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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1910
Page
4
Fragment shows a weekly newspaper notice page with misread header and pricing. Mentions obituary notices and charged communications. Indicates subscription price and office details for The Indiana Progress in a county region.
The Indiana state board of health reports in one year 790 mothers aged 18 to 45 and 425 fathers died of consumption. Their deaths left 2,515 children under 12 without parental love care or training. The piece urges continued fight against the great white plague and asks readers how they will help.
A digest of items from The Progress includes reminders to blanket horses, feed birds in winter, and a note on fireproofing in the business district. It also mentions the Panama Canal series by J Blair Sutton, praise for the County Home in Hillsdale Pennsylvania, and a letter from J D Spiciter praising the home’s management and conditions.
A long opinion piece derides the use of false hair or "rats" for women, cites health and aesthetic concerns, and warns of reputational risk. It links fashion attacks to broader patriotism and defends tradition in the oath "So help me God" amid legislative talk. It closes with a local ad for wood cutting at A. T. Taylor & Son.
The Progress reports that William McAdoo, who pleaded guilty to larceny and was serving a jail sentence, had been discharged from custody. The item notes this is not the same William McAdoo from the town and provides reassurance to a well known Indiana boy. The piece also references historic notes on Louis XV and an early canal story.
Wallace Dry Goods Company installed several attractive display cages on Philadelphis street to modernize its storefront and attract shopper attention. The update aims to boost foot traffic and showcase merchandise effectively.
Early and automatic medical inspection of schools aims to stop outbreaks of scarlet fever and diphtheria. A mild case can attend and spread infection to many peers, so prompt prevention and rapid investigation are crucial to curb epidemics.
Obituary items recount the deaths of Dorothy Lucile Smith six year old Arthur Kunkle Martha Woodruff Sarah Potts Margaret Hill Laura Westbrook and Margaret Will with brief details on their families, ages, and burial sites. The notices also summarize a stage show Isle of Spice at Library Hall with plot, cast and pricing information and a local business closing out furniture plants in favor of an undertaking service.
Old metal and scrap buyers offer 60 to 4 for iron steel brass copper rubber rags. Write or telephone L Hand ler 524 Water Street next door to Hines House Indiana Pa. Rodtt FOR SALE OR RENT Property in Marion Center Indiana County Pa. Address Mrs Emma E Weamer 366 Church Street Indiana Pa 2-tfe.
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