Tariff and protection as the key campaign issue
The speaker argues the tariff and protective policy are the primary concerns for farmers, workers, and business people, while not ignoring financial questions. They claim Republican tariff measures would replenish the treasury, halt gold depletion, end bond issues, and restore pre-Democrat prosperity, making free silver secondary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Indiana County Democrat spokesman defends party stance
In a conversation a lifelong Democrat says he supports McKinley and the Republican platform after reading it in full. He claims the Indiana Progress belongs to locals, rejects Gazette claims of external control, and asserts the paper’s independence while condemning a defeated faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Pennsylvania
Indiana County
Indiana Gazette
Indiana Progress
Nog
The
Gazette
County Chairman Mack Plans Systematic Campaign Start
The text states that D. C. Mack and his committee will open the campaign with active organization and work, aiming to affect votes in the fall election. It predicts that Indiana County Republicans will secure a surprising majority through their organization, without ceremonial displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Mack
Indiana County
Monuments Erected at Curry Run Cemetery Near Shelocta
Mr R F Young, a local marble and granite dealer, is erecting two handsome monuments in Curry Run cemetery near Shelocta. The tablets commemorate Mrs Mc Chesney, wife of Dr McChesney of Shelocta, and Mr G W Kelly, both recent deaths. Young notes several cemetery contracts won lately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curry Run
Shelocta
R. F. Young
McChesney
Sheloca
G. W. Kelly
Young
Grabbing Event Clears 10 Acres in Young Township
In Young township on Thursday about 60 neighbors gathered at John Forseyothe’s farm to clear 10 acres of ground. A big noon dinner and an evening dance concluded the day’s festivities in a traditional Old Country gathering.
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Young Township
John Forseyothe
Eggs Loaded for Eastern Markets Trample Dead Bugs
Mr Luther Roof loaded a car of eggs on Monday evening to ship east. Before departure, 14 of the Bugs were trampled to death at the station.
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Luther Roof
Commencement at Normal ends with large crowds and awards
The article recalls a heartfelt farewell to Normal as seniors move on to college and juniors step up. It details a grand commencement program with musical selections, a stirring oration by William H. McElroy, and diplomas conferred by Dr. Waller. Alumni events and the strong turnout of visitors and graduates mark the week.
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Owens
McElroy
Waller
Susie A. Allen
A. Virginia Allen
Marvy M. Barr
A. Mary Caldwell
Clara Crawford
Zillah Z. Davies
Faith M. Ebberts
Daisy B. Duncan
Emelia T. Feicht
Lina C. Gettner
Anna C. Gilfitan
Bertha F. Goodwin
Maude B. Graham
Frances 8. Hazlett
Maggie A. Herdman
Martha T. Hervey
Dorothy Hill
Janet E. Hoerle
Eliza Johnson
Esther V. Kearns
Nannie Klingensmith
Sara B. Klingensmith
Georgia
Personal Brevities From Pittsburg and Nearby Towns
Local notes record numerous social visits and guest appearances across Indiana, Punxsutawney, Blairsville, Johnstown, and surrounding areas. Names include Laura Ansley, Mae Scott, Jettie Wilkinson, Lydia Miller, Jennie Hamill, Miss McElhaney, and many others visiting relatives or staying with friends this Sabbath week. An infant died of cholera infantum near Black Lick. services held in Greenwood. Normal baseball team lost to Carnegie Athletic Club Braddock 9–2.
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Dr. Moore
Derry
R. B. Robertson
Mary McCormick
Blairsville
Lydia Lake
Saltsburg
Prof. Orr
Allegheny
Sherrard
Normal
Leonard
J. F. McNaul
Jeannette
O. R. Degelman
Elliot Owens
Roland Guss
Greely
Col
Mae Miller
Stewart, Pa
Kate Marion
Laura Ansley
Pittsburg
Chas. E. Fry
Freeport
Indiana
Mae Scott
Johnstown
A. P Lowry
Jettie Wilkinson
Chicago
Lida Scott
Lou McGregor
Church Street
Punxsutawney
John K. Lewis
Robert Taylor
Cornell University
Delos Hogue
Monmouth
Neil Ferguson
Lydia Miller
Jennie Watson
Natrona
Purrell McCracken
Third Ward
Charles Irwin
Mary Lear
Bain
Hoboken
John Fell
South Seventh Street
S. A. Kunke
Blacklick
Greenwood Cemetery
W. C. McNight
New York City
J. F. Barnes
Jennie Hamill
White Township
North Braddock
Josephine
Wilkinsburg
Frances Gleason
Hubbard,o
G. A. McLain
Marlin McFadden
Texas
Braddock
Carnegie Athletic Club
Our Boys
Local Notes From Strongstown District
Local briefs report George Findley installing a new boiler in his Downey farm sawmill. Mrs Bertha Duncan regains mobility after days in confinement. Heavy rains damaged roads and washed out small bridges. Wedding invitations go out for C F Huffman and Minnie B Reese. Mrs William Cramer returns home after visiting her Morrellville relatives. Thomas Bracken visits from Grisemore. Aubrey Graham and his dog kill two weasels after a morning cow watch. Artemus school festival raises funds to buy a bell, drawing a large crowd.
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Bertha Duncan
C. F. Huffman
Nipton
Minnie B. Reese
Pindleton
Cambria County
William Cramer
Morrellville
D. J. Orner
Thomas Bracken
Grisemore
Samuel Bracken
Aubrey Graham
Artemus
Buffington Township
T. D. Graham
Cora Duncan
Plumville Notes Roundup of Visitors and Local Doings
Miss Susan Delancey visits Blairsville friends while Ella Martin and Dollie Pontius of Dayton spend time in town. Indiana youngster Carl Hammers visits his aunt Mrs Thompson. Josephine Andrews returns from Bradford. Cribbs Hall houses an Indian Medicine Company. Plumville boasts uniqueness in its class. no dogs within a quarter mile. Six youths visit Allie Schrecengost of Hamill who welcomes them. Heavy rains damage potato and corn crops. Jennie Hood of Hoff visits Lizzie Barkley. Mr Gilhayser recovers from rheumatism. Merle McFeaters and Andy Dick of Morrellville visit. J K Dick buys a reaper. A J Croft buys a binder. Mrs Fred Brantlinger visits Pittsburg. Joseph Cramer makes a Pittsburg trip. Elias Ressler improves hand injury. Mrs M B Sellers visits daughter Mrs J H Canfield of Creighton. W H Findley sustains foot and ankle injuries on Cramer’s log job.
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H. D. Condron
Kellysburg
Punxsutawney
Hope Lewis
Marion Center
Lncky
Condron
Lewis
Mitchell
Perrysville
Harrisburg
B. F. MacCartney
Third Ward
David Shaffer
Bertha Oris
Sarah Statler
Christina
Isaac
Scalp Level
Cambria County
Joseph Holsapple
Cherryhill Township
Fred M. George
Lilly
Indiana House
George
Clarissa Hall
Indiana
55 Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Dick White
Susan Delancey
Blairsville
Ella Martin
Dollie Pontius
Dayton
Carl Hammers
Thompson
Josephine Andrews
Bradford
Nile
Allie Schrecengost
Hamill
Allie
Jennie Hood
Hoff
Lizzie Barkley
Gilhayser
Merle McFeaters
Andy Dick
Morrellville
J. K. Dick
A. J. Croft
Fred Brantlinger
Pittsburg
Joseph Cramer
Elias Ressler
M. B. Sellers
J. H. Canfield
Creighton
W. H. Findley
Cramer
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New Jersey
Congress
Cunningham
Congressional Conference
Senate
James G. Mitchell
Jefferson County
Shieriff
T.S. Neal
North Mahoning
Elder Pre.onr
M. Sutros
Assembly
Jons
Groruk J. Ferr
W.f.geonceé
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Kahlan
Bessie Hammond
Messrs. Leonard, Sutton, McCormick
Craig
Margaret Owens
Edward Sutton
Johannes Brahams
Misses Rue Thompson
Martha McCreight
Drenning
Hearth
Sutton
Rue Thompson
J. Lisle Apple
Miss McCreight
Nora B. Osburn
Anna Helen Parsons
H. Blanche Price
Charlotte Rickabaugh
Fannie F. Roller
Hallie Schreiner
Georgie C. Shane
Annette N. Shaw
Margaret B. Shearer
Juanita Sibley
Tillian T. Armstrong
Catherine Barry
Elizabeth A. Beighel
Mary Hays Bell
Leah ¥. Bishop
Mi&ud
M. Boucher
May B. Burtt
Etzora G. Butler
Marguerite Calhoun
Marion F. Christy
Dnie W. Cohen
Elizabeth EF
Elizabeth &. Davis
Olve G. Delamater
Charlotte Dickie
Zannibel Douthitt
Anna B. Smith
Virginia K. Smith
Myrtle M. Stephens
Clara M. Stephenson
Grace Stewart
Myrtle M. Sweeny
Luella M. Uncapher
Mary H. Walton
Clara E. Warnock
Elizabeth H. Welsh
Ruth A. Work
Eva L. Young
Cyrus M. Christy
Frank B. Cunningham
James G. Fisher
William F. Hammer
James T. Henry
Joseph A. Muff
Burton Moore
Ralph C. McComish
Charles C. Rugh
Frank D. St. Clair
Harry Weimer
Etta R. Lewis
Winifred Loucks
Clara Menges
Gertrude McCracken
Anna E. McDonald
Ina E. Newcomer
Carrie F Noel
Elizabeth Owens
Nancy Portier
Lilja Purington
Lydia H. Roberts
Margaret Sampson
Edna Sansom
Lida O. Scott
Elizabeth M. Snodgrass
Naomi Spears
Amelia M. Duff
Anna M. Duvall
Elma C. Efisaman
Jessie O. Ellenberger
Roberta Ewing
Mary E. Fleming
Ada R. Gallaher
Minnie G. Gilmore
Bella A. Glass
Frances E. Goff
Jeannetta Gorman
Anna R. Graff
Lyda Highberger
Eva A. Hill
Lillian M. Hirth
Margaret I. Hood
Julia C. Hunt
Ida E. Johnston
Anna M. Jones
Sara Jones
Caroline B. Vaughen
Mabel Waller
Agnes Wilson
Alice W. Withington
James F. Chapman
John B. Craig
J. Ellis Gallagher
John F. Hammers
William E. Haskell
Thomas Johnston
Thomas Jones
John Leonard
Louis F. Sutton
William D. McCormick
Charles E. Rink
Tillman K. Saylor
Lawrence M. Sebring
Edward H. Sutton
Royden J. Taylor
Mary A. Work
Francis Hazelett
Bellevue
T. K. Johnston
Irwin
James T. Wilson
Menno
Mary Hopkins
Swissvale
Agnes Barnes
Vinnie Knappenberger
Ella Butler
Elzora
Mary C. McKibben
McKeesport
Bertha Chessman
Library
Floy Robertson
New Wilmington
Ella M. Soles
Harry H. Fisher
Greensburg
Tweet Garman
S. W. Gallaher
New Washington
Sarah Gallaher
John L. Ralph
Sarah A. Gilfillan
J. B. Hammond
Bolivar
John Gourly
Covode
Gourly
State College
J. J. Palmer
Renova
Nettie Gorman
J.C. R. Johnston
Mae Stevenson
Miss Stevenson
Erama J. Ruffner
11Th Ward
Jennie M. Kearns
Elizabeth M. Trout
Altoona
Nell Dyer
Edith Coffin
Anna M. Grassell
Mary W. Cannon
Anna McMunn
Lillian Delamater
Mary Barry
Hubert Wiggins
Homestead
Loretta Dickey
Katherine Weis
Latrobe
Bertha Clement
Verona
Jeanette Wood
A. M. Lee
Otto Warnick
Larimer Station
Warnick
Averal
Williams
Jeannette Club
Ella Stitt
Alice Mullen
Fourth Ward
Anabel Stewart
Kittanning
Margaret Adair
Bessie Green
Myrtle Sweeny
Ora Cook
Philipsburg
Viola Stumpf
South Eighth Street
Carrie Derr
J. C. McGregor
Sixth Street
Nina Alexander
Apollo
Estelle McLaughlin
Lou Fink
Edith Ouster
Nell Ellis
Ethel Harbinson
Mary Caldwell
West Sutton Street
David Ralston
St. Louis
Sarah Sutton
J. C. Moorhead
J. M. Guthrie
Atlantic City
Norman Sweeny
M. M. Sweeny
D. A. Hetrick
Daniel Smith
Smith Station
Harry Hay
Pitt
J. W. Dunwiddie
R. J. Runk
Phillipsburg
Jane Jones
Lucy Miller
Sutton Street
George D. Lowman
Philadelphia
Chas. F. Williams
Franklin
Martintown
R. M. Williams
W. J. Nanamaker
Nineveh
E. W. Clark
New Florence
N. J.graham
Dr. Ormand
Princeton College
Wellington Clark
T. B. Clark
W. B. Kline
Gwennie Jones
Baltimore Hospital
Lizzie McFadden
Bunca Vista
Jennie
Portland
Ore
Eliza McFadden
Chas
W. Dean
Thomas Sutton
Dean
Normal School
David Warner
Lincoln
Neb
George W. Roof, Sr
Warner
Far West
Kellsyburg
J. B. Keener
Bell Simpson
A. C. Gordon
Gordon
Mary Fulton
William Fulton
United Presbyterian Church
W. H. Fulton
S. Lewis Lemmon
Law School
Ada
Rochester Mills
Lemmon
Miss McElhaney
Strongstown
George Findley
Downey Farm
Plumville
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