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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1901
Page
5
The Progress cannot publish newsletters this week due to election proclamation space demands. Sailors increasingly adapt nautical terms as machinery replaces sail power, with starboard and port likely to be replaced by right and left, and old words like deck and gangway fading from use.
Mr Johnston Moorhead of Cherryhill township shipped 34 Plymouth Rock chickens to Bridgeport Connecticut after raising 500 birds last spring for market. He had previously sold many for table use in Indiana.
W. H. Eads of Jonesville Va recalls a child burn that caused leg sores for 30 years, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve allegedly cured him after other treatments failed. Advertisement lists burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, piles and mentions local druggists selling at 25c. Also notes progress office selling old newspapers for carpet protection at 15 cents per hundred.
Royal Baking Powder Company notes booming orders for Penny Run Roller Flouring Mills buckwheat flour. G E Frantz, proprietor, expanded eastern trade and added mill telephone for rapid order fulfillment. Also includes a note on a 1901 corn harvester contest certification and a $57 pocketbook loss in Brushvalley township with reward offered.
Exposed to public sale on the Gompera farm east of Indiana in White township on Friday November 1 1901 at noon. Description includes four head of cows two Jersey cows two frech and large cows, one five year old brown horse, two fat hogs twenty Southdown and Oxford ewes, three Chester White brood sows, farming implements cooking range and more. Terms to be announced. Auctioneer D C Macx. Also sales at Grambling farm and Malloy residence in Pine township with real estate offered.
On October 15 1901 Rossmoyne Flourine Mill announces orders for 97000 pounds buckwheat flour and 600 barrels straight winter wheat flour. They seek more buckwheat wheat and rye at market price and boast continuous operations. Also auction sale of hardware remnants and farming implements at W H Johnston room on Church street by J M St Ewant Co.
Virginia Miller of Chicago now at 121 North Sixth street offers complete healing without medicine through correspondence or in person. Free readings Fridays at 2 30 p m from the Bible and the Christian Science text. Consultation is free and the sick are often healed at meetings.
A short column notes wasps as the first paper makers and their fearless stings in defense of honey stores. It also laments English rural fire brigades lacking rapid horses and harness for steam engines, delaying responses. The piece also jokes about lovers and hearthside signals, then a witty exchange about Bangs Judkins’ plain looks.
Elmer W Allison's offers a wide selection of ammunition and hunting equipment. Customers can find top brands, expert advice, and competitive prices on firearms accessories and outdoor gear. Shop hours and location are posted for convenience.
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