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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1896
Page
6
A fashion note describes balloon sleeves fading, gored and hip fuller skirts, black and red outfits, fur trims, and chic walking costumes. It highlights sleeveless bodices as versatile accents, cape epaulets, gold braid trim, and adaptable jackets paired with black gowns or contrasting skirts in cloth, velvet, or silk fabrics.
The mayor says Ouro Preto, capital of Minas Gerais, with 20 000 residents, will relocate en masse to a newly built city inland. The old town sits on a narrow mountain gorge at 5000 feet, has a single winding street, damp air, and many residents living in old mine galleries. The exodus marks a dramatic shift from the historic mining town to a modern planned center.
An 19th century patent remedy claim touts Olive Blossom as the greatest medical discovery for weak and despondent women at risk of wasting diseases. It promotes early use before decline and lists Daugherty Bros. druggists as sellers.
The article discusses hat wear at theaters, mourning customs for widows, and monogrammed stationery trends, noting distinctions between Europe and America. It also announces New York's Art Students' Club modeled after Paris, the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Students' Club, with reading tables and reliable artistic information, plus an 5 o'clock bus service.
A noted English family keeps a preserved human heart in alcohol. Shelley reportedly feared burial alive and wished his heart removed after death. Local curiosities and oddities are noted along with patent office fee scales and a harmless medical ad offering Bacon's Celery King with claims of broad health benefits.
The New York Voice claims English capitalists extract about $6 million yearly from the U S beer market. London syndicates bought American breweries, controlling 79 plants across 24 corporations, supplying dividends and shaping campaign issues. Distilleries, wine ventures, and Chicago saloons are noted but not quantified.
At age six I suffered a long lasting ear discharge that worsened with offensive bleeding and vertigo. Dr. Sadler of 804 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, treated me from February to May, removing proud flesh and exposed dead bone until healing fully and disappearance of discharge. Andy Brundlik, Bennett, Pa.
A Pennsylvania reader reports relief from back pain and better sleep after using Dean's Kidney Pills. John H. Kennedy of Washington, Pa., describes long standing kidney discomfort, tries the product, and says he expects full restoration. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
A local ad urges readers to save by buying all needs at one place. It highlights full stock of dishes and sets, lamp deals like an 89c lamp and a 1.95 hall lamp, and lists stone crocks, fruit jars, tin cans, caps and rubbers, kettles, buckets, cups, wash boilers, and other house furnishings at low prices.
A survey of fashionable bohemian glass cups Turkish coffee cups in silver frames and other luxury items. Silver bells name plates and bicycle whistles enter the well to do woman’s gear. Collectible steins tortoise shell combs pearls and turquoises appeal for evening wear. An aluminium lamp set and enamel chatelaines offer travel and watch accessory ideas.
Cure liver biliousness indigestion and headache with Hood's Pills a pleasant laxative advertised by druggists.
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