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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1931
Page
8
By virtue of writs Fi Fa Wend Ex and Lev issued from the Court of Common Pleas Indiana County there will be public sale at the Court House Indiana PA ofoutcry on a date to be announced.
A court sale lists numerous Indiana County and Blairsville properties including Pine Township land with a 29 acre tract and coal rights, Cone maugh and Conemaugh holdings, burnish of dwellings, and two Marion Center lots. Names include Elmer Detwiler, Elsie Detwiler, Waugaman, Rogerson, Clinton Shaffer, Walter Muir, and Robert Postlewait among others.
Notice to bidders that a sale requires a bond of one hundred dollars or equivalent on bid. Purchasers must pay balance by the second Monday of September or face resale. Sheriff may employ other legal remedies if payment is not completed. H. Elmer Borland, Sheriff, Indiana, Pa.
From Kataupapa leper settlement on Molokai a daring rescue unfolds as seven men face peril at sea. Kalama is saved after falling overboard, a cliff ascent aids a beach landing, and a lifeline allows all to reach safety with aid from Fuji Maru crew. After night on the beach without food, one rescuer climbs the cliff to summon help, while the others return with a raft and crew to bring the remaining non swimmers ashore.
In Shanhalkuan near here a man on a pleasure trip fell into the water. Relatives and friends begged a fisherman to save him for 500 dollars and offered lower sums. He refused, and as the kin finally paid the price the victim’s head disappeared beneath the water for the third time.
In Santa Barbara 800 residents were swindled by a man and a young woman posing as charity workers. They sold $2 tickets to a supposed musical concert claiming proceeds would aid charity, but no refunds were offered and the event did not materialize.
A long list of visitors and family gatherings highlights a Sunday and weekend in Punxsatawney and surroundings. Guests include Mrs. Rose Wells Stiver and Misses Vivian Verna and Betty Lou Gotwald from Cleveland, plus D. C. and J. L. Wells. Local families hosted and attended school reunions and showers. Mr. T. H. Frantz campaigns for county commissioner. local cider press at Rossmayne mill active. community notices urge trespass notices at the Progress Office.
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