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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1901
Page
5
Local items from Plumville recount social visits and church activities including entertainment at Lucas school and box social plans in January. Mentions of teachers and visitors Prof Harmon and Prof Wingaman, plus many residents visiting counties and towns. Bolivar notes cover social gatherings, travels to Pittsburgh and McDonald, and lagrippe illness among residents.
A discussion on fats noting that certain fatty foods are easier to digest than others. It asserts a necessary amount of flesh for health and suggests a method to obtain it.
Mrs. E. J. McGaughey visited her daughter Mrs. T. W. Carnahan at Parkwood for a few days last week. Steele White of Homer City spent the holidays with his brother J. C. White. Grace Uncapher returned home after a pleasant visit with sister Mrs. B. F. Hill of Windber Somerset county. R. N. Emerson went to Homer City to work at the Prairie State Incubator factory.
Horace Kinter and family visit Mrs Kinter’s father Samuel McCurdy in Armstrong township while relatives from Wilkinsburg Gypsy and Purchase Line join relatives for Christmas. Several locals travel to Pittsburg Cot altho, attend weddings, and attend school events as neighbors report illness and festive gatherings.
Continued on Eighth Page it is a mystery why women endure backache headache nervousness sleeplessness melancholia fainting and dizzy spells when thousands have proved Electric Bitters will quickly cure such troubles. Mrs Cherley of Peterson Indiana is quoted praising the cure for kidney trouble and a lame back. It Overcomes constipation improves appetite and health. 50 cents at several local shops.
Warm weather floods stock and triggers deep price cuts on overcoats and suits. Men’s English kersey coats, oxford mixtures, and kersey options reduced from century prices to bargains, with odds and ends as well. Ladies’ suits and skirts slashed to clear racks, with 20th Century sale prices from $7.69 to $10.00 for top garments.
Our sale offers ladies suits priced at 5 dollars each, with $750, $8.00, and $900 suits included, the lowest prices on record. Skirt orders to be made to measure begin January 2 and run through January 12, 1901, with free skirt making for dress goods buyers. All skirt orders apply to goods selling 50 cents a yard or more, in five and seven gore patterns.
Advertisement claims every skirt is better made and styled, offering guaranteed fit or sale cancellation. The text stresses satisfaction, countywide appeal, and support for employing local women to encourage community business.
A Graham Flour notice states demand for higher quality grade than provided by Cereal Mills and notes the new Graham Flour is made from whole wheat on Burr grinders. It advertises availability and lists bran at $18.00 per ton.
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