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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1922
Page
2
Obituary notices and poetry appear in the Indiana Portcillis issue. The page lists editorial staff A. Moorhead and A. Ralph Moorhead with courtly notices, subscription terms, and local county officials. It notes cash in advance on subscriptions and provides contact details and editor credentials.
A Republican slate presents Governor Gifford Pinchot and Lieutenant Governor David J. Davis with James Woodward for Internal Affairs Secretary and U.S. Senator David A. Reed. George W. Popper, Junge of Superior Court, Robert Gawthorp, Nathan L. Strong, Elder Pedor, Charles R. Griffith also named for various offices.
A sequence of farm and livestock auctions announced across Green township and nearby areas. Items include 100 acres with house, farm implements, livestock, and vehicles. Creamery building contents sold with adjacent plot. cattle and horses with farm equipment. and various farm machinery and vehicles to be sold by several trustees and auctioneers.
A brindle heifer about one year old arrived at the writer’s place two weeks ago. The owner may reclaim by paying damages to crops and costs of this notice at the writer’s residence J L Adamson Home R D 1 Pa 39 Itp
The W. M. Downer & Sond Company garage contents will be sold privately by assignee H. W. Pennall beginning Thursday September 28 1922 at Downer's Garage rear of Bilis mill. Discounts offered on secondhand autos parts and misc items. A partial list includes four Oaklands four Oldsmobiles Kissel Ford Denby Track one wire drive drill one typewriter desk and chairs oil and grease drums and a jack. Potatoes seed strain tests will be conducted October 10 11 with meetings at Ward Overdorft Brushvalley H S Lute Grisemore S I Fyock Purchase Line G C Pollock Marion Genter and others. Potatoes growers invited.
All persons with wagons farm machinery or livestock belonging to the late F M Kimmel of Shelocta are asked to return them to the Kimmel farm by Saturday September 30. The items will be offered at the public sale held at the farm on Tuesday October 8.
About 7,000,000 young forest trees will be given free to land owners in Pennsylvania by the Department of Forestry this fall and next spring. Over 5,000,000 evergreens and 1,500,000 hardwoods are ready for planting in nurseries. Leading evergreens include pitch pine Scotch pine Japanese red and black pine Norway spruce and white pine. Leading hardwoods are white ash green ash rock oak red oak and American elm. Trees range from five to twelve inches and are for wood production.
In Alexandria at St Pauls churchyard a century old inscription marks the grave of The Female Stranger. The unidentified woman died October 4, 1816 after a secretive period of care by her husband. The couple's story, veiled by secrecy, remains one of the citys enduring enigmas as locals ponder the truth behind the inscription and the woman doomed to obscurity.
Reports of residents visiting relatives and recovering from illness across Avonmore, Penns Woods, and nearby areas. Mentions many names, short social notes, a bake sale, camp visits, birthday party, and local travel and health updates. Also memorial verse and thank you notes, plus a local oyster advisory.
An uglish officer describes firing a wax candle through four deal boards spaced a foot apart using a candle and powder. The candle perforated each plank, with remains collected after the shot. Major Hardeastle noted a curtain homekeeper won many bets by shooting candles through four Spode boards.
In a brisk London dining scene a waiter clarifies a quirky service rule. The waiter explains they "always try it three times before we give it up" as a patron questions the fish offered. The anecdote captures a curio of hospitality and British dining ritual.
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