Service medals for fifty years in Sunday school to be awarded
Indiana county residents may receive service medals at the Lancaster state convention for fifty years of official Sunday school work. Applicants need Pennsylvania residency and endorsements from the local pastor and County Sunday School Association president. Credentials and applications go through the county secretary. early car credentials urged.
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Indiana County
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
County Sunday School Association
Philadelphia
Alice L. Gailey
Indiana
Democratic Governor Candidate to Tour Indiana County
Democratic candidate John MacSparran will tour Indiana County towns Friday including Plumville Marion Center Glen Campbell and Clymer with stops in Cockport and Indians at 7 30 pm a closing mass meeting Accompanying him are Lt Gov candidate Robert Pattison Jr US Senate hopefuls Shull Kerr and Judge Mills Also Jane Leonard candidate for Congress and other prominent Democrats.
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John MacSparran
Indiana
Plumville
Marion ‘Genter
Glen Campbell
Cockport Fair
Clymer
McSparren
Robert BH. Pattison, Jr
Shull and Kerr
United States
Judge Mills
Superior Court
Jane Leonard
Congress
Farmers Column To Answer Ure County Questions
The Progress will dedicate a weekly column to farming topics in Ure County. Submit farm, crop, livestock questions to Farmers Column, The Progress, Indiana PA. County Agent John W Warner will answer soon after receipt, with open discussion of farm work life by readers.
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Ure
Cale
Indiring Progress
Indiana
John W. Warner
Wilgus Hog Show Set For Sept 29 At Wilgus
The Wilgus Berkshire Pig Club and Association will hold its annual show at Wilgus Friday September 29 starting at 9 a m judging will be conducted in the forenoon Thirty two hogs and girls in the club feed registered Berkshire pigs since May 26 Pigs will be weighed and gains computed Dr H H Hayner of State College will judge The association notes strong progress in three years with barrows and girls earning top placings at Chicago and Harrisburg shows The event also invites dog enthusiasts to attend Seed corn selection meetings were held county wide noting ear to row tests and standing stalk selection as key to higher yields A membership drive for the American Farm Bureau Federation was approved with dues five dollars annually half to the federation A Bell clan reunion was held at Thomas Aul’s home with a basket dinner and a program of music and diversions among attendees listed.
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Wilgus
Chicago
Harrisburg
Wilgun
Laidiani
Court House
B. P. Vaylor
I. J. Ryan
American Farm Boureau
Indiana County
American Federation
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bell Clan
Thomas Aul
David Mott
Mahaffey
Kate Cavanore
Laird Smith
Thomas Bell
Punxlsutawney
Isaiah Steffy
Thomas H. Aul
Georg Bell
Whita Lawnship
Bill Sam's Dictionary entry on a strict teacher
J L Martin notes a young lady running a Wappy Hollow school with strict rules. Pupils who break rules are made to take castor oil as a punishment. The piece references a castor oil as a once popular home remedy featured in Bill Sam's Dictionary.
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J. L. Martin
Wappy Hollow
Bill Sam
Public Sale Saturday September 30 at J Sharp farm
Public sale advertised for Saturday September 30 by John E. L. Sharp at his farm near Home station. Items include span of mules and other farm stock, hay driving horse, Jersey cow and heifer to be fresh, chickens, farm implements, cream separator, wheat oats hay and more. Auctioneers A. Jamison H. C. Cameron and Joun Bh Sharp. Also sale by A M Jamison at residence in Washington township with draft horses milk cows heifers calves hogs wagons harness hay oats household goods. Located in Hildebrand's Drug Store ads offer reductions on sem-porcelain chinaware and Maytag washer financing from Gibson-Clark Co.
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Merle McGaughey
Johnstown
G. W. Shearer
Blairsville
Studebaker
Blairsville American Legion
Homer France
Hart
Rawlins
Wyo
Hiram Umburn
M. Jamison
Washington Township
John EL Sharp
Home Station
Joun
Sharp
H. CG
Cameron
Auctoneer
A. M. Jamison
RE. E. Dinger
Entombed Miners in California Mine Die After Gas Fire
Rescuers reach the Aegonaut gold mine near Dauckson California after a fire and explosion on August 27. Forty nine men are found dead from deadly gas three weeks after being trapped. Notes from two victims reveal they prepared messages at 3 AM and 4 AM urging others to leave as gas flooded the drift.
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Aegonaut
Dauckson Cal
William Fessel
Fessel
Eviction's Novich Tellers Testimony and Windsted Payment Notice
Fragmentary legal notice chronicles claims on Mary 7 estate, with a request for settlement and party Jennings at Windsted to render proper payment. Includes Windsted debtor note and Morgan court reference, plus a sale ad offering New Idea Spreader at special price and cider barrels at Frank Matson's farm, detailing delivery and schedule.
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Hxlcvator
Novich
Ml Uno
Morgan Ff
History's Mysterious Vanishing of the President Ocean Liner
A historical summary recounts the vanished steamship President of 1841, its record Atlantic crossing, subsequent overdue status, and the mystery of its disappearance. It notes notable passengers like Tyrone Power and George Cookman, the Queenstown memorial, and theories of gale, iceberg, or fire without any wreckage ever found.
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Tussea
Captain Kidd
Cyclops
Atlantic
Dritannia
Boston
London
England
New York
Liverpool
United States
Tyrone Power
Cailed
Prince
George Glugston Cookman
Henry Claf
Daniel Webster
Webster
White House
William Henry Harrison
Power
Cookman
Duke of Devonshire
Richard Roberts
Queenstown
Atlantic Ocean
Great Britain
Roberts
Mosoa Rogers
Savannah
Maintained Monopoly by Murder in Venetian Glass Trade
Venice guarded its glass monopoly with killings. Emissaries and the Corwell of Ten suppressed workers attempting to flee to foreign lands. Two Murano glassmakers, induced abroad by Leo pold of Belgium, were killed. Accusations cited unemployment fears and expulsions due to new foreign glassworks in Spain.
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Venice
Murano
Leopold
Belgium
Corwell
Venedag
Spain
Shoes Worn Thin Prompt Army Sergeant Jokes
A rough spoken fragment features a speaker asking if shoes are worn out. The reply jokes about thin bottoms, claiming the soles are so thin that one could step on a dime and tell whether it is heads or tails. The lines are colorful slang and lack clear factual news context.
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Nesrue Roukie
Arkapsaw Thomas Cat
What Agitates Mr. Smith
A Yonkers adapted piece from the New York Tribune surveys stenographers who worked for Mr. Smith, detailing their traits and confidences, then shifts to a civic note about Yonkers cuckoos, noting their bold presence and time patterns.
Rainy Day Bar Prank At Pat Rooney’s New Foundry
A crowded rain soaked scene at Pat Rooney’s new home brew foundry sees an English patron furious at weak beer. Mike the Irishman hatches a scheme to swap the man’s raincoat pocket to hide the foul drink while another patron’s coat ends up catching the trick.
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Pat Rooney
Pat
Mike
Dag- Ashman
Habla
San Francisco
Churchill Witnessed by Boer on Horse Recall
In a Cape Times interview Sir Charles Coghlan relays a tale of a young Winston Churchill captured by a Boer on horseback during the South African campaign. The chronicle recalls Churchill later telling General Botha in London that he was the man on the horse, a remark Botha cheekily confirms.
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Winston Churchill
Chievelay
Natal
Churchill
Charles Coghlan
London
Cape Times
Ghubehtil
Explorer reports policemen uniforms in Africa
An explorer returning from the Interior of Africa claims to have found natives wearing the recognizable metropolitan police uniforms. He says cast-off uniforms were sold locally, and natives even wore shoes as neck ornaments. A camp visit included a chief asking whom they should fight.
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Africa
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