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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1922
Page
13
Police expose a transatlantic scheme by Chaldean and Syrians posing as clergy to obtain funds. Two self styled priests swapped accusations after arrest revealing a broad fraud network using forged letters from American clergy to dupe donors. Many involved operated mainly in the United States.
Miss Muir daughter of steamship engineer in Scotland touring on the Spanish ship Alphonse XII sought Broadway sights when New York was not a port. The captain arranged a trip after contacting the New York agent, with appreciation for her father's naval shipbuilding.
National board of fire underwriters reports 1915 to 1920 fire losses at 1 672 722 077 from 8 000 000+ fire reports. Matches and smoking jets cause 60 000 000 losses, electricity 80 000 000, stoves and boilers 63 000 000, chimneys 61 100 000. 67 percent of losses are preventable. New York leads with 14 000 000, Pennsylvania 9 000 000, Texas 88 000 000. A 230 pound hog yielded 230 pounds of ham from a 614 pound animal in Mineola Texas.
The Tower Council authorizes grading and widening Widti street between Philadelphia and Worth Boroughs Line with curb. Two thirds of cost assessed on abutting real estate along the foot front. Street Committee may contract for construction under Council approval. Ordinance presented May 15 1922 and published in The Indian Progress for two weeks. D. F. Rinn President. Attest JoAn Taylor Secretary. May 17 1922-21
Ordinance 340 authorizes grading curbing and paving School Street between Fifth Street and the P R R right of way in Indiana Borough. Two thirds of costs to be collected by assessment on abutting properties. Street Committee may grade curb pave or contract work. Publication and posting procedures noted with dates in May 1922.
Barrell township sets a meeting at Blarkilek schoolhouse on Suture tay to seal twenty three fences for the coming terms of dunks. Vendors may bid on fuel wood and other items. the committee reserves the right to reject any or all bids. President WB Donaldison and Secretary J Y Howretsolmer announce the notice dated May 1, 1882.
Native Berkshire boar, registered, owned by Clair Stiteler near Smicksburg, will begin the breeding season at the barn. The hog is described as a thoroughbred native to Hog Raisers and is slated for stud duties this year.
Public sale of property under writs of Fi Fa and Ley Fa issued to Meyer of Common Pleas in Indian City. Event held at the Court House in Indiana Pennsylvania on a date to be announced. Legal notices warn creditors and interested parties to prepare claims and deadlines.
A long list of mortgagee notices and property foreclosures in Indiana County Pennsylvania from a May 1922 sheriff sale. Describes coal and land tracts in Montgomery Grant and Green townships, with rights of mining and road use, plus several other parcels in White Rayne and West Wheatfield townships. Names include C. R. Smith, J. B. Nickle, Margaret Thomas, Samuel B. Weiler, and others. Sale adjourned to June 5 1922 at 1 15 p m.
Property is to be sold at public sale to satisfy a mortgage and liens. The notice lists the parcel in Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, with boundaries by Walnut Street Riverside Avenue and University Avenue. Terms require at least 100 dollars down when the bid is knocked down, balance due on or before the second Monday of June, with deed contingent on full payment. Sheriff J. McMards of Indiana issues the notice May 17 1922.
Executor of the estate of Mrs Genoyy 7, Dickte, Deed, linked by an order of the Orontinia Court of Tr beta, will offer for public sale the premises in White township Caditak County. Auction to be held on date to be announced in 1024.
Public notices detail a land survey in White township with bounds to secure a parcel description and conveyance by various prior owners. Additional notices announce teachers needed in West Tremont and a probate advertisement for Tragedy Nail Sicermeghger, administrator, Stafford, Pa May 17 1922.
The document shows a divorce subpoena issued for Micheline Godart and Joseph Godart in Indiana County Pennsylvania. It orders Joseph Godart to appear before the Court of Common Pleas at Indiana on the first Monday of June, 1923, to answer why the divorce should not be granted, with the sheriff and prothonotary involved and dated April Ui day, 1923.
Attorney Samuel W. Miller enforces process in the divorce case Nakles vs Adele Nakles. The document orders Adele Nakles to appear before the Indiana Court of Common Pleas on the first Monday of June to show cause why the divorce from husband S. B. Nakles should not be granted. Witness N. Langham, Provident Judge, dated April 4, 1922. Prothonotary Wald, Ayes, and Sheriff Richards noted.
A dense OCR of legal filings and notices from May 1922 includes applications for quarter corporations, executor’s notices, school elections, and estate settlements. Names such as James Tack, Pureloc & Erie, and Charles W. Inert appear amid inquiries into incorporation and banking acts, with dates and locations in Indiana County and Penn Run.
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