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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1891
Page
5
The Indiana Progress lists terms and fifty cents and names A. Moorhead as general agent authorized to take subscriptions collect accounts contract for job work and advertising and handle related business. He is currently touring the northern parts of the county and requests remittance if the paper is received.
A garbled advertisement filled page notes retail deals and goods for sale in Indiana and nearby towns. It mentions heating stoves, clothing, lamps, sleighs, and holiday merchandise, with prices and store names. Also referenced are church services, photographer offers, and community notices about soldiers, marriages, and public events.
Frank Mellutre of Jeannette and Archie Thomas of Apollo visit friends in town. Lizzie Miller returns from Ligonier. Mrs. Hay and Mrs. Bentle of Rochester visit. John Layton leaves Reporter as compositor. Baptists hold meetings and immerse members. Several residents move, attend funerals, and a hunting accident injures Willard Risinger. A fatal Thanksgiving shooting of William Repine is reported with inquest verdict of accidental shooting. New boilers arriving for Blairsville plant. potential dynamos if Thompsons Houston plant not bought. Also notes on local church events, schools, and small-town social updates.
A memorial service for Justice Silas M. Clark will be held in the chapel of the Normal School on Friday December 4 at 7:50 p.m. As President of the Board of Trustees his long service to the institution is noted and honored. There will be addresses music and other exercises. Friends and patrons of the school are invited.
Full particulars of the coming County Institute have been mailed to each Director and to each Teacher in the county. Unknown addresses use the examination address. If miscarriage occurs, notify so others can be sent. Respectfully, A. M. Hasares, Supt. Read A. & Cannieghem's new ad. im thels leone of the Paoanaen.
Residents discuss attending the Columbian Exposition while Dr. and Mrs. Shielde of Kent host Thanksgiving guests. Turkeys are scarce in Jacksonville after Thanksgiving as many residents travel to warmer climates. Local attendance marks Ebenezer church centennial with numerous citizens. Prof. Patterson and sister from New Alexandria visit Miss Ella Hosack, with Mr. and Mrs. Will McCurdy and daughter of Blairsville visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lowman.
Alexander Moorhead aged about 24 son of Rev W W Moorhead pastor of Greensburg Presbyterian shot himself in the heart while dejected after taking a pistol from a roommate at Homer City mills. He died next morning. His brother Paul recently married to Miss St Clair of Homer City traveled on their wedding trip to Colorado with their father. The body was buried in Blairsville cemetery beside his mother. The motive given was distress at separation from his brother. Sympathy extends from the community.
At a Monday meeting the Indiana Normal School trustees chose A. W. Wilson unanimously as president to replace the late Silas M. Clark and elected Rev. Wm. S. Owens D. D. as vice president. Miss Martha Cameron resigned. Prof. Deane named the new principal, ready to start by year’s end.
Thanksgiving services were held at the Lutheran church with Rev. Miller delivering the sermon. A charity collection was taken for the poor. East Indiana vs West Indiana ended with West Indiana winning. Western University faced Indiana Normal, the Normals winning 16 to 0 led by Fiecus.
Essie L daughter of Jno Archibald of Blacklick township married Rev G B Irwin from Western Theological Seminary Allegheny. Ceremony by Dr D J Irwin father of groom. Rosa Irwin played the wedding match. Bride wore satin and lace with orange blossom wreaths. Guests gave many presents. Dinner followed. Also an ad for English Spavin Liniment by Herrick Bros Indiana Pa.
The Kings Daughters of the M E church express thanks to citizens, business men, and a press for liberal patronage toward their Business Mens Jubilee. Total receipts amounted to 167.01 dollars.
The King’s Daughters of the M. E. church staged a highly successful Business Men’s Jubilee on Thanksgiving evening. An overture by the Musical Home Orchestra opened the program, followed by a tableau and a popular drill featuring many local business figures and casts. The event highlighted elaborate costumes and performances, with Mrs. J. J. Kerr as Queen of Trade and Ida Hayes as auctioneer, earning praise for the evening’s polished presentation.
A garbled OCR style record mentions Castors, Casteria, Milgu, Cilatoeto, and Greenout. The text reads as a disjointed sequence of names and events tied to a child’s illness and a purported medicine or place, with no clear narrative or dates. It preserves names while offering no verifiable facts.
Mr Ebenezer Jones of Grisemore was found dead in bed on last Monday morning. He boarded with Mr WW Patterson on the former's farm. After driving his sister to Cookport on Sunday he awoke with severe chest pains and slept. He died the next morning, heart disease suspected. He was about 32, son of Mrs Jane Jones of Indiana. Interment at Pine Flats Baptist graveyard today.
A tragic accident near Mud Lincoln county West Virginia last Wednesday killed John Edmiston formerly of Cookport aged about 28. He died instantly when a log rolled from a skid striking him on the head while loading timber for a contractor named Alex Henderson. Edmiston, son of Mrs Ellen Edmiston of Cookport, was known as an upright man. His funeral in Greenwood Cemetery Indiana PA Saturday was conducted under Odd Fellows auspices.
On November 25, 1861, by Rev Z D Eilen berger, Porter E. Rice of Greentownship and Nettie L. Burnheimer of Rayne township were joined in marriage.
Ebenezer Jones of Grisemore Pennsylvania dies aged 82 on November 30 1391. The notice lists his age and residence with no additional family details or burial information provided.
December is the month to clean up and get ready for the new year with discounts on woolen socks ladies underwear and robes. The sale emphasizes December pricing on blankets clothing and men’s work shirts gloves and overshirts along with a large candy stock to move this week.
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