Smicksburg News From Dayton and Local Trades
Smicksbury reports a carload of lambs shipped by J. W. Marshall weighing 74 pounds. J. W. Condron, a wagon maker, has built a blacksmith shop scheduled to open soon. Barrett & Son millers installed a buckwheat flour refiner, aiming for higher quality. H. F. Redding of Pittsburgh visited and Mrs. Redding returned home with her husband after staying with her parents in South Mahoning.
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Smicking
Dayton
Tr H. F. Redding
Pittsburg
West Mahoning
Local notes record visits, sermons, and community moves
Steven Sawer paints his house while visitors from Apollo call on relatives over Sunday. Several ministers and laypeople are mentioned with sermons, baptisms, and new members recorded. Families relocate to Glen Campbell as Miss Maggie Raffner and Miss Mabel Reed begin teaching. An advertising note extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Shaker Digestive Cordial as cures and tonics.
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Steven Sawer
Apollo
E.J. Philips
Aivhey
New Castle
Bertha Conover
Clark
Maggie Raffner
Mabel Reed
Taylorsville
Wi. Mckinley
Cookport
R. L. Price
Glen Campbell
Prominent Indiana County Builder Builds Queen Anne Home Near Dayton
Mr W P Borland near Dayton completes a seven room Queen Anne residence in Armstrong county with hardwood finishes modern conveniences and individual baths. Contractor A Rarne of Barnards. Borland a leading local farmer expects to move in within two weeks. The State Sunday School Convention at Carlisle October 13 15 features devotional meetings and Bible readings led by Rev L W Munnall D D expected to draw large attendance with fall particulars available from Stev C J Kephart D D Annville PA.
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W. P. Borland
Indiana County
Dayton
Armstrong County
A. Rarne
Barnards
Borland
Caylisle
L. W. Munnall
D. D
Reward Offered for Lost Amethyst Pin
A geld breast pin set with an amethyst was lost last week between the Third Ward School building and Fil tool store. The finder will be rewarded if the pin is left at the Progress Office.
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Aire
South Ward
Fil Tool
J. M. Laughtin
West Indiana School
Proc Ress
Wheat and flour price advances at Pioture mill
Wilson Howe Hetrick report new wheat payments of 70 cents for delivery at their flouring mill. An advance in flour follows with Spring wheat flour at 1.20 per sack and winter wheat flour at 1.16 per sack.
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Wilson, Howe & Hetrick
Pittsburg Exposition Gains Unanimous Local Praise
The Western Pennsylvania Exposition Society’s Pittsburg show receives unanimous praise for its decor and the new music wing that adds 3000 seats. The Exposition features electric devices, paving materials, a 300-picture Art Gallery, and notable canvases including Rochgrosse’s Revolution scene and Reinhart’s Washed Ashore. A Chicago Marine Band and New York’s Fred Innes Ensemble perform daily. The Edelman X Ray apparatus and gravity railroad headline amusements, with free samples from many exhibitors. The Southern Railroad Company brings Atlanta Exhibit products to Pittsburg, including marbles, stone, minerals, woods, and South fruit in glass jars, displayed at the west end of Mechanical Hall. The exhibit’s secrecy was kept to ensure novelty.
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Western Pennsylvania Exposition Society
Rochgrosse
Stanley Reinhart
Pittsburg
Chicago
New York
Fred Innes
Mr. Innes
Mr. Edison
Exposition
Atlanta
Southern Railroad Company
South
TWO LOCAL INSTITUTES To Be Held in Washington and Rayne Townships This Month
Two local institutes are announced for October with sessions at Ray school house on October 23 and 24 and Kettering school house in Washington township on October 10 1896. The program lists topics on teaching aims compulsory school law and school room problems with speakers including Wm Johnston Ira Johnston Mattie Fleming Nettie Clowse Thos Lewis and others. All friends of education are invited to attend and participate.
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Washington
Rayne Townships
Rayne Township
Ray School House
H. W. Black
F. E. Groft
C.W. Getty
Ella Boucher
R.T. Wolf
Mary Shields
A. P. Lewis
H. J. McElhoes
Friends of Education
Kettering School House
Washington Township
Nettie Clowse
Thos. Lewis
Frank Johnston
Samuel Swan
Alonzo Rankin
John Adamson
Maude Trusal
Jacob Brown
John Trusal
William Davis Boots and Shoes on Water Street
Crawford's building opposite Jobe boarding house hosts William Davis for made to order boots and shoe repairs.
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William Davis
Crawford
Jobe
Water Street
Tanoma man to open grocery in Vin ton dale Cambria county
Mr J B Buchanan of Tanoma left Monday evening for Johnstown. This week he will open a grocery in Vin ton dale, the new town in Cambria county.
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J. 8. Buchanan
Tanoma
Johnstown
Buchanan
Vintondale
Cambria County
Editorial Certainty on the Medium of Payment
The piece argues that stable money is essential for confidence and enterprise. It labels Bryan’s supporters as hypocritical and warns that free silver would lower wages and destabilize the economy, citing wheat and currency debates and comparing U S to nations on silver standards. It appeals to workers to vote for McKinley and Hobart, stressing monetary reform and government authority.
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McKinley
Hobart
Bryan
N. Y. World
China
Mexico
Japan
United States
Desirable Fall Garments From Biber and Easton
Biber and Easton present a line of short fur shoulder wraps in silk lined electric seal with silver hare martens and astrakhan combinations. New black boucle capes with Thibet edge lavish silk lining plus a range of seal plush wraps from 35 to 50. Reefer suits at 10 in Scotch brown gray mixes, new shape light jacket suits with velvet piping. alterations offered free of charge.
Children’s coats and wraps in new shapes
New stock offers children’s coats and wraps with warm school jackets in fresh materials. Prices start at $1.50 and $2.00 and up.
Fragmented 19th century ad and notice collage
A mixed page fragment shows political chatter about McKinley Tillman and Pennsylvania, brief notes on Hood's Sarsaparilla, a pupil progress reporting idea, English Spavin Liniment claims, a lost gold-rimmed glasses notice, cider barrels for sale, and temporary wallpaper sale. Names include Tillman, McKinley, Hood, and local businesses in Indiana PA and Pittsburg PA.
Currency of equal value essential to nation in 1816 Madison
In Madison, 1816, a statement argues the nation must possess a currency with uniform value and wide acceptability across all circulation. It emphasizes nationwide credit and usable currency for economic cohesion.
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Madison
Silver dollar production and the 1873 silver question
In 1896 by Sept 1 the U S government minted 11 212 412 silver dollars and in the prior eight months minted 5 181 174 more than from 1776 to 1873 combined. The Mint still coins about 2 700 000 monthly amid claims of a silver conspiracy and hard times due to 1873金-era policy.
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United States
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