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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1900
Page
8
An ad urges owners to bring their watches for oiling and maintenance before damage occurs. It compares watches to locomotives, notes continuous operation, and promises a diagnostic without charging beyond necessary repairs to restore accurate timekeeping.
The page lists market items with prices like Butter 22 cents per pound and Eggs 12 cents per dozen, followed by seasonal notes. It then describes Tuesday August 28 as Heptasoph Day at Idlewild with a special train from Indiana and back, fare 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for children. The State Firemen's Convention in New Kensington is covered, noting parade, races, election of officers, and next year’s venue in Uniontown.
In Major Penny's report Company F leads the Second Brigade with 97.87 percent and ranks fourth among guard companies, ahead of Company I, 13th Regiment with 98.50 percent. The unit earned high praise at camp for efficiency in drills, with Captain Hughs and Lieutenants Fee and Elkin credited for bringing the company to the front. Also listed are uncalled letters in the Indiana office as of August 18, 1900 for both ladies and gentlemen villages.
The 27th Great Grangers Exhibition at Williams Grove runs the week starting August 27. Machinery displays aim to surpass past years with lectures by N C Sheaffer and Leonard Rhone among others. Highlights include Politicians Day on Tuesday, anti oleo margarine talks Thursday, and Paine's fireworks with lake illumination. No ground admission. round trip fare from your station to Williams Grove is available.
The article notes the Penn sylvania Railroad’s cleaning-up season is underway with an inspection in under two months, excluding the Indiana Branch which has not seen inspection for years, and officials fear the Indiana Branch tracks' eccentricities. It also covers a local reunion of about 400 at Mrs Mary Alorn’s home near Saltsburg, marriage licenses granted by Register Stewart, Lizzie Knee declared insane and moved to Dixmont, Edward McCracken’s re-arrest for embezzlement, and various real estate transfers and local advertisements from Indiana, Pennsylvania.
A local sale advertises ladies shirts and dresses with prices as low as 18c to 1.79 for silk and satin garments. Suits and dresses for women and girls reduced from mid to low prices, including teacher friendly outfits and children’s wear. Men’s wool and cotton pants offered at reduced rates from 3 to 1.50 dollars per pair.
Readable catalog from the shoe department lists hundreds of pairs in black and tan, including Ladies’ Vici Kid and Patent Leather Oxfords with new shapes at reduced prices. Misses, children, and men’s styles offered with bulk discounts, hundreds of pairs priced from 49c to 2.39, sizes 3 to 11, widths B to KE, in several styles.
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