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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
3
An English cabin boy runaway seeking work aboard the Liverpool brig Nemo is flogged and starved by Captain Joyce after being smuggled aboard. The second mate quietly helps the lad, planning to cast him ashore near Lackadi island while fearing discharge and irons for disobeying orders.
A lad marooned on a remote eastern island befriends oarsmen and helps uncover the wreck of the bark Sunshine. Drifted 700 miles, the ship lay intact with cargo largely undamaged. The boy’s signal brought rescue, a Bombay expedition recovered hull and cargo, and he gained wealth through salvage.
A long list of property transfers recorded with buyer seller and price. Transfers include lots and acres in West Wheatfield, Glen Campbell, Montgomery, Grant, White, North Ma honing, Canoe, Marion Center, East Wheatfield, Blairsville, Conemaugh, Cherryhill, Homer City and other locales. Prices range from $1 to $3,000 with many at $50 to $865, various coal and acre values noted. Names include Clark, McGraw, Fisher, Gibson, Buchanan, Daugherty, Ling, McHenry, Hess, Reese, Weiss, Iselin, Schuckers, Clark, ONeal, Turney, Steffey, Evans, Turney, Peitzel, Wolfe, Cribbs, Bair, Patrick, Bair.
The Old Soldiers Association executive committee schedules its sixteenth annual reunion and picnic on the fair grounds August 29. A balloonist, Mile Alice Zena, is being considered for an ascent and parachute leap. Indiana Blairsville Vandergrift brass bands and drum corps will perform. Military units including the 67th P V and Company H, 12th Reserves will join. A dinner and reception will honor the 28th and 47th regiments returning from the Philippines.
The piece discusses royal color symbolism among European dynasties with England favoring scarlet and others like Portugal and Prussia preferring blue or green, then recounts a Napoleonic era tale of Bismarck and Napoleon in Wilhelmshohe. It ends with an advertisement for laxative tablets attributed to E. W. Grove.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Department released the 1901 Summer Excursion Route Book on June 1. It lists eastern resorts, routes, fares, and over seventeen hundred travel options with maps and five scenic half-tone illustrations. Copies cost ten cents at ticket offices or twenty cents by mail from Broad Street Station.
The Allegheny Summer School under the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association will meet at Pennsylvania College for Women in Pittsburgh from June 24 to 29. A second session at Eagles Mere runs July 16 to 23.
High-grade stallions Experience Jr and Cloud Almont Jr owned by David Edwards to perform in the 1901 season. They will stand Monday to Wednesday weekly at the owner’s Onberg area farm and Thursday to Saturday at the Indiana Pa fair grounds. Also listed: handmade wheelbarrows for sale at Mahan Lawson’s wagon and blacksmith shop on Water Street, second door west of Clawson House.
A historical note claims Indiana hosts a unique collection agency that operates without adding costs. It highlights its distinct approach, contrasts with typical agencies, and suggests a statewide impact on debt recovery practices.
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