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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1917
Page
3
Blairsville area visitors include Walker Mellwain Archibalds and Ralston with guests from Saltsburg Washington and Pidexton. Local events cover church services union sermon, new real estate office opening, coal company conveyor install, and community moves including marriages and tours across nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Samuel Burkett and Mrs C Ruffner attended the farmers institute at Mast Mahoning Saturday. Irwin Moyers visited at the county seat Saturday. There are good prospects of a coal sale in this vicinity. Joseph Sheesley employed at McSheesport is visiting at his home nearby. Wilda Burkett visited the Johnston school Monday.
Miss Lowman of Clarksburg visited her sister Mrs. Reuben Brady over the weekend. Joseph Taylor, a guest of relatives at New Kensington, returned home Saturday. Robert Emerick called on Sunday. David Gibson, an Indiana caller, came Monday. Mrs. H. D. Widdowson, recently ill, is improving rapidly. Nellie Gray and Mildred West attended the Rowal lor institute Saturday evening. Mrs. Annie Richardson of Indiana visits relatives here. Mrs. Harry Stanley called in Punxsutawney on Monday. David Braughter, another Indiana caller, appeared Monday. Mrs. Clark Doty and Mrs. George Richardson left Tuesday for Barnesboro to visit daughters Miss Hilda Doty and Mrs. David Rishell.
Mrs Todd Dirkson of Akron returned home after visiting her parents the Van Horn family. Faye and May Diltz hosted Bertha Smith. Several residents, including Mrs J A Davis Mrs Jane Brewer Miss Zoe Hawk and Wade Mikin, are listed as sick. G C Good visited his aunt Mrs Sarah Neff in Indiana. Mrs S C Wikin and children Morence and Aldene traveled to Dayton. Annie and Ethel Neal called at Rossmoyne. Maude Wells guest of Mrs Matthew Lewis. A G Brewer made a trip to Smicksburg. David Stiteler of Smicksburg visited his sister Mrs G H Wikin. Sheloc ta A A Wiggins spent time in Indiana and Homer City. Homer Parks of Advance was here Saturday.
Residents and visitors named include Samuel Henderson of South Bend and Mr and Mrs J M Martz near South Bend. Social visits occur with the Gibaons, McCracken, Sharp, Stiles, Emma McCloskey, Ray Thorn, Ella Gill, Mrs MacAnulty, Mrs Gardner, Samuel Lantry, and others. A unlisted sum of 12 dollars was raised from a social at Washington schoolhouse. notices mention illnesses, hog butchering, and travel between Rexis, Vintondale, and Greensburg. The Pittsburgh Daily and other papers will raise rates February 1. readers urged to renew The Progress before then.
Lieutenant Obermeir carries a message near armored lines under a near full moon then confronts an unseen shadow. In flat no-man’s land he battles fear and a phantom darkness until daylight reveals he died of fright, not battle wound, a telltale tale of mind over fear.
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