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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1908
Page
7
Daisy and Jonnie uncover a hidden wall door inside a square stone colonial house once owned by Daisy's ancestor. The hollow passage connects four ground floor rooms and a central chimney, sparking nervous excitement as the girls imagine old hiding days before drifting back to sleep.
Daisy and Jennie discover a secret brick cupboard hideaway in the old house. They dress as colonial maidens, perform music, stock the hiding room with cookies and apples, and hide as Wyandottes threaten. Their escape reveals family concern and a night of playful mischief.
A polemic argues whisky fuels murder divorce and social ruin urging readers to see strong drink as the primary danger. It contends alcohol inflames passions corrupts judgment and drives many tragedies from heartbreak to crime, suggesting better public abstinence to curb violence and social decay.
A fragment from Bluestone Messenger recounts Travas John G. Saxe and Henry W Longfellow quotes warning against drink. It tells of a boy offered wine and a watch by a non teetotaler as temptation. The boy refuses, saying he wants to stay teetotal to buy his own watch later.
A Greenwich lad, 13, was accidentally shot by his brother while marking targets at the Greenwich Hotel. In Punxsutawney a knife duel ended with Peter Svedig’s death after a blade pierced his heart during a mock contest. A large flock of 11,000 sheep drowned in the Mad River, Washington, while moving from Cascade mountains to Entiat valley. Bail set at 1,000 for a youth charged in the duel incident.
The Martin revival will appear at Library Wall Tuesday January 10 featuring Al W Martin's large touring company. The production uses about twenty actors in blackface for plantation scenes with dances and songs, includes bloodhounds in chase sequences, and showcases elaborate scenery and electrical effects highlighting scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin such as Ellen and George Harris, Sklar's tavern, and the Ohio River sequence with a transformation called "Thooly City."
A teachers local institute event is planned at Green township Plage Plaza schoolhouse on Saturday January 18. Opening devotions start 0 40 AM with addresses by May U Sayles Don Martin and Prank Walker. Topics include value of written lessons and assessing teacher success.
Mrs Lucinda J McNutt was found dead in her Homer City bedroom on Sunday morning from apoplexy. Born July 15 1885 she married William A McNutt in Center township and lived in Canter then Homer City. Survived by two children two sisters and several relatives. Minor services in United Presbyterian Church and burial at Grovewood cemetery. Also notes death of J P Shirley and Elizabeth Badger with brief funeral details. See new Progress clubbing rates on page before orders.
Public sale notices detail items from two households in Washington township and Brash Valley township Indiana county. Auction dates are January 11 and January 14 with livestock farming implements wagons hay corn fodder potatoes and miscellaneous articles. Terms include cash and six months credit with approved security.
A fragmentary piece discusses human virtues and equality, paired with notes on Rene forced concrete and a historic vessel hull from 1849. It hints at enduring materials and a rugged maritime artifact still in existence and subject to inspection.
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