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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1891
Page
5
A bustling community update from Indiana highlights the Farmers Exchange sales of potatoes, while noting fairs, garden crops, local visits, church services, and brisk activity at Smith's Art Gallery and various stores. The item also mentions pensions, parish events, and upcoming notices amid a lively town week.
The fair is expected to draw a large crowd with J C McCracken showcasing a herd of bullocks and sheep for the event. The Clawson House will be open day and night during fair week to host guests. Adam King of Grant township suffered a house fire but received insurance settlement. D C Mack retires from Johnston Mack and sells to J A Johnston. goodwill and best wishes conveyed.
The pressed brick residence of J R Daugherty Jr on Church Street is rapidly advancing toward completion and promises to be one of the most handsome homes in West Indiana. Adam Lowry’s new residence is nearing completion. John L Getty’s Church Street house is being plastered this week with no occupancy date yet.
Our genial friend Jas McNeel has built a neat cozy building on his lot on east Philadelphia street. A reporter calls it a bird cage and it may live up to the name as McNeel plans to place a Coyish bird there soon.
Humane Agent Thompson and a PROGRESS reporter visited a family within two miles of Indiana last Thursday. The family was starving with no bread for three weeks, subsisting on corn and potatoes. Their needs were supplied after the report.
A Graceton miner, unnamed, nearly suffered a serious mishap last Wednesday when a car collided with him near the mine exit. He sustained bruises but no internal injuries, and he is reported none the worse for the accident.
Students host a Thursday evening reception on the 24th for Dr. Snyder and his wife. The Doctor will depart next week for the west to take a similar position. He has proven himself a gentleman and educator of high rank, and all are sorry to lose him.
Negotiations are in progress by Indiana Gas Co to buy the Salinburg Gas Co lines north of Blairsville. The plan is to move pipes from Blairsville to Homer and extend to Willett wells, signaling a gas shortage period. A bright fire occurred at H Van Thompson’s mantel in Church Street when gas ignited unexpectedly while Mrs Thompson was upstairs. The blaze was extinguished before alarms. Milton Wachob of West Indiana recovered his stolen harness from his stable after advertising it last week, suggesting the thief fled to avoid detection.
A brakesman on the West Penn Division, John Lowman, had his hand smashed while coupling cars at Blairsville last Wednesday. His hand was amputated at the wrist. Lowman is well known to many residents, having lived here years ago.
A White township resident Mr. Agey narrowly escaped injury when a freight engine halted cross Philadelphia street. The incident prompts calls for railroad safety improvements by Indiana borough authorities and the P R R Company.
The column lists new marriage licenses in Indiana and Blairsville areas, notes Elmer Allison traveling to Wilkinsburg for Dr. R. W. Allison’s wedding, and reports the U P church Ladies Missionary Society meeting in Mechanicsburg with delegates from the locality.
Fragmentary lines claim use of Casteria during illness infancy childhood and adolescence. The text references gift giving during childbirth and later care involving Contario for children. No verifiable context or sources provided.
Miss Kate Clagger goes to Baltimore for schooling. Dr. Clark Pearce caught an eight pound salmon. J M Patterson and wife hosted by B A Hefflefinger. Dr I P Klingensmith installed new operating tables. Ollie Cribbs wed Kinney Baker in East End. Dan Showalter and Chas Shultz plus wives visited Latrobe friends on Stewart Street. The river runs lower this season, drought may bring water scarcity and pasturage loss. A plan to remodel the old M E church into an opera house shows promise. Presbyterian Christian Endeavor groups will meet next Thursday. Outrage over South Walnut street viewer’s report seeks four foot street offset removal by fence owners.
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