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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1902
Page
7
An American Medicine piece cautions against parrot pet affection after a prominent society woman’s parrot died of throat illness. It notes psittacosis can spread from birds to humans, warns of contagious risk, and argues pet overindulgence reflects barbaric selfishness while urging civilization to curb extreme pet devotion.
Maine Congressman Littlefield recalls a Buffalo campaign moment when a local lawyer read aloud for an hour, drawing boos, while he then captivated the audience with his speech. The local speaker wished for Littlefield’s voice, calling him a potential wonder. The New York Tribune reported the anecdote.
A Duluth lawman visited a west end family and waited in the kitchen. A twelve year old girl kneaded bread and said she stopped school long ago. The officer pressed why she did not attend, and she cited her husband’s view that she should stay home. The exchange ended with the officer looking out the window.
A Copenhagen tale tells how King Christian and Prince Valdemar walked with a beggar who asked for a portrait as a keepsake. The king, amused, offered two crowns, but police noted the clever beggar as marked for daring wit.
A mixed page highlights health tonics and cures such as Electric Bitters with claims of kidney, liver, stomach, and nerve benefits, piano sales from Porch Bros., and spring water ice deliveries. It also features literary quotes, a divorce opinion piece, and sanitary remedies like Bucklen’s Amica Salve, plus notices about ships of schooling in the Philippines and local hardware materials from W. Daugherty.
Large stock of fresh fertilizer for buckwheat offered at bottom prices with daily supply availability. Also selling Deering binder parts and farm tools including binder twine, reaper, mower, rake, and bicycle bearings noted for light draft, durability, and easy operation. Sample viewing encouraged.
Farmers are urged to insure homes and barns in a county paper. The notice suggests the protection is cheaper and benefits neighbors, urging readers to write to J. W. Botsford of Marion Center or James Speedy of the Clymer Manufacturing Company in Indiana, Pa.
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