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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1915
Page
2
The Indiana Progress 1915 issue lists obituary notices and cards of thanks with poetry charged at five cents per line. Cash with copy required. subscriptions $1.50 yearly, $1.00 for eight months, 75c for six months, and 50c for four months.
The Republican county committee announces candidates for Sheriff Prothonotary Treasurer Register and Recorder Commissioners District Attorney Auditor County Surveyor Coroner and others for the September 21 2015 fall primary in Indiana County. Names include H A Boggs Leslie Pattison John Russell T Hoover John M Malcolm J G Conner Jay D Hill BH CG Willams A J Boucher Walter H Ayers John C Wells treasurer candidates H K Neal F M Smith Elmer E Carney J Irven Shaffer George S Griffith John W Miller James M Nichol James A White HB M Lowry Walter H Jackson J Blair Sutton Jd B Weaver J Clair Longwill J M Marshall John Bennett W B Wagner D P Bothell C M Sides Ezekiel Somerville J W Smith William W Brilhart J C Moore James W Mack William N Liggett John M Gamble William I George John D Adamson R Harvey Cunningham Fares Speedy R J Hood J Palmer J L Peterman G T McCrea Dr H B Buterbaugh Willis Wilson chairman July 28 1915 Indiana Ia.
Jewell Mayes praises the rural mail carrier as a vital force in farm life and national progress. The carrier delivers news, market reports, and daily lifelines across forty eight states, serving as a practical sociologist and friend to rural families through all conditions.
The text praises the evolution of daily mail service as a civil improvement after initial resistance. It argues for wage-based recognition by lawmakers and highlights decades of development from joke to necessity, noting prior unequal delivery favoring city business over rural farmers.
Indiana county carriers met in Blacklick for a fall gathering to push better roads. Officers elected February were James Campbell Blairsville president T E Sharp Shelocta vice president EB Weltzel Blacklick secretary treasurer. A women's auxiliary formed with Mrs Alex Malcolm president and others. 95 to 40 delegates attended as dinner at Central Hotel followed by a mixed program.
Sabbath school picnic at East Union Presbyterian grave next Saturday invites baskets. Montgomery families reunion on September 23 at Kellysburg hall. McGuire connection first reunion at Locust Park near Blacklick on next Saturday with baskets. Sturgeon school district tenth annual picnic September 18 at S M Johnston grove, inviting students teachers and citizens. Gillis M Doty, 72, Blacklick township resident dies in Mt. Clemens from carbuncle. survived by widow and sister. funeral held at Blacklick home and Blairsville cemetery.
Smicksburg residents and guests are reported in a weekend and weeklong snippet. John Bond of Pittsburg and Olive Wingrove of Dayton are mentioned among visitors while locals host relatives from Indiana, Akron, Pittsburgh and Plumville. Trips include Punxsutawney, Niagara Falls and Lakehart Farm in South Mahoning township. Several families, including the Stiteler, Bond, Good, McBrier, and Fry circles, host kin and friends with cars noted. Revivified by a November weekend, faces and journeys unfold across towns.
Johnstown visitors Glenn Hunter and Mrs. Rugh joined local family gatherings. Mrs. S. M. Rugh of Indiana visited her brother William Herlinger. Tax collector A. Hoover will be in Mechanicsburg to collect Brushvalley school tax on September 25. Blair Beck buys a hay baler for local use. Other residents, from Warren Ohio to Plumville, kept in touch with neighbors this week.
Mrs J M Cunningham of Young township was surprised by over 100 friends and neighbors on Saturday evening as they gathered at her home to celebrate her birthday. Baskets of food were brought and a feast was served during the merry occasion. Indiana’s Fine Financial Showing Reports show the town’s bank resources totaling 7.89 million dollars with deposits over 5.56 million across five banks. Per capita valuation exceeds 1,000 dollars based on census figures and updated estimates. Public Sale notices headline Hiland Potato and Stock farm near Barnesboro, listing 5 horses and various cattle, with a 1 PM start and terms of four months on approved security.
The Indiana Suffrage Association invites supporters to its Rest Tent at the fair. Dr. Mary H. Walr will present arguments twice daily at various grounds locations. No collections or donations will be requested.
Strong Bros thresh out of Cherryhill for farmers. Numerous local visits and travels include Ailsa Helena Denning returning from Greensburg, Mrs. Mary Lydie visiting Windber, and Mrs. Moses Barr from Purchase Line attending services at McCherryhill Brethren church. The piece notes many residents visiting relatives, traveling to fairs, and a house fire incident with heroic salvage.
John McDivitt of New Alexandria Pa died after an operation for cancer in the stomach or intestinal tract. He was father to Rev M M McDivitt of Blairsville. Survived by wife and several children. Rev Samuel B Linhart, once Blairsville seminary head, preached here recently during pastor Crisswell’s illness. Linhart’s mother died in Cleveland last week. Other locals mentioned include Harvey T McFarland and William J White visitors, Henry Geary returning from the Panama Pacific Exposition, and social visits by Mr and Mrs S D Stiffey. Also noted are school reopenings, seminary building use, plans for a new evangé lists’ tabernacle, and the north side of Marshall plot street entrance on Spring Street.
Heilwood R resident L Stuart of Indiana was a Monday caller. Fuller of Graceton was a J Lockard spent weekend at Greenwich. Mr and Mrs C B Barr motored to Uniontown Sunday. A baby boy arrived Sunday night at the home of Mr and Mrs William Roland. Both mother and child are reported fine. C E Fulton was a Cumberland Maryland caller Saturday. William Toy was a Clymer caller. William Griffith has moved to Strongstown.
Miles Davis and wife of Reynoldsville with daughter Mrs Wilson of New Jersey visited Mr Davis' mother on Sunday. Attendees included Mrs Laura Weaver Mrs Ollie Jamison and Mrs Joseph Kirkpatrick.
Mrs. and Mrs. Harding and family returned to Widgway from visiting her mother Mrs. Martha Kerr. Oscar Hoover of DuBois and Arrington Hoover and wife of Greensburg visited their mother on Sunday. Mrs. Sophia Wadding entertained Mrs. T. H. Weaver Saturday evening.
Strongstown residents report J P George returning from Pittsburg after a few days with friends. Merton George came home from Dover where he stayed with his brother Arthur for several days. Mr and Mrs John Bastard of Evans Run Cambria County visited friends in the area last week. Arthur L Graham of Red Mills called on J B Graham Friday. Notices section explains rates and payment for lost and for sale ads in advance, with each initial or number counting as one word.
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