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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1936
Page
2
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Pomona Grange held its quarterly meeting with Willet Grange at the county seat. Hon. Henry I. Wilson spoke on Compensation Insurance and social legislation, warning of cost burdens and possible industrial impact. Initiation set for the Fifth Degree in March.
A playful exchange features a character Clarice in a motoring setting. Henry reassures with humor about clutch control. Elmer joins with a light quip as Honey Bunch expresses bittersweet doubt about the evening's future.
The Ritz Theatre offers a full midnite program headlined by a new stage act Darktown Seatte dais from Harlem and a film bill led by Millions in the Air starring John Howard and Wendy Barrie. Also shows So Red the Rose with Margaret Sullivan and Randolph Scott, Mary Burns Fugitive with Sylvia Sidney, and Shirley Temple in The Littlest Rebel. The schedule runs Jan 2 to Jan 15 with a rotating lineup including The Crusades and other features.
Mr and Mrs H B Smith spent Christmas with daughter Mrs Mabel Ewing plus family. Apollo guests including Mr and Mrs James Balr Clyde Clark and son Robert stayed with T C Bair. Walter Walker and sister Sara visited friends in Kent. J S Ewing hosted Christmas Eve gatherings for Mabel Ewing and others. Alfred Bair family and Frank Lambing traveled to Indiana on Thursday. The Ewing, Wilson, Lambing, and Bair families shared Christmas evening at the J S Ewing home.
Offers list annual subscriptions for Indiana County readers including American Fruit and Poultry Tribune McCall's Pathfinder Household Magazine and more. Notes that outside Indiana County buyers pay 6 cents extra per offer and directs to send orders to The Indiana Progress in Indiana Pennsylvania.
An embalmers’ eyewitness account from Chappel Nebraska portrays nightly highway wrecks and their tolls. It details gruesome scenes, the challenge of reconstructing bodies for loved ones, and the sobering plea to slow speed to prevent more deaths.
Erickson Bay seven year old John Alvin Erickson Jr. dies from injuries after his sled slid under a car on Clark street. He was a second grade student at the Indiana State Teachers College training school and attended M E church. Funeral services were held at Robinson Funeral Home with interment at Oakland Cemetery. He survived by his parents and a brother Howard.
Two motor law violations led to a double workhouse sentence for Charles Cicero of Indiana during the final session of sentence court led by Judge J N Langham before his retirement. He received 200 fine and 3 to 6 months in the workhouse for DUI and an additional 10 fine and 80 to 60 days concurrent for driving after license suspension.
A terse exchange frames a student and a doctor on pain and language. The piece cites American losses in wars at 744,357 killed or dead from wounds, plus auto accident deaths between 3,920 and 4,936, totaling 388,986.
A collection of legal notices from Indiana County listing divorce actions, audits by court appointed trustees, and stockholders meeting. Includes hearings set for February, January 1936, and various assignee and executor duties in estates of Alice Moyer Sarah Marsh Anna Lower Isabella K Allison William Daugherty and others. Public notices specify auditors to attend in the Indiana Theatre Building and Sayings & Trust Building.
The Peoples Bank of Clymer will hold its annual shareholders meeting at the banking house in Clymer Pa on Monday January 13 1936 between nine and ten AM for election of a Board of Directors for the coming year and other business. Floyd L Houck Cashier December 18 1935 4te
Ernest Stewart attorney issues letters of administration for Alfred Anderson late of Young Township deceased. Creditors must present authenticated claims for settlement and debtors must pay promptly. H. C. Anderson, Robinson, Pa., administrator. December 11, 1936.
Notice is perenyiven that the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of First National Bank in Indiana will be held at the banking house in the Borough of Indiana Pennsylvania on Tuesday January 14 1936 at 2 00 oclock P M for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business or property may come before said meeting or any adjournment. Paul J Sprattine cashier.
On December 2 1935 Arcadia Water Company filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County a petition for dissolution. A hearing is set for December 30 1935 at 10 00 A M at the court to allow interested parties to attend and oppose the decree. Solicitor for petitioner is Tams W Mack Yndison Pennsylvania. December 4 1995 3te The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to R D readers 5 50.
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