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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1898
Page
5
Residents enjoyed a busy spell with sleighing and Crete oil excitement drawing rigs from the livery, while a mix of local social events, visits, and disputes filled pages. Notable mentions include police quelling a crowd, visits by Mrs Kier, and various travels between Blairsville, Johnstown, McKees Rocks, and Allegheny.
M F Coneh visited Indiana on Saturday and J E Carnahan with wife from Smithport were here during the past week. Many locals and visitors listed with church meetings, trades, and farm work across Edinburgh area including Pine Grove Stifflertown and Croft. Notables include Rev Armstrong preaching, Mrs Eva Cook of Burnside staying with friends, and merchant John Garman making a business trip to Dubois.
Residents and visitors frequent North Union area towns including Advance Vandergrift Apollo and Blairsville. Mary Sturgeon Miss Maude Walker Miss Wilda Silyis and many others are mentioned in social visits school events sleigh rides and church services. A few illnesses and property changes are noted with moving plans and a nearby farm sale planned for spring.
The notice touts Dr King's New Discovery as the true remedy for consumption coughs and colds. It claims multiple experiments failed until this product proved effective, with a guarantee of satisfaction and free trial bottles offered at Hildebrand, Moore, and Miller locations.
An advertisement touts Scurvine as a superior skin purifier for toilet nursery and bath claiming it removes dandruff pimples and chapped hands. Priced 25 cents per box with a 10 percent purchase incentive. Also notes sales by J B Hinds R M Morris and Fred Selig in Indiana Pa plus a free 5 cent cake toilet soap with 50 cent cash purchases. Also mentions Nesbit's listings and subscriptions to local papers.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers a ten day low rate excursion to the National Capital with round trip tickets from Pittsburg for $9. Departures are February 17 March 17 April 14 and May 12 from Union Station at 8 PM or 8:10 PM with through parlor cars or sleeping cars. Tickets are on sale at Union Ticket Office and Union Station. details from Thomas Watt, Western District Passenger Agent.
A retailer advertises deep discounts on clothing and accessories including suits jackets capes overcoats and hundreds of items. The sale emphasizes emptied shelves and reduced prices with multiple tag lines and scattered text fragments.
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