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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1901
Page
6
A Boston Transcript poem evokes a rural scene along a river road with blackberry bloom and goldenrod. The speaker recalls a beloved father figure, a small cottage hidden by flowers, and childhood joys as they walk home past a poorhouse and graves, listening to a brook and birds.
A Longman’s Magazine piece explains why salt is added to butter to extend its keeping power by suppressing bacteria. It notes that massive bacterial populations can inhabit small portions and contrasts salt butter with boracic acid use in England, while America favors salt butter.
An English visitor boasted of Britain's strength while in Hyde Park. A Texas cattleman retorts with a tale of a man who spat into a pig’s eye, proving a blunt counterpoint to foreign boasts. The exchange ends with the Englishman requesting brandy and soda in disgust.
In a fifties San Francisco charity amateur drama a famed poet Hugh Farrar McDermott performed along with Mr Mills. The classic play turned into farce as McDermott dropped and struggled to pick up his sword. A banker in the box whispered Stab yourself Hugh and be done with it.
A steel ship acts as a large magnet whose hull magnetism distorts compass readings. Sailors use compensation magnets and iron balls to neutralize disturbances, with demonstrations like a swinging ship on MIT’s roof to teach the process.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. It guarantees refunds if it fails and notes E. W. Grove's signature on each box, priced at five cents.
We received 16 sets of 100 pieces direct from England. Originally $20 per set, now $14.50 while stock lasts. Also dinnerware get for $5.67, toilet sets 245, fancy lamps 98c to $1.25, best table oil cloth 2 yards 15c, floor cloth 24c, ice cream freezers, hammocks 60c 97c and $1.15, mosquito netting 5c per yard, window screens 17c to 35c, screen doors in various sizes at low prices.
Public health brief on cataract removal using eye medicine notes Dr Sadler's skill and guarantees while promoting medicinal claims. The column includes an Indian Herb Rheumaticam Cure testimonial from Millwood Indiana and a note that W S Daugherty’s Planing Mill supplies building materials with emphasis on pine ceiling stock and custom woodwork services.
A local ad promotes a full range of porch materials including columns spindles brackets rails and more. It notes a large stock of yellow pine ceiling boards offered at prices prevailing before recent increases.
Notary services emphasize careful handling of protestation probate acknowledgment and deed processing. Specializes in pension paper preparation with a unique collection agency in Indiana that does not add costs.
D. W. Simpson treasurer announces locations and times for paying County Special and Dog Tax for 1901 across Indiana County. Listed are multiple townships and dates from June 28 to July 26 with specific venues and time windows including West Wheatfield, Salts Shore, Burrell, Armstrong, Young, Conemaugh, Smicksburg, Green, Arm argh, Blairsville, and the treasurer’s office in Indiana.
Petition by David C. Duncan and Ambrose Jones filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County No 4 for September Term 1901 seeking to have a mortgage marked satisfied.
Time table shows passenger trains beginning Sunday November 19 1899 for Allegheny Valley Railway. Includes schedule details and departure times with emphasis on early morning and afternoon runs. Useful for historical travel planning and rail chronology.
Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg Railway schedules list daily trains with Sunday exceptions. The Falls Creek to Punxsutawney leg shows passenger stoppers at signal for Bradford and points north and south, with allowances to board and alight passengers for Allegheny and western routes. Trains 2 3 6 7 feature varied equipment including vestibuled cars cafe coaches and Pullman sleepers on some legs. Lanee Agent m4 Wheelerster New York.
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