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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1915
Page
3
A farmer’s widow narrates how she accepted Cy Rogers after toying with two other suitors. She mocks a widower with many children and, after a performative dinner date, declares she’d rather marry a rough, honest farmer than a secondhand man. The engagement ends with a late night confession and a vow.
President Wilson plans a definite defense program for Congress after meetings with the secretaries of war and the navy and with Secretary Lansing. Officials report strong public enthusiasm for increased armed forces, though opposition from some House and Senate members is anticipated. Conferences with naval and defense leaders will shape timing and scope of proposed measures as the country weighs the international situation. A separate note from Santa Monica reports a mackerel with a copper bell on its tail disrupting fishing.
Market quotes show varied prices across regions. Pittsburgh items include butter prints hogs cattle sheep and veal with ranges from 2.50 to 11.60 dollars. Cleveland lists fat steers heifers bulls cows calves and hogs with prices spanning roughly 3 to 12 dollars, plus grain futures for Sept bids.
The German push on Kovno grows as they lay heavy bombardments while Russian artillery returns fire. Peasants describe months of preparation for the assault and vast German fortification works. Russians hold and counterattack north along the Dwina as German plans stall. Britain France Italy and Russia press Serbia for concessions to Bulgaria, recalling prior support.
The United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service warns bubbling drinking fountains may pose health risks when misused. An inspector watched 47 users at a railway station with lips around the spout and even a boy attempting to swallow the bubble.
Linden New Jersey accepted the resignation of Police Justice Milton Londen age ninety one to make room for a younger man. The committee named Peter Bundy age eighty seven as successor amid cheers from Benjamin Lavenly age seventy eight. Bundy promised long service as Youth will be served while former justice Lowden had served thirty years. In a separate item five people died and fifty were injured when a Mount Sterling Ohio bound excursion train collided with a freight at Orient station near Columbus.
A collage of humorous vignettes and fables from a vintage page. It parodies sayings and personals with quips about publicity, marriage, bets, and everyday quirks. Characters reference familiar names and locales, delivering quick, ironic observations and a knot of moral one-liners.
The message states three fertilizer flue arrivals scheduled for August 22, September 1, and September 5. It also notes an offer to quote fall season prices, implying readiness to provide pricing details upon request.
A fragmentary exchange notes Tim Hennessy’s arrest and looming charges. A quip from Young Law yer asserts ten dollars as fee in police court cases while Celtic Stranger comments on a long standing feud with Tim.
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