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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1899
Page
6
The world onlookers watch three men push limits with a triple somersault, a feat requiring massive height and control. Despite danger, one ace claimed a fall on his head and neck while another declined a $100 wager after a near miss.
A short verse centers on Dimple gathering greens with her mother’s bonnet on her head. She carries a large bucket and knife, plots to eat buttered bread, and watches her actions with a fearless, playful tone. The rustic scene emphasizes self-reliance and community childhood chores.
The excerpt mixes a playful poem about Dimple gathering greens with an excerpt on birds. The poem describes Dimple with apron torn and a knife, hinting at a playful, almost folk-song tone. The bird section outlines birds as vertebrates with feathered bodies, toothless jaws, winged forelimbs, and hollow bones enabling flight.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Cascarets to cleanse blood and liver, claim clearer skin free of pimples boils blotches and blackheads. It markets the product as inexpensive and guarantees satisfaction with price points of 10c 25c and 50c.
A tale of a fisherman at Great South Bay selling water by the gallon to a farmer and the jar exchange at a tavern. The farmer pours water into a jar, leaves it at the railroad, and returns to find the tide low, prompting a humorous remark on trade. Also mentions Mark Twain dinner humor and a Grain-O drink promotion as era miscellany.
The notice outlines 15 day rail excursions via the Pennsylvania Railroad to Atlantic City Cape May and other Jersey shore resorts on August 3 and 17 with special parlor cars from Pittsburg and connections through Altoona Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Tickets available at Leechburg Wandergrift and other stations with through Pullman service and a ten day Philadelphia stopover option.
Reports show an independent Republican ticket for Allegheny county Pa. offices. General Otis seeks 1,000,000 pounds of ammunition after slow Philippine campaign. Ex governor Hastings spent 5000 to influence Center county primary. Also noted: coal brain near Lincoln West Virginia and pig iron rankings. transport Hancock carries Nebraska regiment from Manila. other incidents include a trolley crash in Spring City Pa and a fatal shooting of Thomas Coslo in New Castle Pa.
An old advertisement touts a "Mystic Cure" that allegedly cures rheumatism and neur ylalgia in 1 to 3 days, claiming immediate disappearance of symptoms after the first dose. It markets at 75 cents and cites Indiana as the source with a curious claim of rapid system-wide action. A separate local note mentions Senator Clark of Montana laying an asphalt walk at his home, a temporary boardwalk with a "Take the Boardwalk" sign, and locals misread it as "We Tare."
Two notices grant administration on estates in Indiana County. D A Gorman announces on behalf of the Simpson estate in Grant township that debts are due and claims must be presented, dated July 26 1899. Thomas Lydick announces on behalf of the Lydick estate in Green township that debts are due and claims must be presented, dated July 19 1899.
In Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo a crisis loomed as rebels attempted to seize President Heureaux s body. Gov Pepin mobilized troops in Moca and La Vega Real sent 1 000 men amid rumors of a deal offering the presidency to General Maximo Gomez. A reported Cuban mission to confer with Gomez followed.
The fragmentary notice mentions a purchase related to a signature item associated with a cast or bearer. No clear event, names, or dates are readable to establish a definite person or organization or outcome.
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