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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1903
Page
7
A long excerpt on cellar air quality and remedies stresses light, ventilation, whitewash, and sealing cracks to curb dampness and disease. It discusses damp walls, window cleanliness, and outside cementing, then shifts to effects of music on animals at the zoo, and ends with a country humor about a woman’s country day and a humorous monument remark.
In a Smart Set quip, Mrs. Bangs marries again soon after her husband’s death. Old Bangs notes her will would revert the legacy to the far relative if she remarried, leading to a sly pursuit. The Maxwell quote adds a virtue about making others happy.
Rev. Jno. Cox of Wake Arkansas testifies he suffered yellow jaundice for 12 years after trying many doctors and medicines before using Electric Bitters, which he credits with his cure. The ad promotes Electric Bitters as a reliable liver and kidney tonic with local distributors in Indiana, Homer City, and Marion Center Pennsylvania.
The article details Pennsylvania Railroad train porters stationed in day coaches on through New York to the west and Pittsburgh to the east trains. Porters keep cars clean and render passenger services akin to Pullman porters, with lavatories on certain east and westbound day trains.
Indiana Pa real estate firm Wagner and Cathcart advertise diverse properties for sale including dwellings lots in Indiana and Creekside, farms, and Pittsburg area holdings with inducements for capitalists. The ad urges inquiries for descriptions and prices and lists 647 Philadelphia Street Indiana Pa. Also notes discounted newspaper subscriptions and assorted local goods.
The owner plans a public sale at the Plumville farm in South Mahoning Township Indiana County on November 5 1903 at noon. Items include cattle horses hogs plows harrows wagons household furniture and feedstuffs with terms three percent cash and nine months credit for larger sums. Additional sales are set for J W Henry Green Township on November 4 and Bennett Stadtmiller Cherryhill Township on November 5 with a variety of farm implements vehicles and livestock.
The Thrice-a-Week World markets its coverage, claiming broad circulation and fair political news without bias. It promotes a one year $1 subscription, offering a combined deal with PROGRESS for $1.05, and highlights serial fiction and market reports.
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