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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1891
Page
5
A dense, era-specific miscellany lists names, shops, and events in Indiana PA and nearby towns. It notes trials and tribulations of local figures, weather, farming prospects, business ads, social events, railroad yard debates, civic notices, and a cemetery monument update amid a flood of brief anecdotes and commercial pitches.
Local correspondence covers social visits by Miss May Reynolds and Miss Ella Gallagher, a car load of horses sold by auctioneer R. N. Miller, minor rail worker suspensions, promising fruit crop after frost, a new West Penn passenger schedule, and a tax collection dispute likely to go to court. It notes a Silver Lake rink dance with 35 couples, Dr. I. P. Klingensmith attending a railway surgeons meeting, land purchases near Burrell township, Blairsville improvement prospects, a freight wreck on the Intersection Branch, and the death of Anne McKee with funeral details.
A gathering at the Robert Lowry residence on church street West Indiana celebrated the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Lowry. Relatives and friends attended a feast in the dining room and presented them with a handsome gift from the children.
The opener last Saturday at the Fair Grounds featured Kistiminetas School against Indiana. Kiski showed little offense against Webble, who had only three days of practice with the Indiana team. The Indians won 9 to 5 after a neat Kiski fielding effort and trouble hitting the Dutchman.
Miss Flora Rosensteel visits relatives in Pittsburg and Mertie Altman of Blairsville visits friends. Various townsfolk attend to errands, carpenters improve the depot, croquet season begins, and neighbors exchange babies in a lighthearted anecdote. Parish notes mention Presbyterian services next Sabbath morning.
A flourishing Sabbath school at the A M E church has operated for years under Mrs Belinda Hoffman as superintendent and capable teachers. It currently averages forty pupils with assistance from the King's Daughters of the U P church. The school, under the Non Partisan W C T U, invites all children not in other schools to attend Sunday afternoon service at two thirty.
Rev Father Toner of St Bernard’s invites all parishioners and others to an evening of June 3 featuring a vocal and instrumental recital, a grand concert by Prof Vogel and his thirty trained singers, and a temperance lecture by Rev Morgan M Sheedy of Pittsburgh.
The Outlook reports a disturbed state in Westmoreland and Fayette mining regions with riots and a death. It notes hope for improvement, mentions Friday May 1 when carpenters and other trades unions push for the eight hour system, and observes some workers returning to work.
Jacob Creps ships 17 cattle 8 calves 50 hogs to Pennsburg Pennsylvania. Harry Bryan 14 cattle 199 hogs to Dansdale. Moore and Vanderson 15 cattle to Houtzdale. Harry Bryan 18 cattle to Houtzdale. J A Ritchie 2 horses to Homewood Pennsylvania. J D McKalip 17 cattle 14 calves 22 hogs to Radnor Pennsylvania.
Wm. Nagle, a well known local resident described as a cripple, died from the grip at the home of Mrs. Sam's Job on Water Street where he had boarded. He was 22 years old.
Columats, O, April 28 reports peace in the mining sector with the eight hour day strike called off due to lack of unanimity and other reasons. Physicians nationwide use Olive Blossom in practice with Dr. France's high standing as guarantee of merit, sold by Daugherty Broa. Advertising query noted. Barnum valued at about $5,000,000 at death. Blairsville druggist Milt G Miller promotes pure drugs. Jumbo California evaporated peaches offered at Clemente’s, five pounds for $1.
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