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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1900
Page
7
An American Agriculturist essay cites benefits of combining stable manure with fertilizers for crop yields, detailing recommended per acre applications for corn potatoes beans and other crops, and notes on nitrogen use via green manures and mineral fertilizers. It covers price shifts in hemp and cordage, plus a Grain C ide health drink promotion.
A special personally conducted California tour by the Pennsylvania Railroad runs from February 27 to March 29. It features exclusive Pullman cars and connections via El Paso to the Mexico and California Special. Round trip tickets covering all expenses cost 375 dollars from all points. inquiries to listed ticket agents and offices. The document also includes an advertisement for Anderson's Indian Herb Cure with a Millwood, Pa., testimonial from Mrs Frances Campbell about rheumatism relief.
A London St James Gazette critique imagines Germany requiring housemaids to obtain a police listed passbook detailing appearance. It notes entries cover eye and hair color and nose shape, with blunt judgments if features are deemed angry. The piece explores the intrusion on women starting domestic service.
An advertisement touts a “Mystic Cure” for rheumatism and neur algia claiming cure in 1 to 3 days with the first dose delivering great benefit. It is priced at 75 cents and sold by all druggists in Indiana. Also listed is a rental notice for the James McClelland farm near Eldereridge Pa and a La Grippe remedy urging Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with money-back guarantee. Additionally there is a bowel education product and a chiropractor claim with unclear details.
Stray Stories recalls past penalties where offenders confessed in parish churches while wearing white sheets to illustrate their shame. The last public penance occurred July 80 1882 at All Saints East Clevedon, with no sheet. Earlier cases include St Bridget Chester 1851 and Essex Ditton 1849, Cambridge Ditton.
Discussion on the financial burden of church organs including construction, stops, tuning, and upkeep, contrasted with missionary funding and community irritation. Includes advertisements for Hall's Catarrh Cure, South American Nervine Tonic, a squirrel buying ad, and light humor items.
The Mexico and California Special leaves New York and Philadelphia February 12 for a 46 day tour covering North America, Mexico, California, and Colorado with stops at San Antonio Tam pico Guanajuato Guadalajara Queretaro City of Mexico Cuernavaca Aguascalientes Los Angeles San Diego Riverside Pasadena Santa Barbara San Jose Del Monte San Francisco Salt Lake City Denver Chicago and more. The round trip rate is 550 from points east of Pittsburg 545 from Pittsburg with fourteen days in Mexico and nineteen in California. Booking offices listed in New York Brooklyn Newark Baltimore Washington Pittsburg and Philadelphia. Also a four room rental on North Ninth Street available April 1 inquire D C Mack.
Describes multiple parcels with boundaries on School and Washington streets and adjacent alleys, referencing lot numbers Allotment Nos 3 4 7 8 and neighboring land of H P Lewis Lewis Thomas Mrs Folsom Mrs A L Smith and the Children’s Aid Society, with frontages from forty four to fifty six and seven tenths feet and depths around one hundred ninety four and six tenths feet.
One half cash on confirmation and balance in one year from date of confirmation with interest from date of confirmation deferred payment to be secured by bond and mortgage on the premises. Mrs G A McFarland James McGregor Administrators of Irwin McFarland deceased.
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