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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
6
A cowboy narrates leaving rodeo life to join a magician on tour. He shows tricks with a bullet gun and rabbits, but a greaser girl in the audience tests his nerve. As the show progresses a planned gun shot escalates danger, ending with his injury and fear.
A Wallace Irwin verse from Collier's Weekly laments aging veterans who survived the war and now speak for the fallen. It recalls bitter days and vows to defend the flag again if the country calls, noting scarcity of living 08 veterans and a longing to serve once more.
A partial OCR fragment mentions Burtace in New York and references a local civic matter. Details are unclear, but the text implies a public notice or community event with unspecified actions or dates. Entities include Burtace and New York. other specifics are not readable.
A daguerreotype taken on a Civil War battlefield at Chancellorsville has been returned after 33 years to Mrs. T. W. Stowe of Milford Connecticut. The photo showed a Union soldier and a girl identified as Nellie Augusta Nettigton, later Mrs. T. W. Stowe, whose husband John Rawson was reported missing after the battle. The photo’s recovery involved Edgar Wheitenour a mineral water manufacturer from Paterson and Hasthorn. The back bore the names John Rawson and Augusta Nettlegton. The case contained needle thread and a hair lock. Mrs. Stowe expressed gratitude for the search and restoration after decades. The daguerreotype was forwarded to Mrs. Stowe after identification photos were sent to Wheitenour.
A boy forced to drive cows to pasture after leaving home returns to a farm as war memories linger. He served three years in the army, leaving unharmed by bullets, then comes home to cows at “cow time.” A Monticello resident recalls a jubilant, stubborn reception for Federal troops, an old lady stomping her bonnet in salute.
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