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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
4
Notice lists obituary notices poetry and all resolutions available in The Indiana Progress Indiana Pa. Rates charged three cents per line and cash must accompany copy in all cases. Payments and communications should be addressed to The Indiana Progress Indiana Pa.
A government land allotment begins August 1 in Oklahoma, inviting about 170000 applicants while only 13000 can succeed. The plan aims to create new homes at minimal cost, reflecting the long standing homestead policy and encouraging industrious citizens. Typhoid rises in Chicago blamed on poor sewers. Indiana politics heat up with multiple congressional candidates. The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette marks 115 years with village-belle charm.
J H Engle lumber merchant and Clara Lapaley daughter of T A Lapeley were wed at the bride’s home Wednesday at 10 am Rev J W Crisa well of Blairsville Presbyterian officiated. Honeymoon in Buffalo then to East School street residence. Ford Bobbitt marriage planned for Bolivar residents this evening at the bride’s home with Rev D S Tinker officiating.
John H. Settlemeyer of Johnstown and Otilla E. Fleckenstein daughter of Leonard Fleckenstein of Saltsburg were married at St Matthew's Roman Catholic church Saltsburg at 9 am Tuesday. Attorney M N McGeary Greensburg and Agnes Houston Bolivar wed at the bride's home Wednesday with guests present.
Indiana hotel proprietors formed an association and set higher rates. Two members violated the plan by advertising former prices for stoppers. W H Clawsen and Isaac Griffith announce they will honor old rates. Indiana county WCTU convention planned at Homer City September 24 and 25 with speaker Leonora Barry Lake from St Louis delivering the address Tuesday night.
Recent deaths include Mrs. Louisa Omner of Strongstown age 30, survived by husband Samuel L Omner and two children, funeral at Strongstown Lutheran church. Also Charles Denning of town 51, survived by wife and seven children, interment in Steubenville, Ohio. Squire D W Coulter of Bolivar found dead aged 65, longtime justice of the peace, survived by wife and two children.
Myrona A Henderson son of Myr and Mrs J R Henderson of Armstrong township died Monday at 11 00 am after three months illness of diabetes aged 28 years 5 months 28 days Funeral services were held at his late home Tuesday by Rev W J Wilson of town and burial followed in Curry Run church cemetery. Agnes M Loughry dies at 18 in Replete West Virginia interment in Robinson cemetery near Replete. David Washington of Railroad avenue dies at home Saturday evening at 5 o'clock of tuberculosis aged about 35 survived by wife and five children remains taken to Bethel church near Dixonville for interment.
Editor A Brown of Bennettsville recounts his wife’s recovery from dyspepsia and fatigue after four bottles of Electric Bitters. He calls it a grand tonic with laxative qualities, claiming it cures indigestion loss of appetite and liver troubles. Available 50c at local shops.
The Central Hotel at Tadiana offers unchanged rates and improved conveniences for guests. It welcomes patrons with good meals, comfortable beds, ample stable space, and free baggage delivery to trains. Meals before the 6:30 a.m. train are a specialty, with a first class hostler on hand for horse care and chains of wagons secured overnight.
William Porter was overcome by gas near Glassport. After four hours with no signs of life, Dr. E. L. Erhard of Glassport used oxygen and artificial respiration to revive him. Erhard, formerly of Cherrytree, is now Glassport’s leading physician and noted for oxygen’s life saving use in caves.
Tickets for the People’s Popular Lecture Course will be ready mid August. Those with arrangements should notify Miss Lill Thompson of town. Eight entertainments for $1. Phinney's United States Band seats 75c. All entertainments in Library Hall.
Mrs G T Reynolds is spending the week at Ridgway. J R Stumpf visited Greensburg. Numerous town residents are visiting relatives in Pittsburg, Canton, Che stnut Street, Leechburg, Butler, Buffalo, Atlantic City, and Chicago. Several are returning from trips, hosting guests, or preparing for journeys to Chautauqua, Rome, and Africa.
A promotional note praises Dr King’s New Life Pills for regulating the liver purifying the blood and improving skin and complexion. Sold for 25 cents at multiple Indiana and Blairsville drug stores including T E Hildebrand W I Moore Homer City and M G Miller.
Samuel Trimble, a town garbage collector, plans to fatten hogs on garbage from local homes on the Thomas Lucas farm south of town. He will canvass residents this week and seek contracts for garbage removal.
We offer a batch of screen doors at deep discounts with lowest prices shown. Doors priced at 65c drop to 39c, 85c doors to 49c, 98c doors to 62c, and $1.25 doors to 67c each. Also available are stone crocks fruit jars extra lids and rubbers.
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