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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1901
Page
7
Four women discuss what real living means amid autumn light in a long parlor scene. Flora seeks a definition. Gertrude favors living through curiosity about others. Maude ties living to meaningful sensations in a garden and music. a young daughter envisions love and marriage as real living.
A vivid description of Parisian hot baths and the perambulating bathman. Water is plentiful on streets but heating it for upstairs tubs proves hard, so bathmen cart tubs via two wheeled rigs, hoisting them into homes, filling, then removing them after use. The sight amuses visitors and intrigues locals.
An eye operation claim describes removing an opacity behind the pupil to restore vision. Dr Sadler, once at 804 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, advertises a painless cataract removal with a guarantee and pamphlets on eye defects and deafness. He states a high success rate and offers a refund if directions fail.
Planing mill lead by W S Daugherty offers yellow pine ceiling by car load and a full line of doors sash banisters brackets and porch verandah components. Special attention to quick orders and delicate work, promising savings by placing orders now. Also features a rheumatism cure testimonial and brief notices of local sales and properties.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts adds a near life size reproduction of the Sidon sarcophagus found at Sidon now in Constantinople. Joseph Lindon Smith painted two large canvases showing battles and hunting scenes featuring Alexander the Great and Darius. The display uses a carved marble frame, offering viewers a convincing impression of the original tomb relic. In years to come the color will fade on the original, while the American copy remains nearly imperishable and valuable for archeologists.
The Secret Service uncovered another band of counterfeiters and seized a large quantity of bogus bills so well-made that the average person would not notice they are spurious. The report notes imitators of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and urges caution against counterfeits when purchasing. Also listed are reduced rail fares to Cleveland for the G A R Encampment, agents for Chickering pianos in Indiana County, and Boyd's Ointment for piles.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady denies reports he will abandon the pulpit. He explains health overwork led to resigning his parish temporarily, hoping to return to church work when able. Education and police costs in New York City are outlined, with education at about $19 million and police at about $12 million, plus employee counts and salary comparisons.
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