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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1922
Page
3
The Indiana Progress lists subscription terms and prices in 1922 with cash in advance required. Rates shown include one year for 2.00 dollars, six months for 1.00, five months for 0.50, and three months for 0.80, along with instructions to remit payments with the copy.
Miss Ethel Grace Hamilton of Ambrose married Budd Estle Lightcap of Marion Center in a Wednesday evening home ceremony. Rev. Carl Stewart officiated. attendance by family and friends included sister Hather Lightcap and best man Ralph Miser. The couple will live in Marion Center. Also noted are several additional Indiana area weddings with local families and associations.
A list of Republican campaign volunteers and designated polling precincts across Indiana and surrounding towns including Rochester Mills, Mahoning, Homer City, Marion Center, and New Florence. The roster names officers and ward assignments such as Green No. 1 Green No. 2, Mahoning South No. 1 No. 2, Wheatfield East West No. 1 No. 2 and multiple individuals assigned to specific precincts and districts.
Local residents recount visits and weekend trips to Georgeville Brockwayville Nixonville Uniontown and Punxsutawney. Funeral services held for Watha Smith and Edtha Smith with notices of survivors and thanks. Benjamin Davis, a miner from Dilltown, dies in Johnstown aged 57 with interment there.
Mrs John H Heitzenrater of near Trade City aged 743 years died after weeks of illness. She was born in Schuylkill county March 15 1844 and married in 1864 moving to a farm near Round Top then Trade City. Survived by husband and many children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at Round Top cemetery. Elise Stadtmiller daughter of Mrs Catherine Stadtmiller died after a lingering illness in Mercy hospital Pittsburgh. Born and educated in Indiana she graduated normal school and Duquesne University and became Sister Mary Clarence teaching at St Xavier's and Mount Mercy academy. Survived by mother and several Stadtmiller siblings. Funeral in Mount Mercy chapel with interment at St Xavier cemetery.
James L. Whitacre aged 41 a Plumville native died at his Buffalo home after a long illness He worked in Vandergrift steel mills before moving to Buffalo He survived by his second wife, a stepson and two sons from the first marriage along with his parents a sister and two brothers Funeral services were held at Streams home with burial in Greenwood cemetery Wilson R Harbridge longtime Ambrose resident died after months of illness He leaves a widow and several children Brothers Jesse and William also survive Funeral services were held at his home and burial at Marion Center Jane Lewis age 3 years of Marion Center died at nephews home She was a Presbyterian to be buried in East Mahoning cemetery Katherine Vester mother of Mrs Jesse Rodkey died June 26 in Monrovia California after a long illness She had visited Tivison years ago with the Rodkey family
Cookport area notices Mr ud Mes Mererly Conti and Mr and Mrs Moor Weadtinu shop in Barheshora with Litters yaremls. Ford Grove and family were seen shopping. A Misses family Saints visited the home of Rev Samuel Mughey.
The M Progress will devote a week to farmers county matters. Send farm poultry or harvest questions to The Mariners Call Us Dadiana Indiana im Artangements with County Agent John W Warner to answer all farm questions soon after received. The column is open for friendly discussion of farm work and life by readers.
County Agent J. W. Warner warns poultry farmers in Indiana county face stiff competition as surveys show a ten percent flock increase next year. To hold eggs prices, farmers should cull young stock, economize feed, and optimize egg yield. Lime purchases should focus on calcium content and form rather than price.
Bee keepers face swarming control with room for honey, ventilation, and shaded covers to prevent losses. George H Rea to address county convention on Aug 7. Indiana County grows Pennsylvania 44 wheat, averaging 4 to 6 bushels per acre more than other varieties under similar conditions. Field inspections note clean fields, minor scab and smut, Hessian Fly common, and no garlic in tested plants. Farm Bureau to publish seed-appropriate varietal notes. trespass notices sold by the office.
The Bureau of Plant Industry explains that a swarm remains with the hive owner if he tracks and controls it, requiring permission from the lamb owner to enter and trap it. Bees on land belong to the landowner and cannot be claimed by finders unless they are the former owner with proof. Trespass forbids harvesting honey on a neighbor's property without consent.
A church sexton who is deaf often stops pumping the organ mid hymn. A new minister arrives and a young organist writes a note asking him to keep blowing until told to stop. The sexton misreads it and hands the note to the minister after the first hymn. The minister reads in earnest and continues the blast.
The text traces varnish origins from ancient Egypt to Thebes temples in the nineteenth century B.C. It mentions varnish as a preservative, amber’s magnetic lore for tone in violins, and notes Zanzibar gum as a near amber with clear embedding of bugs and even a chipmunk tail, illustrating historical curiosity.
A young American tourist visits a Scottish shop on Sunday and requests chocolate creams. The counterwoman insists she does not sell them on the Sabbath, noting she offers ecclesiastical confections such as peppermint drops pan drops and ginger lozenges but not chocolate creams.
The piece outlines three travel motives for Gypsies and others: necessity, pleasure, and accomplishment. It notes peasants stay in place by occupation, while artisans and merchants seek reasons to travel, and observes Gypsies shifting from horse drawn wagons to automobiles as transport becomes modernized.
The text discusses how shocks awaken memories tied to past shocks of similar nature and trigger associated moods. It explains mood changes from shocks, noting that stronger emotions can replace weaker ones, and describes how anger can suppress love, with love returning as memories fade.
An archaic spoof recipe from Olsh the epicure describes a puree of gorrowful cats with skinned meat fried with onions and parsley, cloves, finger, enpumon, sultron, and bread, blended with water then strained and flavored with claret, ending with a cryptic moral about Sod and the devil.
A Philadelphia health notice urges careful summer feeding practices for infants and toddlers. It covers avoiding overfeeding even for breastfed babies, modifying cow milk for infants, and steering clear of sweets and risky foods for young children while highlighting professional guidance over informal advice. It also cites a bond issue notice for the school district of Tlomvilli with financing details and bid deadline.
Typhoid fever spreads in Canonsburg Pennsylvania with 71 cases reported to the State Health Department. Last summer 40 cases and 6 deaths occurred in the same town from contaminated wells and milk. Health officials inspect wells and push mandatory connections to a public water and sewer system to stop outbreaks. The state labs offer testing but warn surface water cannot be guaranteed safe and boiling, filtration, or chlorination are needed for safety.
Notice announces application to renew a public convenience certificate for operation of autos and mute bosses between multiple towns in Indiana and Westmoreland counties. A public hearing is set for July 13, 1922, at 8:30 a m standard time at the City-County building in Dubois. Individuals in interest may appear and be heard.
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