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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1894
Page
4
Indiana Progress argues Grow supports home protection wage employment and industrial growth while criticizing tariff debates. It denounces Jacksonville boxing scandal as a moral disgrace and questions the influence of political payoffs on Congress amid Wilson tariff debates.
Citizens inquire about gas service and the company responds that supply is ample, pressure even, and satisfactory. The staff are accommodating and attentive to patrons. A surplus gas reserve is being held for emergencies to ensure real comfort in cold days.
Miss Mattie Jones daughter of Rev J M Jones died Friday of consumption aged 35 years her remains to Congruity Westmoreland for interment Monday funeral services were conducted Sabbath by Revs Hall Hay and Sloan Mr R J McConoughey of Center township died Wednesday of paralysis aged 63 years survived by wife and six children buried at Greenwood Cemetery on Thursday
Willie Bollman, age twenty months, son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Bollman of Water Street, died Monday morning from pneumonia in a somber town loss.
The article lists two institute programs in Grant township and Smicksburg for February 1894. Doty school features debates and lectures on school faults, phrenology, pupil conduct, and reading methods with names like J. P. Barrett Emma Braughter and Lizzie Smyers. Smicksburg program outlines debates, practical education, grammar via diagram, and talks on wages and pupil thinking, with participants including Dr. Barrett H. D. Condron and Sadie Coleman.
The document lists grand jurors and second and third week jurors for March term 1894. It names numerous individuals by district, including Armstrong Blairsville Buffington Center Cherryhill Green Marion Center West Mahoning Pine Salieburg Sheltoa Washington East Wheatfield West Wheatfield White and others with associated names. The roster is organized by weeks and districts, detailing juror selections for the term beginning March 5, 1894.
J B Hinds visited Pittsburg last week and many locals were seen in town this week. Names include J C George West Lebanon and T P Stevens Grisemore with others from Kenwood and White Township visiting Blairsville and Johnstown over the weekend.
An old ad warns that Vick's Branching Aster closely imitates the chrysanthemum, risking misrepresentation. It notes the plant flowers earlier, is easy to cultivate, and seeds cost 25 cents, prompting requests for Floral Guides and other sales notices.
The Altoona Gazette will again host an educational contest open to Blair county’s young women starting February 1 for six months. Last year Miss E Blanche Beamer won the prize sending her to Indiana Normal and is currently enjoying the benefit. Kay & Brothers offer The Law of Boroughs in Pennsylvania by Frank Raymond Sponge Esq for $2.00, a concise handbook for borough officers.
Arthur Wilson, agent for the Pittsburg Electric Steam Laundry, solicits patronage with guaranteed satisfaction. Goods called for and delivered. Leave orders at Checkered Front, West Indiana, Pa. For general housework, small family.
Admiral Benham, with the entire U S fleet, escorted an American merchant ship to its wharf amid rebel threats. Protests were lodged against firing on American vessels as Da Gama and Peixoto discuss terms. Benham met the Brazilian president’s staff after a two hour delay, prompting tensions over perceived insults to the U S Navy.
Jan 31 report from Primsona notes a contemplated plan to settle disputes and revenge concerns among Bein and Goersters. The brief item outlines the proposed method and aims to reduce tensions through arbitration.
Owensboro Ky January 31 A boiler in the portable mill of Joseph N Mercer exploded nine miles south of here on the Owensboro and Nashville railroad station Crow Hick man killing five and fatally injuring another. The engineer warned of the danger but was ignored.
A London Globe report recalls a Royal Society lecture that lasted two hours with 900 attendees. The speaker spoke unclearly while brandishing a rod pointed at a diagram, drawing polite applause though the meaning remained unknown. He received 25 guineas for the talk.
A reader questions the identity of the O. P. FP. president and asks how the sobtriqueé was described, noting that the scarcity of the leading New York journal reflects on these matters.
January entries list transfers of land parcels and cash values. January 24 includes Enterprise Lumber Co 1 acre in Canee township to John M. Bxian for 106 dollars. January 25 records Wim. McBring letting in West Indiana to Adam St. Clair for 95 408 dollars. January 26 shows Haeery White 4 acres in Indians to W. A. Guthrie for 405.52 dollars. January 27 includes M. FP. Jamson 1 acre in Te diana to James M. Watt. J. Buthedige 400 dollars. Alex. McCombe lot in Young to J. B. Bocheater 3 acres.
The readable fragment notes Rocci came from Hasletom last Monday and met her husband there, after which she appeared to take the boy with her.
In Altoona Pennsylvania on January 31 a Beavers Falls schoolteacher Christien Wineland was robbed by a man who demanded his wages while walking home after a dispute over refinery purchases. The incident follows a broader legal push to ensure no doubt remains about the legality of local refinery deals.
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