This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1911
Page
4
The Indiana Progress, largest paper in the county, lists Moorhead and Moorhead as editors and proprietors. Notices and poetry are charged per line. cash with submissions. Wording appears garbled, with routine masthead and postal registrations, and a weekly Wednesday morning publication note.
Fragmentary OCR lists several county offices and names, including sheriff, register, treasurer, auditors, coroner, and surveyor. The garbled text names George AW Jotthi, Thecerdier ahordinated, Prothonotesy- Tolin CL Wells, and others. No clear events, dates, or actions are present.
A list details GOP meetings in multiple towns with dates from October 1 through November 4. Towns include Clarksburg Marion Center Plumville Cherry Tree Rossiter Heilwood Saliaburg Dixonville Creekside Shelocta Willet Arcadia Cockport Brushvalley Starford Homer City Clyde Clymer.
Congressman J N Langham of Indiana county spoke yesterday on state capitol affairs and coal land growth. He is a likely reelection candidate and noted western Pennsylvania agriculture and population rise. The piece promotes the State Horticultural Association show at Duquesne Garden, Pittsburg, January 15 to 20 1912, with related gatherings by plant and dairy groups.
The musical comedy Buster Brown arrives at Library Hall in Indiana tonight October 18 with a 40 member company led by Frank O Thornton. The show promises lively dancing clever dialogue and flashy scenic effects adding to a strong performance by a noted fireman actor from Mid Oklahoma.
In a tale of sisters, Vicky watches Edith marry another and George drift away. After hardship in the city, she confronts her past with George Miller and sacrifices her chance at happiness to keep faith with her sister, then learns his true affection. A political notice closes the fragment.
Insanity in U S hospitals on January 1, 1904 numbered not less than 150 161, over a third more than the 74 028 in 180, and experts predict the total in the United States at least 200 000. From 1904 to 1910 New York hospital inmates rose 25 percent. Annual care costs run about 60 million dollars. New York state spends about one sixth of its expenditures on the insane. The New York State Charities Aid Association is promoting scientific public education on causes and prevention, distributing a pocket leaflet to physicians, schools, clergy, colleges, health officers, unions, manufacturers, and city officials.
A report from Southern Cross, Australia, details several bush wanderers tracked by police and trackers. Hugh Fraser was rescued after 80 miles of pursuit, another man was found after 40 miles, and a five year old named C Goodwin was traced through nine miles of scrub and ten miles of open terrain. The child endured 43 hours without food, water, or shelter before being found alive though badly scratched and exhausted.
A fragment from Tit-Bite reflects on idle acts described as crime. The speaker jokes about killing time murdering a tune smothering a yawn and other minor misdeeds, mixing wit with light satire.
Farm for sale in Young township Indiana Pa offering 210 acres with a fine house good timber and water sources, fruit trees and proximity to churches school and railroad. Suitable for farming or grazing. Price 4500 inquiries via First National Bank of Indiana or D C Brown 1027 Washington St Indiana Pa. Also notices for gun and straw needs and local business ads. Includes stockholders meeting notice for Oakland Cemetery Association and a borough debt election notice for Indiana Pa.Election on November 7 1911 to authorize 230000 debt for municipal building with current and floating debt details.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.