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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1911
Page
2
In a lively scene, Red Archie and companions swap wild Thanksgiving anecdotes about feasts and fantasies. Archie boasts of unimaginable portions while others tease him about being stuffed and mocked by holiday customs. The tale combines childlike bragging with reflections on parental pressure and the wish for grown up status.
The Robert Doty Camp of Veterans at Rochester Mills reports fifty members and installs officers led by G. W. Hamilton as commander Harry Mauk as vice commander D J Pollock Jr as vice commander R C Doty as secretary A W Craft as treasurer W K H Stanley as color guard N L Braughler P L Pierca James Crawford as councilmen Albert Braughler James Crawford inside guard Harry Lowry as musical instructor J 8 Roas as patriotic instructor. Rev A M Whitby of Pittsburgh was ordained to the ministry at Mariaville. Clymer residents urge trolley extension to Dixonville with Board of Trade committee to meet Indiana County Railways Co. contact. c R Griffith of Marion Center visited county seat on Saturday.
An Orphans' Court order in Indiana County directs a public sale at the courthouse for the estate of Gilles Gibbon. The property, located on Street No. 1, begins at 8 in the morning and traces boundaries along Lincoln Gibbon lands, Mellwood Coal Co. lands, J. M. Guthrie lands, Heilwood Coal Co. lands, and Tunes Glyon lands, totaling about 1 acre.
Fragmentary legal notice detailing a large land tract near Diamondville, with parcels described by compass bearings, distances, and boundaries. It notes a double frame house on the property, mentions a prior deed to Giles Gibson and Elizabeth Moore, and states sale by executor Lincoln J. Gibren with deferred payment secured by mortgage. Continuous dates and exact measurements appear, but some text is garbled.
A transcript-like item shows financial entries for Homer City Borough with balances, duplicate payments, and funds transferred from former treasurers, plus a notice for letters testamentary on the estate of Samuel Kerr of Grant Township requesting claims and payments. The document lists balances due, tax details, street taxes, and various disbursements, followed by probate notices urging claim submission and debt settlement.
The 152 page catalog explains how the store serves out of town customers with metropolitan Dry Goods Department Store service. It emphasizes selling better class goods at low prices to those far from the shop and invites readers to send name and address for a postcard to receive the book.
Local newspaper seeks neighborhood news from readers and invites submissions. Readers are encouraged to send any items of interest from their area and, if needed, will be assisted to prepare them for publication.
A compilation of legal and public notices from Indiana County detailing an auditor's report on estate funds, executors and administrators notices, dissolution of partnership between Orr and Frick, a lumber firm sale authority, and a livestock or material sale with payment terms. Includes dates such as April 27 1911 and April 12 1911. Works of J M Lech auditor and MORL L DAVIS administrator listed.
Public notice details two parcels in Cookport village Green Township Indiana County Pennsylvania. Lot 1 begins at a street corner near a public road to Lovejoy and proceeds by approved compass directions to form a house lot at Main Street, ending at the beginning. Lot 2 starts at Main Street near the storehouse lot, runs to an alley, then to Mary A. Shank’s lot, and returns to Main Street forming a second house lot.
Bound and described as follows beginning at a post corner of public road from Cockport to Lovejoy and an alley or street thence by said alley south 48 degrees west 50 feet to a post corner of land of Mrs John Henry thence by land of Mrs John Henry north 42 degrees west 106 feet to a post corner of land of Samuel McCullough thence by lands of Samuel McCullough north 48 degrees past 107 feet to a post at public road from Cookport to Joy leading from Cookport to Lovejoy then by public road south 50 feet to a post the place of beginning known as the
Property descriptions detail two bounded tracts in the McManus area. The first tract begins at stone corner near Andrew McManus and John W. Doug lasa, follows multiple compass bearings to posts along roads and land lines, and ends at the starting stones. The second tract starts at a post near Elmer Hudson, traces through several land owners including Lamer and Griffith, with numerous perches and posts, ending at the place of beginning.
Purports Nos 4 and 5 to be Offered for Sale excepting and reserving all the coal of any kind lying in two tracts with the right to mine dig and carry away all coal and to ingress egress and regress for mining removing examining searching and testing for coal with mining rights privileges to ventilate pump and drain mines and to maintain roads for coal transport across lands and to use waters but without liability for stream waste returned to streams.
Fragmentary text shows an offer to sell coal rights and mining privileges, separated from surface and residue, with implied reservations. The passage references No. 4 and underlying claims, indicating a formal conveyance or auction of mineral rights within a property.
Auction terms require half payment and bond for one year with deeds by Tudgon Parry. Administrators Beale Sutton and J. Ne Baukw publish letters testamentary for Archibald Nichol and John McGaughay estates. Creditors to present claims. debtors invited to settle. garbled names and dates in notice.
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