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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1896
Page
6
A New Yorker presents the North Star house apiary built 12 by 16 feet with 32 colonies, costing 2 dollars per running foot. It features pine construction, knockdown bolts, upper hive tier, wire cloth windows, and 12 inch alighting boards. Benefits include easy access, shade, reduced bee annoyance, and solitary indoor smoke management for winter.
The Orange Judd Farmer notes absorbents for stables lessen odor and manure heating. Kainit and kieserit absorb ammonia. acid phosphate and gypsum absorbents help when dry. Fine ground rock phosphate, lime already planned for land, and plaster support manure management. Also mentions irrigation, blood purifiers, and horse remedies with local suppliers.
The Free theater in Russia organized a regular company and staged 72 performances in its first year. It presented Tolstoys Power of Darkness and Potekhin works with official permission, plus foreign plays by Ibsen and Maeterlinck, drawing large audiences and average receipts of about 802 rubles.
Electric Bitters praised as a spring tonic aiding digestion liver function and bilious fever prevention with local availability listed. Also notes on peanuts in six states farm irrigation bills for arid region, composting manure aims to improve plant food, Siebert's Early lima bean claim, advice to let fowls follow plow for worm and seed weed control, sachaline rejection by C E Bessey after two years of observation due to foliage and forage issues.
An OCR fragment lists patent medicines such as Castoria and Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, plus Burdock Blood Bitters and Thomas Eclectric Oil. It also mentions fertilizer use, nitrogen in manure, and stable absorbents. It highlights Aroostook potatoes reaching about 11,000,000 bushels and compares Nutriotone to linseed meal for milk production.
A cluster of old ads notes Castoria as a remedy for infants and children, plus Dean’s Ointment for persistent skin itch relief. endorsements claim quick, lasting comfort. Local claims include Mystic Cure for rheumatism and a Plymouth Rock eggs sale at 75 cents per setting with contact details in Indiana Pa and Promise City Iowa.
Monday June 8 1896 marks the start of new district listings with names across Armstrong, Blairsville, Conemaugh and many towns. The ad promotes Bacon's Celery King for nerves as a natural laxative addressing dyspepsia liver and kidney issues, with agents listed in Indiana and surrounding areas and a free trial package offer.
James J. H. Gregory favors the Les ing corn for ensilage as top in New England. Rural New Yorker backs bone and muriate of potash for grass or grain. American Cultivator notes economical farming by turning poor land into grass while concentrating manure on best land. Do not sow crimson clover in spring.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Advertisement by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo. Endorsements from Wrest & Trouan, Wa.Spinee, Kinnan & Marvin. Cure is taken internally and claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Testimonials available.
Agricultural guidance advises on poultry care including breeding crops two year-old birds, avoiding inbreeding, feeding with pure wheat to boost egg production, and timing of feeding at noon. It also covers duct management like large breed ducks and turkeys, orchard pest control by roaming fowl, and housing warmth. Local ads promote Bucklen's Arnica Salve and free cane seed supply by W D Anthony and John J Anthony with convenient pickup locations.
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