Indiana Progress endorses Senator Mitchell for re election
The Indiana Progress notes no opposition in Jefferson county for Senator Mitchell. It praises his record, calls him a hustler in the Senate, and urges Indiana county to back him again, stating good public service deserves reward and faith in voters’ choice. Wilson withdrew, leaving Mitchell unopposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Jefferson County
Mitchell
Wilson
Indiana County
Mitche di
Indiana
Michell
Indians County
Campaign Scandal Confirmed in Montgomery County
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Thomas H. Barker of Lower Merion confirmed a claim that he was offered $10,000 last summer by anti-Quay leaders to split Montgomery county’s seven state delegates voting for Gilkeson. The piece lauds the Montgomery delegates for resisting bribery and urges Republicans to uphold reform platform vows in the legislature. It notes Indiana county Republicans also refused temptations and mentions Judge Clayton’s sidewalk decision. The Quay Club, led by Lohr and Bruce, mobilizes with membership petitions, framed pictures, and reform messaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Barker
Lower Merion
Montgomery County
Gilkeson
Combine
Philadelphia Inquirer
Indiana County
Republican Party
Senate
Mitchell
Jefferson County
Farmer Dreams Loosened By A Stingy Acre Theorized
Bob Burdette recasts a rustic economics joke criticizing land value and drinkers. He uses to illustrate land price at 43 56 per acre equaling one cent per 14 square feet while mocking men chasing the independent farmer’s life. He also notes Langham Watson exchanges over Senatorial questions and ring rule in Indiana County politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Burdette
Indiana County Republicans ready for Congress race
A local observer notes Indiana county Republicans show eagerness for office, with forty-one candidates already announced and the last to enter being Hon. A. C. White for Congress. Jefferson county is cited as a comparison and Indiana county promises to have its say at the proper time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Jefferson County
A. C. White
Congress
Social Circles Inspire Weekend Gatherings in Town
Miss Vernie Thompson enjoyed an unexpected social call Thursday evening. Landlord Clements marked his 40th birthday at the Indiana House with a small party hosted by Mrs. Clements. Miss Mildred Thompson hosted about a dozen guests Thursday at Church Street home with refreshments and a dance. The following evening Mabel Thompson entertained about twenty of her young friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernie Thompson
Landlord Clements
Indiana House
Mabel
Good Farming From Cres ton Iowa letter
J F Smith of Cres ton Iowa a former Rayne township resident discusses returning after 15 years and reports Iowa crops this year totaling 1800 bushels of corn 150 bushels of oats 120 of potatoes 95 of rye 40 timothy seed and 30 tons of hay while hiring only 15 dollars of work illustrating strong farming. The Progress compliments his success and notes he is a loyal subscriber with prepaid dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Smith
Creston
Iowa
Rayne Township
Indiana County
A School of Reputation Armagh Summer School Opens
The fourteenth annual Armagh Summer school will open on Monday, April 20. Armagh claims the largest and most successful select school in the county and aims to surpass prior years. Instructor C. A. Campbell is a prominent teacher. thirteen terms taught attest to his valued work in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armagh
C. A. Campbell
Mitchell Faces Unopposed Bid in Brookville County
A Brookville telegram reports Senator Mitchell has no opposition in the county as nominations close, signaling an uncontested race and smoothing his campaign path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookville
Mitchell
Farmers Race Featured At County Fair Plans
Directors map next fall show with new attractions and higher purses. A $30 premium for the best farmers race is offered, limited to county resident owners driving their own horses. Running races removed this year, funds added to other purses. Premium list forthcoming in spring with additions to attract exhibitors. Fair set for September 15 and 18 with preparations under way.
School attendance report and top students in wards
The fourth month report shows attendance figures for First and Second ward schools with totals, averages, and tardies, listing top students by grade. A separate third and fourth ward report covers attendance for January 21, plus yearly tardy counts, followed by a note on a Sun-day Inquirer toy theatre offer, and local Shelocta political ticket nominations for various offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First and Second Ward
Tardy
Wilda Miller
Maude Steinrod
John Miller
Mabel Reed
Gretta Owens
Zella Leasure
Ella Miller
Charles Ray
Annie Clark
Bessie Hamilton
Ela Thompson
Mabel Shaffer
Walter McKalip
Grace Cunningham
James Manners
Camella Jennings
Wendell Thompson
Pearl Ebey
Laura Ralston
Bertha Weaver
Nora Swan
Mary Moorhead
Bessie Klingensmith
Annie Benford
Margie Grosse
Martha Stuchell
Lizzie Myers
Willie Pierce
Wilda
Third
Fourth Ward
Mechanicsburg School Announces 12-Week Summer Term
The Mechanicsburg school will open a 12 week term starting Monday April 20. Trustees have elected Mr. Harry W. Fee as instructor, currently teaching at Armagh. Local people show strong interest and expect good attendance.
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Mechanicsburg
Harry W. Fee
Armagh
Personal Brevities From Blairsville and Nearby Towns
A compilation of social notes lists visits and guests across Blairsville, East Brady, Indiana and surrounding townships. Notables include Mrs J J Miller hosting Miss Mary Clark, Miss Caddie Speedy visiting Indiana friends, and many residents such as Harry Wallace, O V Barber, T T Iseman and John Moore making calls or hosting relatives. church activities and a St Peters reopening are noted alongside local farm and school figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry P. Wallace
O. V. Barber
Taylorsville
T. T. Iseman
Young Township
John Moore
Brookville
Scott Neil
Hamilton
Jefferson County
Mary Clark
J. J. Miller
East End
Pittsburg
Caddie Speedy
Chambersville
Indiana Friends
Harry W. Fee
Armagh
Plumville Select School Secures New Instructors
At a trustees meeting Prof. A M Morrow was hired as instructor. To meet growing needs the board and Morrow secured Prof. J A Blair of Natrona, last summer's principal, as instructor, forming the county's strongest team of educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumville
See what Wim Risinger Will Do For You
A Sixth Street grocer, Wim Risinger, offers a free handsome Japanned bread box to customers whose purchases total $25. The cluttered text lists many names and places such as Harry D. Anderson, Sadie L. Kunkle, Hubert A. Lydie, Annie M. Wyncoop, Georgeville, Conemaugh, and Margaret S. Williams, but the clear event is the advertised promotion for bread boxes with a $25 spend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Anderson
Washington
Sadie L. Kunkle
Hubert A. Lydie
Plumville
Annie M. Wyncoop
Georgeville
Russel K. Brink
Conemaugh
Hannah EF. Kelly Conemaugh
Wm. F. Russell
Margaret S. Williams
Wim. Risinger
Sixth Street
Ex-Jury Commissioner John McGuire Dies at 76
Obituary notes the death at his Cherryhill township home on Monday afternoon about 4 o clock of John McGuire aged about 76. A longtime public servant and Twolick Baptist Church member he leaves a wife and five children. Funeral at his late home with interment at Twolick Baptist graveyard. Also reported are obituaries for Mrs. Archibald McGaughey 34, Mrs. Philip Hoffman 60, and Emanuel Torrence Fetterman 7 with funeral services and Greenwood or Round Top church graveyards mentioned.
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John McGuire
Cherryhill Township
McGuire
Twolick Baptist Church
Dixonville
John
Levi
Stephen Rowe
John Overdorff
Kayne Township
Luther Helman
Twolick Baptist Graveyard
W. H. Kuhn
Railroad Avenue
Archibald McGaughey
Blairsville
Edna L
Irma L
F. Russell
Archibald A
Lutheran Church
Lewis Hay
Greenwood Cemetery
Philip Hoffman
South Mahoning Township
Trade City
Hoffman
Krehbs
Round Top Church
Emanuel Torrence Fetterman
James Fetterman
Church Street
Third Ward
Death of Mary Black at Dixmont Insane Asylum
Mary Black a pauper of White township died at Dixmont Insane Asylum on Friday aged about 70. She had been a ward of the township and seven months ago was sent to the asylum for treatment. Her remains were brought home Monday and interred at the Washington church graveyard in Rayne township the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Black
White Township
Dixmont
Washington Church
Rayne Township
Death of Green Township resident Mr Thomas Lockard
Mr Thomas Lockard of Green township died Thursday from cancer at age 78. He leaves a wife and three children. He had been in delicate health for months and was a member of the Salem M. P. church. Interment was at Cookport on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lockard
Green Township
Victims in Local Accidents and Deaths
Mr. Samuel Huey of Turtle Creek was struck by a street car Saturday evening and killed instantly. He formerly lived in Young township and Blairsville and was about 60. His remains were taken to Blairsville for interment. Reed T. Pierce of Garfield died Friday aged 35 with rheumatism, survived by wife and one child. Interment was at West Fairfield. Ernest Gressly of Grant township died Sunday of typhoid fever at 18, living with Mrs. Theodore Nichol. Interment was held Tuesday at Oakland graveyard.
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Samuel Huey
Turtle Creek
Young Township
Blairsville
Reed T. Pierce
Garfield
West Wheatfield Township
Peter Pierce
Rayne Township
West Fairfield
Ernest Gressly
Grant Township
Theodore Nichol
Oakland
Garfield man Andrew Frane dies in West Wheatfield township
Mr Andrew Frane of Garfield West Wheatfield township died Friday morning. He is survived by a wife and eight children. Interment was held Saturday in the M E church graveyard.
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Andrew Frane
Garfield
West Wheatfield Township
M. E. Church
Death Notice for Mr Isaac Lewis of Armstrong Township
Mr Isaac Lewis of Armstrong township died January 2 at age 67. He formerly resided in Young township in the county. Survived by a wife five daughters and a son.
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Isaac Lewis
Armstrong Township
Young Township
This County
Church notes and revival schedule announced in region
Communion services planned at First United Presbyterian on Sabbath February 9 with Rev Tinker assisting from Bethel church near Clyde. A day of prayer for colleges is set by the M E church general conference with a reconciliation meeting that evening. Revival services listed at the Baptist church midweek and a 2 p.m. Saturday session followed by a church business meeting. A Christian Endeavor society formed at Rayne Presbyterian with 30 members led by Mathew Rankin John R Ray Mattie Long and Milton Kelley as officers.
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First United Presbyterian Church
Tinker
Bethel Church
Clyde
General Conference
M. E. Church
Baptist Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Rayne Presbyterian Church
Mathew Rankin
John R. Ray
Mattie Long
Milton Kelley
Shaker Digestive Cordial Fights Wasting Flesh
A health note explains that wasting of the body stems from poor digestion and nine tenths of diseases trace to stomach derangement. The Shaker Digestive Cordial is claimed to digest food properly, aiding weight regain and stopping wasting. It contains digested food aliens and a food digester. Mothers prefer Laxol over castor oil for children.
You Don’t Know About Our Great Settlement Sale
A bold sales item touts a settlement sale with promises of value for shoppers. The message emphasizes urgency and that customers will benefit by following the store’s call to action. Limited details on items or dates are provided.
Fine Shoes Sale Cuts Prices on Odds and Ends
A local ad announces a large reduction on fine shoes in good condition with slow sizes 21-2, 3, 31-2 and 4. Prices are slashed to half, with examples like $4 shoes for $2 and $3.50 shoes for $1.75, highlighting reductions across best makes.
Our Clothing Cuts Across Our Running Runway
The fragment describes a dramatic clothing sale or display moment with urgency and action words. It hints at a communal call to attend or participate in a rapid fashion event that caps a long run of sales or stock movement. The exact details are unclear but the tone is promotional and hurried.
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Indiana Progress
Moorhead
Environ & Manager
Clayton
Quay Club
Lohr and
Bruce
Senator Quay
New York World
Grover Cleveland
Langham
Watson
Indiana County Gazette
Indiana Gatte
Brother Jackson
Blairseille Courier
Wwe
Reese
Sunday Inquirer
Shelocta
W. J. Wilson
T. W. Carnahan
W. F. Walker
T. M. Carnahan
R. E. Russell
W. A. McChesney
Frank Edwards
James Heffelfinger
S. M. Lowman
George King
John Russell
W. R. Heffelfinger
W. S. Carnahan
Henry King
W. M. Grier
West Philadelphia Street
J. C. Wallace
East Philadelphia Street
East Brady
James Blair
S. R. Shumaker
Huntingdon
Clara Flude
East Oak Street
Thomas Winkleman
Blacklick Township
Our Agricultural Association
Homer Fritchman
Pitcairn
J. S. Russell
Jas. S. Lewis
W. C. Brown
Bolivar School
Frank Love
John M. Leech
Bodenhammer
Water Street
Frank Flude
Apollo
Pearl Feltwell
Sewickley
Emma E. Hoovey
Chicago
Josiah Koozer
Ira Harman
James Brown
Washington Township
McKeesport
W. A. Rager
Derry
McKinley
Clark Harman
Harman
Harry Seanor
R. O. Barber
Wilmerding
Robert Barber
Taylorsvile
D. M. Henry
Mitchells Mills
Henry
John Mack
Brushvalley
D. A. Ritchie
West Mahoning Township
Ritchie
J. G. Barr
W. W. Barr
J. C. Long
John C. Stuchul
Millwood
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Judge White
Virginia Hitchcock
Helen White
Carrie Gessler
John P. Elkin
Jo St. Clair
the Grim Reaper
Torrence Fetterman
Ernest Ccressly
Andrew Fraine
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