Terms of Subscription Adopts Annual Advance Price
The notice states a subscription rate of one dollar per year paid strictly in advance and a rate of one hundred fifty dollars per year if not paid in advance.
22 Feb 1894
Page 1
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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1894
Page
1
The notice states a subscription rate of one dollar per year paid strictly in advance and a rate of one hundred fifty dollars per year if not paid in advance.
The piece playfully records a narrator’s wary amusement at a benign poltergeist figure. A specter and a childlike voice drift through a dim setting, with quirky asides about a ghostly visitor and a harmless fright, creating a whimsical mood rather than fear.
The tale recalls Uncle Jerry in a quiet seaport, recounting Miss May's brave role during a deadly squall aboard the Foam. She steadied the crew, coaxed them to work, and saved Hugh as the dory rope failed, breaking her arms and ending her life with a final whispered love to Hugh. A survivor, Uncle Jerry laments his loss and vows never to sail again.
A Lucknow siege tale recounts Jessie Brown the corporal’s wife hearing the Highlanders coming slogan the Macgregor and the pibroch of the bagpipes amid cannon fire. The scene moves Lucknow’s residents to prayer and cheers as Campbell and Highlander legends deliver hope and victory. The account links to Whittier and Lowell poems about Lucknow.
The Pall Mali Gazette reports Captains White and Donovan portray the fighting as a machine gun triumph. Maxims and Hotchkiss guns rout attackers as English troops safely hold laagers in a sheet of flame. Between 1,500 and 2,000 natives are said to have been killed.
Newspapers in another state brag about an 82-year-old grandmother while Bangor News notes a Brooksville birth on January first. The mother is under fourteen and the grandmother under twenty, highlighting unlikely family timing.
Last evening at Grand Avenue Methodist Church the tune Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay caused a church split. Former pastor Rev Mr Wheat condemned the music as profane, while Pastor Rev Mr Wilkinson urged him to mind his own business. Older parishioners feel scandalized. younger members support the pastor, reports the Dubuque Dispatch.
A New York World summary recalling Mrs. Lynn Linton on unpurchasable joys, youth, love, honor, and aging. The piece notes wealth cannot buy happiness, youth, or old age, with examples of personal betrayals and family woes. Also references Remington and ancient cities Babylon and Rome via syndicated extracts.
A magazine writer warns against excessive dictionary use in writing and notes a Burmese belief that rubies ripen with sun exposure. The piece references political terms and presidents under the septenate regime in France, mentioning Carnot Grevy MacMahon Thiers and their term patterns, citing New York Journal and New York Tribune from a historical clipping.
An excerpt from Amy Dawson in Chambers Journal laments sin and isolation. It contrasts a warm fireside scene with a creeping shadow and sorrow, framing the ruin as righteous punishment for sin. The imagery unfolds through a narrator recalling a bleak twilight and distant death within a family setting.
The article highlights green and purple as the season’s colors in gowns and fabrics. It details garments featuring dahlia cloth, van dykes, and striped textiles with intricate trims, capes, and bodices. Descriptions cover a green cloth evening cloak with eight-point cape, a dahlia cloth gown with basque bodice, and a dahlia velvet hat.
Tea gowns are becoming increasingly elaborate with silk wool fur lace and velvet. French fashion notes show Greek models need plain fabrics and simple borders while satin gowns feature revers fronts velvet trimming and lace panels. Sleeves vary from velvet tight cuffs to lace falls and oversleeves with decorative plaits and knots. The trend favors both princess and loose shapes with revers and lace fronts remaining popular. SUDIC CHOLLET.
Indiana County auditors report detailing A C Braughler treasurer cash disbursements to county officers jurors commissioners coroner and various offices including court house jail bridges and roads total expenditures 97 158 12 with balances due on road and bridge views Commonwealth cases coroner's inquest Johnstown flood matured bonds and outstanding taxes.
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