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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1911
Page
3
The article explains that railroad workers must use accurate timepieces and synchronize with standard time. It describes watch types, inspection by local jewelers, and biweekly checks to prevent wrong departures and accidents. Eight manufacturers supply railroad watches, highlighting the scale and need for reliability.
A fragmentary note appears to be an OCR mishmash. Readable items include a stray phrase about a matter and a request for explanation or timing, but concrete names, places, dates, or events are not discernible in the legible text.
The article discusses Sarah Bernhardt at sixty seven touring America. It notes 255 performances in 36 weeks and a near quarter million dollars, with a reporter asking for a recipe for youth. Bernhardt credits work, saying health comes from God but she works like the devil.
South African penguin eggs are being gathered for potential use in American hotels and restaurants. A dealer offers to ship a sample case, with Cape Town to Southampton travel taking 19 days. Ostrich eggs are also valued in South Africa and California, while gulls and murres on the Farallones face overharvest warnings and Texas robbing of eggs continues.
Dr James T Docking president of Rust University spoke at Holly Springs on the Fourth of July about Benedict Arnold and Fenimore Cooper. He cited Arnolds fault brought home to him and recounted Cooper gifting a friend a last work with a fly leaf inscription. Months later Cooper found the book again, bought it and sent it to friends with a renewed inscription of esteem.
An injured man thanks helpers after a hit and run and reaches home. The chauffeur, claiming a mile from the scene and an extra fifty cents for assisting the man into the house, demands payment. The exchange ends as the driver asserts his fee.
A fragment from The Catholic Standard and Times presents a protest exchange. A new arrival complains about pardons and warmth while Satan counters, noting the setting is intended to be warm but warns against overdoing it.
A terse exchange reveals a dying husband’s smoking habit and a widow’s hidden secret. A neighborly accusation surfaces as the narrator questions whether a man’s death was natural or caused by a troubled marriage. The dialogue hints at motive and unspoken truth.
A long roll of jurors from North and South Mahoning, Cherry Tree, Greens, Saltsburg, and surrounding townships is listed for Traverse and Petit Jury duty. Names include J. Rowland, D. Campbell, J. Cooper, A. Dunlap, S. Chambers, J. Ellis, Wm. Millen, Peter C. Spencer, Geo. Shultz, and many others across Indiana, Blairsville, Canoe, Green, Center, and Armstrong counties. Trials set for First Monday in January 1912 and Second Monday in January 1912 respectively.
BaBtic Sweater Coats are advertised as essential menswear with selections priced from 1.50 to 20.00. The ad lists multiple colors and weights including Dark Navy, Black, Oxford Grey, Tai and Heather mixes. Featured coats include plain Grey, Navy Trimmed, and Worsted varieties in weights from light to heavy.
Boggs and Burl in Pittsburgh report on Noah Webster's spelling book bringing likely over fifty thousand dollars in copyright profits. The full sum remains unstated, while his dictionary earned far less in comparison.
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