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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1911
Page
2
A weary scene at a boarding house as a tired young teacher reflects on the burdens of work and confinement. Two women vent about weather and isolation while debating the appeal of others duties and the hidden hardships of different jobs.
A brisk dispute erupts over a missing watch as a blushing auburn haired man and a companion attempt to flee a local to subway press. The owner confronts them, the watch is freed from a coat button, and the woman boards the express while the pursuers fall short.
A French investigator on his estate conducted long trials showing pins decay into dust over time. Hairpins vanish after 154 days becoming ferrous oxide blown away by wind, while bright pins take 18 months, polished steel needles nearly 30 months. Some items endure longer, wood and holders decaying slowly, lead unaffected, cadar nearly as good as new, reflecting fragile materials in storage.
Workmen excavating a Bay Harbor cellar reveal foundations of Captain David Hand’s house, a Revolutionary War hero and famed whaleman. Relics include rifles and coins. Hand’s grave lies in Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, with epitaph noting his many partners.
The piece notes Swift's ties to Stella and Vanessa with little new detail. A Brereton unpublished letter to Swift from October 1714 hints the circle around him pressuring his judgments on appearances and age. The draft suggests Stella’s feelings could provoke Swift’s ire if disclosed.
Four generations within one family shared a fox hunting day, with Sir Edward Green in his eightieth year in scarlet enjoying the sport as he did fifty years ago. Present were Bissone Lycett Green, Wrank Green and Edward Green with family members and others at Pol Mall Ge during the hunt.
Cleaners are urged to ease chores with quick hacks for windows dusting and woodwork. Suggestions include removing window panes for laundering and swinging frames to dislodge dust. Improvised vacuum via bicycle pump and funnel can sweep rugs, while painting woodwork and buffing floors offer amused, brisk alternatives.
The Congo natives pay taxes in kind with domestic animals valued high due to ferrying prices. Cattle, horses, camels fetch strong figures and the system reflects a culture just starting to civilized norms. The Reverend late Professor Flint of Edinburgh reportedly received part of his emoluments in kind from university farms prior to 1876 before moving to Edinburgh.
Uncle Hiram tells his nephew to hire only healthy bosses. A cheerful, healthy leader inspires workers to double their effort, while a sour boss drains productivity and morale.
A devout oath for Siam officials commands blood to flow, crocodiles to devour, and endless punishment including water carried to hell, rebirth as a slave, deafness, blindness, and dire maladies. It vows torture in Norak and Pren Yam if the oath is broken.
The advertisement lists prices for regulation suits for women and misses from 4.50 to 15.00, junior misses suits 3.75 to 12.50, girls middy and linen outfits around 3.25 to 3.50, and various white dresses including lingerie styles from 6.50 to 15.00. It highlights value on a smart regulation suit at 8.50 and notes assorted trimmings and color options.
A garbled OCR page lists multiple pending executions and property descriptions in Indiana County Pennsylvania and nearby townships. It includes parcels in Armatron Green and Garfield Garfield Garfield area with detailed metes and bounds, boasting graves, houses, outbuildings, and coal rights, conveyed from various estates to creditors and purchasers, with dates from 1911 and references to National Bank of Indiana and other firms.
A lengthy property and lien notice describes multiple tracts in Indiana County Pennsylvania. It lists parcels, owners, and encumbrances including former conveyances to Massimo Mazziotti Michael Scoran and others, with boundaries, streets, and recorded deeds. The record covers numerous estates, mortgages, and public sale actions across several defendants and suits.
Estates listed include two tracts in West Wheatfield and a 108 acre parcel with boundaries described by old surveys. Public auctions held in June 1911 reveal multiple mortgages and legal notices from First National Bank and other lenders. Purchasers must pay at least 100 dollars upfront with rest due by week end. sales conducted by Sheriff Blair with parcels in Clymer and Indiana Borough announced.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the sheriff of Indiana County greeting. We command you to summon J C White James H Miller Admr of James Allison deed Mary J France Dr John Henry Nancy J Hurringer Ethel Henry Vivian Henry Flora Allison St C Allison James I Allison Hatty Allison W L Allison Clark Miller James H Miller Ernest Brewer William Brewer Mary Potts May Johnston The Savings and Trust Co Guardian of Clara B Brewer minor heirs of James Allipon deed and J D Dickey to appear before our Court of Common Pleas at Indiana on the first Monday of June next to answer for use of the School District of Center Township Indiana Co Pa in an action in a rampant. Witness the Hon J Telford Esquire President of our said Court at Indiana the 31st day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
A fragmented survey description lists tracts in Diamondville with bearings and distances. It notes coal rights, timber, and reserved mining rights under multiple parcels, beginning at stones and road edges, detailing directions like N 64 degrees 1.08 ft and S 6 degrees Bl ft, ending at the starting points.
Three Acres more or less with a frame house and coal on site. The tract, conveyed by Giles Gibson and Elizabeth Moore, dated June 30 and recorded in Deed Book 81, is to be paid half cash on confirmation and the balance in one year with interest. Sale to be conducted by Lincoln L. Gibson, executor of Giles Gibson.
A 1911-1912 notice set forth a divorce subpoena directed at David B. Clawson, requiring him to appear before the Court of Common Pleas in Indiana on the first Monday of June to show cause why his marriage to Valeria Clawson should not be dissolved. The document names J. Tell as President Judge and Jno. C. Wells as Prothonotary, with an administrator notice and an estray notice following. It mentions C Moyden Steetle’s estate and instructs any claims to be filed duly authenticated by April 19, 1912. An estray cattle notice from Cherryhill township dated April 25 warns the owner to call or forfeit the cow’s care.
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