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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1895
Page
5
Local correspondence reports a string of village events in Nipton and surrounding areas. Neighbors attend baptisms, school activities, and church services while noting minor mishaps and a planned Fourth of July Sabbath school celebration.
Samuel Wiggina on sick list. W A McChesney in Wilkinsburg last week. G W Kelly and wife in Indiana on Saturday. W O D Rankin and wife visiting friends in Blairsville. Mrs Duff Edwards visited brother Jack Sharp near Parkwood. S M and John Lowman on business trip to Mahaffey last Thursday. Lizzie Lytle visits Andrew Sharp’s on Friday. Grant Walker and family from Ford City spend Sabbath with parents nearby. Prothonotary Elder Peele and wife from Indiana spend Sabbath with his mother in Skelecta. Andy Hefflefinger and family of Derry visit Isaac Hefilefinger last week. Prof J F Russell to Mt Pleasant next week for summer. Stella McChesney and Robert from Chicago visiting Dr. M McChesney. Charlie Wilson returns from Grove City to spend summer with parents. Jacksonville youths picnic on Walker’s Grove and supper at Lowman Hotel.
J. C. Kunkle improves while Thos Gibson and Jno Munshower show mixed health. Several residents travel to Ambrose Blairsville and Johnstown. Miss Pauline Nesbit visits Blairsville and Johnstown. Creekside and Chambersville games, Five Points guests, and a July 4 picnic at Boreland’s grave are planned. Children’s Day services, horse accident, and various visits mark a busy week.
A baby boy arrived at the home of R. M. Young. Mrs. J. M. Getty and Miss Mollie Carr are skilled horseback riders. Mrs. Sears of Atlantic City, N J visited friends locally last week. Mrs. Tabbott of Ebensburg stayed with her sister, Mrs. J. M. Glassford.
A wary lesson on testing lightning rods against hidden flaws, warning that cheap copper wire rods may fail to conduct and protect buildings. Advocate B F Warner’s rods are praised for quality and honest pricing, with a plug for Union Pacific travel promotions and a local supplier ad for cheese cloth at Cunningham’s.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers $10 round trips to Atlantic City Cape May Sea Isle City and Ocean City with several departure dates in July and August. Tickets include a nearly two week stay and a choice of seashore points. Special train with parlor cars and day coaches leaves Pittsburgh early each excursion day.
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