Prize Winners Correct Number of Marbles in Jar
Prize winners were announced with a total of 589 prizes awarded. The jar guessing contest listed prize amounts and recipients in a brief local notice.
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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1899
Page
8
Prize winners were announced with a total of 589 prizes awarded. The jar guessing contest listed prize amounts and recipients in a brief local notice.
A Harrisburg political melee centers on Senator Stanley Quay with backers praising his war record and leadership. Supporters say criminal prosecutions threaten fair play and undermine his re election bid. they cite strong statewide letters and mass attendance at state events. The piece notes Republican momentum, key figures, and travel to the capital for the senatorial push.
A sequence of weddings across Brushvalley and West Mahoning township is noted with several couples: Theodore C. Elkin and Lucy Good wed at the bride’s Sinicksburg home. Andrew P. Gailey and Nettie Alexander joined in Freeport to Tarentum. Robert Hess and Kate Wood union. Elia Osborne and Robert? Wyncosp marriage at bride’s home. John W. McNutt and Viola Cramer also wed. Also a congregational meeting at First United Presbyterian elected trustees and reported strong finances with $100 carried into the new year.
The Greenville select school teachers in the county held a reunion at the Central Hotel on Thursday evening. Over 60 former students greeted their instructor Mr. J. J. Stewart.
Reports the raising of Spanish warships damaged at Santiago, hailed as a century's feat. The article notes the seemingly impossible task due to severe gunfire damage and the successful completion amid praise for engineering skill. It then shifts to a health ad for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, urging use to restore digestion and blood purity, with store availability and cautions against inferior substitutes.
The United Brethren church at North Point held a Thursday and Friday festival with receipts totaling 60 dollars. Music by the Parrysville Brass Band accompanied the event. Claims listed include Sheep Damages, C W Smith 26 dollars, Jemmar Martin 45 dollars, Samuel W Wallace 16 23 for Montgomery and West Wheatfield townships. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society donated twelve revolving chairs to the choir for better seats.
Philadelphia Republicans show unity as Samuel H. Ashbridge garners solid ward support for mayor and Governor-elect Stone backs Quay in re election. War Veterans League and Mercantile Tax Reform association endorse Quay, praising his record and urging unanimous support in the upcoming United States Senate contest.
Pittsburg listing shows prices for groceries and farm items including butter cheese eggs poultry and grains. Cattle market notes Monday supply steady breadbasket items quoted with ranges for milk products and animals reflecting regional trading conditions.
Cunningham's commences this week and will continue until all surplus stocks and odd lots are disposed of. Prices will be made that will interest all who will come to this sale.
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