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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
3
Charles B. Worns argues in the Century that no state or city hospital primarily treats drug takers. He notes the lack of dedicated facilities, aside from an alcohol treatment context, and urges physicians to be educated and prepared to prevent and treat drug dependency.
The New York Times argues Alaska, bought in 1867 for 7.2 million, has yielded 444 million to the United States over 42 years and now seeks self government and eventual statehood. Delegates cite treasury figures showing annual returns of about 10 million from wealth and maintenance costs.
A New York Tribune note recalls a visit where a Western guest is unimpressed by East Coast exhibits. He contrasts local transit with Sacramento and Folsom’s stage lines, saying Western buses carry 24 passengers, run 90 miles daily, and operate on rough roads at 20 mph, prompting prideful comparisons.
More than two thousand active employees have been on an eastern railroad's pay roll more than forty years and over one thousand five hundred men who served forty years or more are now receiving pensions. It has more than four thousand active employees between the ages of sixty and seventy years. There are on the pay roll or pension list of the railroad nearly five hundred men who have been with the road over fifty years.
Baral Gebhardt is quoted paying Syer respects to Isabella of Bavaria wife of Charles VI of France. The remark credits her with inventing the corset and accuses her of selling half of France to England. The speaker adds there was no strike she could not stop.
The text extols mountains not by height but by inward beauty and spiritual resonance. It contrasts mighty ancient summits with gentler, intimate peaks where fern filled brows and heather bloom symbolize wisdom. Nature's whispers reveal the godly mountain without despair for the world. From the Theosophical Path.
London announces a four volume biography of Lloyd George to be published this autumn. The piece questions the modern rush to biographize living figures, comparing with Chesterton and past statesmen like Gladstone and Morley.
A reader quotes Emerson on doing the task assigned to each person and the value of pursuing one’s duty. The passage contrasts belief in universal gifts with the world’s “singularly stupid people” and imagines a grand, singular utterance awaiting each individual.
A shopper notes dishpans have grown smaller due to smaller family sizes. A clerk explains the era of large families with twelve dishes no longer exists, linking dishpan shrinkage to changing household norms and consumer habits.
Archbold, speaking with reporters in New York aboard the Cunard view, quipped about a politician's constancy. He referenced a Chinese proverb about the moon changing yet ever bearing a pale in it, highlighting cultural contrasts in a witty aside.
Miss Dolly Dainty laments that James is too poor for marriage and that she lacks strength for washing. Anty Drudge retorts to marry now and claims she is strong enough to wash with Fels-Naptha, saying it’s easy on both wife and clothes.
An Orphans’ Court sale is ordered by Judge C. Chapman in Indiana County. The sale will be conducted at the premises per the court order, with property listed for public sale under the authority of the Orphans’ Court.
Legal notices for a Saltsburg lot sale at 1:30 PM on July 2 1913 under court confirmation. description and bounds given. sale by administrator Samuel D Johnston. Also notice of incorporation application for Consumers Supply Company to Governor July 7 1913. Stanley M Clark solicitor. varied notices on Astuc Draft Percheron Stallion season 1918. trespass notices windproof 6c each or 25c for 12.
Indiana Pa June 11 1913 notice from J Willis Willson treasurer listing multiple townships boroughs and hotels as collection points for county poor building special and dog taxes for 1913. Dates range June 16 through July 15 with specific locations and hours for each jurisdiction.
Notice of partition proceedings in the December Term 1012 case involving Edward L. Shell and multiple defendants with a Master to value the real estate and take testimony in Indiana County Pennsylvania on July 11 1013. Also notice of publication service for two defendants and court order for pro contenso if no appearance within 30 days after publication. Plus a June 28 1018 bid call for a new school building in Indiana Pa with plans and bond requirement and bid rejection rights.
Trustee sale in White Township Indiana County Pennsylvan ia on the premises at 2 00 P M parcels allotments with 32 and 20 and 33 acre tracts include a large three story brick dwelling frame buildings and barns sale free from liens terms require 200 band on allotment and balance at consernation James W Mack Trustee Indiana Pa May 16 1913 Executrix Notice Letters testamentary estate of Alp King deceased Executrix Jenni D C King seeks claims and debts to be presented for settlement
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