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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1903
Page
6
A bank watchman recalls a fateful winter night when burglars thwarted by a novel explosive blew open a vault door. The trio triggered a blast that killed two, one captured, and the survivor sentenced to twelve years. The watchman, wounded, saved colleagues and later faced dismissal.
A reflective fragment portrays an aged man speaking on personal failing and sin. He describes eyes as guards, feet as paths, and hands as tools for virtue while seeking support from a higher power. The speaker laments weakness and debt to care and restraint, urging vigilance against temptation.
An immigrant teacher named von Tin sought to support himself by tutoring in a small American town. After months and a growing class, he proposed to a pupil’s daughter. The daughter’s mother frowned, the suitor boasted of generosity, and the daughter reportedly has a high temper. The match was ultimately unresolved as the mother withdrew from the contest.
The piece notes strong local validation for Dean’s Kidney Pills, with Mrs William McKinley of west Philadelphia street praising relief from kidney trouble and languor after use. It cites sale details, price and agents, and references a contrasting tale of Filipino vanity in the Manila court system.
A medical student recounts a supposed surgical error by a famed professor. The professor amputated the wrong leg but then splintered the crushed leg to save the patient, claiming extraordinary skill. The tale is framed as satire of medical hubris.
A Kennebec Journal item notes General Nickerson of Maine and ex Governor Selden Ceuner with private to brigadier careers. It mentions Nickerson born in Maine, service with the Fourth Maine, brigadier general in 1862, and ties to Massachusetts. The piece cites wartime notes, and lists local stores advertising Kucklen salve for burns and wounds in Indiana and Homer City Pennsylvania.
A New York Times report cites a camera and graphic supply dealer noting lenses are often stolen for refitting. Prices range from 30 to 150 dollars, with damaged flanges signaling theft. Amateur photographers can still find bargains in pawn shops, while thieves target easy resale routes.
The London Express reports a revival of book mutilation at the British Museum reading room where thieves cut entire sermons from volumes. Beecher Spurgeon Stopford Brooke and Parker sermons are among the most sought after by the culprits.
A Springfield Republican report by an Essex Institute committee states the rear frame building near the institute is not part of the original 1635 First Church of Salem. The committee warns the old church tradition rests mainly in the Haos Pope family and suggests the structure could be a Quaker meeting house instead.
The Philadelphia yearly meeting rails against modern trends and vows to disown members who marry first cousins, marry outside the meeting, or hire paid ministers to solemnize marriages. It also notes concern over Friends schools observing Christmas vacations as special days.
A poetic refrain urges sleep and spring while a ledger lists numerous property transfers and estate dealings. Names such as John Fisher, Obadiah Fry, D. E. Thompson, and Mary A. Horn appear with acres, lots, and sums from 400 to 3,293.84 dollars, detailing parcels in Blairsville, Indiana, Arcadia, Homer City, and surrounding areas.
The Cuivira historical society erects a monument at Logan's store near Junction City to honor Prince Juan de Padilla, a member of Coronado's 1541 expedition, cited as the first white martyr in Kansas soil according to the Kansas City World.
A promotional line urges keeping Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil at hand to guard against sudden accidents, reflecting a domestic safety pitch common to period advertisements and household remedies.
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