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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
4
The notice outlines subscription terms with cash payment only. It lists rates: one year 50, six months 75, four months 0, three months 0, and states papers stop at subscription expiration. It appears in a damaged OCR format with several garbled names and places.
District Institute to be held at Gordon School Blacklick Township on Friday night and Saturday January 7 and 8 with sessions on teacher pupil responsibility notes by Vernetha Stelfy J Shields and J K Little, music recitations and talks including Teaching history from the Peace Point of View and Reflects in Our Public Schools. Afternoon reflections include county institute benefits and public schools remedies. Evening programs with music and recitations conclude with institute songs urged for teachers.
Reports from Indiana County 1915 corn contest detail multiple plots by 16 year old Forrest St. Clair, Robert W. Barr, Lloyd Work, Bass Wright, and Daniel W. Smith. Entries describe soil types, manures, drilling and planting methods, fertilization, cultivation schedules, harvest dates, and final yields ranging from about 50 to 55 bushels per acre and total weights of 140 to 2032 pounds.
Daniel W. Smith of Blairsville Pa reports harvesting a quarter acre plot on October 2 1915. The plot measured 21.7 feet by 60 feet, yielding 1080 pounds of corn after cutting husking and weighing on October 16. Smith, age 11, notes difficulty in securing enough hands to work the gang plow.
The sixty fourth Indiana County Teachers Institute closed Friday after a week of record attendance and engaging program. Directors re cloathed old officers at Wednesday's session as teachers praised Superintendent James F. Chapman and week instructors for guidance, inspiration, and plans for improving public schools.
An AL savings plan pitches a $100 Installment Book earning 4 percent interest at First National Bank. The ad promotes easy money accumulation and lists jewelry items such as bracelets, watches, chains, rings, and pens as Christmas gifts with DeMatteis, jeweler in Treokside, Pa.
The American Red Cross places Christmas stamps on sale across the country for a penny each during the holiday season, supporting charity efforts while offering a small festive keepsake to the public.
Prominent figures in Indiana and Jefferson counties discuss Wilbur P. Graff of Bistrsville as a potential State Senate candidate. Graff, a longtime Republican banker and business supporter, is seen as a strong district favorite if he runs, with broad party backing and a record in industry and agriculture.
A playful fragment recounts a mischievous tale where a character named Alves or similar breaks into a storeroom of Santa’s dreams, gathers bright sweet dreams, and sets out to peddle them down a town street.
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