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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1911
Page
8
A man and woman sit on a porch by the sea with a table and a pack of cards. He reads fortunes from the cards to woo her, revealing rivals, lovers, and family ties as two onlookers observe from the beach.
Governor Tener approves bill amending the dog law. It requires all taxable dogs to wear a substantial collar with attached tags issued by county commissioners, funded from dog taxation. Tax collectors issue year tags and enforce penalties for noncompliance, including possible dog killing after notice.
Andrew Gyeus, 15 month old son of Mr and Mrs Louis Gyeus of Sample Run, ingested strychnine pills last week. He obtained a box Tuesday and died shortly after despite antidote efforts by physicians. Communion at Smyrna Church services planned next Sabbath with morning and evening preaching. Preparatory services Friday and Saturday at 2 o'clock.
Well known and reliable furniture firm of Mr. and Mrs. W. Mahaffey of Pittsburg will be at the New Indiana House in Indiana Virginia, showcasing their goods to local patrons.
At the Central Hotel in Saltsburg on Wednesday October 25, free eye examinations will be offered with Mahaffey system fittings. Prices range from $1 to $8 and no drugs are used. The exhibitor states no representatives and urges inquiries at the hotel.
Attorney Harvey J. McElhoes and Miss Jeannette Eberhart of Pittsburg wed at the bride’s parents’ home on September 28. The groom, a native of Kellysburg, is a successful Pittsburg attorney. Other couples include Cunkle Stuchell in Blacklick, Ilsa Baker and Charles C Geas in Vandergrift, William R Taylor and Page Fitzgerald in Johns town, Ralph Allen and Allen Aaroe in Cleveland, Reed Marshall and Grace Chapman in Clearfield, Clarence George and Ella Serene in Cumberland Maryland, and Henry J Seger and Elizabeth Crawford near Rossiter and Rochester Mills.
The Cunningham Company advertises a wide range of dress fabrics and suits with prices from 10 to 25 dollars. It highlights new Browns Blues Grays mixtures and silks samples, inviting customers to visit for selections and mail samples.
A cobbled list shows Cunningham's department stores offering men and boys caps shoes and underwear with prices from 26c to 5 dollars. Ethel Trenderson and Mr Swank discuss trims fringes buttons and new silk hosiery as a shopper sequence unfolds.
Local message recaps a neighborhood grocer in Indiana area with Penn Run ties. Mr Barnett, Mrs Gazette handle calls about Henkle Flour and Cunningham’s Basement Grocery offering wide stock and low prices. Customer memories highlight Cunningham family, old town stores, and bargain heavy ads on coffee sugar and jars.
Fragmentary listing details multiple rug patterns and prices. Mentions 9x12 patterns at values around 16.50 to 20.00, velvet and tapestry styles, some 10-wire tapestries and stair carpet offerings. Ambiguous shop name Philipsburg and partial quantities.
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