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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1923
Page
2
The Indiana Progress issues on Wednesday August 8 1923 listing subscription terms and notice categories including resolutions obituary notices and cards of thanks. It calls for payments via cash and directs readers to send communications to the Indiana Progress.
The Republican County Committee vetted and announced candidates for the Fall Primary on September 18. Names include Sheriff Harry Koozer. Montgomery two H Elmer Borland. John M Mincona White two. and many others across Indiana Borough, Washington Township, Blairsville, Conemaugh, Burrell, and Hayne townships. Wallace Thomas named County Chairman as of June 11, 162.
Rev Brown of Clymer attended in area last week while families from Heilwood Pine Flats and Slisburg visited. A Jim Nicewonger from Heilwood cut his hand and needed hospital care. Community members and students from Indiana Normal visited, with social events planned to support Pine Vale church. Local shoppers, callers, and travelers are listed along with a ten day Ohio water trip plan from Water Street Indiana.
Hortons Miss ViolétL Clawson of Clymer visits. Blain Bair of Akron stays with his mother Libbie Bair. David Dunlap and family from Tilairsville spent Sunday with brother John. Mrs. Doyle Cameron and Mrs. Ain friar Henry shopped in Punxsutawney. Pauline Urady visits as Evelyn Densin Wedardly. Catharine Tyger, employed in Indiana, vacationing with Homer Tyger and sister Mrs Louis Carin. John Harris nears completion of a new bungalow. Boyd Raleigh of Witteburg visit relatives. they will travel to California by auto for road sightseeing. Paul Dunlap painted his house. ladders slipped causing a fall but no serious injury. Annual Dunlap reunion planned at Reuse Grove on Saturday August 18. Relatives and friends invited. Rev. J. E. Tingley assisted Rev. P. B. Dunlap at Schlemmer's gathering Sunday evening with a large crowd.
Mrs. Win of Johnstown visits Melvin Payne. Mumau reunion draws good attendance at the old Academy grounds. Misses Estella Lenore Mabel Knupp and Alice Myers attend Bethel social. Miss Klepper returns to Apollo after visiting Blanche Ferrier. Irene Burr weekend visitor to Indiana. Robert Holt and family from Marion Center visited Joseph Myers. A Rader of Winborne secures boarding at Mrs J C Barr. Clawson family and Chessleys travel to Cresson to see Floyd Sheoslay at the sanitarium. Harry Kimmel of State College visits relatives. Mrs Anne Smith of Aultman visits father John O Campbell. Carrie Sharp visits Indiana sisters Margaret and Laura Sharp. William Cadhoun and family and Porter Cal-
Mrs. Kerr Jr and Mrs. Dala Wolfe hosted Sabbath visitors including Mrs. Hila Warner. Mrs. Paul Fleming arrived from Oklahoma to visit her parents Mr and Mrs William Rankin. Mrs. Nancy Sharp visited sister Mrs Steele Mckerhons in Home. Mrs. A A Rupert visited relatives in Indiana last week.
Kepple Hill residents and neighbors from Apollo Vandergrift and surrounding towns visited relatives Sunday and over the weekend. A baby girl was born July 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Madison. Community members from Indiana Blairsville and Marion Center were seen in town and at gatherings.
American Falls Idaho residents approve moving the town for an 83,000 acre reservoir as part of the American Falls project. Officials say the $12 million dam will flood the town and 500,000 acres, creating a 75 foot high dam with potential to reach 8,000,000 acre feet capacity for regional water storage.
New York announces the Thompson Institute for Plant Steadiness near Yonkers with a $500000 endowment to advance plant science. Dr William Crocker describes use of electric lamps and cranes to illuminate greenhouses and provide carbon dioxide enriched air, enabling growth of seeds from Tutankhamun tomb specimens unearthed at Thebes.
Major I L Greame Anderson of the Royal Air Force, a consulting surgeon, argues nerves and nerve exhaustion drive pilot errors. He says fear does not appear early. accidents stem from fatigue within an hour of flight start. He proposes a method to evacuate the cabin with a parachute attached for passengers if a fire occurs.
Commercial traffic through the Panama Canal rose sharply in the year ending June 30 with vessel usage at 8,007 and toll receipts totaling 17,508,100.57 dollars, marking a more than 50 percent increase over any prior year.
Rochester Mills area residents report visits and travels to Indiana and Blairsville. Families and friends, including Hurd, Potts, Mettern, Shields, and McMahan, are noted at multiple towns with callers and homecomings, plus a few town events and a Rayne Center council meeting notice.
Ordinance 861 authorizes grading and paving Carpenter avenue between Church and School streets in Indiana Borough Pa with two thirds of costs to be paid by abutting property owners through assessments. Borough to grade by engineer plans and supervise. bids and contracts to be issued. approved August 6 1923 or 1933 amid clerical irregularities.
Notices filed with the Indiana County Orphans Court seek private sales of minor’s interests in Johnston Plan lots 8 9 and 10 in Burrell Township by guardians Commonwealth Trust Company of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth Trust Company of Pittsburgh for Virginia Brahm and Clarence A Brain Jr deceased.
Fragmentary OCR shows attorney E Waller Smith with offices on second floor rooms and a Philadelphia G W store reference. Content is garbled and nonsensical but indicates a legal or official notice context without clear actions or deadlines.
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