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The Indiana Progress from Indiana, Pennsylvania • Page 11

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TIIE INDIAKA PROGRESS, Jl'LY 25, 1916 ROCHESTER Mrs. Samuel Mottern and BOH, William and daughters, Virginia, of Mot- tern'B Mills, spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. L. R.

Elder. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kinter, of Du- Bols, were guests of Mrs. Ella Hurd, on Sunday.

Homer Downey who hast been employed at Indiana the past throe years, Is the guest of his grandpar- 'ents, Mr. and Mrs. David Gibson. I Miss Hvlen Hurd spent the past, week with Punxsutawney friends. I Mrs.

Charles Work spent Saturday i with her sister, Mrs. Floyd Pierce, at the Punxsutawney hospital. Air. nnrt Mrs. Howard Rairigh and three children.

Ethyl, Lola, Nell and Kathryne, of Idamar, spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Ethyl Lewis, of Beaverdale, CHASSIS A Greater Value than ever before is offered in the Ford Chassis for light delivery service. The new low mice puts this convenient, rapid, light-delivery service within reach of every line of business. It not only gives you proved economy of operation, but also the facilities for enlarging your business.

An early order is necessary to insure reasonable delivery owing to the demand being the heavest we have ever known. A small down payment--convenient easy terms. Ford priaa hoot never teen so low ftrdwabty has ntvtrbttnto high SUTTON-MILLER CO. in spending several days with Mr. and Mrs.

Wm. Lewis. Miss Nellie Gray spent several days with DuBois friends, returning home on Saturday. L. R.

Elder was an Indiana business caller on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. L.

Varner and five children and Mrs. Harry McMahan, oi Commodore, spent Saturday evening i Mrs. Ella Hurd. Mr. and Mrs.

Watt Elder and four i of Gipsy, were town callers on Sunday. Mibses Kathryno anil Edna Baun, ot Juneau, spent the week with their t-istei, Mrn. Ord Weaver. MRS. EUZABETH AUSTIN S.MUKSUIIU; Leanna Davis and granddaughter, visited the past week i the tormer's daughter, Mrs.

S. B. Good and family, of Marion Cin- tcr. Mrs. Mina Marshall and niece.

Louise Stitoler. are guests of the former's sister, Mrs. Robert Miketell, of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Margaret Frazer, of Butler, is visiting her aunt and uncle, Mr.

and Mrs. Robert McBriar. Mr. F. C.

Uncapher was visiunt; at Indiana on Friday. Mrs. James Fetterhoff was i caller in Punxsutawney Thursday. Mrs. Nancy Black and Mrs.

Susan Stear visited their sister, Mrs. Townsend, of Apollo, the past week. Mrs. Clarence Daugherty returned home after visiting friends at Taien- tum and New Kensington. I One Day Battery Service at Veata Service Station, 40 Nixon avenue, Indiana, Pa.

22-tfc BILL SAM'S DICTIONARY Mrs. Elizabeth Long Austin, ot Milwaukee, who has Just passed her 107th birthday nnd says she is growing "happier and happier day by day." Public Sale Wednesday, August 1, at 12:00 o'clock at the residence of the undersigned, in White township, three miles south of Indiana, team of work horses, frtsh cow with calf at side, chickens, duckb, farming implements, 2 wagons, harness, corn and oats by the bushel, bees and bee supplies, and other articles T. O. SAXTON, R. W.

George, Auctioneer. Drops Six Stories to Death. New Young, known a the "Human Fly," fell eight stories while the front of the Hotel Martinique on Broadway. He died while being taken to a hospital. Young was one of the organizers Of tile "Safety Last" Society, founded last week.

Membership Includes persona engaged in hazardous callings who -are not accepted by Insurance companies as 'good risks." Mrs. Young was In the great crowd and saw her husband fall. She swooned and was taken to a hospital. Dozens of mwie cameramen were placed at various vantage points a'Tbng Pferald Square. Some were on the elevated tracks, which pass the hotel.

The cameramen caught the fatal fall. They ground out yards of film showing the ciowd estimated at 20,000, gathering around the body. Young was 25 years old. He had been engaged In climbing stunts for several years. During the war he performed for the Red Cross and other organizations.

He expressed premonitions, It was said, the climb would end fatally. -On his way up the hotel front persons In windows near his path say they heard him mutter: "I can't make it; I can't make It." ti SBnB By L. MARTIN Lem Gardener, who always did like his "licker," came near getting drunk last Sunday night. A fellow sneaked up to Lern's house with some real "moonshine," which he offered to sell to Lem for twenty dollars a quart. All that Lem lacked of getting drunk, was, he didn't have the twenty dollars.

MOONSHINE: The ghost of depart ed "spirits." IMI1 Sam's Dictionary, page 037. FRENCH FORTS PLACED ON SALE AS VILLAS Strongholds Along Riviera fered as Summer Abodes. to luiy or rent nice i i loitn-sj, along the French. Khlera can tipply to engineers' Ikeadeiuarte-rs, French army, a new French real estate linn. The the choicest sites along the terraneau coast, from i the mest be.iiuiful of the tropnal, uicliuii-U shore line uiul bk and water can lie (Jorgeous Min scls uie guaranteed.

Tlie Itullcllngs themselves are safely built with ten to masonry walls, and last several lifej- tiine's. They are made to insure nervous tenants against shells and bombs, and even meteors. Their chief cluirm Is a coofing dampness, greatly appreciated In summer. Cistern water with every fort--If It rains. Land and four walls go with the sale, a-nd occupants are aHowed.to put in doors, windows, modern conveniences and furniture-at their own expense.

Such Is the attractive offer made to the public, because the French army now realizes that these marine forts never again can be used for military purposes. Before the war all of these forts were manned nnd equipped to protect tfie Frcnrh coasts, tiut every man and every cannon was sent to the western front during the war. For nine years they hnve been lying Idle and falling to pieces. Progress In armaments, the evolu- of war, the greater potency and caliber of cannons have made It evident that they are obsolete. All along the Mediterranean, almost every cape, every hill and every island, Is crowned with a gray squat mass of stone and concrete.

Not only are the trenches and moats now filled with plants of every description, but the profusion of nature has even been extended to the walls of the buildings. Inside and out. It would have cost enormous sums to these fortresses a modern efficiency, nnd the cost of their destruction would be great. So the army decided to rent or sell them. VALUES Ladies' Low Shoes so a A I 2 Pair Hroken ami odd assorlment of ladies' low slices, picked from a not all in a one style.

I'larn rolor.s and many i i i i ions in and a Slippers; Welt, Turn and holes, all heights of heels. Values to and SPECIAL Women's and children's i canvas slip- C1 rtrt pcrs, odd lots at Infants' Slippers Black patent leathers, one- strap slipers, fth spring heels at Brown's Boot Shop Shoes and Hosiery INDIANA, PA. Gallows Gave Him Liberty. New Orleans, The sallows In Parish Prison aided a gain- Ing his freedom. C'resspsin Komi, held on a minor charge, mndc Ins way to the gallows room nnd climbed tho scnf- folrl, from which ho p-isseel ihrotrgh a skylight window and alighted on the roof.

Through difficult feats of roof Jumping he managed to elude the prison guards and escaped. Confesses Attack Upon School Girl. Wilmington, Del. old daughter of Tracy Martin, of Colonial Heights, a suburb attacked by a young white man as shez was passing through Foreman's Woods on her wa to school. Harry Hae ken- dornn 2H years old, of Iloxwooel road, was arrested, and, according to authorities, confessed.

He is heing held tor a hearing. N. Y. Thieves Carpet Street New York. laying a thick carpet on the sidewalk to lessen noise, thieves- hurled a big mine ran through the plate glass show window of West Flfty-sevents street fur establishment.

They grabbed half a dozen expensive wraps and escarped I in a motor car after exchanging shotj with a policeman. Our New Furniture Department NOW OPEN OUR new Furniture Department is crowded with new up-to-the-minute Furniture, and shipments are 'coming in every day. A visit to our new department will convince you that we have the Furniture to meet all your requirements. Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets from to $99.50 Walnut Bedroom Suites from $1 1 5.00 to $195.00 Baby Carriages from $22,50 to $35.00 Fibre Rockers, special at $8.50 SLOAN BROS. "Where You Can Buy For Less" Rugs i Not Slip.

A practical non--kicl iitt.ie hinent hee-n de-signed feir rusts tlie-m elinf; to the lloor without the ne-ic i of anchoring (hem tacks or slinilnr appliances. It Is an inter- liner, netlike conic'el rnhher. It Is fastened to tlie under siele rif the nift, ami clings to the polished door, making It 1m- pos.sihlo to slip. "Cock and Bull Stories." The orlgim of the term "ejock and bull story" has hcen discovered hy British newspaper man, who snys it cnrne frrm the stories told In two hostelrles, the Cm-k an'l the in a small English village. less we can't give the British all tho credit for cock and hull stories.

Two-Thirds of Detroit Workers in Auto Plants Detroit, the Industrial employees In Detroit in 1014 were em- ployeei in the automobile or allied Industries. Today approximately two-thirds of the industrial employees here are working either in automobile plants or In factories closely allied to the automotive industry. Officials of the Detroit board of e'oromerce make the announcement to show the rapid growth of the automobile Industry. During the period the population of Detroit has more than doubled. In 1014 Detroit hod a total of 4S3 industrial employees, of whom about worked in automobile or accessory plants.

Today the city has approximately industrial workers, and of these about are employed either in automolnle plants or in establishments where- parts ot motorcars or motors are The number of automobiles In' Michigan every jear is about SO per ce-nt of the total eiutput of the e'oun- try. Prince of Wales Picks Beans at Big Banquet London. Kngjish hostesses luue been vying amemg themselves to a the popular Prince of dine i i have boe-n i a to find that his i has very abstemious t.isle-s and esche-ws all e-xeept tlie simple-st dishes. One- of London's aristocratic and i a i i se-t a a ban- before the prince- a only to find i their guest it all by chose a plate- cold ham and beans. i a i i prince's good to ins a eliet, ahste-ntion from nil rich, i sen- sone-d eii.she-s, especially fle-sli foods, ranch outdoor and a cheery, i optimistic 1 elisposiimn.

Prompt Service on All Kinds of Printing The Progress office is completely equippe4 for doing all kinds of printing and can give you prompt service. We can give you style of type or paper yon wish. See us when in need of BUSIXKSS STATIONARY SALE BILLS KXVKLOPKH POSTKRS IJUSINKSS CARDS WINDOW CARDS VISITIXC; CAHDH WKDDINO INVITATIONS I.KTTKRHKADS WKDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS STATEMENTS RECEIPTS I TAX NOTICES PROGRAMS A HILLS Send all orders to The Indiana Progress Indiana, Pa. Crowed Ocean in Small Boat. The first crossing of the Atlantic In a small boat was made by Henijy May, who was wrecked on the then unln- babited Bermuda islands In 1522.

bnllt himself a little bont ont of wreck of hla ship, and actually reached England In safety. Mankind Nevar Satisfied. Ton may as noon fill a bag with dorn, a chest with vlrtne, or a with trlnnglo, as the heart of man with anything here fielow. A man may hnve enough of the world to sink him. hnt he can never hart enough to satisfy Man's False Gravity.

There Is a gravity tftftt, ta a HI ayrnpfom; nnd ns rivers whleft mn Slowly hnve nlwaya Band 'at bottom, a In the rnnstrnt onnrne, of a fflMi'i life ttfe of a thick -of rond at bottqp ot bin Japanese Students Write Defy in Blood a few of their U)w students In a Tokjo srhool we're "plueked" at recent a a ex- 40 cnnilldatea went on strike, annoum-ing 'heir derision to tlie directors In a letter written In blood. The writers declared: "It was the fault of the students ot the whole class tliat these a students did not pnns the examination, and out of sympathy they refuse to attend until the school authorities reconsider their decision and declare their friends passed." The Man Who Did'nt Begin in Time He is i of a men are out of He lias a family of i i and is in sric-h straitened i i i i that he to borrow money on only I i i he owned--Ins i bad a I.itf a lal.or was scarce, s.ivcd a ci-nt. I ol) i f.ict 1 i i a people overlook value s.iMii-r-i a i i i i i is spent. Ir-ftm i i i a money i i i-, ne.t a foi a i i 1 l.e-^in i money regularly, i it i a Deposit a SaMii-s A lie re -i pel- i is paid on 4 Per Cent Interest on Saving Accounts The Indiana County Deposit Bank Opposite Court House INDIANA, PA. Norwegian Preacher Starts Labor Trouble Rergen.

Intent "drenm prene-her" one Morla Akerhlom, hns been arrested In Finland. The womnn Cfinsetl such a ferror among the working classes thnt the authorities felt foreed to tnke ncflon. Oolng from place to plnoej on hflck, with flowing hnlr, Slarla foretold the Immeelinte end of the world. declared thnt In of this to own honse or to money or do nny kind of wofk, useless. An of bw preachfns; nil of her large following of pttaMfttft.

ft to said, raload. Feed Your Chickens- The Full -O- Pep Way The Successful Method of Feeding from Hatch to Maturity FLOUE MILL FEEDS KRAMER WAOONS Linus M. Lewis 833 Water Street Opp. P. R.

R. Freight Sta. INDIANA, PA. NEWSPAPER! iWSPAPfc.RI.

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