McKinley Victory Praised as Prosperity Continues
The result is satisfactory with McKinley and Roosevelt leading to a larger majority than 1896 in Pennsylvania. The text celebrates GOP wins, re election of H. M. Jack in the district, and John B. Fisher and Laird and Thompson for state offices. It notes Republican gains in districts while acknowledging modest decreases in McKinley votes. It concludes with pride in continued national prosperity and vindication of McKinley policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Nebraska Statesman
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
M. Jack
John 8. Fisher
Messrs
Laird
Phompson
J. Scott McGahey
Indiana County Vote On Poor Farm Purchase Proposed
Voters in Indiana county are invited to vote in February on purchasing and establishing a poor farm. Readers are asked to share reasons for or against the plan, with humane and financial considerations highlighted. Also noted is Colonel M. S. Quay’s anticipated election to U S senator and a 1897 Sabbath hunting ban with penalties. Historic column references include a June 1868 Register and American Monthly Advertiser excerpt and the persistence of five local business signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
J. Wilson Earl
Register and American Monthly Advertiser
Thia Place
James Anderson
Paul Vogel
Personal Brevities Note Wide Circle of Local Visitors
Mr 8 W Guthrie and Prothonotary and Mrs W R Calhoun are Blairsville visitors. Many towns are represented with residents visiting Pittsburg, Johnstown, Marion Center, and Indiana. Several individuals plan travel to Elk, New York, or Florida. others announce illness, weddings, and church events. a lecture on missions and forthcoming farmers institutes are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey Marshall
Harry
New York City
F. E. Lewis
Blairsville
Marion Center
Labbath
G. T. Reynolds
Chareb Street
Pittsburg
Lottie Hazlett
Conemaugh Township
R. M. Duncan
Deckers Point
Jacob Zimmerman
Charles F. Cress
Johnstown
Indiana
Sherman DeVinney
Harry Long
Fairview
Maggie Ellis
Springdale
Sallie McLaren
Sewickley
Church Street
Stella Henderson
Mt. Pleasant
J. R. Henderson
Shelocta
H.C. Farren
Derry
H. B Rhodes
Thomas Lowman
Sarah Dizon
R. N. Miller
Georgeville
Mary E. Beatty
Armour Mullen
Massillon
John Moore
Brookville
Harriet Lafferty
L. A. Rhodes
Blairaville
North Ninth Street
W. H. Martin
Pine Township
Jacksonville
J. E. Lydie
Mars
Buter County
Wm. DeArme
White Township
H. van Thompson
H. E. Hoover
Pomona
Cal
Clark Hamilton
Elkin
Indiana Normal School
John McKee
James Crosby
Lena Wissinger
St. Paul
Minn
Frank McKee
Homer City
Rev. N. §. Fisens
New Kensington
J. L. Fisens
Madison
Armstrong Township
Samuel Figena
William Elkin
Jeannette
Smicksburg
Lewis Hay
Hay
A. B. Hay
Elliot
Allegheny City
Martin Kier
Town
Kier
R. H. Smith
Rayne Township
John Long
Connellsville
Denver
Colo
L. M. Newell
Baptist Training School of
Chicago
A. J. Furman
Pine Flats
Hugh Williams
Michigan
8. M. McHenry
State Board of Agriculture
Boarding and supplies offered at local business
Boarding at reasonable rates by the week, day or single meals, 462 Mes. E. C. Jobe, 625 Water Street. Line your stable or chicken coop with heavy paper, the best thing for wind protection, five cents a bundle at the PROGress office. Men's heavy working shoes of the best kinds, at Sharretta's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norv
Seventh Street
Indiana
Loca Telephone
Indiana Progress
Sharretta
Homer City Local Notes and Social Visit Highlights
Local correspondent Paul Reed reports on social visits in Homer City and surrounding areas. Events include George Carnon's wrist injury, a Masons banquet in Vandergrift, and light traffic through town. Notes cover church reopenings, election chatter, and community requests for street lighting amid ongoing repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Reed
Wilkinsburg
George Carnon
Vandergrift
Ross Fleming
Flora Wiggins
Sheloca
Homer City
Turner Hildebrand
Juo
Carson
William Daugherty
J. Lisle Apple
Bryan
Charles Wineman
Indiana
Presbyterian Church
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THE
County
A. T. Moorhead & Son
M. 5. Quay
United States
Quay
Pres Auditor Dent
General Congress
Cong RI Senassembly
ATE
Armagh
Eadger
Banks
Armstrong
Blacklick
Brushvaley
Buffington
Burrell
Conemaugh
Glen Campbell
Grant
Ward
Mahoning
East
Glliel
Mechanicsburg
Montgomery
Rayne
Washington
Wheatfield
West
Socialist Labor Party
People's Party
Socialist
Church News
United Presbyterian Church
D. M. Kinter
Peter
First United Presbyterian Church
Women’s Baptist Home Missionary Work
Kellysburg Hall
Ambrose
Richmond Baptist Church
Mes. E. C. Jobe
Water Street
USA
J. ©. Leasure
Near Cockport
Mary Brown
John E. Lydick
Braddock
Elvira Shields
Melvin Colbitt
G. D. Patrick
Frank Fleming
Wm. E
Cherryhill Township
John E Adams
Bert Strong
Near Here
Harrison Lydie
Apollo
Times
Pigecr
W.R. Loughry & Co
Life Assurance Society
S.W. Guthrie
Farmer’s Bank Building
Work & Son
Opposite Court House
J. B. Hinds Will Smith
Crive
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