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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary text references obituary notices and communications to The Indiana Progress. The legible portion mentions Nil cases and the rate of FIVD SA, but lacks concrete events, dates, or names to summarize a specific article.
Local notes: Plumville hosts 25 friends for a corn supper boiled in a large yard kettle with lanterns and social hours. Residents and visitors from Williamsport, Punxsutawney, Du Bois, Shelocta, Smicksburg, Greensburg and Indiana attend gatherings, visits, and reunions. Several residents return from trips, while others are noted as ill or improving. A harvest yield reports 236 bushels of oats from 6 acres at 40 bu/acre.
Georgettville residents Hannah Marshall and her daughter Pitney visit J L and W M Sioniger while Pearl Kime returns home after a visit with her parents. Will Sloniger leaves after visiting friends. Barton Grove is ill at his son Nathaniel’s near Fleming’s Summit. Ford Wassam and family visit near Cherry Tree. Jay Smith from Indiana stops by. G C Condron of Barnesboro visits friends. William Armstrong calls on friends in Cherry Tree.
Indiana County Sol diers' Organization urges surviving Civil War veterans to register by September 2 and attend the annual picnic at the Indiana County Fair grounds. Officers warn of penalties for noncompliance and stress proper regis tration at the courthouse and election house registrations.
The Murray and Mackey Company opens a fall week at Library Hall starting Monday August 1, featuring Miss Florence J. Murray in a repertoire of strong roles with Parisian gowns. The program includes high class vaudeville between acts and a change of plays each performance, opening with The Little Homestead by W B Patton, a tale of village life and crime with heart.
Fragmented ad page lists butter prices and multiple names for licenses and buyers. A scattered notice mentions a Smith’s gallery display at the fairground, a Tubular Sharples Cream Separator sale, and a Milk Depot inquiry near the Trust Building.
The ordinance grants Clymer Light Heat and Power Company and successors rights to construct operate and maintain poles wires cables conduits and fixtures in Clymer Borough Indiana County Pennsylvania. It sets requirements for placement restoration painting and distance from street grade and requires filing of acceptance and payment of expenses within thirty days. Approved August 13 1908.
Auction notes list a wood chopping mill with burr stone and sheller plus line shafting and belts offered by J T Jamison in Home Pa. Also a 90 acre coal‑rich farm near Latrobe with good buildings and orchard advertised by J J Karns R F D No 1 Latrobe Pa. Indiana Business College announces fourth year opening September 7 and fall term at Williamsport Commercial College offers shorthand and bookkeeping with trial lessons and office help hires.
Housekeepers may visit the Fair to see a selection from the Indy Ann Hardware Company. The display includes teachers Bibles in various sizes and denominations with hymn books and testaments for all churches. It highlights a broad range of Bibles and related needs.
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