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Newspaper

Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1889

Page

4

Local notices and appointments in county district office

The county district attorney is John M. Leech. M T Steel is recommended by Congressman A Craige for Deputy Revenue Collector. Stewart Pearce will be appointed Store Keeper. Senator Cameron plans an White House improvement bill. A German Lutheran church body bans women from teaching. Johnstown boards seek state aid for schools after floods. 36 schools, 38 teachers, 1,913 pupils, $23,000 needed. $12,000 debt. Dr E E Higbee endorses the appeal.

M. T. Steel A. Craige Stewart Pearce Cameron Congress White House Pennsylvania Keystone Johnstown Board of Education Beaver Johnstown E. E. Higbee State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mary C. Liyod Sarah E. Mitchell Def’t Warren Road Young Two Robert James Caldwell Sarah Jane Lydia Pearl Ida Caldwell John Bell Sarah J. Bell Eliza Miller James Miller Wm. H. Foreman A. W. Derr Abram Stiver Commonwealth Nolle Def D. W. Brendlinger Elizabeth Bates Com Frank McCaffrey J.C. Anderson Indiana County Agricultural Society

High License Debate in Messenger Lettering

The Messenger criticizes liquor license advocates and lampoons the high license movement. It argues that licensing benefits manufacturers and dealers by legitimizing their trade and increasing its perceived respectability, urging readers to see through tax or license moves as a burden lighter for these interests.

Earth and Hell Itoo Messenger Pennsylvania

Debate Over High License Prohibition Curbs Liquor Trade

The piece attacks high license supporters as puppets of brewers and distillers, arguing prohibitionists aim to end the liquor trade while saloon keepers finance the movement. It cites a Western Journal critique, condemns coverage as defensive, and condemns liquor interests for pressuring public opinion amid a June state vote.

Mark

Effects of Modern Life and Restorative Nervine Claim

Eminent authorities warn that high pressure modern life creates nervous ailments and related pains. They promote Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as the fastest cure, claiming it relieves worry, insomnia, and pain without opium or morphine. Free trial bottles offered at Tom E Hildebrand's drug store.

Miles Tom E. Hildebrand

Grangers Picnic Excursion Tickets to Williams Grove

The sixteenth annual Grangers interstate picnic will be held at Williams Grove Cumberland county Pa August 26 to 30 Speakers and farmers from across the Union will attend The Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excursion tickets from many stations valid for return to September 2 at a single round trip fare The note on health promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic for kidney activity and general well being.

Williams’ Grove Cumberland County America Pennsylvania Railroad Company East Liberty Bryn Mawr Lutherville Erie Canandaigua

Kemps Baleam for throat and lungs promotes relief

Town report notes Kemps Baleam easing coughs sore throats asthma bronchitis and consumption with free trial bottles from druggists and guaranteed relief. Large bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar. A notice mentions remnants of dry goods to be sold at Johnston’s old lot.

Kemps Johnston

Bargain bonanza at J R Stumpf Son and Wegley firms

Advertisements flood local stores with unmatched low prices. J R Stumpf Son offers 200 parlor matches for one cent and other bargains, while Wegley Johnston liquidation prompts 60 day sales and marked discounts on clocks, wall charts, and fertilizer. Special jewelry and stove polish promotions abound with numerous other low price notices from Lydick’s Penn Run and J J Kerr’s West Indiana stores.

J. R. Stumpf & Son J. T. Boucher Wegley Wegley & Johnston J. R. Stump & Son J. J. Kerr Railroad West Indians Marshall & Kline’s J. R. Stumpf & Son’s Lydick’s Penn A. L. Mason J. J. Kerr’s West Indiana Frank Douglass Indiana Stumpf & Son Penn Run Wesr Lydick Cash & Produce Slaughter Waltham Aurora

Wilson & Son's Clothing Ad Promises Value for All

A wary stranger and a boastful young man describe Wilson & Son's Dry Goods shop. The elder praises all wool suits from fifteen dollars and built to color retention, while the youth touts seven fifty dress suits and two dollar shoes. The ad claims stock from top factories with made to order options and many exclusive styles.

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