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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1891
Page
4
A regional digest of political opinion critiques the Fifty-first Congress, praising Republican consistency yet criticizing missed opportunities. It discusses Sen. Carlisle, ex-Governor Buckeye, Secretary Windom, and Chas. Teater, arguing party strength and caution against dictatorship. It also reports Postal Subsidy bill approval, outlining bid terms, American ownership, and mail rates for steamship routes.
A forthcoming Life of General Sherman, by General O O Howard and Willis Fletcher Johnson, will be issued by Hubbard Reuthers of Philadelphia. The work aims to rival Grants and Sheridans biographies, detailing Shermans career from mountain to sea and promising broad public appeal.
A brutal attempted suicide preceded the execution of Wa West, the West Pennsylvania killer, on February 26. Despite fights, oaths, and multiple restraints, the rope broke on the first drop, forcing a second, final hanging that left a gory scene and a body that hung for over thirty minutes before burial.
Harry Marsh paid the penalty on February 26 at Cambria County jail. He spoke briefly to relatives, received a final prayer, and walked to the scaffold with a firm tread. After a brief exchange with the sheriff and witnesses, Marsh declared his remorse, kissed the sheriff, and then was executed at 2:00 pm. The crowd numbered about five hundred, and the body was taken for burial in Peale, Clearfield county.
Attention marksmen. Alexander Johnston offers thorough quick gunsmithing and repairs near Indiana Pennsylvania. For distant customers, Johnson & Mack of the Farmers Head Quarters arrange drop off and pickup at convenient locations. Charges are reasonable. Dr Bull's Cough Syrup praised by H W Donnelly in New York.
Ledger style list of 1890 cash disbursements including salaries, priSoner care, telegraph, court house repairs, jail and reform school payments, taxes, printing, and office use. Names many institutions and counties. shows balances and totals across miscellaneous county expenditures.
Brief reader note lists Canoe Township and Conemaugh Township for 1990 and mentions Cherrytree borough force. The fragment records place names and a year but lack context, actions, or outcomes for a fuller news item.
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