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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1889
Page
5
The column records a flurry of local items from Gettysburg and nearby towns listing visitors, appointments, road and pavement improvements, a postmaster appointment, social events, lectures, sales, exhibitions, and various small town notices including a canal reunion, lectures, fairs, and improvements. It also includes ads and notices about products, horses, and a few deaths.
Bayne notes describe rotting potatoes, seeding, good roads, ripening buckwheat, and a promising corn crop while naming visitors from Salteburg and Camden. Local events mention sermons, hunting, dances, visits, a taffy party, and a squirrel season. Blairsville items include weddings planned, excursions, a sailor’s baptism, and a fatal train accident near Campbell Street.
Mrs J H Giles of Everett Pennsylvania recounts years of kidney and gravel trouble. After using Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy from Rondout New York she reports being perfectly well and happy again.
The proprietor markets his patent medicine peculiarly by authorizing druggists to give free sample bottles to customers. Large bottles cost 50 cents and one dollar. The notice urges a trial, suggesting it may prevent consumption.
A B Lewis son of Wm G Lewis of Locust Lane died of typhoid fever in Aberdeen South Dakota on September 1 after a brief illness. He had practiced law in Minneapolis and moved to Aberdeen last June. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1886 and was interred at Covode family burying ground. The notice extends condolences to the bereaved family.
Mrs Elizabeth Mabon wife of ex Commissioner Mabon died at her East Mahoning township home on Friday Sept 6 age 56 years 8 months and 11 days after heart trouble and a recent apoplexy. She was mother of six with three surviving and her funeral at Mahoning U P church drew a large crowd. Rev Ewing led a sermon from Rev 3 12 praising her life of faith and devotion.
The Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar meets in Washington October 8 to 11, 1889. Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets at a round trip single fare from all stations, with Indiana rate set at 7.95 dollars. The event includes a grand parade and receptions. Frank H. Daugherty of Weat Indiana Planing Mill seeks settlement of old accounts by October 15, 1889.
A notice of transfers of livestock and people lists long shipments to West Philadelphia and nearby towns as background for the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows meeting in Columbus Ohio from September 16 to 22. The Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excursion tickets from major stations east of Pittsburgh and Erie for September 13 to 16 with return by September 26, 1989.
The article reviews advances in cloak making and promotes an extensive stock of ladies wraps. It highlights the New Market garment, versatile for all ages, in black brown navy and new stripes. Also advertised are neat jackets, Directoire styles, embroidered imported jackets, and durable stockinette options priced from 3.50 to 7.50.
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