown, Derry and surrounding areas. Notables include Mrs. Henry Yount visiting relatives, couples traveling overland, hospital updates, home improvements, shop visits in Johnstown, a marriage in Cumberland, and new house construction near Weir Coal Works.
The Progress offers reduced prices on daily newspapers and many leading weekly farm papers and magazines to rural delivery subscribers. Subscriptions are $2.00 per year in advance with cash required with orders, and a complete list of paired titles and rates follows.
John Chiao 18 died of pneumonia on Saturday with interment in Catholic cemetery. Henry C Schrock age 0, died Sunday at North Point from pneumonia. funeral today with interment to follow. Leslie Coleman of Smicksburg died on April 9 at nine days old. Fragmentary obituary items from Indiana Pa indicating multiple deaths and burial details.
Wills dated 1898 to 1921 outline bequests across multiple families. Major estates assign sums to grandchildren and establish executors including Joseph P. Mack, James W. Mark, and Margaret Till. Bequests also name Martha J. Gordon as executrix and list heirs in Indiana and Pennsylvania locales.
One of the most proceedu conven tiony held by the Y M C A men of the state closed hare on Sunday afternoon. Prominent state jab nateional workers taple part in the pro gram and did excilatd servies in making the various BessionYy Unjoyable and profitable. Harry W McCreary, president of the Indiana Association, was chosen as local delegate to the national convention in Cleveland next October.
The Rayne Township school in Rayne honors eighth grade pupils for daily attendance during the term ending April 10. Miss Vannie Schultz presented bibles to Alta Moorhead Carriebet Houck Helen Ray Earl Wilson and Harry Moorhead. Certificates will be issued to Earl Wilson and Alta Moorhead for perfect attendance. Harry Moorhead was not absent or late.
The article lists the U S population as about 120,608,802 on July 1 1980 and projects growth of roughly 1 4080 per year. It also mentions Pennsylvania data and a local land sale near Ghelraville with details about acreage along a river.
Miss Mary Cilson visited the home of Pater Bergen on Saturday. Miss Sara Coleman spent Friday evening with Mrs. J. G. Kennedy and family. Mr and Mrs Lisle Diven and several young people were entertained by Mrs O W Shields Saturday night. James Urey bought the O W Shields store and plans a new store room on his property soon.
An aging overcoat recalls a life of memory and mishap across seasons. It laments its shabby fate as it outlives fashions, passing through shops and Salvation Army bins while Bennie, the veteran garment, clings to duty and dignity.
The article discusses a universal speed of 185,060 miles per second as the velocity at which influences are transmitted, including light, wireless telegraphy, sun radiations, and X rays. It suggests a common source and hints at a hidden ether-based world feeding the universe through this constant speed.
A village on the Hampstead border near Surrey tells a Gaulnt legend from Magic Loan Office days. Inhabitants knocked on a hill to borrow a utensil with the promise to return it, or the loan would vanish. In Frensham church two miles away an identical copper kettle is exhibited as a relic.
A fragmentary program from the Philomathean Literary Society of Grushvalley shows a Friday night event on April 27 at the community Wall in Brushvalley. It lists numerous acts and readers including Revitation, Blanche Evans, Murieh Ruterbaugh, Elda Nouglass, Naomi Douglass, Myra McCrea, Elizabeth Evans, Mary Traby, Ethel Rugh, Alma Rough, Ida Cunningham, Mrs A K Mauk, Donald Davis, Florence Pord, Atiua Rush, Trassa Menta, and Mirtha McCrea among others with roles such as recitations, duets, essays, songs, tableaus, monologues, and jokes.
SMITKSBURG Mrs Mina Marshall visiting in Pittsburgh returned home. Mr and Mrs G B Weston and daughter Mrs D K Stiteler attended the funeral of Mrs Hannah Weston at Indiana Thursday.
A Tidiena rural service council urges patrons to help carriers by listing name and route on boxes, using stamps rather than pennies, filing complete money order applications, writing clearly, and keeping return addresses. Citizens should place boxes accessibly, maintain convenient locations, and cooperate to avoid delays, especially on heavy mail days. Postmaster Harry Harland praises past cooperation and calls for continued patron support to improve service.
Miss Sara Reitz notes essential turkey raising practices for county farm bureau readers. Topics include sanitation with lime and carbolineum, ground plaster to aid bone development, and observed limits of treating blackhead. Indigestion signs and remedies are outlined, plus lice control measures and seasonal dusting schedules for brooder and yard turkeys.
Card of Thanks gratitude to friends for aid after house fire and sympathy after deaths. Several notices of thanks mark illness and death of family members with floral tributes and car use. In Memoriam honors Mrs. Susan Kooser Waudey. Public sale notices list farm auctions and personal property with locations near Penn Run Heilwood Indiana area. Also alumni reunion details for Allegheny County Association of Indiana Normal with speakers. Legal notices and probate updates reference Telford deceased and estate addresses in Indiana Pennsylvania.
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