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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
4
The Indiana Progress, the largest and oldest paper in the county, lists editor and proprietor Moorhead A Ralth Moorhead. It is issued weekly with postal information and rates: all resolutions, charity notices, cards of thanks, and poetry charged at five cents a line, cash with copy.
A string of marriages is reported from Indiana and nearby towns. Graff Trainer and Rose Grey Trainer wed at St Bernard's rectory with family attendance, then hosted a dinner at Mrs. Jemima White's home. Other couples include George and Lois Stivison, Wright Clark and Ruth Elizabeth Clark, Lewis and Snyder, Hill and Moyle, Beatty and Helmick, Templeton and Mabon, Roth and Roth, Wright and Clark, Daugherty and Martin, and Hill Engle, with ceremonies held in churches and homes across the region.
The Indiana County Board of County Commissioners offered the Clark home for Red Cross use. The Indiana County Chapter executive committee announced at a recent meeting. The plan includes a large Red Cross team and a United States flag in front of the building. Membership fee is $1 with a goal of over 2,000 countywide members. The committee includes Frank M. Graff as chairman and several Indiana residents. Information on Red Cross work available from County Chairman Elder Pegler, Secretary Amy Laughlin, or any committee member.
Protect your crops by posting lawful trespass notices on your property. For sale at this office at the each or six for 25 conte.
Attorney W N Liggett of Indiana visits parents in Johnstown. Portage residents stay with uncle Joseph Mack. Mrs Nellie Hood Campbell and son Harold visit Johnstown relatives. Prof John D Hood returns from Wehrum term. Washington DC visitors Ollg McCormick and John Liggett family hosts. Other notes mention Hood, Graft, Mahon, Penn Run summer normal, and several visits across Johnstown and nearby towns.
Mrs. Ross Mahan and family thank friends for support after the death of W. R. Mahan. The item discusses potato blight in Awear ind, detailing diseases and insects, and prescribes Bordeaux mixture spraying with specific ratios and timing to protect crops.
A disorderly health board sequence lists Edward Johnston as tasked to clear backyard rubbish. A court filing cites G Culkitt a lunatic seeking private gate access for coal sale proceeds and mining rights on a Mahoning county tract, with trustee W Welch referenced. details include property bounds and a May filing date.
Public notice of an Orphans Court sale in South Athouling township, Tie Hoan County, detailing a long land description and references to adjacent plots, with the sale date and related legal steps under the 1874 corporation act and court orders.
C H Meare attorney issues administrator notice for the Blairsville Pennsylvania estate of Leonardo DeLaen deceased. Claims must be presented duly authenticated and debts paid. CHAS I MOORE named administrator Blairsville PA April 11 1917.
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