Pennsylvania Railroad Local Train Timetables Published
Local schedule notice for Pennsylvania Railroad trains showing departures from Blairaville Intersection Indiana and connections to Homer City Homer City Josephine Hesbon Wehrum Wintondale Blacklick Cresson and Punxsutawney with weekday and Sunday times and the Bley’s Transfer Bus call service.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Blairavilla
Homer
Blacklick
Heshbon
Wehrum
Vintondale
Miensburg
Cresson
Indiana
Blairaville
Ebersburg
Wintondale
Hernia
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad
Punxsutawney
Hilder's
Wider
S Ridge Branch
Heslibon
Josephine
Homer City
Bley
Snake disrupts frog hunt near Rossiter Junction
Four men from Punxsutawney Weiss Matson Wehrle and Bell planned frog dinner but a five foot one inch snake blocked the swamp area at the junction of the P R R and the NYGAR. The youths fled as the reptile advanced, deciding not to hunt frogs in the infested area.
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Punxsutawney
Arthur Weiss
Joe Matson
Richard Wehrle
Thomas Bell
Rossiter Junction
Fregdom
N. Y
Cardinal Gibbons Voices Prohibition Views in Chicago
Cardinal Gibbons endorsed total abstinence yet warned that banning all licenses would push liquor sales underground. He spoke near departure from Chicago after seven hours, praising the movement and urging gradual, nationwide support despite the challenge for enforcement and legislation.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Chicago
Chircago
Flail Your Rye Buyers Seek Flored Rye Bundles
The Robbinsteen Collar and Leather Co in Philadelphia at Third streets offers the highest market price for several thousand tons of flored rye straw bundles. They invite orders through the Democrat for subscriptions and literature.
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Robbinsteen Collar and Leather Co
Philadelphia
Third Streets
Poise in Walking Steps for Graceful Demeanor
The Delineator article explains that true grace in walking requires body poise with weight over the balls of the feet, a straight foot position, and quiet heel contact. Haste ruins rhythm, while proper carriage depends on a raised chest, relaxed shoulders, and natural arm hang, discouraging heavy, mincing strides.
Two Good Fish Stories From Seafaring Notes
A West Ocean fruit steamer reports whales chasing mackerel off Cape Hatteras as Matilda Cuneo’s captain Fritz Barge returns to port. Off Highland Lake D J Coffey of Winstead Fire Department sets records using bottles with bait to lure bass and pickerel, landing rapid catches.
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Fritz Barge
Matilda Cuneo
Cape Hatteras
Cuneo
Borge
D. J. Coffey
Winstead, Conn
Highland Lake
Coffey
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised to Restore Kidney Strength
An Indiana PA reader states Doan's Kidney Pills relieved severe back pain and regulated kidney secretions, claiming lasting relief after use. The ad, from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, bills them as the cure for sick kidneys with claims of widespread benefit and a 50 cent price.
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Dean
Indiana
J. A. Brown
Church Street
Doan'ay
Hildebrand’s
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Stalk Borer Found In Rhubarb Stock In Delaware Report
The Stalk Borer pest was found in rhubarb by Prof. H A Surface State Zoologist after examining a specimen sent to the Division of Zoology. He warns the pest bores into stalks of many cultivated plants and weeds and offers control steps including destroying infested stalks burning vines and rotating crops to prevent recurrence.
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Division of Zoology
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
H.A. Surface
Prof. Surface
Gardener Seeks Help to Overcome Snails in Garden
A Mifflin county woman asked State Zoologist H A Surface of Harrisburg for snail control advice. He advised barriers of soot or dry ashes, slaked lime and Paris green dust, flour and Paris green, poisoned leaves, boards as traps, salt water in cracks, and keeping vegetation trimmed to prevent snail multiplication.
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A. Mifflin County
H. A. Surface
Harrisburg
Surface
Paris Green
Ana
Umbrella Borrowing Sparks Absurd Restraint Tale
A garbled old-timey column mocks doctors who order restraint for returning a borrowed umbrella. The piece lampoons moral panic and cites a fictional New York Times parody line as it hums with satirical outrage.
The Smart Drummer Tales of a Chicago Diamond Scam
In a Baltimore American tale a drummer recalls a long road trip where a staged diamond scam nearly cheated him. A young con man offers a fake ring, another man pockets the cash, and the drummer suspects a connived setup by seller and buyer. He finally concedes he had something coming to him and felt relieved.
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Pullman
Ngs
Slick
Baltimore
Lincoln Story Teaches a Lesson for the Grievant
An old farmer visited the White House to press a claim that Union soldiers took his horse. Lincoln declined to intervene for an individual case, then shared a long tale of Jack Chase, a sober raft captain who never stopped for a lost apple, urging the listener to draw a lesson.
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White House
Mr. Lincoln
Lincoln
Jack Chase
Ulnols
Jack
Maols
Redis Experiment and the Germ Theory Origin
A Brooklyn Eagle item recounts Redi's seventeenth century experiment refuting spontaneous generation. It explains his gauze-covered meat jar showing maggots came only from eggs, supporting the principle that every germ arises from a parent organism, laying groundwork for modern germ theory.
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Redl
Lhe
Florence
Kedi
Amay
Stedi
Brooklyn Eagle
Thrice-a-Week World subscription offer details
The advertisement promotes the Thrice-a-Week World newspaper, claiming truthfulness and impartial reporting. It markets a combined subscription with The Indiana Democrat, offering 156 papers per year for $1.65 and a regular price of $1.00 for the World.
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New York World
Wwe
Indiana Democrat
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Snake
Fery
Democrat
New Yards Times
Renee Brates
Ray Lifiet
Drummer
Redi
The
TheSavings & Trust Co
Indiana, PA
R. W. Wehrle & CO
Henry H. Steving
Pennsylvania
New Indiana House
Pennsylvania State Normal School
James E. Ament
Cleveland
Cedar Point
Anfest
Great Lakes
Eastland
Hastland
Erie
Moother
Teave
Ius A. Mayo
Essiland Navigation Co
Waverly
Waverly Oil Works Co
Redluarn Pittsburg
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