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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1896
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR reads like a poem or stray notes about a revered idol and a bridal scene. Names, places, or dates are unreadable, making specifics and context unavailable.
A husband named Picket endures nagging from his wife about his growing hat collection. After a quarrel, he plans to wear a new hat to visit Marley, only to lose it in a rainstorm. He retrieves the muddy hat, seeks repair, and hides from further admonitions as the shower ends.
In a San Francisco Argonaut tale, Picket is accused after hats vanish from a restaurant. A servant reveals the missing hats are his, owned by his wife. The arrest exposes a farcical crime and a humbling, constant reminder of the 28 hats.
A historical ad touts The Golden Secret of Longe Life and Bacon's Celery King as a natural laxative and cure for dyspepsia liver and kidney ailments. It lists multiple regional agents across Indiana and Pennsylvania and offers a free trial package with a large size priced at 50 cents.
A Christian Work editorial laments the public disfavor of wine and expresses that reduced alcohol production would benefit society. It argues the country could endure declines in beer and whisky industries, predicting improvements in useful and honorable sectors as a result.
An ad touts high consumption of intoxicants in New York City with 170,581,000 gallons consumed in one year and residents spending 129,710,808 in this luxury. It also promotes earache remedy tips using Thomas' Electric Oil and endorses Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry for summer ailments.
Long narrative recounts Etta Collier of Armour Avenue stricken with St Vitus dance, improved after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Father, mother, and sister detail the cure, praising the remedy and citing Mrs Collier’s own improvement amid a national day of thanks. Mention of the pills’ alleged benefits, affordability, and availability through Dr Williams Medicine Company.
Writ issued by Orphans Court of Indiana County in 1896 commanding a jury to partition real estate held by the estate of Belinda T. Hoffman, with Mary Adair as sister and heir at law petitioning for partition among numerous relatives and heirs, clerk James N. Stewart.
Gen Hood attorney informs the sheriff of Indiana County of the partition suit involving Johnathan Miller Grumbling Sheldon Sylvester Grumbling and Priscilla Jane Grumbling married to Jno A Clawson. It concerns Joseph Miller late of Canoe township Mpmpacomuny Pa who died circa October 1862 leaving a will dated September 12 1862 probated October 27 1862 and recorded in Will Book No 3 after payment of his just debts.
The inquest in partition is scheduled on the premises for Friday July 10 1896 at 10 o'clock in the morning. All interested parties may attend. D. MACK, Sheriff. June 17, 1896.
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