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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1934
Page
2
The notice references standard publication durations offered by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association: one year six months and three months. It outlines options for contractual periods and renewal terms. Assets, pricing, and eligibility details follow standard association guidelines.
Local notes list attendees at college commencements and gatherings across Pennsylvania and neighboring states. Profiles include the McElhoes family at State College, Grand Lodge sessions in Stroudsburg, multiple subscribers renewing The Progress, and members of the Kiwanis and United Spanish War Veterans at events in Toronto and Conneaut. Travelers include families from Homer City, Conemaugh, Saltsburg, and Detroit with ties to Muskingum, Pittsburgh, and Princeton affiliations.
The Ritz Theatre showcases 20 Million Sweethearts on Thursday June 14 and runs through the week. Manhattan Melodrama with Clark Gable, William Powell and Myrna Loy plays Monday and Tuesday June 18 and 19, followed by Murder at the Vanities on June 20 and 21. Now I'll Tell arrives June 22 and 23 with Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees and Alice Fay.
The cinema list runs through mid month with multiple pairings. Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers star 20 Million Sweethearts on June 14 to 16, Clark Gable and Myrna Loy headline Manhattan Melodrama on June 18 and 19, and Murder at the Vanities features Jack Oakie and Victor McLaglen on June 20 and 21. Earlier Fog Over Frisco with Donald Woods and Bette Davis screens June 13 and 19.
The June grand jury indicted Ernest man for two counts of involuntary manslaughter in an April accident on Ernest Creekside road that killed John Menko and fatally injured Elizabeth East. Additional indictments include several locals for drunken driving, burglary, assault, larceny, and untaxed liquor. The panel also recommended repainting the Court House and County Jail, with $750 for paint and materials and labor funded by the Relief Works Division.
The Washington Township Tax Justice League schedules its June 28 meeting at the Marlin schoolhouse. Activities include opening songs, recitations and music by local youths, and discussions on home rule versus centralization, national events of the past year, and notable local topics. Participants include Gail Miller, Ruth Brown, and John Marlin among others.
We desire to thank our neighbors and friends for the kindness and sympathy extended to us during the loss and at the time of the death of our husband and father Joseph L. Reeger. Mia, Joseph L. Reeger and Family.
Protect crops and fruit with Progress Trespass notices to back legal actions against trespassers. Paper Trespass Notices six for 25 cents Muslin Notices three for 25 cents. Add three cents postage. Address the Indian Progress Indi an Penna.
Mrs. H. O. Atkhia of Tulsa Oklahoma owns a bed quilt she claims was made by her ancestors 226 years ago and passed down through thirteen generations. The tale highlights family craft and historic lineage as it crosses generations.
Phoebe Holmes travels to the city to test old stock certificates left by Cousin Jenny. She hopes for fortune while John Chambers, leaving behind the family farm, confronts uncertain work and memories of their boyhood. A chance meeting rekindles theirs as they reunite, planning a wedding and a future together.
County Agent Warn er reports on the Periodical Cicada or seventeen year locusts. The text explains the life cycle from egg to adult, noting their emergence in late May to June and the impact on fruit trees. It covers predicted broods across states, predators like wasps and sparrows, and practical control including hogs grazing on infested ground and pruning steps to minimize damage.
Misa Marjorie Louise Johns, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Johns of Wilkinsburg, graduates from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh during Monday’s commencement. Born in Brushvalley, she is known there and has served as secretary to the supervising principal of Wilkinsburg public schools, where she previously graduated.
A fragmentary classifed text describes a paid notices column with per insertion rates and instructions to include word counts and payment. The readable portion hints at wanted and lost for sale notices and requests cash when submitting copy.
A short notice lists hay crop inputs and farming items: Sudan Grass, Wilson Soy Beans, Manchu Soy Beans, Sorghum, Smooth Barley, Sweet Clover Seed, Alfalfas, Coopera Sheep Dip, various spraying and dusting materials, shovels for corn workers, cutting parts, wood parts, casting for pares, and Finders. UnWI s YR al red ht Indiana Pa 28-tfo.
The Board of Education of Indiana Borough invites bids for coal for public school buildings for the 1934 35 school year. Bids due by July 9 1934 at 12 noon at the High School Building offices. Include mine location coal grade and approximate analysis. The board may reject all bids. Signed by President and Secretary in Indiana Pa June 13 1934.
A Master’s Sale is ordered by the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County to be held in Saltsburg Borough Pennsylvania. The sale will expose the described property to public auction on a date to be announced.
On Tuesday July 10 1934 at 11:00 AM a master schedules sale of a two story frame dwelling on Point Street in Saltsburg Borough Indiana County PA. Property fronts 60 feet on Point Street and runs 180 feet back, bordered by Point Street Agnes Taylor Market Street and Poplar Alley. Down payment 10 percent cash. balance due at confirmation of sale and deed delivery. Master Menomig reserves right to adjourn for bids.
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