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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1894
Page
8
The speaker urges choosing today over clashing with yesterday. The past is a vast untamed monster, invulnerable to challenge, so quarrels should be directed at today rather than what has already happened.
Three men Ned Copley Frank Edgerton and the narrator seek fortune in the Sierra Madre canyons near the San Juan. Frank Edgerton proclaims love for Susie Burns while wearing a gold medallion and sharing a hopeful view of prosperity through prospecting. They pan gravel streams, earning wages that barely offset dangers and hardships of the expedition.
A tale of Frank Edgerton driven by fever into wilds near the Cumberland and a snow ledge where he recovers with pockets full of gold. After a harsh trek with Ned Copley back to camp they haul 130 pounds of treasure to Taos. Frank returns to Kentucky to marry Susie Burns, and their son bears the narrator’s name.
Detroit News notes a surprising fact about body salts. It states that only sodium chloride from inorganic sources is needed in our diet, while all other salts occur naturally in sufficient amounts in organic foods.
The sixth annual Western Pennsylvania Exposition opened with 40 days of displays in Pittsburgh. New exhibits include Frick coke plant models, Pabst brewery model, Edison Kenitoscope, and a newspaper printing plant. Notable artworks by Munkacsy and Hovenden headline the art gallery as Innes band performs daily with a 334-voice chorus. Admission stays at 25 cents despite higher costs.
A. W. Wilson and Son announce a new stock of men, women, and children footwear in a refitted store with plate glass windows. Items include ladies Shawmut and Dinsmore shoes at $1.25 to $1.50, imitation Blucher at $2.25, and men's Gascone at $3, with wide sale pricing during a period of panicky times.
Stockholders meeting to increase capital stock and issue bonds for enlarging the plan set for Monday September 17 1894 at 2 00 pm in the secretary's office Farmers Bank building Indiana Pa G W Gilbert secretary September 5 94
A dated editorial urges caution against bad investments and economics, warning that money losses arise from mistaken ventures. It contrasts cash up with cash down, proclaiming an inflexible policy for a clearance sale: everything to be paid cash down.
Prices slashed on ladies wool hoods fascinators mittens and gloves with many items halved or more from 1.00 to 0.50 and 0.75 to 0.30. Dresses fabrics lace curtains and wall papers also cut, with jackets mittens and collars priced low, and remaining stock urged to move quickly.
A store invites customers to request a memorandum of its advertised articles and prices. It states a rule to honor advertised items when available, but notes some ads may sell out in a day. Visitors are encouraged to come in and browse, with a welcoming invitation to everyone.
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