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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1919
Page
4
Amelia Walker conducts auction at Stowley farm one and a half miles from Savan station on Tuesday January 28 at 9 00 o clock driving horse three cows three spring calves shoats grain drill hay rake corn planter cultivator plow and other articles. Thos Smathers auctioneer. 4 1te
Private Chalmers Wissinger, son of Bruce Wissinger of Washington township, wrote a will in the trenches in France just before going over the top. The document has been probated locally.
A probate notice details a will dated April 12 1918 written in trenches of the British Expeditionary Force in France bequeathing 1000 shares to Miss Bessie Spence of 217 North Fifth Street Indiana and the rest to Bruce Wissinger and siblings. Other wills name executors and share distributions among heirs in Indiana, with Mrs Elizabeth Harmon named executrix. A separate 1917 will of John C. Lockhart distributes household goods to his widow and divides farm property among children, with three sons named as joint executors. Also a public notice from Daugherty's Planing Mill promotes building materials after a recent fire.
COOKPORT Frank Walker resigns from his teaching post after recovering from the flu. J. W. Henry and family from Indiana visited Saturday. J. D. Fair and wife returned from a visit with Max Crawford. Fertilizer supplies arriving this week at Lovejoy siding with low prices on all tar purchases. ESTEP TRADING CO., Starford, Pa.
U S Public Health Service cautions that influenza will fuel pneumonia bronchitis and other respiratory diseases this winter. Surgeon General Rupert Blue urges precautions such as fresh air proper clothing and covering coughs and sneezes to prevent spread. A poster explaining droplet infection is available free from the Public Health Service in Washington.
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