31 Mar 1881
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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1881
Page
1
Receipts and expenditures log shows funds received from Harbison and T G Loughry and payments for paupers. Entries note 0.5 percent allowance and total on hand 352.33, with accounts managed by Matthew Harrison treasurer and overseers.
Capital Choice offers a quirky sale of items described as clever and smooth with references to boats and boots. The text reads like a damaged OCR with many garbled phrases and unclear product details including onion seed and guaranteed makes, priced at six dollars and mentioning a Bed Fro. The overall meaning is obscured and difficult to parse into concrete items or events.
A Select School will be opened in Kel lysburg on April 11 1881 for the coming summer. For terms and further particulars address J P Bleu. Farm for sale one of the best farms in Indiana county containing 178 acres four miles from Indiana Call on or address Tos Lowican B B Y Lowstax
A public sale notice in Burlington Hawkeye details twenty acres of land near Tadivan selling March 29, 1881 with half cash down and balance in one year. An adjacent livery ad promotes rapid, first class teams for travel from the rear of the Court House and nearby roads.
A fragment urges spring cleaning for the home and family health. It touts Hop Bitters as the perfect universal medicine to purify blood regulate digestion and cleanse the bowels to prevent diseases arising from spring. The ad mentions Concord New Hampshire as the source.
An 19th century advertisement promotes West's Vegetable Liver Pills with promises of satisfaction and a money back trial by mail. It warns against counterfeits and lists John O West & Co at 181 Madison Street Chicago as the manufacturer and source for trial shipments.
A fragmented OCR style item lists months with distorted adjectives and weather hints. It mentions a Saginaw man claiming invention of a method from sawdust, a Missouri man, and a note about a remedy for sale at hardware stores.
A Western town reports a female sheriff who arrests a man who boasted of flattering her. He hoped to escape by compliment, but she did not let him go. The note concludes with a remark that trickery fails in the end.
A garbled OCR reads like verse stanzas about Marion and Myimy, with stray names such as Kate Brownlee Sherwind and references to autumn scenes, snow storms, and distant temples. It mixes literary fragments with museum and historical digressions, creating a collage of poetry, memory, and scattered facts.
A narrator reflects on a past marriage proposal and wedding with Jane. He recalls watching her, asking her to halve wages with a wedding ring, and Jane affirming her intent to marry despite lacking family advice. The text shows intimate dialogue and emotional recollection.
A garbled account describes the obelisk moved from Alexandria to New York's Central Park. It claims a transfer via the Brick Church on Fifth Avenue and Thirty Seventh Street, noting ancient origins, massive size, and travel details as a dramatic historical anecdote.
A fragmented Paris correspondence recalls a Spanish ballet dancer, her mother’s opposition, and a hearing about her career. Names and precise details remain unclear due to unreadable OCR segments.
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