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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1899
Page
7
A farmer shares experiments on colds in chicks and explains that roup stems from contagion and cold drafts. He details chick housing, timing of roosting, and care to prevent illness, plus notes on Andalusian breeders, show premiums, and educational value of poultry shows with dressed poultry and egg displays.
Early chicks demand reliable incubation as hens fail to brood long enough to hatch. Breeders aim for hatch timing to start laying again by fall, requiring warm, well fed chicks. A reader notes that without incubators, achieving early hatching is impractical.
A London Queen account shows 1760 Sunday life with two church services yet strong secular revelry. Bars, taverns, and inns drew crowds while publicans battled truants and bribes. Rural societies roamed fields, while the Foundling Hospital area hosted duck hunting and prize games. Beadles bribed, servants risked discipline, and drunken crowds frequented pleasure gardens and tea rooms through the day.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers two final low rate ten day excursions from Pittsburgh and western PA to Washington. Tickets valid for return on regular trains until May 20, with through sleeping or parlor cars on a special train, departures May 11 from Pittsburgh. Stops listed along the route. additional excursion options to Richmond and Old Point Comfort available at designated offices. Tickets sold at Union Ticket Office and stations. details from Thomas E. Watt, Western District Passenger Agent.
Mystic Cure promises rapid relief from rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 3 days. It claims to remove the cause and make the disease vanish after the first dose, selling for 5 cents and available through all druggists in Indiana.
A health reform plea asserts women owe themselves and families to seek medical support. It praises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for restoring strength, easing pain, and enabling safe motherhood, with testimonial notes from Jas Caswell about prolapse improvement after treatment.
French painter Alme Nicolas Morot reports Abyssinian disdain for Frenchmen and respect for the British to the extent that he believes the English will soon dominate Abyssinia as they do Egypt. He asserts this outcome is inevitable.
A 19th century issue touts New Great South American Kidney Cure promising relief from kidney and bladder disease in six hours, sold by Hetrick Bros. of Indiana PA. It also notes Provests performance with King Humbert imitation drawing praise from queen and Duchess of Genoa, and promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute claiming health benefits for all ages.
The report discusses heavy breechloading mortars used in coastal defenses. With eight to ten mile range, 12 inch shells weighing 1,000 pounds, and 13 ton barrels, the weapons are hidden from fort guns and can be fired by a six-man team every two minutes. One thousand mortars planned, twenty mounted at Atlantic harbors.
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