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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1900
Page
3
A Yokohama letter describes a Tokyo funeral of a high ranking lady with Buddhist priests, royal purple drapery, white dressed mourners, lotus plants, and birds to be freed at the grave. The procession blends Buddhist and Shinto rituals, with ornate parasols, rice offerings, and musical accompaniment.
An ad promotes Cascarets as a claim to cure all ailments by aiding bowels, with candy cathartic tablets stamped C C C and warnings on imitations. It also advertises reduced rail fares by Pennsylvania Railroad to Cincinnati for the BYPU convention July 12 15, including travel July 10 13 and return through July 17, with extension to August 10 if deposited by July 14 and a 50 cent fee.
A fragment describes the angler fish with a mud colored body lurking in rock shadows. Its movable fishing fin warns prey and triggers jaw closure when touched, while its enormous mouth and double row teeth depict a fearsome predator.
T. F. Anthony of Promise City Indiana reports buying Mystic Cure and two doses that he says did more good than any medicine he ever took. Sold by all druggists in Indiana.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces summer 1900 personally conducted tours to the North. Routes include Niagara Falls Thousand Islands St. Lawrence Montreal Quebec Saguenay Ann Sable Charm ora Lakes Champlain George and Saratoga. Dates July 21 to August 4 and August 11 to 25. Round trip $125 from New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Harrisburg. Proportionate rates from other points. For itineraries and information apply to ticket agents or Geo W Boyd Assistant General Passenger Agent Philadelphia.
A man claiming treasury connections seeks to settle a confessed duty with an assistant secretary. He mentions a past difficulty with duties and a vow to square accounts. The exchange shifts to a bizarre complaint about a loud bullfrog that keeps him awake, prompting a mix of humor and odd confession.
A witty Philadelphia Press quip contrasts a clipper yacht with a revenue cutter, noting its sharp work cutting coupons. The banter frames the cutter as a sea going punch line and a symbol of fiscal thrift.
In 1787 Manasseh Cutler of Massachusetts argued in a circular that the settlement the New Englanders planned on the Ohio at Muskingum mouth would bring down the Ohio and Mississippi streams for all produce and merchandise, predicting a crowded river corridor long before Fulton's Clermont.
Taxpayers are informed the Treasurer will attend designated local venues across Indiana County on July dates to collect county, special and dog taxes for 1900. Listed locations include Rayne Isaac Kinter’s House, Grant-Election House Nickle's Mills, East Mahoning, Marion Center Fleck House, and many others with specific July day and time ranges.
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