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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1891
Page
5
A dense pane of items from the Indiana Pennsylvania area, listing readers’ ads, deliveries of goods, local visits, weather, school news, church events, political happenings, and social notes. Mentions include Prof J H Young, Miss Mary St Clair, Miss Louise Allebrand, J C Moorhead, W E Stewart, and local firms Cunningham and Orr & Bros, with brief notices on dining, theater, and community life.
A liberal reward is offered for the return or information leading to recovery of a sorrel horse and top buggy hired on January 17 1890 by a man who posed as a commercial agent. The horse weighs about 1000 pounds with tender front feet. Blairville Pa credit advised to check Farmers' Exchange prices before purchasing. E G Orr & Bro.
E M Evans assignee of Wilcox Ballard sells goods at cost. Protracted meetings continue in the Methodist church. Several weddings anticipated and one young clerk may wed next month. Rev Jamison preached here. John Geary returns from Oregon to work as a plasterer. Miss Maggie Marshall dies after months of suffering. Hotel Duncan changes hands April 1 with Latrobe keeper Naugle taking charge. John W Carmichael and Minnie A Taylor wed last Thursday. Davidson Comedy Company to perform at Browns Opera House with Alone in the World. Groundhog day next. many local social items and small notices follow.
Miss Bertha Evans studies music at the Normal school. A group enjoyed a pleasant time at Mr Archie Fowler's. Dr Ehrenfeld in charge of Dr Mabon’s patients during his absence. spring improvements include a new store room two houses and a town hall. One Coy twin is dead and Irwin Gibson’s twin child and John Walterman’s little son died about the same time. W H Adams family recovering from scarlet fever. Dr Mabon called to Lebaston Ohio for his ill brother with diphtheria. G W Strong of Nolo buying Cameron & Son interest and will move here. Lumbermen busy and happy. Dr McCullough attended Pine Flats Institute. Dr H L McCullough busy. Dr O C Stewart and family moving to Bradford. Miss Lottie Learn home from Cambria county. Miss Olive Buterbaugh teaching Baker School in town. Rev Swigart of Indiana holding Baptist meetings. Some charged with illegal liquor selling. Ice houses filled. Harvest good. Sam Robertson busy at blacksmith shop. M J Keating taking jobs to finish next summer. Rev N L Atwood lectured on The Two Witnesses. B F Williams busy with post office and mill. Teachers Institute at Pine Flats reported a good time. Merchants McCullough and McCoy offer best goods for least money. A near panic arose from a disturbance by Library Hall watchers. crowd surged as if there were a fire scare, but truth revealed before general panic. Citizens urged to stay calm, count to a hundred, and move orderly rather than flee.
A young woman about eighteen wandered homeless and penniless near Dixonville. She sought work in town but failed, then found by Prof Karl Linn who provided supper and a room at the Central Hotel at his expense. The piece notes such charitable acts by strangers in Indiana.
The Normal Military Company announces arrival of rifles in first class order and plans early drill. Officers elected include J. C. McMichael as president and J. F. Hammers as captain. A meeting will discuss uniforms as the group aims to be among the best.
A compact note recalls giving Castoria during illness. It references a misread or miswritten term and mentions Cantorin and Castorin in related lines. The item reads like a playful memory or ad copy with altered words. The core theme is parent care for a child and use of Castoria.
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