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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1894
Page
2
A Massachusetts gardener explains forced vegetables in winter houses. Lettuce is grown by truckmen under greenhouses, followed by cucumbers and radishes with profits shown. Farms use steam heat and timed succession to yield lettuce 700 dozen per crop, cucumbers 18,000, radishes 5,000 bunches.
A traditional poultry text outlines fattening methods for fowls in coops. It advises alternating oatmeal and barley meal with milk, occasional dripping, and adding gravel for digestion. It emphasizes clean troughs, constant water, restricted postfeeding gaps, ten day finish, and coop specs for six to eight birds with proper ventilation and darkness between feedings.
At the North American beekeepers convention the debate focused on the best hive for comb honey with eight or ten frame Langstroth options discussed. Advice included heat treatment for swelling from bee stings, and emphasis on breeding from vigorous hens. An Ohio beekeepers convention favored hanging frames of Langstroth or modified Langstroth varieties as best.
In a Chicago congress on roads Colonel A A Pope argues roads advance social life and education and proposes a graduate succession tax to fund improvements. He cites Illinois losses from bad roads and calls for cheaper transport through better highways aided by state-level inheritance levies.
A young dancer recalls a clash over an encore for a minuet during a benefit matinee. She describes a confrontation where the leading dancer demanded no encore, threatening to dismiss dancers, while the elder Aunt Mary presided over the family tradition. The tale captures artistic tension and professional jealousy.
In a city studio a clever display uses a life size painted jailer and a cut out for a face with a mirror to show an instant likeness of the visitor as the jailer. The setup, inspired by Wiertz, draws amused reactions from viewers. Hood's Sarsaparilla is touted with reports of relief from indigestion headaches biliousness and various ailments.
Novembers winds bring the return of sloping shoulders and shawllike bodices. New designs feature five inch shoulder seams and draped trim from the shoulder line to create bottle shaped silhouettes. Weddings showcase lace trimmed frocks for train bearers and a regal bride’s sword salute in England. Olive Blossom is marketed as a private prescription not a medicine, offered by Dr. France and sold locally by Daugherty Bros.
An 1894 advertisement recounts a man’s 10 year rheumatic affliction as he uses Indian Herb Cure and quickly improves, praising dramatic results. It touts testimonials, product claims, and local sellers in Indiana Pennsylvania, with additional notes on Mystic Cure for rheumatism and Orange Blossom remedies, plus a world class salve for skin ailments and piles offered by regional merchants.
Over a million users credit Dr King’s Great Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with powerful throat chest and lung relief. Trial bottles are free at multiple local stores while a claimant in Waynetown Indiana testifies the nerve tonic improved weakness and led to full recovery after months of illness.
A nostalgic verse traces Castoria as a constant presence from infancy to adulthood, noting how a child’s cries once led to Castoria and how the product accompanies generations through children and now into parenthood. The tone nods to a historic marketing line, highlighting enduring brand familiarity.
Timetable excerpt lists departures to Freeport Butler Junction Springdale Allegheny City and intermediate stations at 8 05 11 00 a m and 7 00 p m. Also Butler Branch 8 06 11 08 a m weekdays. Blairsville Intersection to Pittsburg 5 33 7 45 10 11 8 p m Sundays 5 33 10 11 2 m 4 28 6 10 p m. Altoona 7 30 9 40 a m 3 18 6 38 p m Sundays 9 40 11 11 4 m 3 18 6 28 p m. For Harrisburg Philadelphia New York Baltimore Washington 9 4 a m and 6 28 p m Sundays 9 40 a m and 6 28 p m. Pittsburg to Indiana via Blairsville Intersection 5 25 8 00 a m 4 30 p m weekdays. Altoona to Indiana via Blairsville Intersection 3 40 8 00 a m and 3 45 p m weekdays. Address Thomas E Watt 110 Fifth Avenue Pittsburg Pa. 5S M PREVOST J R WOOD General Manager General Pass Agt
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