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Newspaper

Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1899

Page

3

Stamps and Postage Distances Revealed in Figures

The article discusses vast stamp production and distances traveled by mail in 1898. It uses imaginative comparisons, noting totals like 1.98 billion stamps printed and an annual per capita postage spend by state residents. It also cites special delivery stamps and mileage traveled by messengers, with state disparities in per capita postage costs.

Biel Meernt Wits Uber New York Eliz Wey Europe Bombay United States Everest Husalayas Postance Department Massachusetts Colorado Connecticut South Carolina Mississippi Alabama Arkansas North Carolina Washington Star

Castoria and explosives and new paper roof tile notes

Snippets describe a rumored Austrian smokeless powder as safe as gunpowder and a heat resistant ductor, plus a Zurich inventor marketing Papyrus tile made from purified paper pulp for roofs and doors. Also notes William Schrader purchasing Vienna bakery, Mrs Woods maintaining bread sales and a 25 cent Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets offer with refund.

Fr. Gehre Zurich William Schrader Vienna Laura Woods Philadelphia Street Schrader

World War Era Dispatches and Local Notices in Fragment

Fragmented report notes the burning at West Virginia University Morgantown and military mobilization hints. Mentions Dewey’s flag, Olympia, and naval power, plus Ohio legal cases, political resignations, and a medicinals ad remark from Promise City.

West Virginia University Morgantown McKees Ugk Pittisbarge Harbor Arbor Vill Alger Pennsylvania Ested Lowe Manila Duceh Nine Inley Hiz Iain Gridley Olympia Eusien Worth E. Ca

Distressing Stomach Disease Cure Ad from Hetrick Bros

An advertisement touts a South American Nervine Tonic claiming permanent relief from stomach weakness and indigestion. It asserts rapid, reliable cures and lists Hetrick Bros. druggists in Indiana Pa as sellers. Also notes special excursion rates for National Educational Association meeting travel in July 1899 via OC M and St P Railway from Williamsport, Pa.

Hetrick Bros Indiana Pennsylvania Maryland District of Columbia Virginia West Virginia Ohio New York New Jersey National Educational Association Los Angeles Cal John R. Pott William St Williamsport

Improved machinery boosts durability in doors and porches

A woodwork business touts mortise and tenon replacement by hardwood dowels for stronger doors, claiming no standard US sizes used. They guarantee every door, promote porch construction this spring, and offer a wide stock of pine, poplar, hemlock flooring, oak, and North Carolina pine ceiling with on demand door and window frames.

United States North Carolina

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