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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
2
A fragmentary row from the Indiana Democrat weekly paper mentions the Democrat Publishing Company at 423 Church Street Indiana Pennsylvania and notes circulation over 1 500 with a second class mail entry and a contact phone.
The notice states a subscription price of one dollar per year strictly in advance and sixty one eighty per year if not paid in advance. It clarifies the paper is mailed to subscribers until a definite cancellation order is received and all arrears are paid in full.
Advertising rates listed for administrators executors auditors and dissolution notices at 3 dollars each. All other legal advertisements 2.50 per line. Figures and tables incur 25 percent extra. Estray and caution notices 2 dollars each. All resolutions obituary notices and poetry 3 dollars per line. Cash must accompany the order.
Indiana readers learn that Secretary Robert McAfee and Attorney General M. Wampton Todd issue guidance on printing ten constitutional amendments from 1873 as separate ballot questions plus an additonal schedule question. The ruling halves ballot length, allows no full current versus amended text, and requires eleven crosses for voters.
Former State Senator Henry D Say lor writes to State Zoologist seeking identification of a tree pest damaging his Norway maples. The zoologist cautions on diagnosis without sight and suggests treatment methods. Also notes Lincoln cent redesign delays and a 110 year old Klickitat chief, and a strike-related damages suit filed by American Sheet and Tin Plate Company against 56 workers.
Dr R J Grossman of Butler PA planted an orchard six years ago on sod land now infested with ants. State zoologist Surface advises spraying curled leafed aphid hosts with whale oil soap and proposes ant hill bisulfide of carbon treatment if nests form. Indirect harm from ants to corn via plant lice noted. long-term remedies include wood ashes fertilizer and fall plowing with spring harrow cultivation to deter pests.
Judge Marshall Brown declared the sale of malt illegal in criminal court after pleas from two drug company representatives. Chief detective George Wagoner stated the malt was beer with higher alcohol, prompting the bench to suspend sentences on cost payment.
The article recalls John Jacob Astor paying $1,000 an acre for Aaron Burr’s estate, a 120 acre farm near Twenty first Street in Manhattan. Within ten years he began selling lots at $5,000 an acre, though sales were limited. The current value is difficult to estimate, valued in millions per August.
The Robinsteen Collar and Leather Co. offers to pay the highest market price for several thousand tons of Flailed Rye straw bundles at their factory located at Philadelphia and Third streets.
A fragmentary OCR passage depicts a grim hospital scene with a nurse crying and a patient recovering after a severe incident. It hints at themes of memory, revenge, and a troubled relationship, with lines referencing a wife and foreboding statements. The text remains fragmented and cryptic.
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