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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1896
Page
7
The tale recounts Smith, a reputable innkeeper in Tannewent near Minat W Shingtem, who discovers his sons and neighborhood children drinking beer under an apple tree while playing keep saloon. He frees the boys, ends the tavern trade, and vows never to sell or drink again after sobbing to his wife.
A Christian Work editorial laments the liquor trade as a universal menace opposing progress in mission work, industry, politics, and education. It portrays the tavern as a corrosive force undermining wages, civic life, schools, and moral advancement across all efforts to uplift society.
The St Louis Journal-Democrat argues public drunkenness is no longer a pardonable weakness but a grave fault and disgrace. It asserts society no longer tolerates visible intoxication and that conviviality through drinking has become disreputable.
An editorial warns that alcohol use among women workers and social elites rises with noonday meals and in candy shops. It cites alarm over intoxicants in social settings and notes a Brooklyn man’s bicycle accident linked to alcoholism. The piece quotes Archdeacon Lichig on beer versus bread nutrition.
Fragmentary notes describe a Cork house front of 25 feet and a proposed 285 mile extension, referencing a 1851–era discussion. Dr Magnus Huss is cited for attention to the specific easing condition labeled as adbechulismus echronicus, with unclear connection to the main item.
Donen reports two cases of alcohol abuse in Africa. One man frenzied with a hatchet threatened lives until restrained. A woman, apparently in torment, writhes on the ground. Caravans bring gin, and about after departure three in thirty go mad with drink while others are noisy. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as superior cure with claimed many cures and testimonials.
A Georgetown girl, famed as the belle, once clashed with a blond bank clerk from a nearby Fifteenth Street transfer. On a hot day she required identification to cash a check, after their earlier quarrel and her decree to never speak again. She had no acquaintances nearby, so she had to identify herself to proceed.
An advertisement touts Otto's Cure as a quick permanent remedy for lung and throat diseases with free samples and nationwide availability. It lists agents in Indiana Pennsylvania and other states, promising success and urging readers to seek druggist opinions. The piece also mentions Dr Fowler's Wild Strawberry tonic and briefly digresses into a historical note on Nansen and Danish explorers from Pall Mall Gazette.
An old combined advertisement page promotes Castoria for children with repeated claims and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin ailments and piles, listing prices and guaranty. Mentions distributors T. E. Hildebrand and W. J. Moore and retailers in Blairsville and Namer City. Also notes a No-Tax wild cherry phosphate beverage from Win, Meteo & Co.
London Chronicle reports on rumors of hidden cross-shaped bread passages beneath the Louvre fortress palace. Experts question masonry dates while critics debate whether victims of the 1880 revolution were buried there or if passages led to oubliettes used by Catherine de Medici. Funding for archaeology is lacking.
Two old Spanish bells cast in 1600 and 1720, shipped from Panama, arrive at the Cincinnati Bell Foundry. The small bell served a church and alarmed natives, later moving between churches. the large bell hung at San Rafael. Both show heavy wear, possibly struck with a sledge after the clappers were lost. The Cincinnati Art Museum seeks to exhibit them.
James L. Francis and Rev. John Burgus endorse Dr. King's New Discovery as an ideal cough and lung remedy. Trial bottles are offered free at local merchants T. E. Hildebrand, Indiana. Wm. Moore, Homer City. M.G. Miller, Blairsville.
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt, a pawnbroker defends a heart’s edge and details sorrowful stories behind items. A man pawns for cash, a dress for food, a widow’s jewelry, and a wife’s burial fund, revealing both empathy and cynicism in the trade.
A letter from Indiana Pennsylvania dated August 2 1505 claims relief from rheumatism after using a medicine. W S DArGimentry former prothonotary writes that from 1877 to 1892 the ailment confined him to a chair and cane, and since starting the remedy he has felt no disease.
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