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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1923
Page
6
Democratic voters grow confident in C. L. Campbell of Brushvalley township as he runs again for County Commissioner. A lifelong farmer, lumberman and merchant, Campbell emphasizes economy and efficiency, tax restraint, and fair play after a near miss four years ago when late ballots altered the outcome.
East Wheatfield column lists visits and family updates from Peru to Johnstown including hospital cases and weekend gatherings. Mentions Mrs. Merriman, Robert Gunninglim, and others, with travel to Cleveland and Clarkstown style social notes. Also includes a campaign note urging voters to support Campbell on the Democratic ballot and a local out-of-business sale of Maytag Washers at two-thirds price.
Mr and Mrs Watt Long of Rich mound visited Mr and Mrs J H Berkey and family over the weekend.
In Rio de Janeiro the Casa dos Expostos, a foundling asylum, uses a hidden revolving door so mothers can abandon infants unseen. A bell signals arrivals, babies are named if a note is attached, and the child is never returned. Since 1738 it has housed 45,000 orphans, many adopted, with nuns guiding their care.
In Frome Somerset miner Bertie Berryman at Mells colliery fired the wrong shot and killed his mate William Button. Grief overwhelmed him. he used the mine’s firing gear to take his own life about forty yards away. An inquest verdict cited accidental killing by Berryman and his subsequent suicide.
Judge John A. McMahon of the United States police court convicts Roland Thomas of cruelty to animals for tying a duck in an ice pan with half frozen and half roasted in sun. Mrs. Franklin Thomas of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals testified. Thomas is fined $5. Also noted: salvage of the Peninsular and Oriental liner Egypt reportedly locates $5,000,000 in gold after a month's work near Ushant.
Hillsdale residents share Sunday visits from the Garvin and Ginter families and others from Deckers Point and Bundy. D W Gromley moves to Marton Center to set up dental offices. School opens Monday with Irel en Mitchell and Chas Garman. Several locals attend a fall event in Indiana. Shere will preach at the Wesleyan church Friday and Sunday. Voters back Walter Peterman for Register and Recorder as a patriotic salute.
Attendees at the Indiana fair Thursday included Mary Crissmar Mrs Gladys Crissman Margaret Morgan and Mildred Hamilton. The Cookport township fair is set for September 13 14 and 15. Margaret Morgan visited Minnie Burnheimer last week. Vivian Berg and Catherine Kelly visited Catherine's mother Mrs Frank Kelly last week. Mrs D Rummel and two children and Mr Dell Keith and four children spent Sunday with Mrs R B Laney. Geraldine Keith visited her grandmother Mrs R.
An advertising insert urges voters to place a cross next to W. Bruce Wagner on the Republican ballot next Tuesday. It claims Wagner stands for a clean honest and capable county administration and notes he has been tried and not found wanting.
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