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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
4
The Indiana Progress editors Moorhead and Ralphie announce subscription terms and rate card as a cash in advance policy. It includes pricing for one year, eight months, six months, four months, and three months with a five cent per line charge for obituaries and poetry.
Obituaries report Joseph L. Langham of Washington D C dies at 69 from uremic poisoning a Civil War veteran and former G A R member. Other notices list Harry Leasure Barclay 44 of Rochester Mills. Mrs Martha Remaley 76 of Cochran's Mills. Mrs Anna Long 58 of Blairsville. Mrs J C McCombs 58 of Saltsburg and relatives across Blairsville Elderton and Jeannette with funeral plans and interments in Elderton and Arlington National Cemetery.
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania legislature nears sine die with a record session length since 1844. The inheritance tax bill was refined for executive approval covering all bequests and large inheritances, expected to yield about 8.09 million dollars yearly in revenue.
Governor Brumbaugh signed a law placing policemen in third class cities under civil service within forty eight hours. It exempts current officers from exams and sets up a civil service commission to conduct tests and appoint officers from top three on the list. The commission may hire a secretary paid by each city. In mine legislation, proposed bills for Ramsey and Scarlet mine caves pass with strict rules. The Ramsey measure creates a surface support bureau and mine inspectors, while the Scarlet bill tightens surface support and makes certain removals of coal causing subsidence a criminal act with fines or imprisonment.
The board of directors of First National Bank of Charry Tree adopts resolutions on the death of Keneser W. Smith dated June 20, 1917. They praise his wise, conservative leadership and regret his loss, noting his counsel and judgment helped guide the bank. Sympathy is extended to his family, and the resolutions will be spread in minutes and published in local papers.
Charles W. Widdowson died at his brothers home in Clymer on April 23, 1917 from pneumonia at age 4 years, two months and nine days. He leaves his wife and children Ethyl Anna Blanche Donald Edith Electa Lillian Sara at home, plus his father, stepmother, three brothers and four sisters. He was a member of the Twolick Baptist church. The family notes a prayerful farewell poem.
Elizabeth Calderwood-Colgan of Grant township Indiana county died at home the night of June 12 after a brief illness aged eighty years. Funeral services were held at Richmond United Presbyterian church Sunday at 3 p m Rev J L Shaw officiating. Burial at Pine Grove cemetery. The deceased was described as a dutiful daughter sister and wife. bids for school supplies will be opened by Clymer borough school board on July 5 1917 with right to reject any or all bids. W E B OAKES president local Hebrews raise 1236 75 for Jews in war zone at Campbell's Mills Hebrew Unity Club picnic. Fireworks assortment offered at Johinston's News Shop Indiana Pa.
The report notes British pressure along a 120 mile front with local operations near Lens and Risemant Wood. Canadian troops stormed and captured 400 yards of frontline trenches, nearing Lemin g capital of Prune as French batteries repelled a German attack south of Juvinedurt.
Robert W. Chambers launches The Restless Sex with Stephanie Quest as heroine. The tale begins with a child of a wandering actor and a young photo retoucher mother, rising from poverty toward potential fame, as the debut promises further laurels for Chambers.
A compilation of short notes noting A Q Lyons Blairsville R D visiting county seat on Friday and various others including D B Townsend Armstrong county in Indiana on business, County Commissioner and Mrs A P Lowry Pittsburgh visitors, Benjamin Findley visiting son Ira in Pittsburg, Marjorie Gleason Smethport visiting George W McGowan North Seventh street, Dorothy Pugh Williamsport visiting Joy Doug lass Oakland avenue, Ira Reithmiller near Lovejoy spending Sunday with father L J Reithmiller near Jacksonville, W W Rittenhouse wife and Elsie Barbers Parkwood shopping in county seat, Mrs A P Watson South Seventh street with son John visiting son Harry Johnstown over Sunday, Mrs J N Banks Philadelphia street and daughter Mrs Chas Cunningham Cresson Pittsburg visitors, Miss Jennie Campbell Brushvalley visiting sister in Indiana hospital, Lincoln Gibson and family near Pine Flats spent weekend with William A Glaas White township, trip overland by car, William B Pattison and niece Pearl Smith Church street at Scott family reunion Burgettstown, Mrs Glenn Lee Elmira N Y visiting mother Mrs George C Dicky West Philadelphia street, Mrs Jennie Burkett Ambrose visiting brother Grant Nelson Brushvalley recovering from illness, Mrs H M Fyock and daughter Thelma near town with Hazel Menth Braddock visiting Gary Ind Chicago and Cleveland, John Douglass near Cockport county seat on business executor of late Ebenezer Walker Smith Punxsutawney, formerly Cherry Tree, Miss Mary Bryan teaching Braddock now at home of parents White Township reappointed teacher in Braddock schools.
The club withdraws offers 1 2 and 3 including The Woman's World and McCalls Magazine due to a Post Office Department ruling on magazine subscriptions. Subscriptions for these offers cannot be accepted.
The Green Township school boards meet at Stafford Pennsylvania on Saturday July 1 at 1:00 p m to reopen bids for removing furniture and moving two school houses using No 1 yellow pine and to replace furniture. Bids also for building three vestibules and repairing one wall. Also bids for furnishing supplies for the coming term. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. June 2 1917
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