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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1914
Page
6
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Memorial Day will be observed throughout Indiana County with parades, cemetery decorations, and services. The Indiana Post G A R will lead ceremonies, decorate graves, and host an address by E Walker Smith, with rail service and store hours adjusted for holiday observances. Local ball games, town fetes, and a Memorial Day program at Cookport and Plumville are scheduled, plus a Mechanicsburg ice cream festival to benefit the ball team.
Club women praise generous decorations from Indiana Floral Company and welcome thanks to the New Century Club of Indiana for hospitality. The meeting featured fancy work by Homer City Club and elected officers: President Mrs Hiery C. Christy Secretary Mrs E L Nix Treasurer Miss Eleanor R Ray. Memorial Day observances planned in West Lebanon with cemetery decorating ball games and a lawn fete benefiting the Presbyterian church.
Shannon and Farrell report cattle receipts at 1800 with market slow to barely steady. Prices range from 7.75 to 8.75 for steers and cows, with hogs, sheep, and calves showing varied but generally lower activity. Also noted are poultry prices and local listings for buggies and memorial day decorations.
A mosaic of light verse, jokes, and anecdotes poking at optimism and fear. From fortunes and courage to marriages and travel, the pieces mix playful dialogue and satirical vignettes about society, courtship, jealousy, and daily life in a late nineteenth or early twentieth century flavor.
A fragmentary caption hints at a misstep around a roof and a concealed issue in the mouth. The garbled lines suggest confusion or a miscommunication about a structural fault and its bodily implication, though specifics remain unclear.
Mrs. William H. Crawford died at her North Point home on Sunday aged 73 after cerebral hemorrhage. Survived by many children and brothers, funeral Tuesday at 9:30, North Point cemetery. Also noted were obituaries for Martin Wissell, Katherine Wiggins, Christopher Yate, William G. Hovis, Marian Crawford, Marian Mitchel, and N. I. Bhe.
The Salina Coal and Clay Company announces J. M. Johnston of Vandergrift has joined the board of directors. George B. Drennan, famed ceramic engineer, is elected president. S. J. Harry will oversee construction of shafts and tipple. The company offers 6 percent sinking fund bonds secured by a first mortgage on 2,000 acres in Bell township. Over $100,000 in bonds already sold. remaining at par less two years' interest.
M C Watson notes the very light county primary vote did not reach one third of voters and cites general lack of interest. He explains not seeking Legislature due to business, thanks supporters, and pledges future involvement while wishing success for his successor Wood.
A short, lively note urges keeping households clean to prevent flies breeding. It describes how lazy flies survive in warm indoor spots during winter and can spread typhoid, urging use of screens, fly traps, and poison. The piece ends with a local memorial day banner at Huey and Moorhead's.
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