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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1901
Page
3
A New York Sun report chronicles how few high paying choir engagements exist and how aspirants chase long odds. It recounts Jones, a former miner, who after rigorous training and social grooming, now earns a large salary in a wealthy church, illustrating the gatekeeping and esfuerzo needed to reach top singing posts.
Middlesex probate court in East Cambridge, Mass. weighs if a Woburn affiliated church remains visible under a $1,000 trust for members. Interest to be paid while old school Baptist doctrine and visibility held. residuary heirs say the society no longer fits. The nine-member body, mostly nonresidents, does not support a preacher, while the society asserts it remains a church per its doctrines.
Mr Peter Stiles wins a four year contract to carry mail on 14 county routes. Free rural delivery offered to residents with erect boxes on application. Routes include Froma Bruce to New Florence, Croft to Seward, Gipsy to Ord, Grant to Indiana via several towns, and more. Also reports White Oak school month ending January 9 1901 with 32 pupils enrolled and 93 percent attendance.
The report lists 141 public schools in Hawaii with 344 teachers and 11 486 pupils. Private schools number 48 with 200 teachers and 4 054 pupils. Of 15 000 plus students about 5 000 are Hawaiians and nearly 3 000 fractional Hawaiians. Portuguese number nearly 4 000, Chinese and Japanese over 1 000 each, American children 600. Nine nationalities tabulated, others labeled as other foreigners.
Berlin rumor claims the German emperor wears a finely tempered steel cuirass since King Styimbert’s murder. It is also said Count von Waldersee gave King Victor Emmanuel a cuirass of the same make when traveling through Rome to depart for China.
Police regulation circulated in the north of Ireland warns that darkness begins as soon as lamps are lit and requires every vehicle to carry two lights starting at the onset of darkness. The advisement emphasizes safety during low visibility periods and urges adherence until further notice.
The Springfield Republican is hailed as a premier national daily from a provincial city. The Johnstown Democrat is praised for bold editorial style and Henry George advocacy. The piece notes common failings of U S dailies and endorses Halls Catarrh Cure with testimonials.
Three years after measles Bessie Myers of Havenfeld Pennsylvania suffered deafness, voice loss, nasal obstruction, enlarged palates, and near suffocation at night. Under Dr Sadler a Johns Town eye and ear specialist one eye nearly recovered nose opened voice restored and hearing improved. Improvement steady and hopeful.
Lord Salisbury, absorbed in a book, ignores a mutton chop at the club for twenty minutes before leaving without eating. Lord Rosebery, in contrast, dislikes long meals and jokes with Bishop Creighton about health and sermons as palatable as tart. The exchange clues a lighthearted glimpse into aristocratic dining manners.
Millwood Pa October 10 1898 Mrs Frances Campbell writes that after about three months of using James Anderson Indian Herbs she can perform household duties with little pain and has found permanent relief from years of rheumatism, unlike prior medicines.
A Middleport Ohio factory accident led to a dangerous attempt at freeing a stuck safe. Bookkeeper Louis Jaquith and engineer Walter H. Rice used carbon and electric wire, standing by the light for hours. They finally freed the safe but went blind, with no return of sight despite treatment.
Contemporary reports describe Mania appearing as rods on bamboo stems in central and southern India during a severe famine. The sweet gummy substance exuding from bamboo forests in Bhanda is said to be the first known instance, consumed by locals as food, likened to ancient Israelite practice.
Blown to Atoms. The old idea of drastic purgation is exploded by Dr King's New Life Pills which are harmless and stimulate the liver and bowels to expel poison. They cleanse the system and absolutely cure constipation and sick headache. Only 252 at T. E. Hildebrand's Indiana W. I. Moore's Homer City M. G. Miller's Blairsville.
W S Daugherty operates a planing mill serving as a headquarters for building materials including yellow pine ceilings by the cay load. Prices unchanged from last year. He offers porches verandas columns spindles doors sash banisters brackets and quick order service. The mill handles delicate work and invites subscriptions to The Progress for county news.
Madison manufacturer John A. Johnson offers Dane county Wisconsin $40,000 to build and operate a home for the aged. He proposes admission policies akin to insurance, payable by individuals in youth or middle age to secure future support, or by anyone for a friend's welfare.
The text argues that true business is to seek and live by truth, with happiness as an incidental outcome. It reflects on solitary moments of clear sight and fellowship with truth that outweighs sorrow and bitterness endured by human souls.
We thank you for your patronage the year just ended and promise best values for least money. Our stock was broken up during the Holiday rush but is being filled again with Dew items to save you money in the new year. Visit to choose Rogers Bros. 1847 silverware and other patterns plus a full store of glassware and china.
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