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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
4
The Indiana Progress, largest and oldest paper in the county, edition dated Wednesday April 22 1908. Moorhead A & Moorhead A Ralph Moorhead, editors and proprietors. Local notices and obituary notices appear with policy requiring cash accompanying copy for cancellations and related matters.
Homer City, Pennsylvania, a small rail hub with under 2,000 residents, is poised for major development. The area already hosts a large incubator works and the Hasinger Tuck Co with government contracts, plus a coal operation shipping multiple carloads daily. Plans include expanding coke works, moving Josephine Purnace and Cole Co. operations to Homer City, completion of Cherryree branch, and a New York Centralia trunk line. Real estate appears undervalued with lots near the depot selling from 100 to 500 dollars, while prospective buyers are invited to participate in upcoming sales. The issue also promotes a county superintendent candidacy and local land plots for sale, as well as a June business excursion to cobalt mining districts.
A lengthy list shows numerous subscribers from W. G Hovis in Homer City to J. M. Thompson in Hailwood and others across Indiana and Pennsylvania. A card of thanks from Slogh H. Jeffries, amid a primary defeat, pledges royal Republican support and a future sheriff bid in three years, dated April 20, 1908 in Rochester Mills.
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