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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1896
Page
2
Washington June 28. Rev Dr Talmage compares Christian outreach to gospel archery. He urges personal consecration, courage, and seizing secluded souls, urging church members to venture briskly into field work, bring souls to Christ, and attack social evils with a ready weapon.
An era-style advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the world’s largest selling blood purifier and Hood's Pills as prompt, efficient, reliable remedies. It urges readers to choose Hood's only, warning against substitutes and promising easy operation and effectiveness.
A fragment claims drunkenness and idleness in Ireland are easing as police curb the illicit production of the poisonous potheci. It notes tea drinking, boiled and too strong, harms health more than whisky and jokes that tea prices are higher than true value amid rising insanity accusations in a Blanka vs Maenxine context.
Good News. Otto's Cure is touted as unmatched in curative power for consumption asthma croup severe coughs pneumonia and throat and lung diseases. Free samples offered by many listed druggists with large bottles priced at 50 cents.
London notes report Leo XIII shaping a new catechism to emphasize not only charity but rights and duties of workers and employers, blending private providence with public aid after consultations with sociologists. Also highlights sensational medical claims about OLIVE Blossom and its supposed cure for female weakness, marketed by Daugherty Bros.
William Woodward of Baltimore died at nearly 95. He served as teacher and superintendent at St. Peter's Episcopal Church Sunday school from 1819 to 1895, a 75 year record. He voted for Adams in 1824 and supported the Union during the war, later voting Republican. Insist on Hood's Sarsaparilla the One True Blood Purifier.
Mrs. Mary Morrison of Venicia Washington County had a cataract removed at age 70. Miss Mattie Carpenter of Keown Allegheny County suffered chronic eye strain causing headaches. Mr. James Sling, a Macbeth Glass Co. packer from Charleroi, had eyes straightened after two prior failed operations by Dr. Sadler at 804 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh.
An English judge ruled that lying by a servant does not morally justify a dismissal. An east end shopkeeper fired his errand boy who then sued for a week's wages in lieu of notice. Judge Bacon remarked that all boys tell lies and that lying is a habit not limited to youths, and he ruled for the plaintiff with costs.
A block of old advertisements promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for female complaints and various ailments with claimed strength benefits. Also markets English Spavin Liniment for horses, and warns against mercury in catarrh treatments while touting Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co. Various dealers listed in Indiana and Blairsville areas.
A vintage jingle recalls Castoria as a remedy for a sick child, noting that from infancy to motherhood, the product is trusted to soothe and care for offspring. The chant emphasizes Castoria’s long standing role in parenting routines across generations.
Relief in six hours claims a new remedy for kidney and bladder diseases. The advertises prompt relief of bladder, kidney, back pain and urinary discomfort in both sexes, with quick retention relief. Sold by Herrick Bros in Indiana Pennsylvania. corroborating testimonial cites Ex-Postmaster F. Anthony of Promise City Iowa.
An 1896 advertisement touts “Mystic Cure” as a radical remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia, claiming effects in 1 to 3 days. It asserts the remedy removes the cause and the disease immediately disappears, with the first dose offering marked benefit for 75 cents. Sold by Herrick Bros and Tom E. Hilde brand, Indiana druggists.
Jos Horne & Co markets wash dress goods offered to home trade and mail order patrons. The 35 cent qualities are praised for their beauty and artistic printed figures. Located at Penn Avenue and Fifth Street in Pittsburg.
The publication proclaims itself larger than any weekly and three times as influential as New York City’s leading Republican weekly. It is issued on every other day except Sunday, offering fresh news, departments, features, cartoons and illustrations at no extra cost. Together with Indiana Progress, it sells for $1.65 for one year, versus $2.00 if bought separately.
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