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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1922
Page
2
Weekly consumer health notice urges mothers to follow science based baby care over charms or superstition. It promotes consulting doctors and nurses, warns against mystic remedies, and emphasizes professional guidance for infant development and health decisions.
Former teachers and pupils gathered at Rossmayne for a school reunion with the Barnard band, a noon dinner, and singing led by Del sie Hamilton of Smyrna. The day featured recitations, addresses by local figures, and visits from distant former pupils. Several large family reunions and a Chautauqua opening plus numerous county gatherings are noted, with many attendees and festive programs across multiple towns.
Miss Twila Engle spent Sundays with her parents. Mr and Mrs A D Rice were Sunday callers at Nelson Barr's. R L Boucher and two children and W W Boucher with Mahala Allison attended the Boucher reunion in Indiana. A baby boy was born to Wm Harkins. Hale Knapp and Miss Stephens visited Sharp Decker. Logan Ross visited town. Sharp Decker bought a new Baby Grand Chevrolet. Mrs Tucker of Commodore visited Jon Tyger. Rev Roberts preached at the Presbyterian church both morning and evening.
Cree kside notes report Charlie Betts returning home from summer with uncle W mere. Sheridan Kankle and wife visited Creekside. J B Wight and Albert Clark watchmen at the dam. Ladies Aid held a Wallace Shaffer picnic with about 50 attendees. Farewell party for Mrs William McMichael and Mrs Oscar Wilson as they leave town. John Johnston sick. Craven ill for days. Jessie Fry visited Lillian Clark. Imogene Carnahan visiting aunt at Dubois. mother to join next Monday. Eva Hendricks Mrs Weight Mrs W A Kunkle and Mrs W L Johnston attended Marion Center buckwheat picnic. Mr and Mrs Kanyuck moved to H R Finley property. Mrs J J McCracken home after time at DuBois. daughter Ryta visiting. Corn roasts well attended. Lillian Clark visited Frank McCreight in Washington township.
The Commerce Department reports the 1920 foreign white stock at 36,308,958 on January 1. Immigrants accounted for 13,712,764, while 22,686,204 were natives with immigrant parents. Germany and Ireland lead origins. the data separates first and second generations for key countries.
Mr and Mrs Al Kaufman of Washington DC face a parenting dilemma as their triplets born two months early thrive. The three healthy children, two girls and a boy, total 14 pounds 1 ounce combined weight.
An elderly Tuceme resident writes a paper asking if the 1877 hanging of a noted bandit near a cottonwood tree outside Joplin Missouri could still permit him to be tried for robberies in which men were killed. A posse captured the outlaw, a woman friend cut him down, and he survived the event.
Bones believed to be Giovanni Boccaccio’s were found in a case at Certalde. An eminent archaeologist, with Boccaccio admirers, solemnly transported the remains to Florence for examination and reverent handling by scholars and fans.
State Health Department through the Division of Restaurant Hygiene orders that all persons handling food at county fairs undergo physical exams and obtain certificates stating they are free from listed diseases. Certificates must be filed within five days and valid six months. Notices were sent to fair officials about toilet and water provisions. some stands were refused certificates or closed. Public urged to avoid unclean stands. Mrs Harry Ls Lowry and two daughters visited Pittsburgh over the weekend.
Day by day movements include Miss Nellie Martz returning from Alabama toona for relatives visit. Miss Jennie Dalrymple of Akron visiting parents James and Mrs Dalrymple. Birth announced for Tay and Mrs J O Beer. Philip Kohler from New York guest at H Clark home. A H Hess of Indiana visiting daughter Mrs John Kane. Mrs William Miller in Philipsburg for father-in-law funeral. Baptist trustees plan parsonage on Glenwood avenue. Charles Kaylor family and Harold Heimbach visit J H Miller. Gerald Lewis, 10, nephew of Mrs John Love, severely injured by a mule and died three hours later at Memorial hospital.
Mr and Mrs Royden Walker and family visited Mr and Mrs M F P Matson last week. Briggs family shopped in Indiana. Coleman family visited in Apollo. Jennie Anderson and A J Lockard made a business trip to Shelocta. Apollo Gas completes branch line from Richard George well to Orr Wells. Miss Mary Campbell visiting home. Jennie Anderson and Lea shopped in Vandergrift. Vanessa Clark ill. Clyde George and Lee Andersen were Mossburg visitors to Mount Union Saturday. Grange picnic at Shady Plain attended by a local group. Mark Ackar shopped in Apollo. Paul Cassidy family Freeport and others spent Sabbath with H M Clary.
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