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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
8
Asa Anderson and sister Minda entertained the Emerson Club west of town on Sunday evening. After the literary program the group enjoyed Valentine themed amusements and decorations. Refreshments followed a delightful evening of entertainment.
Miss Mabel Ball a nineteen year old Pittsburg society figure was arrested with Frederick Allerton and another woman in a Durand Street flat. Ball claimed Allerton coached her to steal after an elopement and that items valued at hundreds of dollars were taken. Police recovered a large quantity of stolen goods and Ball faced charges of shoplifting amid family estrangement and public scandal.
Local court records list numerous bankrupt style transfers and property lots in Blairsville Green Indiana and surrounding areas. Several parcels including 4 lots in Indiana to Robert McCoy and 3 lots to H W Latimer appear with values from 50 to 3000 dollars. Also listed are administrator actions and a for sale notice for a black horse and sleigh at Pine Flats.
Obituaries chronicle Mary Ruffner of Railroad Avenue dying after hospital operation in Pittsburg, survived by husband Brice P. Ruffner and children Laurence Morris and Robert, with extended family and a Monday funeral. Also noted are Elizabeth Mears of Creekside, Jacob Hawk Civil War veteran of Willet, Martha Lydie of Cookport, and Rachel Lowry of Gaston Oregon, among others, with details on surviving relatives, churches, and burial sites.
A notice promotes a talk about the play A Royal Slave at Library Hall on Monday evenings. It mentions the author and a dramatic tale inspired by a Mexican wealthy man who vanished, was believed dead, later found alive after bandits captured him, and a skull trepanning operation that restored his reason. Reserved seats are 75 and 50 cents general, 46 cents for children. The First National Bank of Indiana advertises four percent time deposits with book or certificate options.
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