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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1898
Page
6
A fragmentary verse evokes a tranquil scene beneath trees with lilies as sails and sea birds singing. The speaker calls for a gentle gesture and a smile, referencing a brief respite and a voice of James Whitcomb Riley style.
In 1870 Bois le Duc villagers confront Prussian invasion as Charles, a fearless franc tireur, rises from a ruined chateau to lead scouts and strike back, while Marie Duret hides from soldiers in her cottage with a doll as danger closes in.
Marie Durat hides a franc tireur in a cottage by placing him in a baking oven before Prussian soldiers search the premises. The officer spares the cottage after Marie's clever tale and the franc tireur escapes to the forest. Captain Charles thanks Marie, who becomes the town’s pride as her story spreads.
Daugherty Bros Indiana Mateer and Ran ika Elderton Beringer advertise Bacon's Celery King as a free trial package. They claim it helps nervous disorders and constipation, relieves headaches and backaches, cures biliousness indigestion skin eruptions and blood diseases. Large sizes cost 25 and 50 cents.
Wanted, ladies and gentlemen to travel and sell goods. Send 20 cents for samples and order cards to W. D. Sperry, tf Box 349, Indiana, Pa.
A New York chemist T A Slocum claims a reliable cure for consumption and bronchial illnesses and offers three free bottles to Indiana Progress readers. He cites letters of gratitude and urges sufferers to mail address details to 98 Pine Street New York for prompt delivery.
Rome Cor. Westminster Gazette reports General Paolo Tribaldi of Piacenza recounts his Devil's Island period. He describes harsh life on the rock, scant rations, and shared huts with fellow political convicts. Tribaldi recalls crafting Italian dishes, brutal treatment, and his eventual liberation after aiding the French republic.
An advertisement urges neighbors to try Otto's Cure for throat and lung diseases. Daugherty Bros and partners in Indiana and Elderton offer samples free and promote larger bottles at 25 and 50 cents. The item also explains the origin of the phrase He's a lobster, tracing it from racing slang to general derision.
In London judges artists lords and gentlemen attend prizefights in evening dress. The bout ends when Croot is killed by Barry by a blow in the twentieth round, leaving most spectators of the upper class.
REA presents Mystic Care as a radical remedy for rheumatism and neur algia claiming cure in one to three days. The ad notes immediate systemic action and first dose benefit for 75 cents, sold by T E Hildebrand and Hetrick Bros., druggists of Indiana, Pa. It also touts Dr E Detchon's Anti Diuretic for incontinence.
The Philadelphia Produce Exchange party visiting Washington laughed in the parlor, prompting Queen Liliuokalani to scowl and a confrontation with her secretary. The ex queen’s party eventually left, and laughter continued.
The Charterhouse school houses a relic from David Livingstone, a ragged coat given during his final journey to a native follower. The coat, kept for years, was later passed to Bishop Maples and then described in his account. The piece remains a treasured artifact in the school museum.
A disjointed fable about a river fisherman, a hungry alligator, and a second fisherman who shoots the reptile to keep the boots and boat from being eaten. The moral notes that some alligators never know when they have enough.
A brief ad style note urges readers with coughs to try Kemp's Balsam sold with a guarantee. It claims rapid relief after the first dose, lists price 25c and 50c with a trial size free at all druggists, and ends with a separate culinary tip on cucumber sauce with cucumber, salt, cayenne, onion juice, parsley, tarragon vinegar, and whipped cream.
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