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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1926
Page
2
An OCR fragment from Indiana Progress outlining subscription options and rates. It references Bell street and a poetic section, noting payment terms and a cash in advance price of $2.00. The text is incomplete but indicates standard notices and obituaries commonly published in the paper.
Shenango Company of Pittsburgh completed removal of machinery from the Blacklick plant once owned by Valley Mould and Iron. Cranes and equipment shipped to Chicago. no future plans announced by Shenango. rumor says dismantling and razing old buildings possible. Calvin E Buck of Punxsutawney dies after being struck by wheel under locomotive near Punxsutawney.
Philomathean Literary Society announces a February event at Brushvalley featuring a varied program: songs, recitations by Lillian Wakefield and others, a story by Mrs. Cunningham, vocal and piano solos, monologues, readings, a male quartet, and multiple student acts led by managers Donald Davis and Lola Davis.
Maurice Trainer purchases the Allison Drug Store on Philadelphia Street from Elmer Allison after 30 years at the helm. Trainer, a Philadelphia College of Pharmacy graduate, will hire Ray Albeck and Miss Ethel St Clair with Rexall drugs to be dispensed. Allison remains connected with the business amid ongoing local praise.
Sixteen friends of little Miss Pauline Brilhart of Homer City enjoyed an afternoon at the home of Pauline's parents after noon Saturday. The children participated in activities and were served a delicious luncheon. An entertainment and pie social is planned for Lytle schoolhouse in Center Township Friday evening January 29.
Mrs Merle Spence returns home after operation in Indiana hospital. Numerous visits noted among local families and friends including Fisher, Blystone, Parks, Orr, Allshouse, Streams, McIntire, Wells, Blystone, Harman, and Frick. Five Points and Vandergrift connections, new Oldsmobile acquired by Floyd Orr.
Blairsville and surrounding communities feature visits from residents to relatives in Ohio Florida and Indiana. Obituary notes include Eva Dorn of Marchand died aged 85 with service in Marchand Evangelical church. Carl Miller of Brushvalley died at 16 from complications after a cold. Multiple short social notices list visits and movements of residents across Indiana Beaver Valley and nearby towns.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness during our mother Mrs. Virginia Taylor's sickness and death. Gratitude for minister and choir service and use of automobiles. Husband and Children.
James B. North 77 of South Eleventh Street died Sunday night from a prolong ed illness. He was a former mine foreman and husband of Matilda Smith, with whom he would have celebrated 55 years of marriage next day. Surviving: widow, six children, eight grandchildren, a great grandchild, and several brothers and sisters. Funeral today at 10:30 in Blairsville area. Also reported: Miss Myrtle Iva Luchsinger, 41, Blairsville native and former Blairsville nurse, died in McMinnville Oregon after operation. service Thursday in First M B church Blairsville. John C. Coursin, 78, Torrance, died after extended illness. survived by widow Mary Alice, three sons, four daughters, two sisters, and six grandchildren. Funeral in Blairsville cemetery after Torrance services. Daniel Hudson Rowe, 60, Rayne Twp., died in Youngstown hospital after stomach trouble. 17 grandchildren. services in Clymer and Beth El cemetery. Sylvester H. Lantzy, 1 of Johnstown, died Monday evening. survived by widow and several children.
Obituaries detail Mrs. Monroe Fetterhoff of Plumville and Miss Frances Morrison of Punxsutawney among several recent deaths. Others include Mrs. James Speedy of Indiana county, Miss Janet Muir of Blairsville after a fall, George A. Sehrecengost of Rose Valley, and Mrs. Julia Rice Smith of Blairsville. Funeral plans note burial in local cemeteries and services led by area churches.
The Bob Ott Stock Company closed a successful week in Indiana with their final show A Wife for Sale drawing strong crowds. The troupe earned praise for clean performances and audience reception. An after show fiddlers contest awarded cash prizes to Robert Anton, Joe Stadtmiller, and Archie Harmon, with Anton also noted as County Home resident.
The William Penn Grange meets in Armagh on a Friday evening in January featuring a long program. It includes opening song, roll call, recitations, dialogues, vocal and instrumental solos, readings, and discussions on why women join the Grange, with guests from Philadelphia and Iowa noted.
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