22 Dec 1881
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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1881
Page
1
An Indiana reader endorses J. Jacob's Organic Compound as relief for rheumatism and chest ailments. The piece promotes Electric King's New Discovery for consumption and coughs, while noting other household health tips and ads. It also mentions Hop Bitters and SHILOH'S Catarbus Remedy with injector, plus fashionable trends in large rimmed hats and cushion styles going out of favor.
Readers may subscribe to multiple papers for the coming year through the Progress list. Includes Philadelphia Weekly Press Cincinnati Weekly Commercial Rural New Yorker Harper's Monthly and other titles with various yearly rates and postage terms. Offers discounts to arrears and existing subscribers through 1882, with adjustments for amounts already paid.
Advertisement notes rubber boots and arctic shoes for gents ladies and children at low prices. Mentions Alaska 5090s and 48-2 AS along with gunsincaan's. Claims one glessing with Frazer Axle Grease lasts two weeks and two to three days available. Mentions Lu's first premium at Centennial and Paris Exposition.
Advertisement copy touts Russell’s Best as a top market cannabis cure and urges readers to contact Russell & Co. at 222 Market Street Philadelphia for purchases. It mentions Henry Ball promoting New York market ventures and holiday movellies, with a rural property listing near Mechennesburg in Brusbyelies township, offering 270 acres with 100 acres cleared, a good house, orchard, and timber. George W. Hood of Tidianu, Pa is the contact for further particulars.
An OCR damaged notice advertises Sulzer's Cigars as best in the market and promotes posters for broad sale. It lists Philadelphia address 222 Market Street and several distributors including Whitling & Bro and J B Hinde & Co as agents.
Storses Sivjen, two horses stolen from James A. Gaush near Staystown Somerset county Ps on Tuesday night October 7. Horses described light bay mare four years old about 14 hands with white facial stripe and dark bay stallion three years old with white forehead star and left side markings. Reward $40 for return and $60 for thieves. 4g3 chases H. Bausu.
Large on hand furniture assortment including 43 uuire dressing cases 18x40 ginés and many items to low prices. Also promotes AUTOMATIC FOOT REST for rocking chairs and a Farm Gates patent by Joy Lee of Galesburg Illinois with rights sold in several Indiana County townships. Call on suppliers for details and rights enforcement.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers round trip excursion tickets to Jacksonville Wisconsin for 46 dollars with return use valid until June 1882. Tickets travel via Washington D C with multiple routes, sleeping cars through to Jacksonville, and allow visits to Washington City and nearby sights during winter travel.
The notice advertises a Christmas and New Year sale in Blairsville offering ladies cloaks shawls goods at low prices. It touts a large stock of garments, gloves, boots, blankets, and woolen items with low prices, inviting readers to visit the store at Cunningham’s in West Indiana and Blairsville. The restill reads as a local correspondence column with holiday announcements and personal notes from December 1861.
Washington notes cover conventions on money exchange with British Australian colonies, bankruptcy law reform proposed in Congress, and silver certificate legislation. Guiteau trial proceedings in Boston feature testimony from John Withrow about Guiteau’s self-regard and plans to lecture, with remarks on his condescending attitude and egotism.
Dec 8 to Dec 16 items record debating ships canal projects across Tehuantepec Merida Peninsula and Potomac, Civil Service reform, gold certificates, bank tax repeal, pensions, presidential succession, Garfield illness audit, Chinese immigration, telegraph rates, tariff cuts, and Garfield widow relief. Government names include Yost Beck Pendleton Edmunds Davis Voorhees Page Springer Morgan Chalmers Townsend Robinson.
The Sprague divorce case is set for trial on the second Monday in January in Providence. Northern Pacific Vice President Oakes says tracks will extend to the Little Rosebud by year’s end. Rumors out of Ottawa suggest British troops may be deployed to aid duty at Vid. Frelinghuysen is nominated for Secretary of State.
Partly legible late 19th century wire service style notes mention purchases and offices in Cincinnati Greece and Wood counties. Items include a customs collector case, a murder suicide near water Michigan, embezzlement in New Orleans, a missionary killing, Australian state exchanges, and university secret societies ban. Also reports on a Yorktown discharge, a fire shooting in Florida, stockyard prices in Chicago, and various political moves and personal misfortunes.
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