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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1899
Page
6
A New Jersey peach grower discusses thinning peaches to balance size and flavor, recommending hand thinning or poles to keep fruit 4 to 6 inches apart. It covers how many peaches to leave, grading by size, and the impact on profits, with side notes on new roses, lawn formation, and promising strawberries plus a brief humorous domestic observation.
The article compares Liberty with Meteor noting Liberty lacks Meteor’s blue petal cast. It recalls a New York exhibit before the American Institute on March and the rose won a certificate and drew crowd attention as a leading dark red rose. It describes sunlight and nighttime lighting highlighting the ruby petals equally well.
A poetic scene describes woodland flowers wearing pale pink gowns and passing mornings in the wildwood. Callers arrive as a breeze rustles through trees, children and a merry party of flowers mingle by a rivulet. A note closes with a boy’s comic misspellings in a school letter to the master.
Legal notice of land sales by execution detailing two parcels in Indiana County. First parcel in Keyne township covers about 50 acres with a log house and coal underlay as described by bounds to R Cooper and Commons Davison. Second parcel in Conemaugh township measures 7 acres 36310 perches with a two story frame house and outbuildings, bounded by Scrubgrass road and J T Calhoun lands. Names include W F Elkis and Nancy B Cummins Woodward. defendants James S Stif tey and others, with heirs at law and executors listed. Cases dated September Term 1899.
A reader endorses Grain-O made from pure grains saying the first try was unpleasant but after a week it becomes preferred to coffee. It nourishes the system and suits children, described as a strengthening substance for all ages. Available 5c and 25c at local retailers.
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