06 Feb 1889
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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1889
Page
1
An unclear item references a medicine described as wonderfully effective for kidney and liver complaints, digestion, headaches, and fatigue. It credits Moorish Seiden and ATHLOPYORGS CO at 112 Wall Street.
Washington, Jan. 25, 1889. Senator Allison declines Treasury post citing duty to Senate. Gen Harrison seeks a West based pick. Sherman proposes a Samoa aid bill amid criticism of Bayard policy. Mention of tariff bill, naval and diplomatic matters, and portraits of political maneuvering. Included is Mr. Kennan's Century extract on Mrs Cherniavski’s Siberian exile and its brutal firsthand tragedy.
An elderly physician, retired from practice, presents Franille as a radical cure for consumption, catarrh, asthma, throat and lung affections, nervous debility, and nervous complaints. After testing in thousands of cases, he offers to send the remedy free of charge to all who desire it.
An ADS style collage notes how warmth from stoves, tonics, and medicine like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters promises to chase chills and fever, then shifts to politics about Pennsylvania temperance versus liquor interests, pledges rewards for cures, praises Hall's Catarrh Cure, and ends with a light city exchange about a man named John J. Smith.
Electric Bitters widely praised as a pure medicine that cures liver and kidney diseases removes pimples boils and skin issues from impure blood drives malaria from the system and prevents malaria fever headaches constipation and indigestion. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded with bottles priced at 1.00 at Hildebrand's Drug Store.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted as the best salve for bruises sores skin eruptions and as a heal all. The advert promises satisfaction or money back and lists T E Hildebrand as the druggist selling it. A testimonial from M C H Mortis Newark Ark claims recovery from a lung abscess using Dr King’s New Discovery, calling it the finest medicine ever made.
The article extols wood ashes as a fertilizer rich in potash and phosphoric acid with lime magnesia and silica in readily absorbable forms. It argues ashes supply mineral elements in a beneficial, soluble state, improving soil and plant uptake over time, and notes price-quality ambiguity deters buyers despite long term value.
The document lists the third week of March term starting March 25 1889 with cases including J H Jamision ex rel vs Richard Hoover Sarah Harrold vs G Peeler McCartney ex J M Guthrie vs John McGuire and others. It covers March 25 26 27 1889 and extends to April 5 1899 with multiple plaintiffs defendants and arbitrations. John A Scott Prothonotary.
Notice of appeals for 1839 to be held in county districts at election places on listed dates. Washington Feb 18 3pm, Mahoning Feb 19-21, Squickeburg, Spain and others. Marion Feb 7 3pm to 5pm. Grant Feb 1am. Montgomery Feb Wim. Green Mar 1. Cherryhill Feb 1. Mechanicsburg Feb 3 to 4. Wheatfield Feb 7. Armagh Feb 7 3pm. Barrel No 1 Feb 5. Wheatfield and other locations. timetable sparse with scattered times.
An Australian settler recounts a dramatic encounter with dingoes and a kangaroo in open scrub. A quick volley failed to stop the pack, which mauled the kangaroo and revealed the dogs’ instinctive targeting of vital arteries.
The Rev. M. T. Runnels recalls pioneer New Hampshire schools taught in dwellings and barns with movable seats. Master Abraham Perkins, notable for a velvet breeched era and an ivory headed cane, led classrooms, saluting pupils as they gathered. His wages ran four to five dollars monthly plus board. He taught first in Josiah Sanborn’s house near the old meeting house, later in barns and a meeting house, with pupils arranged by age and gender outside. Patience S. is noted for her knitting and instruction under him.
A garbled survey mentions Ben Butler and Wi Widow Butler's weeds, a £20,000 annual guard allowance at St James Palace, Professor Bell on rising deaf mutes, European electric lights tested for pearl fishers, and a multifaceted figure once a soldier journalist and theatrical manager now a barrister.
Vienna report to The London Times notes American travelers seeking birth registration for a child born in Austria without a marriage certificate. The clerk insisted on recording the birth as illegitimate, finally offering only the term doubtful after protests, while witnesses stood by the parents.
The Mount Morgan mine in Queensland is hailed as the richest mine globally, perched on an 8 ranch range. Metal extraction costs about $7.50 per ton, with ore processed by standard methods noted by sources like the Brooklyn Eagle and described in historical reminiscences.
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