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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1899
Page
6
Fragmentary poem evokes a dream cottage built away from roads a cozy corner for rest beneath willows and mountain air a squirrel gathers food while birds sing conveying a tranquil rural vision through garbled lines and misspelled phrases.
In a Wolfville gathering, Navajo Joe challenges a crowd over hanging a Chinaman. A faro turn decides his fate, with Enright ruling that Joe goes free but warns restraint.
Frank H. Vizetelly explains in Woman's Home Companion how the handkerchief shifted from vulgar novelty to essential accessory under Empress Josephine. French modesty faded as lace borders, lips, and courtly usage popularized the item, influencing fashion and etiquette across society.
A humorous note on the size of humans cites Henrion the orientalist who claims precise heights for famous figures. Adam stands 123 ft 9 in, Eve 118 ft 9.75 in, Noah 103 ft, Abraham 27 ft, Moses 18 ft, Hercules 6 ft, Alexander 6 ft, Julius Caesar 5 ft.
Ex Secretary of State John Skhernen dies in Mansfield Ohio from lung trouble. Chinese rioters kill Rev. 4 8 Phil lips and wife with a friend and three local converts at Kien Yan. Ba nnts raid Guamo near Manzanillo. seven gendarmes killed. Durwen Wilkesbarre tragedy. Thomas Lambert killed by brother in law Joseph Tenkinson during a beating. Four men die and three are injured in a San Rafael California smokeless powder works explosion. The yacht Fire Fly seized near Arcachon with 4000 rifles bound for Carlists. West Penn Hospital East Wing in Pittsburgh quarantined for smallpox. Daniel Jarvis and Edward Perry Belmont support Arthur J Gorman for president. Wage increase secured for 25 000 iron and steel workers via Amalgamated scale. London merchants alarmed by American rivals. US firms expanding in London. Baltimore and Ohio limited rail wreck near McKeesport injuring two. Lacey Schimerl of Chicago sues William J. Wright’s widow over a $570000 estate. Wright once used Moran alias.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to quit tobacco with No-To-Bac, promising vitality and vigor. It claims to strengthen weak men and offers a money back guarantee with booklets and samples free, shipping from Chicago or New York.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a woman of stature who mentors street children in a juvenile mission class. The feature centers on a spending lesson about English words with similar spellings or pronunciations, involving a boy named Jerry Brau and his peers ages three to six, who grapple with the phrase week old baby.
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