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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1918
Page
2
A damaged OCR fragment from The Indiana Progress shows editorial notes and misread lines about editors Ralph Hoorn and others. The garbled text mentions subscriptions, notices, and a poetry section with imperfect page artifacts.
The notice outlines subscription terms with durations of one year and eight months, noting payments and renewal dates. It references expiration of subscriptions and a cutoff date of February 5, 7018 for cessation of service on all papers.
A notice to ten subscribers explains delays in The Progress delivery due to railway and mill constraints caused by the war. It states the delay is unavoidable, affects newspapers and periodicals, and asks readers to refrain from complaints until a full effort is made to address the issue.
Heavy snow and cold weather crippled travel in the county with mine work halted by drifts. Visits included Joe Wingert and family from Canadea to Georgeville and Indiana, Rev Gouk starting revival meetings, and K P officers installed at Cherry Tree. Local residents endured rough roads as travelers returned from Punxsutawney and Rawatter, with vaccine work for schoolchildren continuing.
Penn Run stores were closed Monday as Mrs. D G Strong visited in Pitcairn. Harry Smith of Vandergrift spent a few days at his home nearby. Citizens attended a township suit involving John Wolfa on Thursday and Sunday. Wil Shank of Gary Indiana is visiting his mother Mrs Mary Shank. Guy Stewart and Wen Groft, workers in Homer, are home. Two sled roads from the Brethren church attended the Convention of Circuit No 6 at Purchase Line Saturday. Preaching at the Presbyterian church every night this week.
Pleasantville notes list Monday visits by W. E. Waltemire and Arthur Gibson. Mrs M H Dick and Atre Arthur Gibson visit Mrs John Gitiwan. Bick Hat mentions. Sunday calls by Harry Waltemire and Jessy Dick at Twin Rocks. Ross Reed and John Kephai Uy transact business at Ic iwood. John Holmes' horse strained its hoof while hauling coal, may miss work Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Ross Reeds visit parents Mr and Mrs David Wike Sunday.
A wartime civic piece from Armagh urging parents to guide youth toward honest effort and social progress after war. It stresses education for both boys and girls, opposition to liquor, and forming citizens ready for democracy, work, and community leadership. The article cites perseverance, temperance, and practical schooling as keys to a liberated world.
Fragmented recounting from The Cleveland Herald touches on women’s roles in war, urging physical education, self reliance, and loyalty. It then shifts to poetry and an obituary notice for Absalom Woodward Darr, noting his birth in 1834, death in 1917, family details, health decline, and burial in Burnside cemetery. A Red Cross meeting in Indiana County approves funding allocations from memberships. A local sandwich social is announced for Ox Township.
Bar corn feed hay and straw shipments offered by Anthony and Klin of Shelocta Pennsylvania. They seek cash or note payments by February 16 for all accounts due due military service exemption noted. They request prompt settlement and list contact at Sbolucta.
The Auditorium hosts the successful musical comedy Henpecked Henry with a strong cast and popular songs. A lighthearted program promises broad humor and audience laughter as the show travels from the American stage to audiences at the Friday event.
A translated article from the remor Buerger-Zeitung reports Clara Ganter, a soldier's wife with four children, was fined one mark and one day in jail for taking a small fagot of dry fir from Waldkirch forest on June 15. The piece condemns the punishment as excessive and calls for more reports of such penalties to fund the treasury.
A wartime bulletin analyzes employment by gender and sector, citing the 1910 census that 19 of every 100 men aged 10 and over were not gainfully employed. It estimates that about one in sixty workers in industry and professions has been drafted into military service, with another in sixty volunteering for the Army or Navy, reducing the pool of gainfully employed men.
County commissioners schedule 1918 appeals for various townships and boroughs in Indiana County. Hearings run 9:00 am to 4:06 pm on listed dates with no appeals on real estate. Attendance by township and borough assessors not required. dates cover Armagh Armstrong Banks Blacklick Blairsville Brushvalley Bulington Pab Burrell Canoe Centar Cherryhill Cherry Tree Clymer Conemaugh Creekside Clen Campbell Grant Green Homer City Indiana four wards Tachsouville Web Lae Bat Mahoning West Mehoning North Mahoning South Mahoning Merion Center Mechanicsburg Montgomery Web Time Wheat held West Wheatheld White Younus ALP Lowry J M Marshall W 3 Wagna nt County Commissioners. January 23 1998 31.
The Indiana Orphans Court considers Norm Greer McMeth's petition to appoint letters of administration for Minnie McBeth of Indiana Borough Indiana County Pennsylvania. A master was appointed, notices published, and a death presumption set for June 8 1916 with a twelve week deadline from February 6 1918 to show continued life or the court will grant administration to the entitled party.
Olive Pearyl Waltemire, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs D B Waltemire of near Pleasantville, died January 6 from bronchial pneumonia at 9 months 17 days. The verse notes the baby’s passing and the parents express deep love and faith in the Savior who called her home.
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