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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1898
Page
6
A fragmentary meditation on love and roses. Percy Osborn reflects on sending no roses to a beloved, contrasting Homeric and mythic imagery. The tale threads through Meleager, Cyprians, and Cyronis with a warning about jealousy and the weight of beauty in classical lore.
An American operator recounts in Cuba during early 1895 how the Santiago cable office handled a surge in messages after the insurrection. He describes long hours, cipher traffic between Sagasta and Blanco, and a dramatic nighttime intrusion by Cuban rebels while maintaining the line to Madrid and beyond.
An American journalist and a Cuban ally uncover a Spanish ciphered tape plot tied to torpedo boats and a Vizcaya Oquendo mission. After a tense standoff with a Spaniard and a soldier ambush, they flee via a cable room, Merode’s arrest follows, and the narrator is soon released and repatriated with other exiles.
A humorous New York Truth item notes a sheriff's attachment on a piano as a punchline. The exchange jokes that the instrument is not automatic but is subject to legal seizure, with the speaker noting it will do for the moment.
An old time moral health note urges valuing life over wealth and pride. It cites overwork and illness as warning signs, endorsing Dr. R V Pierce’s treatments as preventive care and cure, featuring a Clinton Mississippi man’s testimonial after using Golden Medical Discovery and Pellets to restore appetite and relieve stomach pains.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces sale of excursion tickets from August 27 to September 2 for Grangers picnic attendees. Return valid until September 5 at one fare for round trips between East Liberty Bryn Mawr on Northern Central Railway and Waterford area on Philadelphia and Erie Division. Inquiries to ticket agents for train times and rates.
The article records Mary Stuart owning a skull shaped watch bequeathed to her maid of honor Mary Seaton. It features Death symbols on the forehead and Time on the back, with Eden and the crucifixion atop the skull. Inside is a holy family scene with angels, shepherds, and the Christ child. the brain and dial plate form the works and palate.
A reader reports seeing a physician’s offer in THE Syprawa PROGRESS and asks to convey that the doctor should be told about the observed advertisement. The note emphasizes the interaction framed as a simple outreach to the medical professional.
The Kongo railway completes after ten years, connecting 35,000,000 people and opening 1,000,000 square miles to commerce. Elsewhere, the Grand Army of the Republic faces debates over admitting Spanish War veterans, with views on national unity and postwar society. Furnished rooms for rent announced near the Normal building.
Notice states that accounts of guardians, administrators, executors and trustees have been examined and passed in the Registers Office and will be presented to the Orphans' Court for confirmation and allowance on a specified date. The announcement urges interested parties to appear or file objections as required by law.
A list from Indiana Pennsylvania Register's Office dated August 16 1898 includes first and final accounts for Wm Davis admr of Evan Williams estate Green Township. A W Clowes guardian of Horace J Clowes. A F Bowman guardian of John Marshall. J W Clark guardian of Mabel and Howard Duck. W C Black admr of Samuel Black. Joseph S Cost exr of Francis Cost. J N Banks first and final account of W P Oberlin exr of Henry Emerick. Andrew Pittman guardian of Ida Stake. Alexander Ow ex r of Joseph Ow. Jack and Taylor first and final account of Wm Orner admr of Ephraim Orner. Henry Robison ex-r of James Gordon. C W Palmer guardian of Lyman Johnston. John M St Clair guardian of Alva Carnahan. John J Ray admr of James Ray. W G Ewing surviving admr of Benjamin Irvin. Solomon Black trustee of David Mitchell real estate. Lottie Martin executrix of Wm Parry. E M Jamison admr of E C Jamison. M C Duncan and C F Duncan admrs of John W Duncan. John A Mabon guardian of Kizzie Mabon. Watson and Keener second and partial account of Susannah Willard. Wm T Burns exr of James Burns. H W Oberlin admr of Henry Emerick. James N Stewart, Indiana Pa, August 16, 1898.
An advertising note compares insuring a rental house valued at 72 000 dollars with a 1 000 dollar annual rent, arguing full coverage is justified even if the house never burns. It then questions life insurance, noting eventual death and the total loss to a family, urging readers to consider full value protection from The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.
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