This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1871
Page
5
Court terms listed with dates and names including judges Prowt, Campbell, Turner, and Allen. Mentions Kittanning and Indians counties, a council, and school directors with several clerks and local officials named. Contains unclear OCR fragments for weeks and months and numerous misspellings.
Schedule listing daily Indiana Branch trains with departures at 6 0 a m 2nd a m and arrivals at 1 20 p m and 6 99 p m. Connections from Indiana to Biatraville Pittsburgh and Philadelphia via Johnstown and West Penn lines. Evening expresses join the West Penn route to Pittsburgh. Local services link through Huntington and Alleghany City with morning and evening departures and multiple connections. Church services and fraternal lodge meetings listed for Indiana area with dates and times.
A mixing of local notices reports and ads from Blairsville Indiana County. Prisoners at Tuk Cambria jail seven. Presbyterian church cleaning. Hugh Cunningham for County Commissioner withdrawn. boy injured at hay mow. lumber industry rain relief. Burns Turner Co foundry progress. Hunt preaching schedule. Calf weighs 120 pounds at birth. church anniversary for Dr. Goo Hill. political and business notices. railroad corporate meeting greensburg officers. millinery exhibit at Wo Marshall. Patton's ice cream. Sutton Wil stock new spring goods. Forepaughs show coming. Greensburg Sab bath School meeting. J W Smith Railroad House ad. French shad at Mott's. serious accident near Pine Flats.
The Epiror Progress describes a wet spell cooling the air and frost fears in Blair and Blaire, lists eleven new dwellings planned for the summer, and highlights construction on Brown Street by James and George Davis and Henry Rugg. It also notes W G Triece enlarging his gallery after rising business, a serious train accident hurting David Craig, plus a council election resulting in RS. Davis winning with 58 votes.
A speaker warned that no one thinks danger lies in his case while many great figures have fallen to strong drink. He cited Alexander and others, laments liquor's ruinous hold, and denounces the whisky trade as worse than lotteries and gambling. The talk closed amid applause, urging awareness of drink’s peril.
A former writer defends the clock, predicts it will prove accurate in time, and declines to engage in contract disputes. The page also lists multiple local merchants promoting nails, fish, boots, tobacco, doors, sash, lime, seeds, and summer goods with prices and incentives.
Classified ads announce prize hats for boys at the Company Store and a broad range of goods at Hall's. J C Moorhead offers flooring, shingles, lumber, and cash exchanges. 100,000 cigars at Nesbit's. grain buying and bark sales. Also ads for plastering lath, store rooms for rent, feather bed cleansing by steam, and hats at Wilson's near the Court House.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.