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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1904
Page
4
Biate Kennie John APE ot iter al Smith. 1 Sounty dureegue 11 earhiend.
Republicans warn that Wednesday September 7 is the final registration day and Saturday October 7 is the final tax payment day. Urge immediate action to avoid losing the vote.
J Stewart presents a county schools review praising gains while highlighting weak spots. Directors should visit more, build teacher confidence, and better align efforts with students. Salary raises addressed shortages, but rural teacher pay remains a barrier to higher standards and attracting talent.
The platform pledges to build the Isthmian canal and keep an open door in the Orient, protect commerce, maintain tariffs, and emphasize reciprocity in trade. It calls for enforcing exclusion acts, honoring veterans, building a strong navy, and readiness to fight if needed, while supporting arbitration and the Monroe Doctrine. Theodore Roosevelt is noted in the platform.
An elderly Indiana resident provided a handwritten old remedy claiming to prevent smallpox and its scars. The note advises a sulfur and digitalis tincture with sugar dissolved in warm water, taken hourly and reduced for children. The text touches on politics and local court notices, comparing past and present publications. The Indiana County Daily Gazette is described as a four page, six column paper inheriting qualities from the Weekly Gazette.
An Indiana county contingent joins a Wesleyan Methodist camp meeting at Stoneboro with attendees in tents and cottages from Indiana and nearby towns. Among those present are Cyrus Buchanan family Milen Kelley Mrs Thompson Laura Munshower and many others including missionaries from Africa An arrest for liquor sales in Johnstown and a separate for larceny in Mrnost lead to September term court appearances An error in an advertisement for a Greenville church sale misidentified a trustee as S J Glassford corrected to J M Glassford
Local correspondence reports Mrs. Cora Fleming and her two sons returning home from Deavesburg after a two week visit. Festivals at the Lutheran drew large crowds Friday and Saturday. Will Sutton and two children from Apollo visit W. T. Smith. Salem congregation members visited Rev. J. K. Duff and gave a quilt. Miss Zee Duff visits Miss Della Wilcox in Advance. Mr. and Mrs. Will Steppy and two children from Wilkinsburg return home after visiting Mr. Sloppy’s family.
Miss Florence Davis visits Altoona relatives while Mary Allen visits grandparents in Pittsburg. Several residents and guests frequent the Buchanan and Davis homes, with broader social rounds to Homer City, Coral, and Juniata. Lost black and tan beagle hound reported near Homer City to Indiana. reward offered. Bay mare for sale. salesman needed for Indiana area sales.
News wires report plans to commence construction of the Panama Canal. Highlights include fires in New York and Cedar Rapids, a drone of violent crime, and various local tragedies across the United States. Notable items mention the Grand Army encampment in Boston and political notes from West Virginia.
Buenos Ayres reports insurgents bombarding Asuncion while refugees lament conditions. In Finland Prince Obolensky starts as governor general as Rome gears for a Vatican ceremony. Meanwhile Samara yields a massive wheat crop and Petershof Palace hosts the imperial family ahead of travel to Tearkos Selo. East Caribbean court bars three for robbery and murder. Samos earthquakes shake villages. Moorish suitor slain. Turkey dodges US school equality claims.
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