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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1899
Page
5
Local correspondence records a steady stream of visits and social events in Kent and nearby areas. Guests include Misses Rena Uncapher and Mary Robin from Kent at Pittsburg exposition, and families visiting Indiana Blairsville and Vandergrift, with church activities noted as Rev Douds and Rev Bracken prepare services.
Local notes from Penn Run CherryTree West Wheatfield and SHBON regions report residents moving, visiting relatives, and community activity. Debra Sebring Emma Barr relocate to Indiana to start sewing. Rev Wylie moves family. various visits to Vandergrift Johnstown Ebensburg Indiana and Diamondville. shows and sales planned. typhoid fever notes. missionary plans. show leaves town. several farms and trades mentioned.
An old advertisement links beauty to health, claiming constipation kidney trouble and impure blood cause a run down look with pimples and a wretched complexion. It touts Electric Bitters to regulate organs and purify blood and promises a good appearance for invalids. Also promotes home heating services and a new W L Douglas shoe invoice at local stores.
Miss Maggie Caulfield of Wintondale helped her parents move to Armagh on Sunday. Mrs. William Engle visited Mrs. John Douglass in Green township last Thursday. Annie Hill stayed with Pearl Graham last Sunday. Wellington Cameron plans bee hunting until after the fifteenth, then woods with his gun. Amos Shultz sold his coal and swapped farms for property in Indiana. Austin Mervine sold his Pine township farm to Alex McAdams of Morrellville. T. J. Davis is preparing lumber for a large sheep and implement shed. N. D. Artemus harvested 204 bushels by weight from eight acres buckwheat. James H. Canfield moved to Armagh after selling farm to coal company at Wintondale. Canfield couple valued as peaceful locals and will be missed. A Pine township youth faces consequences if he does not restore Rev. Snyder’s hitching post. Miss Gertie Hill, formerly of Johnstown, returned home after visiting grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Graham.
In East Wheatfield farmers thresh buckwheat with 197 bushels from five acres by HE Bennett for Isaac Luther. Local visits include Seward, Johnstown, Curry Run church events, Sabbath school lectures, and church services with new members. Nearby Orbeg reports illness, visitors from Vandergrift and Village Pa, and farming notes on land leasing and upcoming drilling at William Duncan’s farm.
An advertising snippet urges readers to store papers under carpets to protect from dust during October house-cleaning. Local notices promote paper packs, apples for cider vinegar, wind-falls, and harness-related services. ProGreSs office lists treepass notices for sale.
A long list of visits and social calls includes Mr. and Mrs. Newton Charles of Pittyburg visiting E. W. Steele, and Mrs. N. C. Simpson traveling to Reynoldsville to see a seriously ill daughter. Several residents, like Belle Benton Learn and Charles Steff, visit family in the area. church services are announced for the United Evangelical church next Sabbath at 10:30. Typhoid fever illness is reported for Miss H. W. Longwill and her son, while Rev. Miller moves to town. Also noted are farming, store duties, and local business updates plus notices about letters and various advertisements.
Stumpf's advertises an expanded winter stock at lower prices than ever before. The notice touts a larger store layout and improved convenience, aiming for continuous improvement toward perfection.
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