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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1899
Page
7
A reflective monologue on life in a rough world where some reap plenty while others starve. The speaker muses on labor, poverty, and the paradoxes of existence, noting resilience and the urge for creative escape despite hardship. The piece ends with a sense that life follows a stubborn, uneven rhythm from birth.
A peddler charms Mrs. Christy into bartering old clothes for a pair of vases. While she stores them, a thief steals her husband’s overcoat, plated spoons, and a counterfeit note. The culprit remains at large as Mrs. Christy contemplates blame, dignity, and the unsettling breach of trust at home.
In London Spare Moments a peddler visits the Christy family as a counterfeit note helps reveal a string of comic bargains. The husband buys a coat for £6, spoons for £2, and a shawl for £1, only to learn the note is fake. Mother and father laugh together at their misadventure, keeping the truth from the police.
A 19th century style advertisement explains kidney testing by bottle sediment and promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a universal cure for kidney liver and bladder issues. It claims relief from frequent urination back pain and intoxication effects with a free sample offer by mail from Kilmer Co. with a reader note from Progress newspaper.
A round trip fare offer to San Francisco is advertised with tickets on sale May 14 to 17 1899. Return validity runs to May 16 with further fall particulars obtainable from John J. Pott District Passenger Agent Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul 486 William St Wilkes-Barre or 360 Chestnut St Philadelphia
A brief note from the New York Mail and Express recounts a gas machine incident where a customer fed a quarter for gas that failed to ignite. The device shut off after the money burned, plunging lamps and candles into darkness until an inspector retrieved three nickels and a dime from within, vindicating the contraption.
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