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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1889
Page
4
The gradual growth and success of our Normal School has brought immense town and county benefits. It circulates thousands of dollars, provides a fine farm market, and enhances education, intelligence, and social life. The trustees’ untiring, selfless work kept the school afloat, earning statewide pride.
The Pennsylvania Republican State Convention met in Harrisburg on August 7 and nominated Henry K. Boyer for State Treasurer while re-electing W. H. Andrews as state committee chairman. Delegates Daugherty and Neal attended. Hugh M. Bell joined the State Committee. The platform endorses the 1888 Chicago principles, lauds national victory in 1886, and praises Matthew Quay’s campaign leadership. It also supports President Harrison’s administration, tax reform aimed at fairness, public education funding, election integrity, anti voter suppression measures, and the expansion of domestic resources and industries.
The Pennsylvania Republican platform defends protection as the cornerstone of policy, advocates pensions for Civil War veterans, and endorses the Brooks High License law alongside highway and tax reforms. It praises Governor Beaver’s administration, calls for relief for Johnstown, and honors General Simon Cameron while noting Rev. E. F. Flemon’s murder trial in Edgefield County.
An 1889 advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic to restore appetite and digestion and strengthen the body. It also notes Wegley & Johnston closing business after Mr Wegley’s death, offering 60 days of cash-buyer incentives and urging unsettled accounts or notes to be settled with J. A. Johnston, surviving partner.
A small town notice advertises a sale of See Pee in gums starting at $100, offered semi-annually. Appointed as treasurer is Cunningham.
A Messenger excerpt quotes Mrs. H C Mair describing Johnstown liquor drunkenness and argues high license laws foster the sale. The piece contends legalized alcohol forces dealers to sell long hours for fees and condemns journals praising high license as hypocritical. The column meanders into local shop news and advertisements from Wilson & Son and other merchants.
Public sale notices expose multiple parcels across Indiana and Blairsville boroughs in Montgomery Conemaugh and Saltsburg townships. Properties include two acre cleared tract near Peter Spicher, Lot 60 on Main Street Blairsville, and extensive Saltsburg and Lewisville holdings with two story structures, outbuildings, coal and river boundaries. Transfers arise from Writs of Fi Fa Vend Ex and Ley Fa in September 1889, with notices to terra tenants and heirs.
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