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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1898
Page
5
Local notes from Saltsburg andBrushvalley detail visits, journeys, and small town happenings. Residents travel to Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Pittsburg, and Chan tauqua. visitors stay with relatives. school matters and church events are noted along with minor accidents and harvest activity.
W McClenaahan, ill for six months, plans a health benefiting eastern tour to Hannsburg and other places. Numerous local residents are noted visiting relatives and attending gatherings across Bolivar, Marion Center, Deckers Point, and nearby towns, with multiple names listed as hosts, visitors, and travelers. The piece also mentions harvest progress in Conemaugh township and a charity festival at Smyers grove raising funds for the Shiloh Baptist church.
A stream of visitors and residents appear across the Indiana county area. Harve Fyock and wife of Johnstown visit his parents. Miss Mazie Fowler and Miss Annie Gibson travel from Indiana. Ed Empfield visits relatives. new baby born to James Fyock. many others visit kin, attend church, or travel to nearby towns like Punxsutawney Tarentum and Blairsville. Also noted are temperance sermons, market activity, and Ag Society bill postings for the county fair with bid notices and premium lists.
A reader from Texarkana endorses Ayers Pills as an effective cure for bilious complaints described as burning blood head pains and nausea. The ad presents a general warning about digestive distress and promotes Dr. J C Ayers Pills as a reliable remedy.
A group of weddings is described including Wetzell of New York City and Iva B. Peffer of Marchand, Pardee of Potter County and Spicher of Hillsdale, Campbell and Stephens, McGaughey and Morgan, Morton and Bennett, and Graham and Hill. The report notes guests from nearby towns and churches. Also an advertisement extols Shaker Digestive Cordial as a stomach cure, with pricing and purchase details.
A historical advertisement notes lawn fabric 500 yards now 3c and oil cloth 9c per 500 feet, with other items priced at 50e reduced to 30 and 25¢ to 15. It promotes a white lawn line at multiple prices and features the Kala mazoo Corset with a guaranteed fit or refund policy.
Dr J M C White located in the Robert F Walker building second story on Philadelphia street specialized in kidney troubles and mad dog bites. He claims success where other physicians failed and can refer patients permanently cured by his remedies with many local testimonials.
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