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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1923
Page
3
The Indiana Progress lists notices on subscription terms and payment in advance. The column emphasizes strict cash payment for one year or shorter terms and mentions banks and local references in Candia, with editorial notes on communication dress and copy standards.
John Robinson Circus advance reps. in conservative business attire tour Indiana for the May 25 appearance. Contracts signed for Carter and Maple streets grounds. advertising cars and show trains mobilize. parade promises beauty and grandeur for the 190th anniversary tour.
James Woertendyke, legal expert and second division pilot, urges citizens to act beyond voting for prohibition. He will host a forum at First Cyid Presbyterian Church in Indiana on Monday May 26 at 2 30 p m to explain what to do and answer questions. Attendance is free and open to the public.
A Weather Bureau study reports a method by F P G Tingley using five year averages to build curves for each month. Trials show about 75 percent accuracy for forecasts a month or more ahead, with separate curves for adjacent months.
A long April roll of Progress subscribers and renewals includes dozens of names across Indiana County towns such as Indiana No. 2, Homer City No. 3, Creekside No. 2, Smicksburg No. 2, Penn Run No. 2, and Rochester Mills No. 3, with many individuals and multiple places like Cherry Tree, Avondale, and Parkwood noted among the renewals. The list preserves the dense roster of readers across numerous hamlets and villages, reflecting broad local engagement.
The Gordon Literary Society of Blacklick Township schedules a Tuesday evening program on May 1 featuring Mildred Altman Wither Lyons Paul Overdorff Francis MaoreA Rob ert Overdorff Margaret Altman Suella Smith with multiple readings solos violin and ukulele pieces. A long list of participants includes Chas Smith Mrs W P McCrea Royden Long Edward Henderson Darrel Mikesell Elmer Strennis and others plus a debate on daylight saving and a concluding music and joke interlude.
Auction listing includes 125 head of livestock and 10 horses plus farming gear. Earl D Simpson and H C Cameron auctioneers. Kent Grange program notes May 16 with multiple performers and talks.
Miss Emma Stewart, returning from a three month Mediterranean tour, describes Cairo sights including Old Cairo mosques, a Coptic church, the Nile, and the Sphinx. She details a Nile cruise to Memphis and Sakkara, the Temple of the Sacred Bulls, and the ancient museum with mummies and chariots, noting bazaars and the Citadel shaped by Saladin.
A Philadelphia clinic series notes that each child is unique in color, height, temperament, and health needs. The article urges mothers to tailor guidance to individual differences rather than generalities, hoping to aid caregivers in child welfare. Also reports a two-car collision near a green house, injuring no one seriously, involving nine Pittsburgh riders and residents of Homer City.
East Wheatfield reports A. C. Hoffman seriously ill with gall stones. Armagh attendees join eighth grade graduation at Seward schools. Mrs. Frank Patchin visiting relatives in Armagh. Miss Dillie Cunningham back from Alliance funeral. R. M. Cunningham family with C. H. Findley kin on Sabbath. Evangelistic meetings by Harry Rutchell continue nightly through Sabbath. Bruce Tomb and bride Miss Knappenberger of Kittanning reside with Tomb’s mother in Armagh.
Warker Smith, Attorney at Law, Indiana, Pa., offices on second floor above Woolworth's 10 cent store, Philadelphia Street. Offers prompt careful attention to all kinds of legal business and special attention when desired.
Indianapolis May 13 observance urged by American Legion Auxiliary leader Dr Kate Waller Barrett. Congress resolution and President Harding call for attendance reports and gifting, urging citizens to write to mothers and honor sacrifices in World War I in a nationwide observance.
Classified notices list requests and ads for various items and lost property. The readable items reference a roadster sale note and personal notices about a lost wallet, plus a Grange resolution and a home remedy tip. The fragmentary text shows contact by Indiana Motor Co. and a 1923 date context amid scattered phrases.
Five teachers were sought for the new Reboot building at Acmuast to serve all three grades. The notice lists contact details and dates for application, with school boards in Hust Wheatgeld Armagh Montgomery township and other districts announcing vacancies and deadlines in late May 1923 for township schools.
Olive Shoup of Stony Point visits grandparents. John Frantz spent days in New Kensington. Rev Kresge and wife visit Elderton members. W L Crum family visit near West Lebanon. Irwin Kelly and wife visit Plum Creek folk. Indiana attendees at Reform church communion. J W Moorhead and wife and others help build rigs for American Gas Co. Dan Ruffner employed by Townsend firm. Anna May Anderson weekend with Apolo relatives. Bible classes meet. In Memoriam David J Slater of Dias died April 28 1923 with memory verse and farewell tribute from MR and MRS JOHN SLATER May 9 1923 1tp.
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