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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1927
Page
3
The newspaper page from February 23, 1927, edited by Albert and Moorhead lists the Moor Wievd editors and proprietors in the masthead and provides the day’s edition branding and staff credits.
A health official warns narcotic drugs threaten all social levels and urges vigilance against opium and derivatives. The piece notes addiction spreads via trafficking, education as defense, and advises avoiding powders or pills from strangers. Separate item lists Pennsylvania livestock values at 743,605,000 dollars with gains in swine and changes in cattle and horses.
Miss Anna Neal spent Saturday in Indiana. Mr and Mrs Irvin Kelly were Friday callers at Mrs Kellys home. Mrs L M Martz was called to her sick mother. Claude and Walter Crawford repaired the U P Crawford Bouse with Carl. Howard Kimmel and son Willard dined with Carl Crawford. Donald Silvis visited Bilderton Friday. Carl Crawford sold cattle to Lloyd Rosensteel. Beulah Munshower spent the weekend at Lerhone. Heavy snow closed township roads and grading progresses on the Shelace South Bend road on the John Poulter farm.
Lt V Moorhead fell through a cave roof while reclaiming a lot in Tavares Florida. underground chamber about twenty feet square, extending twenty feet underground, with bramble cover on the surface. Items include a skull and bones emblem placard, skeleton keys and old locks, suggesting secret society links. Moorhead continues investigation into cave and tunnel origins.
Fourteen Indiana county schools compete in oratorical contests sponsored by The Pittsburgh Sun. County winners receive engraved cups, with district meets leading to Pittsburgh in April for the 27 county region title and possible national semi finals in Birmingham and Washington. The Sun will cover travel expenses for 31 contestants beyond their home counties.
Hillsdale couple Mr and Mrs 3 P Rowley mark their near sixtieth wedding anniversary with family and friends. Mrs Rowley, 79, and Mr Rowley, a former carpenter, have 13 children with nine living. They plan a July family reunion at their homestead to celebrate. Living children include Doyle Oliver Homer Rose Spicher I Sheppard Clem Smith Geary Spicher John McCauley and John McFarland.
Harlan P Sandles 72 lifelong Clarksburg resident died in Pittsburgh hospital from acute indigestion. Born December 21, 1854 in Saltsburg he farmed, helped raise horses, was a church trustee and Sunday school teacher, married Mary J Kier in 1875, survived by five sons and three daughters. Funeral at his home with burial in Saltsburg cemetery. Mrs John Broller, 48, nurse trained at West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, later in Colorado and Texas, died in Dorgen Texas. Survived by husband and siblings Leroy Francis Schrecengodt Percy Raymond and Laura. Interment in Albuquerque New Mexico.
A series of death notices and funeral details from Februarys in Tunnelton, Saltsburg, Johnstown and Jacksonville. Mrs. John W Adams dies at 48 from heart trouble. Rev J W Domey and Rev J W Conor noted. Mrs John G Duncan and Miss May Frailey remembered. Edward McKee, 49, dies in Jacksonville. Miss Mary Kilgore Adams, longtime Johnstown resident, noted. Interments and burial places listed.
Rodney Hale and four hundred mothers vote on favorite girls by name color hair and hobbies. Mary Gleason discovers Rodney chose Helen red hair gray eyes and swimming while Mary herself loves Jane Austen, prompting a turning moment before senior dance plans.
Multiple farm sale advertisements list locations in South Mahoning Township Cor al Lewisville and Shenandoah valley with bid times on February 28 March 2 4 and 9. Items include mares cows chickens farm machinery wagons harvesters harness oats corn hay and household goods. Also obituaries amemorials car feed notice and local business reopening plus an administrator's notice for L J Mumau estate.
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