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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
11
Local column records confirmations at the Reformed church and a wave of visits and travels among residents. It notes a pupil handkerchief shower for Miss Soentgen, various visits to Indiana and Punxsutawney, enlistment in the navy, church services, and family illnesses affecting attendance.
Henry Wissinger plans to leave in May for Florida to join his parents who moved there two years ago Talitha Wolfe returns after teaching in Nant-y-Glo Penn Run high school graduates honored at a Stewart home gathering Homes of B L Stephens and R G Wolfe welcomed newborn girls A number of schools in the area closed for the week and many residents visited kin in Indiana and nearby towns
Cherry Tree tennis club proceeds with enlarging its courts as residents back a Graff bill to fund William Penn monument improvements. Obituary notes Mrs G M Byers dies after a year of illness, with funeral at Presbyterian church and interment in Harmony burial ground. Numerous local names visit, attend services, and attend memorial events across Indiana and surrounding towns.
F Boden purchased a Buick car. Mrs Clyde Westeroth and her daughter Ruth spent Sunday with friends at this place. Miss Ruth Morrow spent Sunday afternoon at her home. She is in training as a nurse at the Indiana hospital.
Spruce Miss Hope Engle returns home from Johnstown where she visited her sister. Oliver Bennett called at D G Browns Sunday. Many local men work at Tipperary. Van McCune plans to move into Pattison house this week. Mattie McAnulty visited her sister at Bakertown on Sabbath. Worner Bagley suffers a bad case of poison. Sarah Trout visited D G Browns home last week. Frank Yarnell of Barnesboro visited his brother Harry Yarnell on Sunday. Lottie Brown returns home after completing a term of school in Cambria county.
The town of Elderton raised a 45 foot flagpole last Tuesday evening with a crowd witnessing patriotic talks and a parade. Across Mitchells Mills, teaching staff closed a term with a military presentation. several locals were noted for attendance and visits. Many small items cover community notes from graduations, visits, marriages, and a car purchase, plus a call to protect gardens with Progress muslin trespass notices.
Garden Sermonetttes by Prof J Sanders urges treating seed potatoes to prevent scab and black leg disease. Recommends soaking whole or cut pieces in formalin or corrosive sublimate solutions, warns against recontamination, and notes planting whole potatoes yields more, though cutting into smaller pieces is advised if conditions require.
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