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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1927
Page
3
The notice lists subscription prices including 1 year 2. Nine months six months and three months cash in advance. Albert Moorhead Ralph Moorhead are editors and proprietors. Wednesday January 24 1027 date appears.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on January 3, 1927 affirmed the constitutionality of the Dog Law of 1921 in the Haldeman case. Haldeman of Harrisburg had been fined for harboring dogs without license tags, leading to a lengthy appeal through Cumberland County and the Superior Court before reaching the state’s high court. The decision underscores license tag enforcement as essential for identification and law enforcement, noting the program is run by the Bureau of Animal Industry with 23 field staff and funding supports livestock protection, indemnity, and tuberculosis eradication programs. The article also includes a memorial notice for Albert K. Goott, who died January 11, 1927, aged 26, detailing family and church acknowledgments.
Dan 26 11p report shows Roy Bchkrecengost of Nolo engaged in business at the county seat. He is county tentative of the Westinghouse light and power plant and has spurred modern plants in farm homes. Last week he had radios in homes of E.J. Wakefold of Brushyalley town and Herbert Strong of Cherry Township.
Funeral notices and brief obituaries recall the deaths of Mrs Terrence Coleman a Spring Church resident Mrs W G Hendricks former Bolivar resident Mrs Minerva Hills Ewing widow of Rev Dr Thompson R Ewing and Mrs Ellen Steffay all tied to Blairsville Robinson and Vandergrift communities with details on survivors church affiliations and burial plans.
Harry Reese of Marion Center spent Sunday with Mrs. Ella Hurd. Mary Hurd visited friends at Juneau. Punxsutawney visitors included Mrs. Arthur Elkin and Levern, Mrs. Joseph Pierce and Charles, Mrs. R. M. Dodson and Gaynelle, Mr. and Mrs. Sue Depp, Homer Pfifer and Gertrude McMillen, Mr. and Mrs. John Ray of Kittanning with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Gilpatrick and Anna, and William Chavlin at Pittsburgh. Mrs. John Hurd and Clyde visiting Ernest. Homer Tyger and John Hurd moved to New Kensington for work. Dr. Charles Bee of Indiana was a town caller Saturday.
Mrs Anderson traveled to Pittsburgh this week. The prayer meeting will be at the Gulicks home. William Palmer and the Shearers visited the Gaileys of Apollo, where Mrs Gailey falls gravely ill. The Anne Rutledge fancy work club of Saltsbury surprised Mrs Dean Ciannon with an all day visit at W C W hall. The Roses, residents below town, face health issues as Mrs Rose is hospitalized in Indiana after a fall.
Brush Valley and nearby residents are noted in a string of social items. Merrell McCrea and family of Pittsburgh visit with Brush Valley relatives, while Russell Herlinger and Blain Stewart stop by county seats and Hamer City. Millard Dennett, a Buffington township teacher, weekends at his home. John McKinon, a Johnstown tailor, visits. Clyde McCrea employed in Pittsburgh spends the first week with family here. Indiana residents Mr and Mrs Myr Huey visit relatives. funeral attendance for Mr Mumau at Glen Campbell noted. Mrs Ralph Simpson listed as sick. Clair Morris of Clymer serves as a tall er here on Sunday. Everatte Paddicord family visit Arcadia. Elmer Huey’s Friday night visit to his ill father. McElhoes Mells Annoyator supper planned at Grant schoolhouse Saturday evening January 29. John Leasure improving. Mr and Mrs Walter Munnau attend funeral of L D Munnau, Glen Campbell, Sunday. Harry McMillen of Barnesboro visits at John Leasure’s.
Glen Campbell and Robert O Grady of Pittsburgh spent the week end with friends here. Mrs Alda Wilson of Ponxsutawney attended the funeral of L D Mumau on Sunday. Revival services are held in the Alliance chapel by Rev F W Henry. Mrs Bi Langdon hosted the Presbyterian Missionary Society. Rev H H Sherman returned from Glen Gardner New Jersey where he was called by his father's illness. John McQuilken of Indiana was a business visitor. Hon J C Clark and Hon Aaron O P Clark returned after days in Harrisburg and Philadelphia. Mrs H E Clark and daughter Mrs Carl Patchin and Mr and Mrs Clair Getty visited in Pittsburgh.
A Homer City dwelling owned by Ben Demant burned early Saturday destroying the house and contents. Mrs Demant and children escaped in night clothes after she leaped from a second story window to flee the fast spreading flames. A sum of money was also burned.
Violinist Gaszio Schwartz recounts a five year concert tour through temperate, tropical, and frigid zones. He recalls gear failures in the Rijt islands and Sumatra, a 600 strong native choir in the Fiji islands, and phonograph aided harmony.
In Indianapolis News a snippet recalls a mother describing a recent medical procedure to her child. A neighbor girl overhears the daughter Hetty saying she will have her tonsil removed, not going to a hospital like her sister. She plans to attend the butcher shop where her mother had hers cut out.
Scientists have catalogued insects across nations for a century, compiling lists of new species as discoveries continue worldwide. Nature Magazine notes over 6,000 new insects added to listings each year, suggesting ongoing, rapid diversification beyond past knowledge.
A New York Times account details Houdini challenging a visitor with a pulse stopping trick. The challenger uses a pad under the arm to suppress pulse, convincing Houdini he could not detect the technique, revealing an early misdirection in stage magic.
An aspiring candidate, eager yet wry, probes a district voter about his council quest weeks before the election. The voter recalls being told by George that the candidate was running, but adds that George merely laughed, implying skepticism about the bid and the voter’s split-ticket tendencies.
A girl visits a family Friday seeking a worn old-rose dress for a bridesmaid dress. The mother lends it after tears and a hard luck tale. The girl leaves with the dress and 30 cents, never returning either the garment or the money. The author notes time has passed and the girl vanished.
In a University of Pennsylvania library cleaning, a southern newspaper dated July 2 1868 from Vicksburg Mississippi labeled Daily Oheen is uncovered. The页 article includes a Confederate meat tasting quip praising Major Gillespie and soldiers appetite in a satirical wartime note.
The Institute of Politica, established by Williams College trustees in September 2019, conducts annual sessions on foreign affairs to foster sympathetic understanding of other nations. It offers public lectures by foreign scholars and statesmen and organizes round table and open conferences led by authorities.
A female lead in a Romanian theater musical comedy collapsed during a performance. She stumbled at the end of the second act and clutching the neck of an actor, both fell to the floor. The curtain closed to applause and laughter as the manager announced death from heart failure.
Sale of the estate of the late T M Buterbaugh near Cockport Indiana County includes four horses six cattle seven sheep chickens farm machinery harness wagons and more. Conducted by executor J W Devinney with John B Reed as auctioneer on a farm in Green town ship.
Plumcreek residents report visits and family time. Mr and Mrs Park McKinney from near Rural Valley spent Friday with Mrs Tillie Frailey. Mr and Mrs J N Blose and Mildred visited Albert Reefer. Robert Houser helped Myers Kimmel butcher porkers. Lawrence Frailey stays home due to Apollo mills work. Miss Mariel Flemming spent the weekend with her parents. J C Fry was an Ederton visitor Friday.
Tames W Mack attorney advertises an Orphans Court sale in Glen Campbell Borough on Saturday February 26 1927 at 2:00 PM. The listing covers multiple parcels in Glen Campbell and surrounding areas including Glenwood Avenue property with a blacksmith shop, a second large tract with detailed metes and bounds, an undivided 1 4 interest in a former Cressley Theatre lot, and a fourth tract crossing Pow Ashis Banks to Glen Campbell. Net acres and reservations for coal and pipe lines noted. Conducted by John P Fitzpatrick administrator. clerk Dollie W Ayers.
Auditor ALL. JACK, appointed by the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County pennsylvania, will attend to the duties of the appointment at his office in Indiana on February 24, 1027, at ten o'clock A. M. Interested parties may attend.
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