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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1892
Page
1
In Govan shipbuilding district about 200 women and girls attend Miss Gordon's practical cookery class. The demonstrator, trained and skilled, shows inexpensive soups and dishes, teaches budgeting, seasoning, and variety, and sells portions to offset material costs.
A compilation notes 1816 to 1817 with warm Januaries and springs, then cold storms from March to May. Snow depths reach five inches in New York interior and up to three feet in Vermont and Maine. July and August bring frost and widespread crop damage. 1835 records mention a foot of snow in Jamestown Virginia. The text then shifts to a Quarterly Review tale of a rabbit and python encounter and reports a Seattle dispatch describing a snow slide that buries a menagerie, save for one bear, in the Cascade and Olympic mountains.
Eight month old Little Dixie Edwards, daughter of B. H. Edwards, Maury City Tennessee, weighs thirty one pounds and has grown rapidly. She is measured with a twenty one inch chest, seven and a half inch upper arm, and nine inch calf. Cor St Louis Republic. Leader notes this item as a baby growth report amid local notes.
A discussion contrasts Australian attitudes toward education and national identity with England as homeland. It notes fewer wealthy Australians study in Britain, growing pride in nationality, and distrust of foreign imports. A rail safety piece argues fast trains are not more dangerous, citing engineers, new stock, disciplined staff and vigilant signaling as safety safeguards.
Japanese gardening notes warn against seven faults in arranging chrysanthemums including back turns, same length stems, triangular forms, regu lar steps, hidden blossoms, large blooms near the base, and color sandwiching. A radish stretch six to ten feet is cited as a marvel in Japan alongside daikon use as a club or pole and market price curiosities. Keeping pastry fresh is possible for days in cold weather with a damp cloth or butter rubbed on puff paste and covered to avoid a hard crust.
The item warns divorces are easy to obtain in major cities and promotes Olive Blossom as a cure sold by Daugherty Bros for $1. It also runs a public sale notice for Marshall Young heirs property, fifty acres near Cockport on Pine Flat road, with coal underlay and half cleared, to be sold Saturday July 5th 1692 at 1 pm. Conducted by EK. M. Lydick and G. W. Swank. cash terms.
A collection of quirky extracts covers topics from hospitals using hot salt water for throat care to Bermuda’s giant dock, mentions of a hip pometer for horses, and advances in steel wire railway seats. It includes social maxims, superstitions, Irish landlord anecdotes, and a preview of Dr. J J M de Groot’s forthcoming seven-volume work on China's religious system.
An Indianapolis report claims a glassmaker in Anderson, Indiana has rediscovered the lost art of casting glass vibes once used by ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians. If proven, the craftsman’s method could yield tough, durable glass for pipes and eliminate the need for annealing. The Herald notes possible great rewards if confirmed.
A baker of curiosities. a barber plant that supposedly prevents beard growth. a station master in a petticoat after a goat incident. a Boston caregiver for children. dye apprenticeship methods. cable plans Nassau to Jupiter. Aunt Jennie Aden aged 106. Hickory Jim the aged racehorse. Connecticut patents per capita lead. Norfolk peanut hub. pondering imagination versus reverie. a pendulum’s instant stop. tips for pie color. longest U.S. bridge Pontchartrain trestle. Winstead weather prophet forecast.
A compilation of diverse clippings notes editorial strategy, curious ads, and oddities. It mentions a Great Editor planning to place content in the advertising columns, a tale of Mrs. Mary Wilson’s hidden gold, Milleage Whitlock discovering a jar of $3,000, and a legal suit by Wilson’s heirs. Also includes society notes, railway catering rumors, a petrified ham found on a poor farm, a locomotive steamboat concept from Sweden, and advertisements for English Spavin Ointment.
A wartime era advertisement proclaims salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever blisters tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with a 25 cent price per box sold by T E Hildebrand, Druggist.
Indiana County prospects attract capital with coal, coke plants, and railways. Listings include farms and plots near Indiana, White, Cherryhill, Green, Center, and Blacklick townships. prices range from 800 to 5,175 dollars. Contact ROW. & BOOKS for full particulars.
The Reading Deal Enjoined. The Chancellor orders Central Railroad of New Jersey Port Reading Railroad and Philadelphia and Reading to show cause why an injunction should not be perpetual. They must refrain from acts that diminish coal competition or raise prices, and a receiver may be appointed. The order also bars marking property as Port Reading Companys and calls for preserving rolling stock marks.
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