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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1898
Page
5
Local correspondence reports residents returning from war in Kent and nearby towns. Readers travel for teaching positions, family visits, and social events from Freeport to Swissvale and Pittsburgh suburbs. Religious services are scheduled in Jacksonville and nearby churches with lectures by Dr. McFarland.
Armstrong county visitors and residents share a week of travel homecomings births visits and employment changes. Howard Kerr departs to Pittsburg for brick factory work while Miss Lizzie Hazlette recovers from burns. Local families welcome grandchildren and friends with gatherings and church services.
Marion Center residents host and visit relatives across towns including Smithport Deckers Point and Chambersburg. Local events feature the Marion Center brass band at the Dayton fair and farewell sermons, with several residents visiting Blairsville and Newark for work and friendship.
Sloan Buterhaugh killed a 3 foot 4 inch rattlesnake with seven rattles in Green township last week. It was the first of its kind killed there in several years. Mrs. Sloan Buterhaugh is recovering from typhoid fever. Mrs. John B. Reed has recovered from gastric fever. cider mix runs full in September. apple juice season continues. Local notes record visits and illness including Corporal J. C. White, Charles Greer, John Loughry, Alex Wiggins, Wilson Wiggins, Levi Houk, Dessie Swartz nursing a rusty nail wound, and travel by J. A. Creps and J. N. Houk.
An introduction claims a woman in the United States recovered from a seven year illness after using Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. The testimonial states three months of coughing and sleepless nights ended with two bottles and a complete cure. Trial bottles offered free at several outlets with regular sizes priced 50 cents and 1 dollar, guaranteed.
A historical health notice extols the kidneys as fragile and vital organs. It advises immediate action at symptom onset and promotes blood cleansing as the premier treatment, claiming it removes poisonous matter at the root of kidney complaints.
Community column from the Progress records illnesses weddings travels school openings and local events. Highlights include Mrs Farnbaugh thanking neighbors after her daughter Marys death, Mr Williams a Friday visitor, farm yields and harvest activity, school openings with Miss Lula Lowmaster, travels of Sloan Martin and local residents in nearby towns, a Plumville Sabbath school picnic and a rocking chair presentation to Superintendent Geo Potts, crop figures for J B Bonds and productivity prizes, plus unclaimed letters and an old Toledo catarrh cure promotion with a 1886 affidavit.
Never too Late if we all saved what we fooled away the amount would surprise some of us. A few cents saved on many items means money in your purse in the course of a year. If you need a Cape or a Jacket this season we can save you money. If you need Dress Goods we can give you great values and save you money. Our line of Dress Goods Silks Capes Jackets and Woolen Goods was never so complete. This is the season of the year you will be wanting Underwear. We are headquarters for these goods and our prices are lowest in the county for good goods. Call on the Wallace Dry Goods Company and you will find it is not too late to save.
E A Pennington of Indiana County transfers a group of Greenville select school alumni to teach across Cambria district schools this year. The list includes Susquehanna Burnt Mack Sheldon Roberts Ross Garman Mary Brown Mack Palmer Samuel Williams Kate Maloy Stella Askins Edward Stewart John Hogan Cameron Davis Elma Fowler Etta Fetterman Maggie Campbell Clifford McLaughlin L D Gibson Stella Watkins Mabel Mack.
By order of the Orphans Court of Indiana County a public sale will be held on the premises. The notice outlines that the property will be exposed for bidding under court authority. Details on date time and terms follow in the official advertisement.
Local institute for teachers to be held at Smyrna schoolhouse in South Mahoning township on October 21 and 22, 1898. Welcome remarks by Ferpay EvENInc, various teachers to present topics on pedagogy and school progress, with music interludes. Attendance invited. R GC Haarrox, Teacher.
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