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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1922
Page
8
Local notes report flu illnesses, visitors, and social calls across towns. Names include Mra Kennard, Mrs Crawford of Smicksburg, the Paul funeral at Lutheran church, and numerous calls by residents from Blairsville Youngstown Rossmoyne and Arcadia. Regulars like Rev Wood and Mrs Gromley appear among church and hospital visits.
Miss Elizabeth Aice returns home after a week in Indiana and Pittsburgh. Several residents recall visits and calls from neighbors in Spangler, Commodore, Arcardia, and Vandergrift. The Wesleyan Methodist church schedule and local fairs ground activity. mining resumes bring employment. community members share hospital visits, travels, and family gatherings. Notable items include a hen laying four eggs daily and local residents visiting relatives in Homer City and Pittsburgh.
Ralph Marchand Wineberg mourns a second horse death in a week while two houses are quarantined for scarlet fever. Patients include Myr tla Emma Baker at H. M. Smeaton’s home and Eugene Wuey, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Muey, near town. H. W. Smeaton closes Covode school as fever precautions. Raymond Moot in Pansy mines near Walier survives a coal crush to his left leg. Mrs. J. M. Lewis travels Ridgway and Emporium. Punxsutawney visitors include Rev. Lewis Steelay and others. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rosborough visit Locust Lane. Rev. Harr of Brushvalley conducts quarterly meeting for Rev. Steeley.
Dixonville social notes list weekend visitors from Indiana and nearby towns, sickness and hospital runs, calls at local households, a pie social at Bennett school, and residents like Mr. and Mrs. Cramer, Mrs. Tyde Strong, and Bert Clark. Several locals made visits to Johnstown, Blairsville, Connellsville, Dunbar, and Ord, with various family and farm updates.
Strongstown notes report Mr and Mrs J W Bennett and son Harry visiting relatives in Alverda. Duncan of Wintondale spent the weekend with the W G Orner family. Albert Hughes and families joined A A Bennett's gathering. Catherine Orner visited Nellie Artemas, and Mrs Ellen EB Hill returned from wintering with her daughter Mrs George Davis in Johnstown.
Smyrna Literary Club program for Friday evening April 7 includes roll call minutes readings recitations songs Victrola readings and a long list of members in order. Town properties sold include Anna Anderson property West Church Street and two Chestnut Street Clymer Avenue parcels. William S Miller sold a vacant West Chestnut Street lot to S M Boggs for 1200. Public auction sale of fifty automobiles at East End Garage Saturday 1 30 p m with 10 percent Philadelphia address Indiana Pa.
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Dlewellyn Tearn Lewellyn Learn aged 77 of Dutch Hill and 1 Learn relative, Harry J. Nealer aged 80 of Chestnut Street, David Hill aged five in Cherry Tree, and Mrs Nancy Frey Lohr aged 65 of Sharpsburg. Also ad hoc notices list forthcoming auctions, and Agnes Palmer will and estate divisions for West Wheatfield and associated family members.
The Bowser will from Banks township grants his widow a life interest in the estate with sale and equal division of proceeds among Edna Hawk, Geo Rivers and Eleanor Traynor after her death. Lydia Carman's will from Somer City reserves a life interest to Susan McCullough, after which Mary Myers of Classport inherits the property.
Samuel Mottern celebrated his 42nd birthday on Saturday with 70 friends and neighbors. A brusket dinner followed at noon and a social session, then an evening program featuring young people at the Mottern home. Local attorney John A. Scott of North Seventh Street is recovering from pneumonia, with a favorable prognosis this week.
Chicago report details that the first American Bible arose from a Parliament sanctioned fund in England and Wales to promote Gospel propagation in New England. Issued in 1663 for the Massachusetts Indians, its Cambridge print marked the western hemisphere’s first complete Bible, funded by English subscription and tied to Native education efforts.
Washington reports January coal mining deaths fell about 26 percent from a year earlier. Total 146 versus 197, with a death rate of 8.32 per million tons produced. Fatalities rose in Alabama and Ohio, fell in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and declined overall in anthracite mines.
A seven foot wing span golden eagle was captured by Winfrey P. Blackburn of Van Buren between Glensboro and Lawrenceburg. The rare bird, in good health, drew much attention at Blackburn home where it is on exhibit.
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