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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1903
Page
7
A traveling narrator complains that left handed barbers cut with a dangerous feel leaving him fearing for life as they wield the razor. He claims these barbers derail his sense of safety and force him to seek another shop out of superstition and unease.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at figures named Tilsen and Vidou linked to a New York governor race. Mentions a ticker, election, and a campaign atmosphere with scattered references to candidates, majorities, and remarks, but specifics are unreadable.
A garbled OCR fragment questions a young man about ripples and mentions San Francisco Examiner. The text hints at employment frustration and a cryptic, incomplete quote without clear event, date, or names suitable for a full news item.
A clipped, mixed section promotes Dean's Kidney Pills and cemetery work by C. F. Murray, Blairsville, Pa, and W. S. Daugherty's lumber plans. It blends consumer remedies with local business notices and paper subscriptions. The ad style reflects early 20th century small town promotion and endorsements from residents.
The article discusses energy cannot be created, only transferred, and reviews radioactivity in certain metals. It notes radiation heat could, over a year, melt a thin ice layer and that the phenomenon has persisted for millions of years. Competing theories suggest external energy sources or minute changes in the active substance, with ongoing debate and no satisfactory explanation.
Vague column clipping recounts foreign audience laughter during Tosca in Boston with Thalians in a box misreading an aria. Jest revolves around a translator's slip turning a love lyric into a joke about torn trousers. Also notes Yale president Hadley envy and a Pittsburgh Trust Company savings offer.
On June 1 the Passenger Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad will publish the 1903 Summer Excursion Route Book. It offers routes and fares to eastern resorts, with maps and halftone scenery, at ten cents or by mail for 20 cents. Also notes about savings bank offers and shoe sales.
Mr and Mrs Mahaffey and F S Miller announce free eye examinations in Indiana Pa all week and next at the Naugle House Blairsville. They promote a two year guarantee on glasses, claim rapid seven minute exams, and report headaches and nervousness relief from proper eye care with testimonials from local residents.
A patient describes long struggle with defective vision and costly failed attempts before finding relief with prescribed glasses from a local optician. The testimonial highlights improved sight, affordable pricing, and gratitude to John R. Curry for opening a new world of clear vision.
A New York Press report describes rich children at Central Park West where a fourteen year old girl with a heavy package endures a tug on her hair by a boy. A passerby asks she defend herself, she declines to lower herself, and the group laughs as she moves on. Burdock Blond Bitters is advertised and Centennial badges and hat pins are offered by W. W. Brilhari.
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