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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1899
Page
4
Thatana Progress lists annual subscription rates of one dollar and twenty five cents in advance. Agents paid within the year. A T Moorhead and Son, editors and proprietors, publish from North Seventh Street with a March 15 1889 date.
The ticket lists Sheriff D I E Thompson Blairsville Prothonotary A Calimous Indiana County Treasurer Y D W Simpson White Township Commissioner Ington Township S Green Township County Auditor William F George Indiana James L Petermas Indiana Coroner Dr M M Davis Indians State Delegates George W Hood Indiana A Cooper Henmer City
The Republican primary drew an unusually large vote as the sheriff nomination split the field. The Gazette backed Wettling, promising to smash the old machine, but Wettling did not prevail. Editors praise the remaining ticket as upright and worthy of voter support in the county.
The article notes a surge in trust formation in six months with 106 new capitalized companies creating trusts in tin plate leather tobacco starch rubber lumber beef wallpaper typewriters glass thread furniture matches and more. It explains why consolidations raise returns for stockholders lower consumer prices and sometimes allow higher wages, citing travel staff reductions as savings.
Vote tally from Harrisburg shows Quay 92 Jenks 73 Dalzell 1S Stewart 6 Stone , Widener 3 Rice 2 Riter 2 Tubbs 1 Grow 1 Irwin 5 Huff 8 Smith 1 totals 216 with 109 needed. Progress weekly begins Yellowstone Park chapter by Mrs Eva G Thompson a local author. Gazelle machine incident harmed no one beyond downtown staff.
A long list records visits by Wilkinsburg, Apollo, Blairsville, Vandergrift, Pittsburgh, Greensburg, Latrobe, Johnstown, Philadelphia, and other towns. Names include Henry Wilson, Alice Gailey, W S Daugherty, L R Wylie, Edward Woods, Clara George, John Ortz, Joseph M Fox, Nannie Anderson, H J Kinkaid, Ella Wylie, Margaret Moorhead, Mattie Stewart, R R Cunningham, A F Boyd, Rev Dr Owens, Babe Greaves, Birt Roof, Murray Pierce, Frank Mack, Gertrude Dixon, Myrtle Stuchel, Grace Sloan, Mrs Alexander Henderson, S L Moorhead, James M Chambers, W F Wettling, Harry Harmon, Bert H Lichteberger, Clara O Hara, J N Banks, T B Clark, Charles McLain, Wilson Cusick, Samuel Trimble, William Balentine, Edward T Rose, Frank L Menth, Joseph Shultz, Elizabeth Nunemaker, Ida Gailey, Jean B Lytle, Taylor Rankin.
Mr. Isaac Griffith new landlord at the Lewis House pledges hospitable, well furnished hotel service at reasonable rates. He previously ran the Kinter House for two years, and will welcome travelers. Youngs marble works offers cemetery monuments and headstones. Revival meetings continue this week at the M. E. church.
In fall 1848 after Dr. Robert Mitchell’s conviction, a four‑man and one‑woman party plus infant escaped through Somerset and Indiana counties. A Confederate conductor led prayers for protection as the train moved through dark, stormy night toward safety in Canada. Slaves hid in Caldwell woods and a barn, with slave‑catchers pressing searches before the final through trip to Canada.
Merchant Harry E. Bence of Dixonville sells his store to his brothers J. L. Bence and C. L. Bence and plans to move to a nearby farm. The brothers assume ownership and operate the business locally.
Frank H. Daugherty offers fish sourced off the coast of old Mexico. Customers may buy from his wagon on Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday each week for a nutritious dinner option. No other meat is as nourishing this season.
Official returns show Dr. M. M. Davis winning the coroner race with 5 546 votes while state delegates G. W. Hood and A F Cooper tally 5 077 and 4 987 votes respectively. No opposition is recorded for coroner.
Report shows 1898 life insurance written in Pennsylvania by major companies led by Equitable with 22.2 percent share and totals surpassing 100 million dollars. Aetna, John Hancock and Metropolitan among others follow while Prudential and Sun Canada appear with smaller figures. We note overall 1893 to 1897 trends and the rise in Equitable’s dominance in the state market.
A weekly column records travels and visits from Green township to Wintondale and Purchase Line, plus church sermons in Salem M E church and a Maryland injury recovery. It also notes political talk, a candidate's defeat and potential future runs, a move to Dayton by H C Bell, and cemetery monuments offered by Young's marble works. Electric Bitters advertised as a cure, with local store listings and a prothonotary deadline for justices of the peace acceptance.
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