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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1910
Page
4
Local weekly publication Indiana Progress with notices and poetry charged five cents per line. Obituary notices and communications must be paid in cash. Addressed to The Indiana Progress, Indiana. Wednesday issue dated February 9, 1910.
Congressman James Burke cites Republican triumphs from Lincoln to Roosevelt, highlighting preservation of the union, protective tariffs, gold standard, and resource conservation. He warns that the party now faces serious material problems, noting vast cold storage plants and an artificial scarcity used to prop prices, risking market distortion.
State Board of Health calls Dr. D A Gorman to Indiana county to tackle a malignant mange epidemic among horses and cattle. He will quarantine affected areas and may be gone days as the extent of infection grows.
The Ernest mine disaster claimed eleven lives with clergy aiding the bereaved. Coroner set for next Wednesday inquest. inspectors prepare report to Harrisburg. Gas pockets likely caused the blast, marking the fourth US mine disaster that week.
The local W G T A outlines a week of prayer from February 14 to 19 with daily meetings led by Mrs. W J Wilson, Mrs Crawford, Mrs Marian Hay, Mrs Mary, Mrs Eva G Thompson and Mrs S C Lowry. Topics cover church roles in temperance juvenile work foreign outreach and advocacy for Prohibition.
A health note warns against overfeeding infants even in summer. Do not give babies rich foods or table fare. Keep meals simple, maintain daily baths, and ensure fresh air and sunshine for infants to prevent poisoning and illness.
The paper notes readers should sign their letters and expresses sympathy for the Holmes family per Laurel Swamp Sunday School resolutions. A Bell Company lineman J W Dixon fell from a ladder at the Obruaty building sustaining facial injuries. Juror list for March term is published on page seven.
A moral tale contrasts a small kindness at a shop counter with a dramatic mine disaster. It follows a diligent boy rising to head of a department after aiding a customer, then shifts to the Cherry Mine tragedy where fourteen year old Jan Brocek sacrifices himself. It laments mine dangers, pleads for stricter laws, and notes a planned flying machine frame by Indiana Lumber & Supply.
Mrs. T. M. Coleman dies of pneumonia at 63 near town. Daughters and stepsons survive. services held at home and Marton Center Presbyterian Church. David D. Wineman, 73, dies of erysipelas. funeral in Blairsville. Albert Fiscus dies in Denver. burial in Oakland. Mrs. Sarah Stake, 50, near Penn Run, dies of heart trouble. funeral at Rich Hill church. Mrs. James Whitacre of Buffalo dies of pneumonia. services at Wayne Avenue home. George Halow, 13, dies of heart disease. buried at Catholic cemetery. Solomon Dunmire, 16, dies of pneumonia. burial at Willet. Elizabeth Evans, 70, former Blairsville resident, dies in Wilkinsburg. interment in Blairsville.
The list includes marriages and licenses with names such as Charlotte A. Smith and Maylon King in Jefferson County as well as others like Millie Palmer and Florence Ness. Locations span Big Run Purchase Line Bellevue Indiana and White counties, with several pairs including Robert H. Durning and Eugabeth Fleming and Oscar W. Hewitt noted. text appears fragmented with multiple incomplete entries and stray details.
A 125 acre farm two miles northwest of Indiana on the Plumville road offers 100 acres cleared and productive land. Water in every field, a good orchard with a young bearing section, various small fruits and grape vines. An 8 room house, barn and outbuildings accompany the property. Terms available to quick buyers. contact John Malcom RD 7 Indiana Pa. 6 11.
A lecture is planned at Plum Creek United Presbyterian Church near Willet by Rev Dr J T Pander of Blairsville on Thursday evening. A post card shower honored Eliza Silvis near ahalocta for her 85th birthday with 140 cards received. A galvanized wash tub offered at A T Taylor and Son for a suitable price.
Patrons of Rural Delivery and Gazette Times are offered a 84.00 advance option with Progress 18. Subscribers and fans receive further notice. Rural DeVette members can pay 89.00 to access the Gazette TE. Hall’s listing of Valentines reflects an immense display and a simple selection choice.
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