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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1894
Page
3
Poetic snapshot describes a snowy lane and a town blanketed in cold white scenery. The lines evoke a dreamlike wintry atmosphere around a mill as skies stay gray and temperatures drop.
Gilbert de Saumur, after ten years in America, returns to Paris with money earned by work not luck. He shares his tale with Rouval, recalling his early days as a coachman and later investments in rail shares. He faces the lure of gambling despite his hard-won fortune and warns of the old life awaiting him on the boulevards.
Rouval and Gilbert de Saumur play desperate rounds to settle debts built over years. De Saumur loses nearly all and leaves Paris after writing a final banker’s check. Rouval urges mercy, but the loser declares work is better than fortune and departs, leaving the club to judge the scene. Also notice Chamberlain’s remedy for bilious colic and diarrhoea with local outlets.
The piece explains how wool flannels trap heat and moisture, making after exertion wear feel warm while cotton or linen let perspiration escape. It discusses porous weaving to imitate wool, skin friction in wool, and notes physicians using Olive Blossom with Dr. France’s guarantee. Daugherty Bros. druggists sell it as Pitchers Castoria marketed for children.
In a river village a wood gatherer pried a saw from a mill owner but was refused. Later, when a flood cut the bridge, the miller's rush to cross using the wood gatherer’s skiff was denied, forcing him to wait a day for travel to New York.
Allegheny Valley Railroad timetable shows northward and southward passenger trains starting Sunday March 20 1892. Niagara and Buffalo Expresses run Pittsburg to West Penn Junction via Kittanning and Oil City with arrivals at Emint on and Junction. Em inton Accom and East Brady Accom serve Pittburg to Kittanning and Emlenton with morning and afternoon departures and arrivals. Southward trains include Day Express from Oil City to Pittsburg, Titusville Express to Pittsburg, Buffalo Express to Pittsburg, and Emint on Accom to Kittanning with various arrival times at Junction. James P. Anderson is Genl Pasa Ag.
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