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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1927
Page
7
Writs issued by the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County Indiana authorize sale by public vendue at the Court House in Indiana Pennsylvania. Details of date and terms follow in the official notice.
A court sale on Friday March 11 1927 at 1 15 PM describes four tracts in West Wheatfield Township Indiana County with detailed metes and bounds totaling about 68 acres plus 7 acres 36 1 2 perches plus 10 acres and a separate 63 661 acre parcel in Burrell Township. The listings include coal and mining rights reserved to prior owners and the sale also covers four Fairfield Heights lots in Womer City with described alleyways and street frontages. Brackin and Devinney appear as title claimants in separate parcels with multiple lot descriptions and reservations.
Legal notice detailing a special execution sale of a lot in the First Ward of Indiana Pa with boundaries on North Sixth Street and an alley, the property has a two story frame dwelling and is tied to prior deeds dated 1921 and 1930. The sale follows a suit by Homer City National Bank and further notices warn bidders to pay required costs and purchase money by set deadlines.
Local notices describe Edwin Crolls family adding a radio, a shoe shop fire near the Reese Hammond store, Rev Henry installing church seats in Blacklick, Eleanor St Clair hosting a birthday party, and the infant of the Nelsons dying in West Bolivar. Reports also mention Joseph Higgins transferred to a Clearfield hospital, Dodsons recovering, Ghive Robinson visiting Johnstown, visits from John D Cribbs of Miami to Bolivar, Welcome Bible class gathering at Mrs Mack’s home, a dainty lunch served, Huston visiting a sick relative, and several town residents moving or hosting guests, with farm and social notes from McElhoes Mills.
Mr and Mrs A B Clarke of Hastings were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs L B Clarke here. Mrs J H Winslow spent the weekend with relatives in Beech Creek. Himer Byrnes and Harry Hill of Pittsburgh were in town Saturday evening. Mrs Graham Miller entertained the Fancy Work Club Monday. Mr and Mrs W Stabley shopped in Clearfield Tuesday. Fred Winslow visited Jersey Shore over weekend. Mr and Mrs H C Hanna and daughters spent several days with friends in Pittsburgh. Mrs Margaret Tonkin visited Indiana Thursday. Rev and Mrs Salter of Altoona were callers Tuesday evening. Miss Mary Stewart and niece Jane Loss of Cresson were callers Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Creery of Marstellar were callers last week. Mrs R M Jury of Lecontes Mills guest at Schmonder home last week. Mr and Mrs L S Clarke and Alex Dunsmore shopped in Johnstown Thursday. Miss Martha Crumbling hosted a bridge gathering last Wednesday. George Rieg was a business caller in Clearfield Tuesday. R L Miller of Altoona was a business caller in town Tuesday.
Mrs James McCurdy of Indiana visited her parents the McAnulty family this week. A funeral for Hudson Trout was attended by locals at McDowell cemetery on Wednesday. Several residents visited relatives and other community members over the weekend including the McDannell Kooners and Bagley sisters at Commodore and Barnesboro.
Robert Dilts and Reed Stiteler traveled as business callers to Plumville. Albert Whitaker, Sagamore employee, spent the weekend at home. Reuben Remaley called from North Point Friday. Mrs. Howard Lockhart has been on the sick list. Local ladies held a quilting bee at the Steel home. O W Irwin visited Plumville midweek. George Simmons and relatives returned from Erie area visits. Mr. and Mrs. Blain Coon visited Mrs Pogdewait in Fairmont. Elizabeth Elder of Rochester Mills visited Sarah Chapman. Willis Frederick installed a radio for Mrs. Mable McCormick in Smicksburg. Fred and Wayne Stiteler visited relatives Bert Kintes and family Sunday.
Mrs Edward Stanley and two children of Vandergrift visit Mr and Mrs Harvey Tyron. John Painter from Indiana visited Saturday. Mrs H D Widdowson of Indiana spent days with husband then returned home. Clark Doty stayed week end with family at Siddana. Mary Ifurd visited Juneau friends and returned Saturday. Mrs John Painter spent Friday with her brother Lord Galentine at Indiana hospital. Hamer Tyger moved to Ernest for mining work. William Renou of Juneau spent Saturday with Mary Hurd. Mr and Mrs T M Gilpatrick were Indiana visitors Thursday. KR ET Work of Indiana a Low n caller Thursday. Mrs Harry Rica and Billy of Piaixsutawney spent Friday evening and Saturday with Mr and Mrs William Pifer. Trace Murch spent past week with sister Mrs J K Warner of Commodore. Homer Downey of Indiana, Penn Public employee, read papers at Unis place Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Oliver family christens a baby and watches Sylvia and Fred, once close friends, drift toward marriage while diamonds and opals bind their evolving stories. Sylvia, a poet, grows independent as Fred achieves worldly success, and two gifts from Sylvia’s past arrive as the child ages, shaping a family saga of love, loss, and reunion.
Edna Mumau, employed in Indiana, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mumau on Sunday. Marie Learn, teacher at the tinman school, is back to work after illness. Fred Learn helped the mail carrier amid bad roads. A large quilting bee at Mrs. Kerr’s home drew many valley women including Laura Kinnan and numerous Daughertys. G. E. Mumau made a brief Latrobe trip. Lynn Butterbaugh visited Frank Kerr, while Mrs. Mountain returned from Westonore land county. Alvin Kidd advances lighting efforts in the valley. Archity and family visited Catharine Myers. Joe M. Niup visited his sister-in-law Mrs. J. J. Waassain. Jennie Carr, Stren, and Pollard Ware’s folks visited in Stafford. Miss Mabel Lowman and Miss Helen Burns attended gatherings.
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