16 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1907
Page
1
A critic argues children visit theaters for amusement not instruction. Bright, lively productions with vivid costumes and songs help a child imagine a real world. Forcing instruction through theater is flawed. children benefit most when entertained and allowed to enjoy, leaving if bored. Continuous shows should not be kept against their will.
Contemplate building this spring. contact G. W. Elgin at Indiana Lumber & Supply Co for plans. Advertises hitch weights, post maula, sugar kettles, and grates at Appleby & Petersons. offers lumber work, banking room fixtures, mantels, bookcases, curtain stretchers. sale or rent cheap. promotes glass counters and show cases.
A party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Cuthingham, Mr. and Mrs. James Gompers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Li Orr and Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Caldwell will be held Tuesday evening in Library Hall. About 450 invitations have been sent. many out of town guests are expected. The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church will furnish refreshments. The hall will be decorated, and guests anticipate a pleasant evening with friends.
A collage of church listings shows Rev Fy Swarre Crawford at Christian Unity, Rev Mahan at Christian, Rev Brownlee at United Presbyterian, Rev Welch at Second United Presbyterian, Rev Holmes at Methodist, Rev Lewis Hay at Methodist, Rev Finn at Baptist, Rev G O Wappoline at Baptist, Fr N P McNveis at St Bernard, and Rev Graves at Wesleyan with respective Sunday school times sermons and youth meetings.
A Chicago News recounts an explained method by which an apparently harmless letter or small envelope can conceal a detonator and explosive. The article describes folding cardboard to form a compact envelope with metal detonators and a separate chlorate and sugar charge placed in a box to explode when inverted, noting the rapid chemical reaction upon contact with liquid acid.
First warm days prompt outdoor activity and coughing seasons as people shed winter clothes. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is recommended as safe and effective for colds and chest symptoms, with claims of preventing pneumonia and suiting children. Also advertised are a cigar store, embroidries, and double-size stoves.
The piece outlines historic espousal customs, promise of marriage before clergy, tabulae sponsalia, dowry tokens, and ritual acts. It notes variations such as arranging dowries, symbolic gifts, and community involvement, with references to early church and social practices.
The ad lists sale offers for a six room hanger with modern improvements including cemented cells stables and drilled wells on 60x180 feet in east Indiana priced at 34 800 with 2900 down and 26 monthly. It notes two new houses on sixth Street near Court House and Street Railway ready to rent at 10 per month. Also mentions Christ Episcopal rector W H Clawson called to Palaska New York. Abbreviated health and product notices appear.
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