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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1902
Page
4
Miss Ada Earl visits friends in Apollo this week and Rae Thompson spends a couple of weeks at Atlantic City. Numerous local residents travel for visits or business, with Mr. Josiah Lydick, Mrs. Scott Geesey, and Miss Belle Dickey among those listed as visiting or hosting. A wide pattern of relatives and acquaintances touring towns from Blairsville to Pittsburgh is recorded with brief notes on each trip.
Mrs Armour Mauilen returns home from Ridgeview park. Miss Hackley and Miss Huston were guests of Miss Kling last week. Mrs Booth visits brother Mr Roof with her children. Mabel and Malissa Wilson visit aunt Mrs Wilson in Church street. J C Anderson and Rhoda Anderson spend Sabbath with Mr and Mrs Miller. George Robertson and daughter Gertrude visit sister Mrs Herlinger in Philadelphia street. Mrs Lewis George and Anna Kennedy guests of Sheriff and Mrs Thompson. J Knox Carney returns to Layton after days at the clad homestead near Greenville. A S Cunningham and Maria Davis visit Mrs Repine in Johnstown. Welty Shrum returns from Irwin. Mr and Mrs Earhart spend vacation at Atlantic City and plan New York trip. Rose Kiefer returns home from Santa Clara. Mrs Knox Carney, visiting parents, returns home. Grace Cunningham arrives home from Pittsburgh. Mr and Mrs Henry Prothero and family spend days at Ridgeview Park. Cora Wier leaves for Lake Chautauqua with Wilkinsburg party. John Glenn and wife visit in town. Glenn formerly resided here. Belle Thompson returns from Walters Sanitarium. Godfrey Marshall travels to New Britain and Atlantic City with side trips. George R Fulton visits in Derry. Fulton stays with his parents. Misses Enth Adair, Lottie Bryan, Ida Fair and Clara Moorhead attend house party at West Newton. Prof Robertson of Normal in town. campers later join on Long Island. Prof Gns and Prof Jacques to accompany.
Rev J W Barnett of Columbus occupied the pulpit last Sabbath. Communion was held at First United Presbyterian Church. Pastor Rev J Day Brownlee was assisted by Rev John Jamison and Wm F Nichol. Four new members joined by profession of faith and seven were baptized.
A collage of quick local items appears: Mr and Mrs B L Junker host a Holland party for friends next Thursday in White township, town dances planned, orchestra to provide music, local ads include cough remedy claims, job openings for 25 steady boys, and multiple notices about music classes at Freeburg College of Music with six week terms and catalog requests, plus hardware and hay rake ads and a hot water furnace for sale.
Obituaries for William Craig aged 68 near Newville with funeral in Greenwood cemetery. Mary Pounds of Marion Center aged 83 with two sons surviving. Oliver W. Petted of Shelocta aged 66 with Civil War service and three sons and four daughters, funeral at Greenwood cemetery. Festival at North Point on August 19 to benefit U B church. Job and sale notices for labor, 103 acre Blairsville farm for 6000 dollars, and local ads for seeds and a Jersey cow.
In Indiana county Pennsylvania a fifty acre tract bounded by David Jands William Barnett the old state road and Calvin Braughter and Frank Head is under execution in suit Watson and Keener Fr Fa No 43 September Term 100 and sale notices warn bidders a balance sum must be paid to cover the judgment if not.
The notice records an application for license transfer authorizing J. A. Schugars to sell liquor at the Arcadia Hotel in Montgomery. The document confirms the transfer request and location.
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