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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1902
Page
6
The New Jersey State Mntemolo notes a native mon on a match maligned bird with increasing expositions and diversions for idle readers. Credit men label the Sick Man of Turkey as utterly bankrupt, suggesting he would be closed out if an ordinary merchant.
The article outlines early US road systems across New York New England Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Millinole along with a South route. It notes Lincoln Park Chicago will honor David Kennison with a boulder memorial funded by the Song of the Revolution. Wireless telegraphy on ocean steamers to aid navigation could lower marine insurance costs.
Sections of old underground water pipes in New Orleans were exhumed after nearly a century and found to be perfectly preserved and as hard as when laid. The cypress wood, part of the city flat water works, likely came from trees about 100 years old at installation.
The article questions mosquitoes spreading leprosy versus natives, cites sanitation as the likely cause of disease transmission, and notes a future literary claim about Mark Twain. It also mentions an Austrian professor who will be cryogenically preserved for 200 years in Prague with his belongings shipped to a museum.
Willis L. Moore notes the Weather Bureau can dispatch 100000 telegrams in hours during cold waves. He cites 5.1 million dollars in property saved per cold wave due to issued warnings. The system ensures storm warnings reach every vessel in every sizable U.S. port through rapid copies.
Poem by Edwin L Sabin in Puels about Bill Jones son of a widow who drinks, swears, and misbehaves yet attends Sunday school and enjoys a Christmas sled, showing gleeful mischief and critique of propriety in a humorous verse.
A Saturday morning excursion with Aunt Mildred to visit Polly Randall and Jimmy Brown sparks Marjorie to raise funds for a wheelchair and crutches. Jack leads a neighborhood effort with secret meetings, a rally, and plans to enlist parents and friends.
An early 20th century brief announces a grand circus event at Brent Hall scheduled for May 24 in the evening. Admission is five cents for all ages, with doors opening at dusk and showtime to follow.
Margaret Huston Mann recounts a 19th century children’s show at Darnlake Hall with Madame Marie-Rosa the snake charmer, a Man-Hating Savage made of gingerbread prisoners, a Sally sword swallower, a chariot race, and rope walking. The event drew curiosity through garbled posters and ended with cheers as Dolly and Jimmy enjoyed the ride home.
The New York Sun notes the spread of abbreviations for typewrite and the emergence of terms like typist abroad. It argues for a distinct word to separate the machine from its operator, despite typist not yet common at home.
An investigation at Mount Washington Hospital Baltimore reveals deep tattoo marks on a deceased patient who willed his body to surgeons for science. A surgeon experimented on the forearm finding the coat of arms design penetrates flesh to bone, with traces on the bone but not into it.
The New York Tribune notes stamp buyers influence shop profits as druggists expand services. A pharmacist adds a full stamp and postal card stock, offers prescriptions, and even flavors stamps in compartments to attract customers. The gimmick aims to retain stamp business and boost sales beyond mere postage needs.
A Detroit Tree Press interview recounts a Woodland avenue merchant describing summers near a small lake in Northern Michigan. He recalls prolific fishing including five pound pickerel and bass, abundant wildlife, and long days on the veranda imagining winter skating. The owner of the lake reportedly lived in Boston.
A London Chronicle note compares an ancient Nile timber image in the British Museum with Western Australian Jarrah, cautioning readers about durability claims and suggesting Egyptian forests could be exploited. the piece links ancient preservation to modern timber talk. Separately, Kansas hobos devise a lodging scheme at a hotel, exploiting a railway workers story to secure meals and rooming, then vanish with the dinner pail.
A St. Petersburg dispatch notes Russian astronomers reach Tomsk in Siberia to establish an observatory. Local peasants react with hostility, fearing the scientists will bag the stars and cause droughts by depriving rain that supposedly comes from the stars.
Daily train schedule note from Edward O. Lapey, general passenger agent of Rochester New York, describing vestibuled trains 6 and 8 with day coaches and cafe cars, and trains 7 with Pullman sleepers between Buffalo Pittsburg and Rochester Pittsburg, with service daily except Sunday and timing in Eastern Time.
Fragmented OCR lists station names and time stamps with am and pm markers. Includes Punxsutawney crossing Adrian and several coded numbers. Reflects timetable fragments without coherent narrative or clear events.
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