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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1894
Page
6
A New York Times style note urges children to start saving early for gifts and to plan thoughtful presents for family members. Examples include a girl planning a matchholder for her father and another mounting paper soldiers for a handmade toy army, showing care over mere cost.
An amusing scene during a parade of a new Spanish regiment sees King Alfonso reward his troops with bonbons and breakfast, while a young recruit Ivan Emanuel Garcia mutinously proclaims revolution and briefly resists. The king pacifies him with sweets and cake, restoring order as the parade continues.
Daughters of Thackeray recall a Genoa harbor incident during a return to the ship. An angry confrontation with rowers over a 50 franc demand, the steamer signaling rockets, and a father’s sharp expletive avert delay before boarding. Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills ad follows.
A Fort Monroe visit by army officers aboard a naval ship produced a curious moment as 12 o’clock struck and the captain ordered “Make it so” while eight bells rang. The officers later shared a dinner, then a lieutenant announced the major’s blind horse had died, provoking gravity but no discussion. Reports say the land forces suspected a ruse. The tale circulated via the San Francisco Argonaut.
A Boston Herald essay recounts a dramatic strike scene in which a famous boxer, John M. V, saved a woman's carriage from rioters with calm authority. Months later she learned his name after a separate incident where he, in a drunken wager to fell a horse, knocked a horse down near her fur shop. The tale underscores boxing heroes as protectors in American society.
Whittier tells a tale of his mother traveling by steamer to Portland in a new Quaker bonnet. She sits on the hat, begs to go home, and vows never to travel by water again. Also notes a playful exchange about a future day and a minor skirmish about time. The olive branch as a symbol of peace is mentioned with a sales note for OLIVE Bossom.
Advertisement asserts SouTH AMERICAN NERVINE cures nervous prostration nervousness and nervous dyspepsia in a single day. Claims it is a safe luxury and urges trials with a 15 cent bottle. Sold by Herrick Bros Druggists Indiana Pa. May 23.
Train times listed for Blairsville to Salinburg Salineburg Paulton Allegheny Junction Freeport Springdale and Allegheny City weekdays at 8:05 11:00 and 7:00 p m Butler Branch 8:05 and 10:00 a m Sundays times 5:33 10:11 a m 4:28 6:10 p m Pittsburgh via Blairsville Intersection 5:33 7:45 10:11 a m 1:27 4:28 6:10 p m weekdays Sundays 5:33 10:11 a m 4:28 6:10 p m Altoona 7:30 9:40 a m 3:18 6:28 p m weekdays Sundays 9:40 11:11 a m 3:18 6:28 p m Pittsburgh Indiana via Blairsville Intersection 5:25 8:00 a m 4:30 p m week days For details contact Thomas E Watt Western District Pittsburg Pa General Manager S M Prevost General Pass. Apt.
A bamboo tube used to transport Madagascar gold to the mint is described as six inches long and two inches in diameter with a cork end. Registar of Deposits J Robley Donglison notes the gold was mined and smelted by natives and the tube carried the metal safely to America. Also quoted is T F Anthony noting surprise at the efficacy of Mystic Cure for rheumatism sold by Herrick Bros druggists in Indiana Pennsylvania.
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