This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1892
Page
5
J R Brown of Spruce and G W Swank of Cockport were in town. Mary McElhoes of Kellysburg visits relatives here. Langham the new postmaster handles clerkship inquiries. Various residents and visitors frequent the town, with updates on health moves, travel, and local business.
Communicated from Grip Pa March 21 1892 concerns about voting district accessibility proposing a second polling place at Tayloraville and Spruce while discontinuing Cookport. Also notes store repapering at W R Loughry Co and new salesman H M Fair leaving for another job. Includes horse market remarks and church baptism totals reflecting community life.
Avonmore Pennsylvania March 22 1892 a glass factory shooting left Will Redtenwald a blower and Frank Porter a glass cutter wounded Porter returned with a revolver after a joke led to gunfire four bullets hit Redtenwald two in the shoulder and abdomen one in a post Porter was jailed in Greensburg as excitement runs high Redtenwald married with a family Porter has a wife and two children
March 16 to 22 transfers include C W Gibson 43 acres Cherryhill to Jave Me Combs for 180 dollars and multiple lots in Blairsville Elshaville Burrell Pine Blairhill Richmond to various buyers with prices from 100 to 1490 dollars. Names include Repine Bowden Stiffy Guthrie Garver Smith Rinports Work.
The Board of Trade held its regular annual meeting last Monday evening the 21st. Inst. Officers elected for the ensuing year were A. W. Wilson President W B. Marshall 1st Vice President I. McFarland 2nd Vice President J. M Watt Treasurer B. F. Sansom Secretary W. S. Daugherty S. L. Loughry H. M. Bell J. S. Hastings J. W. Sutton Harry W. Wilson Harry White Griffith Ellis Ed. Rowe and A. T. Taylor Managers A. W. Wilson remarked the group has achieved enough to warrant its continued existence. Adjourned.
Across Indiana County a surge of horse buying runs through winter as stockmen ship car loads to Eastern markets. Ed Riggs of Burlington N J plans a car load to New Jersey this week, with Mollby of Berks, Rosensteel and Harvey McCollum, Wilson for Berks, and Bryan and Gompers for Montgomery all purchasing or shipping multiple loads of heavy and light horses.
A.N. Langham is introduced as a well known and affable postmaster designate. His Senate confirmation is reported, with bond to be executed and commission issued soon. The post office will be housed in the new Cuoaingham building.
No. 4 school in Cherryhill township reports 15 male and 14 female pupils enrolled, total 29, average attendance 18 males and 10 females, total 23, attendance rate 87 percent for males, 74 percent for females. Names listed include Elsmer, Belle Barnett, Lowry, Harry Houk, Lina Houk, Homer Barr, Merrell Wyncoop, Velma Widdowson, Maud McDarmitt, Nannie Seiger, Nannie Gibson. Teacher Cicero M. E. Barnett expresses thanks for a plush cabinet album given by the pupils on the last day of school.
A humorous note recounts two intoxicated companions roaming a night patrol. One stumbles into a pig pen and, waking from sleep, mistakes a pig for his friend. He touches the hog’s back, then asks it to get shaved in a quirky exchange attributed to Punzy Spirt.
A united request by the Worlds Sabbath observance unions and the WCTU asks Christians to observe April 3 to 10 with special prayer in public private and family worship. It seeks God’s blessing on churches and organizations for a broader faithful Sabbath keeping and urges action on closing the Columbian exposition on Lords Day and halting post office hours in Britain and the United States. It cites France Spain and Germany rising interest and calls pastors to preach on Sabbath observance.
Over three weeks freight trains hauled carloads of apples to Petersburg Richmond and Indianapolis with Orr planning up to 20400 bushels this season. Muck also shipped many bushels within Indiana county. Also noted is the death of Georgetta McCreight in Washington township after a prolonged illness and religious reflections on suffering and faith.
Blairsville reports Dr Hill's medicine troupe in Town Hall and a Minstrels show in the Opera House. Rev Norcross to preach, and Miss Emma Murray returns from Latrobe. Branch railroad progress, new photo gallery after April 1, and train disruptions due to Greensburg wreck. Encampment talk for the 5th Regiment, and local industry moves including glass works and electric plant. Kenwood mentions Will Donwiddie back as route driver, weddings planned at Pine Flats, school news, and local social events including taffy parties.
The programme for the Teachers Institute at Haw thorne Rayne township lists Saturday morning topics on public school governance parental involvement and spelling methods with speakers Frank T. McElhoes Lottie C. Kimple and Annie Drummond. Saturday afternoon sessions cover uses of the blackboard recitation and library topics with Olive Stutcheil Mellon Wilhelm noted among participants.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.