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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1918
Page
12
County notes list residents visiting relatives across towns including Mrs. Annie Limerick with Mrs. Even Wells, and dozens of local residents attending family gatherings. Entries mention hospital plans, property sales, health updates, and Sunday visits among families in Rossiter and surrounding areas.
Sunday visits abound as Mrs. Hoskinson and Mrs. Boring called on neighbors. Preaching announced at Mt. Tabor church with communion prep. Families move plans, new baby in Homer City, infant death and critical mother, local store closing, and multiple visits among residents including Clawson, Brett, Neely, Walbeck, and Cooper families. New officers named for Sunday school and various local errands and travel noted.
The Federal Food Administration in Pennsylvania orders households to report wheat flour on hand and thirty day needs via a printed flour supply card. Noncompliance carries a $5000 fine and up to two years in prison. The action aims to prevent famine and support the war effort.
Mrs. Margaret Coleman marked her 89th birthday at her daughter Mrs. Hugh Lowman’s home with a few friends dining and chatting. A long list of visitors and locals, including Mrs. J Gatty, Deemer Melanaghlin, Hugh Henderson, and many others, are noted as calling or visiting in the area with towns such as Indiana, Greenwich, Smithport, and Rembrant referenced among the gatherings and travel. A house fire destroyed the dwelling of Quilla Smiley with partial loss of goods and no insurance.
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