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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1889
Page
5
Local notices hype Sallie Hinton’s visit to Library Hall for a week of performances. Clements and Clemente grocery ads flood the town with holiday specials on cakes, fruits, olives, and bakeries.
In Jacksonville Phyllis reports a flourishing singing skit. Visitors include Robert Lytle and M B Kline from Indiana. County Superintendent candidates Pross Hammers Fisher were in town. Rev Hoffman holds a revival at the M E church. A weather bureau in the telephone office predicts a long winter as geese seen with provisions foreshadow the storm. Two orphans appear in brief items and a quip about orphans remains.
The harsh cold nears as many households face hardship. Elderly residents endure rheumatic pain and tempts of frost with limited aid, prompting calls for assistance and safer warmth in their communities.
The town reports Dr. Klingensmith made 53 professional visits in one day last week. Bell Lindy is believed to have drowned after her shawl was found under a bridge. A fever outbreak grows with forty to fifty cases, the highest in town history. A deadly accident near Bow Station claimed nine year old William Masiella, a watchman at Bow Station, on Sunday morning.
A boy was severely mutilated after attempting to jump on a moving 8 freight car. Stewart Sides dressed a 150 pound deer at the Ridge foot, claimed as wandering from the Ridge and found with his sheep. A shooting match at Mr. Harkom’s north of town saw Sides as top marksman. he won five turkeys and seven ducks. Bridge construction here remains indefinitely suspended after weeks of inactivity.
Rochester man John Davies recounts severe cold with back and kidney pain labeled gravel by a physician. A friend recommended Dr David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy from Rondout, New York, and after two bottles he claims to be completely cured.
An elderly reader writes to the editor acknowledging a past due balance and enclosing a check. He notes fifty three years of continued newspaper service through various name changes and local upheavals, mentions his late father’s death in 1849, and reports railroad survey work affecting property lines in their village. KE B Camp signs off respectfully.
An older medical column urges early use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to prevent rheumatic crisis in sufferers. It claims the tonic clears rheumatic virus from blood, reducing pain, and notes benefits for dyspepsia kidney trouble malaria and nervous misery while warning rheumatic disease can threaten the heart if untreated.
A false alarm of fire at the Oper House last night caused a panic stampede. Eleven persons were killed and twenty wounded. Reported by Ed Jackson and Temp E Hildebeand, no further details available as press time.
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