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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1913
Page
5
A long list of local residents and visitors in Vandergrift and nearby towns mentions names like Mrs. D. B. Townsend, Alex Harbison, Mrs. Arthur Watson, and J. A. Lowry among others. The piece covers social calls, travels, church notices, and forthcoming events including a Smyrna U. P. convention and school activities.
An old newspaper notice lists monthly and weekly periodicals available to paying subscribers. Items include Progress and National Tribune, New York Weekly, Tribune Farmer, World Thrice a Week, Pittsburg Daily Gazette Times, Ohio Farmer Weekly, Toledo Weekly, New Idea Woman's Magazine, Dispatch, National Stock Blade, Louis Globe Democrat, with prices and subscription terms.
Coats for girls and grown ups are reduced with plenty of colors and fashion. Norfolk style coats for girls ages 14 to 18, all wool, blazer style, tailored look. Originally priced at 7.50 now offered at 5.98 with other all wool coats down to 3.98 for girls. Sizes regular.
Rev L W Stahl of Windber was in Indiana as a caller yesterday. Mrs Mattie Davis and J O Davis and wife of Heilwood visited N J Anderson on Church Street this week. Mrs Edward N Lydick of Cherry Hill township returned from Erie where she stayed with her mother. Miss Eather Sutton spent Sunday with Arthur Sutton and wife near Shelocta. Misses Ethel Hockenberry and Margaret Fleming visited Jackson Smith near Chambersville over Sunday. James S Dodds and Clare Fleming spoke at the Bliss Electric School alumni banquet in Pittsburgh. J H Boring of Dubois and his three children visited relatives and stopped to see N J Anderson on Church Street. William Shaffer of Washington township traveled home from Washington, Pa., after being at his sister’s bedside. Mrs Maria Spence’s sister was visited by Mrs William Sutton of Dayton, who returns with her granddaughter to visit Wilkinsburg enroute to Dayton. What Boy of Yours? Huey and Moorhead advertising baseball goods in Indiana. Wiconal Mink Farm notes a new mink venture started by a northern Wisconsin man seeking profits.
An old style ad describes a rural goods store offering flour, evaporated fruit, sugar, soap, and laundry items with advertised prices. It promotes a home parlor set and a piano on easy payment, and mentions Birthday cards and books at Huey & Moorhead's by the Court House.
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