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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1899
Page
5
Local notes show typhoid patients stable with no new cases. Community updates include visits among residents, trades, and a Holiness convention ongoing with several pastors assisting. Glen Campbell area sees timber purchases, new enterprises, and long distance telephone work underway.
South Bend and Strongstown feature visits, hostings, and social events. Residents travel to Philadelphia Vandergrift Indiana and Johnstown for family and work, with school clubs, social socials, and home improvements shaping the week.
Clark Work recovers from typhoid. Conrad Pifer buys Harry Richardson property in Richmond and plans November move. New doctor Mr. Reider praised. Mrs. Daugherty slowly recovers from rheumatism. Moses Steele visits from Georgeville. Wm Sutton estate sale well attended. Various visits, sales, and church notices noted in Plumville and surrounding areas including Beberinger and Crawford school events.
The Smicksburg hotel, closed eight weeks due to typhoid fever, has been renovated and is now reopened to the public. Local notes report visitors from Verona and DuBois, weather affecting Halloween, a forthcoming telephone line to Goodville, and a county vigil on community activities including a Thanksgiving festival by the Epworth League. Various residents travel, work, and visit across Marion Center and surrounding towns, with updates on sick lists, visits, and engagements.
The Indiana markets report covers grain and flour prices, livestock bids, poultry and dairy figures, including No. 2 red wheat at 64 8 4c, corn varieties around 34 9c, oats up to 81 3 4c, hay ranges, live poultry prices per pair and per pound, dressed poultry costs, game, butter, cheese, eggs, and regional cattle hogs and sheep quotes. Cattle receipts and price ranges are listed for extras, prime and good categories, with hogs, sheep and lambs also detailed.
The Woman's Relief Corps invites all to a chicken and biscuit supper at the West End engine house on Thursday evening November 16 from 5 to 10. Supper price is 25 cents. All are cordially invited.
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