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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1900
Page
5
Local correspondence from Homer City urges voters to participate in an upcoming election with a call for straight and honest ballots. The piece notes local social, political, and economic happenings including typhoid cases, community meetings, mining news, robberies, and various visits and moves across nearby towns, with several brief notices about residents and local businesses.
MABION CENTER Mrs Ower Ellis of Dubois visits Mr and Mrs I C Ellis. Mrs Henry Fleck and Miss Pearl Cary visit Punxsatawney. Miss Wychel VanHorne returns from home near town to Pittsburg. Miss Anne Beatty spends days near Deckers Point Mars. Etta Wetzsl visits daughter Mrs Reese Smithport. Mrs Ed Husler near town visits DuBois relatives. W F Elkin and Miss Cora Weir Indiana call on Marion Center friends. Miss Daisy Reese Smithport visits town. Mrs Frank Wadding and Miss Olive Weaver near Plainville guests of Mrs S McGinnty. Robert Craig has house plastered this week. Wm Wood and Ernest McGregor Indiana spend Sabbath in town.
Miss Clara Farnsworth of the Progress office visited her parents Saturday. Clarence Smith Ford Wassam and Edith Wassam are ill with typhoid fever. Miss Nona Napp teaching at Barnesboro visited home for Sabbath. E E Houk with pupils planted evergreen trees at Purchase Line school on Arbor Day. Mrs W R Calhoun of Indiana visited J R Ruffier family Sabbath. Miss Olie Harris left for Indiana for several weeks. Wm Rankin delivering winter apples to Indiana residents. Miss Clara Bulerbaugh went to Indiana to reside with D H Tomb family.
East Wheatfield notes show Mr and Mrs 8 C Van Horn and daughter Nellie leaving for Pittsburg. families visit Johnstown and Brushvalley. Prof Jennings and W L Davis move to Pittsburg. several stays with friends in Manor Indiana and Altoona. a protracted meeting encounters disruption. Rev Burkey to preach at the new evangelical church next Sunday at 10 30.
In Pine Flats Mrs. Sarah Williams of Johnstown visits friends here. B J Williams from Covert, Mich, plans a home visit next month. T P Stephens of Indiana called on local friends midweek. Mrs. Mary Yeagley of Johnstown visits her mother Mrs. Arthur. A merry gathering at Mr and Mrs James Elwood’s to celebrate Mrs Elwood’s 80th birthday with baskets and noon dinner. Miss Cathcart Maude Eine Edna McGara from Chambersville and Mary Black of Shelocta called on Margaret Conn ingham Saturday. John Peeler attended singing at Parkwood Friday night. Mrs. Harvey Miller and late daughter from near Dayton visit her parents Mr and Mrs Jacob Miller. Jay Boden and aunt Margaret Boden of Elderaridge called on Margaret Lucag who had been ill. Misses Bess Minnie Lightcay from Kel ly sburg and Olive Thomas visited Miss Belle Fleming near Shelocta last week.
Miss Minnie Overdorff and her mother stay at the bedside of Ida Manok who is very sick with fever in Pittsburg. Wn. Sowers and family visited Mrs. Daugherty last Sabbath. Daniel Hess plans a winter Kansas stay with his three children for health. Clara Steltz returns to Pittsburg after visiting her mother and sister here. J C Moore Saltsburg markets top hand made harness. Trespass notices offered on durable muslin at the Process.
An ad touts Scots Emulsion as the world leading tonic for growth and cure, praising cod liver oil and hypophosphites. It promises strong bones and rosy cheeks, notes trials in consumption and anemia, and urges readers to send for a free sample or buy for $1 from Scott & Bowne, chemists in New York.
Residents report visits and returns among Homer City, Jacksonville, Crawford County, and nearby communities. Local households welcome guests, church services conducted, and schools described as prospering. Community events include a Republican meeting, deployments to Pittsburg, and various family visits and travels.
A crowded community diary records visits and travels across Johnstown, Blairsville, and nearby towns with names like Hassimond, Hess Kelley, Annie Robinson, Coulter, Davis, and Stormer. Social calls, church events, a Prohibition meeting, and upcoming theater plans for Alvin Joslin fill a long list of brief hometown items.
White's restaurant serves oysters in every style from stewed to raw with fresh, large selections. The Reason notes oysters are best at White's and families can order any quantity during the season. Mr J C Moore of Salinburg is installing hot air furnaces in homes of West Lebanon and Shelocta and has more heating contracts. Henry Hall advertises bargains on men’s underwear and gloves. A new Outlook issue highlights Duke of Abruzzi voyage. new wall paper prices at Smith’s gallery.
A compact essay traces bread origins from ancient prayers to daily life, noting varied wheat use across regions. It highlights how cultures differ in bread knowledge, mentions Kan-Sou in China, and touts Tidal Wave and Victor Roller flour as key innovations in producing loaf quality. For sale everywhere.
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