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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
5
Community notices from Nellysburg and surrounding Indiana area detail visits, arrivals, and social events. Names include Hileworth, Farbaueh, Prothero, Shields, McGaughey, Wingard, Ewing, and Brown among others. Locations cited include Clymer, Plumville, and Shelocta with references to months and weekend gatherings.
Arun of visits and visiting relatives fills the Indiana area with names such as Matthew Brilhart John Raitigh Nova Napp and Nova Napp guests at nearby homes. Ratchford Dixonville Austin Cooper and others host or attend gatherings while Miss Dollie Gibson and J G Weaver travel for business or family, and several residents move or install new homes and furnaces.
A wide set of late October notices reports shootings, deaths, and arrests across Pennsylvania and nearby states. Incidents include a ride out murder at Williore Cambria county James Bonglvotiot named killer, a fatal trash-vehicle accident near Coffman, and a fire at Hicks residence in Selinsgrove. Also noted are a death from typhoid in Lebanon and a mass of public safety updates from Harrisburg and Wheeling.
Forecast calls for fair conditions in West Virginia on Tuesday and Wednesday with fresh northeast winds. Western Pennsylvania shows similar fair weather and breezy conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ohio also expected to be fair with increasing northeasterly winds and gusts during the period.
A scattered update details thefts in Canton and Warren County with Frank Snooks confessing to a cigar stand robbery, and Frank Conden acquitted of manslaughter in Morrow. Altoona suffers forest fires and a looming water famine while Hiram Peck, a Cincinnati capitalist, dies from Jamaica earthquake complications. Personal notes mention Miss Anna Wagle visiting Apollo and relatives in Ebensburg.
Parathoon Mrs Hallie Patterson spent time with relatives in Blalravilla and nearby friends. A rally drew many local young men from Indiana last Saturday. Mr and Mrs T B Wachob visited Apollo briefly. Mrs M Z Craig stayed with her son Pearl in Indiana. Mrs F McAdoo of Ligonier visited her mother Mrs Sarah Smith. Road and School tax collection at the Court House planned for October 30 and 31. Brown and Hamill act as county treasurers for the congregation. Brooklyn church marks silver jubilee with Rev William Nichol as pastor. growth noted in Buffalo district.
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