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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1894
Page
6
A narration of marching orders and pursuit as lines describe soldiers or guards preparing to move, the sound of a drum, and the removal of a person. The text repeats commands to take him away and notes wheels turning slowly, suggesting a parade or punishment scene with a somber tone.
William Miller recalls California stagecoast days from 1854, describing a moonlit robbery attempt on a San Jose to Los Angeles relay line. He swiped with a long whip, catching the robber's gun. the weapon discharged as the coach sped away, leaving the highwayman surprised.
A reader tried Browning’s One Word More with a hairbrush pun and a Boston dating reader frowned, saying the line’s meaning was lost to a literalist while a Boston Transcript note adds a quote about Browning. The piece then shifts to The Growth of Electric Railroads and cites E L Carson on increasing electricity powered railways from 161 to over 500 in the U S and bid prices dropping from 4500 to 1500 in six years.
A San Francisco Argonaut item recalls Judge Ira Perley defending his client’s cause and rebuking a flatterer for crooked conduct. The judge blasts the man as an infernal scoundrel and asks if there is a cost to such judgment, answered with a quip about five dollars.
A London News attribution recounts Lt Gen Donat MacMahon’s Crimea siege act at the Malakoff. It notes a famous expression used to rally mines and set a semicircle charge, a failed effort, and the subsequent release of the siege. Also promote Otto's Cure and Matthew Henry commentary notices appear in the page.
Advertisements tout Dr King s New Discovery for throat chest and lung diseases with a money back guarantee and free trial bottles. Also promotes Chamberlains remedies for bowel complaints and SouTh American Nervine for nervous prostration and dyspepsia with trial bottles offered. Mentions Mabel Loomis Todd and Total Eclipses of the Sun book. Various druggists listed in Indiana Blairsville Homer City Marion Center.
An old promotional verse makes a continuous pitch for Castoria, noting its use from infancy through adulthood. The rhymed lines emphasize maternal and household trust, reflecting historical advertising language and product association with children and parenting.
T. F. Anthony of Promise City Iowa testifies that one bottle of Mystic Cure and two doses relieved his rheumatism more effectively than prior medicines. G A Cunningham, Pittsburg daily messenger, guarantees prompt handling of any entrusted business.
Multiple properties in Buffington Blairsville and West Indiana are listed for sale under executions from September Term 1894. Listings include 121 acres near Buffington with house and barn, a 60 by 130 foot lot in Garfield Township with a two story house, two West Indiana lots with a 1.5 story house, a 100 acre Dixon tract in Blairsville area, and other adjacent parcels with various structures. Transactions involve numerous plaintiffs and case numbers across several courts.
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