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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1904
Page
6
An old pioneer laments urban influence on rural life. City newcomers bring formality, selfish habits, and strained neighborly ties, eroding the free, friendly farm fellowship. The author urges farmers to maintain old time hospitality and simple country traditions.
A New York Herald item quotes Prof Lounsbury on split infinitives and language purity, noting how to with the infinitive became common. It cites examples like rooms to rent and houses to let and recalls early Teutonic usage before modern shifts. A San Francisco observer, John H. Morley, explains a Broadway misperception about looking up at tall buildings and how a humorous remark can reveal a real visual effect.
A Boston club morning scene recalls Benator Hoar and his ill brother Judge Hoar. Friends seek news as the elder notes how family absence and shared views shaped his brother’s condition and his own refutations of past theories and desertions.
Letters of administration on the estate of William Pittman late of Green township deceased have been granted. Claimants must present their claims for settlement and debtors must promptly pay. A.L. Pittman, administrator, April 13, 1904. Dr. H. Fomb, attorney. Old papers for lining buildings offered at 10c a roll.
A list of transfers with buyers and sellers across multiple townships. Notable entries include Robert Allison selling 9 acres in Center to T B George for 1350, George Beer 118 acres in East Mahoning to J W Pfeiffer for 1000, and Michael Burns selling 4 of 2809 acres in Canoe to James P Phalan for 30000.
M M Austin of Winchester Ind helped his wife recover from a stomach and liver ailment after doctors failed. She was cured using Dr Kings New Life Pills, available for 25 cents at several Indiana Pa and nearby drugstores. The note then shifts to a discussion on church membership growth in the United States from 1800 to present, citing rising numbers and activity, yet a large portion of young men remain outside church membership. It references Professor Willcox and a century ago when few young Christians joined churches in Connecticut.
Public sale notices list items from the estates of Michael Putt and John Widdowson including cows, horses, wagons, farming implements, and household goods with dates April 14 and April 20 plus locations near Greengilly and Dixonville Cherryhill township. Also notes Indiana Mutual Fire Insurance Co operating 17 months with strong policyholder savings and no out-of-state risks. Poultry eggs for hatching advertised by Ben Hasinger in Indiana Pa.
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