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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1917
Page
7
Amelia confesses sadness over her mother's death and a looming stepmother as she negotiates a mock marriage broker scenario with Grimshaw. He improvises a plan to win a bride by economics and kisses, leading to a comic marriage before the stepmother arrives.
Revival services continue at the Free Methodist church. Visitors include Co. R. Dugal of Pittsburg and Slyman Hanna from Pittsburg. The PA Railroad Company donated a 1917 Safety First calendar to local schools. Blairsville workers at Marshall Foundry, housing scarce, live there. A road of town events follows with church news, theater change, and community sports coverage.
Local notes recount social visits and illnesses as coal prices influence policy shifts. City residents including Mrs. William Penman, Miss Blanche Allshouse, and Miss Cynthia Sloan are noted among visitors and family events. Several families report ailments like pneumonia and colds while church activities resume after weekend evangelistic services.
Aaron W. Work aged four died January 5 at his daughter’s home in Hortons. Born near Richmond June 28 1822 he married Mary B. Lewis in 1858. Surviving children: Hlmer E. Work James A. Work Sadie McCall and Lenora Mauk. Also listed are siblings James T. Moses T. Minerva Stiteler and Mrs John Blakeley. Obituary notes Nancy Ellen Goodlin died January 7 at Marion Center from blood poison age 21 wife of Jesse Goodlin. Burial Oakland cemetery Deckers Point. Nannie A. Richey widow of D A Richey died January 9 at Smicksburg after long illness. She left a son J H W Richey and two daughters Mrs M H Redd ing and Mrs O H Good. The Richey family noted as last of a local line.
Farm adviser L W Lighty of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture advocates silage for growing calves to maintain digestion and utilize roughage. If silage is unavailable, dried beet pulp or liberal old meal can help. A grain mix of corn, oats and linseed meal supports growth, with clover hay and corn fodder as preferred roughage. Emphasizes not fattening but keeping maximum growth to avoid losses from stunted animals.
Mr and Mrs Lincoln Gibson were callers at the home of W W Huston Tuesday Miss Wilda Roberts was the guest and part of the social gathering keeping a quiet rhythm of small town life with familiar faces and cordial chats.
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