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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1903
Page
7
An observant note on wood sorrel and redtop sorrel plus buttercups, speedwells, clover varieties, ground cherry and mallow. The piece extols common weeds as a rich floral book, praises oxalis shamrock, Dutch clover, and speedwell, and muses on nature’s gradual, purposeful design.
The article paints a bustling Cairo street scene with vendors, street performers, and observers. It notes a festive mood around markets and tram centers, describes calls for grapes figs and refreshments, and records a camel meat sale announcement. City police in white drill and red tarbouches appear as orderly figures.
A period article discusses fruiting and foliage care with notes on a mulberry tree yielding 218 pounds of leaves annual. It suggests monthly sowing for continuous green beans, compares shade tolerance of plants, and advises thorough watering beyond surface dampness. It also mentions camphor prolonging cut flower freshness and highlights yellow oxalis as a strong house plant. A physician endorses peppermint water for sleeplessness, and warns chloroform mixtures may aid sleep when hot water is used.
A Indiana Pa resident lauds Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills sold at Herrick Bros drug store for nerves energy and sleep. Also a help wanted ad seeks a man and wife for a March 1 1903 start with service and wages, plus a lumber ad for porch materials from Daugherty offering pine ceiling and other items.
The March term of court opens March 2 1903 with juror assignments for counties and townships astonishingly detailed. Names include Armstrong Blairsville Cherryhill Conemaugh Homer City Indiana Mahoning and Washington among others with second and third weeks listed and dozens of jurors per district. The lengthy roster names many local residents and officials responsible for service.
The second personally conducted tour to California departs New York and Philadelphia February 19 on the Golden Gate Special via Cincinnati New Orleans San Antonio and El Paso to Los Angeles and San Diego Three days in New Orleans for Mardi Gras then a return itinerary leaving San Francisco March 28 arriving New York April 6 at $275 from points east of Pittsburgh covers railroad transport side trips in California berth meals no California hotel costs Tickets valid for return within nine months details at Broad Street Station Philadelphia Pa. Don’t Read This If you don’t want to buy a buggy
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