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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1934
Page
6
A humorous wartime style quip contrasts barbers lamenting lost income as people shave themselves with a tailor fearing clothing demand will vanish if a nudist trend grows, cited from Boston Transcript and Buffalo News.
A Boston opinion piece mocks Prussia for abolishing pill-boards while pressing for broader liberal reforms and less hoard-bill politics. The writer calls for genuine enlightened statesmanship rather than selective abolition.
Plum Orshk family visitors and residents listed along with several weekend trips and local movements. Upcoming events include an operetta Miss Pollys Patchwork Quilt at Elderton High School on Friday night March 16. visits by Fleming family and others noted. Community members travel to Greensburg Kittanning and Indiana with multiple local households hosting guests.
In Nicktown Mentele Heilwood Barnesboro Clymer Indiana Ebensburg and Patton residents were noted as callers in town on various days this week. Postmaster David Martin confined at home with the grippe. Grant Long and Samuel Carlson spent weekends with family back home.
Leroy Warden Rossmoyne spent Saturday with grandparents due to grandmother Laura B Neal Hazelett's death. Frantz visited Pittsburgh on business. Ralphie Nichol and family visited Merle S Marshall. Norris Johnston moved to a new home near Hamilton. W J Kerr hosted by D J C Wells. A M Van Horn staying with Rankin family in Homer City. R Boyd Elkin and wife from Dora visited Elizabeth Elkin. Paul Elkin and family from Indiana joined. War talk turned toward spring baseball.
The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette offer subscription to R D residents of Indiana County at 5.50 dollars per year and 6.00 dollars per year for out of county residents. The note indicates price differences and eligibility for Indiana County residents.
Blacklick residents share birthday party reports Indiana visits shoppers and travelers noted. Family groups gather at Graceton and Homer City for club events and institute attendance. The Williams family moves in, and the McMillens begin housekeeping in Grater apartments.
Brushvalley residents report McMullen has returned home from McKeesport hospital improved. Mrs Craig Hunter visited Indiana over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Grant Cramer. Pauline Richards returns to school after illness. Mrs Gee McCutcheon of Armagh visited EH A Buchanan’s last week. Mrs Ernest Foster ill in Indiana hospital is improving. Night school sessions run at the high school Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 30 under Spear Herlinger and Mrs R M Davis. Miss Hish ter Stewart, a graduate nurse from McKeesport hospital, has returned home. Mr and Mrs Crea Boyer of Indiana called on Mrs Annie McFeaters Sunday.
The funeral of Mrs Melvin Ebel attracted a large gathering on Monday. Catherine and Twila Engle hosted their Sunday school class Thursday evening with games and a lunch. A public sale is planned at Miller Pyle home Saturday at one. Mrs Lon Shankle visited Minnie Stephens Friday afternoon. Nellie Overmann recently stayed with Twila Engle. Dr H Lewis of Punxsutawney visited Friday. Milton Waltemire, formerly sick, is out again. Chester Stephens called at Ross Holmes home. A group from the area attended John Brown's funeral on Wednesday.
The text notes post riders in colonial times carried more than mail, delivering valuables, purchasing in town, arranging hires, and even livestock for fees. The practice persisted into stage lines and railroads, where conductors and brakemen privately moved letters and parcels due to slow, poorly organized government mail and high rates. The public quickly used these private services, creating substantial business.
Rochester Mills John Rishe admitted to hospital in Indiana. Numerous neighbors visited and shopped in Punxsutawney. Local residents and kin from Covode Indiana and Dubois toured homes and attended funerals. A 35 below zero record was noted as Crooked Creek iced over. Community members shared visits with relatives in Indiana, Apollo, Leechburg, and Sinnemahoning areas.
Marion Center reports Joseph D. Tonkin of Cherry Tree named assistant editor at the Independent office. Wilbur Widdowson of Indiana visited Friday, praising the late jeweler Frank L. Wells. George L. Wells of Bridgeport IL left after attending his father’s funeral. Mayme Barr visits niece Mrs Clay Berkeypile in Cherryhill Township. Walter Streams, once with a broken leg, now walks with a cane. Charles Learn, found along the highway, was treated by Dr J M Stewart then taken to Indiana by ambulance. C W A repair work on alleys resumes with warmer weather. Mrs Annie Henderson of Indiana visited locally. Mrs Emma Simpson also an Indiana visitor. Mrs Ada B Kinter hosted four grandchildren for John Hastings’s 20th birthday, joined by James Hastings and Misses Josephine and Meredith Hastings.
The Rossiter vicinity suffered school closures due to last week's snow storm. Clarence Vienderdon made a business call in Indiana on Wednesday. Numerous visits and social calls occurred at the Ben Lowmaster and Gaston homes. A pair of callers and travelers are named, with several residents visiting relatives. Wednesday morning registered 28 below zero.
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