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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1902
Page
6
A tombstone canvasser finds the Old Man hardened by loss. He reveals his wife’s dramatic death and balks at memorializing her, joking that dress folly led to a fatal gamble. The buyer clings to his pledge to skip the stone, even as the tale ends with other worries, hogs to tend.
A Chicago Tribune fragment recalls a drummer boasting of a placid career while another listener jokes that he represents an idiot. A parrot-enthusiast visitor tries to inquire about a rare bird, but the resident woman jokes they have not found a bug in the house.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a report claiming the actress who wed a capitalist months ago left him to return to the stage. It was alleged he had exhausted his funds, a claim described as premature and denied by the paper.
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt notes a man wooed his future wife for about ten years before proposing. The joke suggests his legal career delayed the wedding while a case could be pursued. The dialogue reflects comic domestic irony from the period.
In a terse exchange the narrator recalls trouble with Boggs as Reilly claims the water is dirty. The banter suggests a rough confrontation with Irish dialect flair and a punchy, rustic tone.
A fragment notes a dance night with barkeepers performing a dance routine and references a first program number titled Comin’ To the Rye, attributed to Detroit Free Press.
Practical guidance from St Nicholas on reading nature to find direction. It describes tree growth, bark, moss, gum, leaf shapes, and stump rings as compass indicators. Includes evergreen and hardwood contrasts, spider and air plant placements, and general sun effects to identify south and north.
G Stanley Hall urges keeping one day in seven as a rest cure for nerves and mind. He calls Sunday a primitive paradise of leisure, notes rest may come through sleep, and suggests personal rhythms differ. He warns against overwork in American life and advocates peace and relaxation.
New York supreme court Justice Giegerich, famed Staten Island summer home owner, sails with a lawyer friend. A gale arises, the craft tosses, the lawyer pleads for relief. Giegerich offers comfort, the lawyer asks the judge to overruling the motion.
Mayor Swink of Rocky Ford Colorado plans to display a vast bee exhibit at the St Louis world’s fair. He will build a miniature Colorado statehouse with about 640 hives housing 5.5 million bees. Colorado, a leading honey producer, uses year round bee work in alfalfa fields and water transportation to a Morida plantation.
In a courtroom moment tied to a defendant's serious charge, the plaintiff's attorney argued there is no excuse for the action, while the defense counsel countered by prompting the variety of possible excuses the defendant might offer.
A nostalgic Fourth of July menu describes festive table decor with red white and blue items and delicate patriotic touches. Dishes include clams, fish, lobster salad, watermelon and sherbet served in fruit shells while a Pittsbury Chronicle-Telegraph note recalls John Jay’s 1861 vow for liberty and union.
A Fourth of July morning meditation recalls the nation’s pride in the stars and stripes. The speaker notes the celebratory noise but focuses on gratitude for living in a great republic and honors the flag above all else.
The text notes that three million flags are purchased annually in the United States while about one million disappear. It mentions individuals like Mr. Isaacs and Tum Lai vanishing into the “cold, clear light,” with little known about their fate.
The poem portrays the Liberty Bell as a prophetic voice for freedom guiding a nation. It links historical struggle and eventual peace to a lasting call for reverent remembrance and civic duty, ending with a memory that honors liberty as a messenger.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a universal remedy. It promises to cure stomach troubles, regulate kidneys and bowels, stimulate the liver, invigorate nerves, and purify the blood, claiming lasting health benefits from a tonic.
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