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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1898
Page
5
Greensburg visitors and town residents hosted guests from Pittsburg and Indiana. A flag raising at Hamill, tea parties, corn parties, and various visits to Johnstown, Somerset, and Merion Center are recorded. Local figures like Col. W. A. Stone and religious services in Bethel and Jacksonville are mentioned alongside farm notes and a Nicktown picnic report.
Miss Mary Neff of Punxsutawney visits friends here. D D Good visits Kittanning on business last Wednesday. Mrs McKibben and children return to Pittsburg after five weeks with Eliza Elkin. James Crissman of Lindsey travels to Dayton. John Barrett loses a valuable horse last week. Mrs Sadie Stitler and children Ethel and Ray visit from Punxsutawney. Kurtz Love and McKee Stittler accompanied by others call on Punxsutawney friends. Lloyd Wells returns home from Kittanning after working there. A Ladies Missionary Society festival at the Lutheran church hall succeeds. Corporal Abe Weston of Company F Lith Regiment calls on friends. Will Robinson of Punxsutawney visits his mother Elizabeth Robinson over Sabbath.
Local tidbits report H H Robinson leaving for New York with R A Heilman in charge of the drug store during absence. Exercises, visitors, and travels fill the week including Rev W G Hudson, Prof J P Archibald, and others from Saltsburg and nearby towns. The piece mentions a Methodist festival, typhoid recovery, family visits, a planned marriage rumor, and a call to vote for the soldiers' friend.
Mrs. John Foust and daughter Elsie return home from Mahaffey after visiting Elizabeth Gilpatrick. Numerous locals and guests are noted visiting family, attending reunions, threshing, and social events across Deckers Point and nearby townships including Marion Center, Greensburg, and Armstrong county.
Bolivar residents and visitors from Johns town and Latrobe are noted in a busy social column. People travel to Greensburg Derry and Chautauqua, with several visiting relatives and hosting gatherings at Ridgeview Park and the Willington Hotel. Community updates include sales, illness, teaching assignments, and local transportation of lambs and goods through Cherry Tree and Ebensburg.
The notice states September 6 and 7 are the final days to register to vote for the upcoming election. It emphasizes timely registration and directs readers to local election offices for assistance.
A J Boucher and Andy Gens bought a fine drove of cattle last week to supply the Hastings market. N B Longwill and wife visit his parents in town, Mrs Miles Lakehart visits sister Emma J Baker, serenade at Rev Kanaar's home, Sabbath school picnic at Sample Run draws crowd. Agents boast Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption and other remedies with trials and cheap sizes. Wilson fertilizers advertised by Boreland Barr with shipments from Marion Center road. Head quarters at Central Hotel adie Ra fi.
Hillsdale and nearby towns host visits and family news. Indiana guests include Vera Longwill and Miss Kate Williams. Ake sells a horse to James D. Ake and Geo. McKeage. Mr Ake heads to Camden to manage Patching mills. Several families move or travel between Indiana, Shelocta, Brushvalley, and Cockport as community life continues.
Edward A. Pennington promotes Williams & Clark's Fertilizers available at wholesale cash prices starting Monday August 22. J M Bruce is the contact in Indiana Pa for details. Also offering a good table board with lodging for females in a private family with reasonable terms via Miss Sallie Allison at 1057 Church Street Indiana Pa.
A period ad promotes John Jacobs' popular shop selling Choice and Fresh articles including watermelons at 20 cents each and weekly fresh goods. It notes enlarged buildings for 150 tons of fertilizer, lists bone meal and bone meal grades, and claims cash purchases enable quality and best prices for country merchants and customers.
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