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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1896
Page
6
A Philadelphia Times note explains two egg tricks. Fill a raw egg with sand through a pinhole to make a sand egg that appears natural while it stands in odd positions. Seal, then tap gently to keep the sand settled. The sand egg can perform, and the sand settles to hold its pose.
A friend returns from England with a simple parlor game named football at home. Played on a table with a shell as ball four tumblers as goals and a ribbon as the crossbar. Two captains lead kneeling teams of five. goals score four points then a cross-table pass earns two more. Thirty minutes total with a 15 minute intermission and position swap.
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt urges girls to seek steadfast same sex friends close in age. It notes friendship requires yielding selfishness, and lasting bonds stem from mutual trust, sacrifices, and effort. Quarrels arise from at least one eager to start, but mature restraint matters.
G Caillouette of Beaversville testifies that Dr King s New Discovery saved his life after La Grippe left him near death. He credits three bottles with his recovery and says the remedy is worth its weight in gold. Free trials offered at T E Hildebrand Indiana W L Moore Homer City M G Miller Biarsville.
In Belfast a court scene unfolds as Maurice Healy, a barrister famed for a stutter, rises to question a quotation source during a debate on voter list removals. The moment leads to laughs then respect, shifting the home rule stance and securing a nationalist win in Belfast.
An advertisement promotes Infant relid and Otto's Cure as a speedy remedy for coughs and throat ailments. The ad lists numerous agents across Indiana and other towns offering free samples and large bottles for 50 cents, claiming widespread success and druggist endorsements.
After the Circ' pated Duke of Wharton had been pranting his frolics, Dean Swift advised him to take a frolic to be good. He urged that such a frolic would prove the pleasantest one ever engaged in.
A brief, satirical note from Exchange reflects a student’s jab about a governor’s concern over funding his studies while admitting minimal study effort. The quip suggests tensions between academics and political expectations in campus discourse.
An old advertisement asserts parents bear responsibility for inherited disease risks and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure to purify blood, improve health, and provide happiness by creating rich red blood and eradicating disease germs.
In Liverpool a chimney sweep found £40 in coin in a bag while cleaning an oven. The woman of the house cried and fainted on being told. She had hidden the money years ago and accused her son of theft, prompting his departure in anger and absence since then.
An old advertising jingle recalls Castoria as a remedy used across generations from infancy to motherhood. The rhythm highlights trust in Castoria for babies, children, and grandchildren through vivid nostalgic phrasing.
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. This remedy relieves pain in the bladder kidneys and urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it almost immediately. Sold by Herrick Bros druggists Indiana Pa for 90 cents.
An unruly young man on a southbound Clark Street car smokes on the rear platform defying the conductor. The Irishman warns him, the passenger moves forward, then exits after a tense exchange. A bystander suggests the smoker drop off, and the man flees.
An excerpt from the New York Medical Journal discusses how skin color relates to climate and humidity. It cites Nubians, Abyssinians, Brazilian and Andean populations, and Indian coast dwellers, noting darker skins in wetter zones and lighter tones in drier areas while acknowledging exceptions like Abyssinia. The piece questions Buffon’s climateSkin link and considers acculturation and generational change.
Do not tarry with rheumatism. The ad urges quick relief by purifying the blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla. It emphasizes choosing Hood's Sarsaparilla confidently.
An advertisement claims impure blood causes blindness and scrofulous ulcers in the eye. It asserts Trood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood and acts as a radical cure, removing the cause to restore sight.
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