03 Feb 1897
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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1897
Page
1
An irregular OCR page lists subscription terms and prices for a local paper plus advertising rates and legal notices. It mentions mailing to subscribers, advance payments, and arrears, with several listed agent addresses and agent names in Indiana PA and nearby locales. Reading also includes religious services times and assorted local business and church notices.
Wallace and Haggerty run a temporary newspaper in Deep Gulch, Boise County, chronicling bogus mining booms for the Empire Mining Company. When the town vanishes and the stamp mill and saloon disappear, the editor discovers the boom was a sham, the town evacuated, and his paper left a hollow relic in the desert canyon.
General Grant directs an 8 oclock morning patrol to examine lines in front as Sedgwick leads the Sixth Corps. A stray shot mortally wounds Sedgwick as he dismounts, his last smile fixed and his troops and staff in deep mourning.
A Civil War passage recalls the bloody engagement near the Bloody Angle where Lee’s assaults failed to break the Union line, with horrific scenes of mutilation, fallen trees, and close-quarters fighting. The narrative notes 24 hours of continuous bombardment and the high casualties, quoting General Horace Porter’s Century report on prisoner counts and losses.
In a small western mining town a struggling newspaper editor Wallace and partner Haggerty watch as Deep Gulch falters. miners delay pay, ads vanish, and townsfolk seek new booms while a New York Empire Mining secretary warns of closures and a move to Jimtown.
At a Paris psychical research event Professor du Janet recounts a 19 year old patient named Rete who suffered convulsions hysteria and delirium. A deep hypnotic trance induced a vivid hallucination and a staged recovery that convinced the doctor the cure lay in psychological suggestion and dramatic reenactment. The narrative blends medical testing with moralizing tone typical of early 20th century psychical reports.
Two weeks in Florida are touted as an epoch of pleasure with telegraph of modern travel and tropical fruit. The Pennsylvania Railroad offers a ally conducted Jacksonville tour leaving New York January 26 with through train service and inclusive meals. Ticket prices from major hubs range from 50 to 54 dollars with proportional rates from other points.
Advertises Dean's Kidney Pills offered free to people with kidney or urinary issues in Indiana. Claims superior results, urges immediate response at the address, and notes a full box can be mailed for 5 cents postage. Limited to the first come, first served, with deadline February 1st.
A one day free distribution notice on Saturday February 6 from 9 am to 6 pm. Hetrick Brother Druggists in Indiana PA to place advertisements and name the paper. Sale agents for the United States Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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