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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1901
Page
6
Poem fragment by Frank D. Stanton from Songs From Dixie Land reflecting on old books aging, ghosts of authors and saints, and a library’s silent corridors. The speaker wanders forgotten meadows among gray volumes, with twilight bells, time covering pages, and memory enduring beyond dust.
Two sisters, Fidelia and Flora Jennings, run a modest dry and fancy goods shop on a quiet shore town street. Maud Ainslee visits, praises their stock, and muses on reforming the shop, while the sisters welcome customers with gentle dignity. After a busy season, Maud bids farewell, noting the sisters’ calm, steady life and their decision to avoid unnecessary upgrades.
An oil drilling attempt near Olio caused a nitroglycerin blast at twenty five feet, releasing a huge oil flow that drenched the derrick. The Huckeye Pipe Line Co eight inch line then shut down after investigators found the new well had collapsed into the pipe, masking the source of the oil and ending a brief boom.
Dr Talmage's Sunday sermon explores God as the least understood being, infinite and unchangeable, whose power and wisdom surpass human comprehension. He cites Job, Westminster Assembly, and biblical thunder to illustrate omnipotence, ubiquity, and the divine love that sustains the universe, urging prayerful faith.
An advertiser lists newspapers and magazines available through The Democrat, including The Commoner, New York Daily World, Philadelphia Daily Times, Pittsburg Daily Post, Harper's, Cosmopolitan, World Almanac and more. It notes payment by cash, advance CruodRaT, or new subscribers, with arrears bars club privileges. Address: The Democrat, 723 Church St., Indiana, Pa.
The House passed final bills reducing court stenographers fees and allowing libellants in divorce actions to be competent witnesses under subpoena rules. Senate actions included borough shade trees, creek channel regulation, tax appeal routes, inter-municipal sewer connections, and child adoption by nonresidents. A memorial for Gettysburg soldiers was approved. firecracker bans and water supply authorizations were approved by the Senate. Several appropriation bills for state institutions were sent to the Governor, including Western State Penitentiary and the Soldiers and Sailors Home.
May 11 schedule changes add daily trains and signal stops for passengers south of Punxsutawney and north to Bradford Allegheny and points north. Trains 2 and 3 offer Pullman sleepers between Buffalo Pittsburg Rochester and Pittsburg. Edward Laply, Rochester general passenger agent, notes vestibated coaches cafe cars and reclining chairs.
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