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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1899
Page
7
Detailed guidance on Bordeaux mixture formulas and testing methods, including copper sulfate and lime mixing, stock solutions, and ferrocyanide testing. Also covers lawn planting ideas with vine choices and mass planting. A brief anecdote describes a bicycle rider tangled with a sprinkler cart, shouting for help as her suit was ruined.
Rev Newell Dwight Hillis warns in The Ladies Home Journal that irreverence degrades sacred spaces and ideals. He recalls antique cathedrals' defenses against vandalism and cites 1896 Athens and a patent medicine vender as modern examples of disrespect to revered places and names.
A promotional notice extols a tonic as a permanent cure for stomach weakness and indigestion. It claims rapid, reliable relief from first dose, touts safety and world-wide efficacy, and lists Hetrick Broe druggists of Indiana Pa as distributors. A second item profiles Prof. C. T. Corson, elected president of the National Educational Association, noting his Ohio roots and career as educator and editor.
Clarence Baker a Lincoln Nebraska barber was accepted into the United States regular service after five attempts. He was under weight by four pounds at morning examination but gained weight by afternoon after drinking water and was deemed satisfactory. The item includes a Cincinnati Enquirer note and a Cleveland dealer joke about recognizing a soda water server.
An advertisement extols Grain-O as a coffee substitute that tones the stomach, aids digestion, and strengthens nerves. It claims Grain-O provides nourishment with no negative side effects and markets packages at 15 and 26 cents.
Meehan's Monthly praises a potash whale oil soap spray for scale insects, noting soil nourishment from potash as much solution reaches the ground as the branches. The article also observes that stirrups were unknown to early inventors, appearing in the fifth century and not common until the twelfth century.
Delivery service offer appears with contact line Telephone 138 and a note about dressed poultry. The readable fragments reference a person or business named Kellar Haris and confirm that all orders are delivered. No clear date or location is provided.
Colonel Bell the United States consul at Sydney appeared as a witness in a Sydney divorce court to determine if a certificate would be accepted in American courts as proof of marriage. A judge asked if he is a lawyer. He quipped that he once was but had formed, prompting laughter before the court settled the matter with the dictum Once a lawyer, always a lawyer.
Nathan Tinker Draper of Grand Rapids Michigan is 106 born in New London Connecticut. He has been married twice, both wives are dead and he receives a twelve dollar monthly pension for a son’s death in the Civil War though he did not serve. A lifelong gardener he can still fuss in the yard briefly. He recalls Thomas Jefferson well but says he never saw Washington. A lifelong smoker he drank liquor in youth but never to excess.
A Beechburg Kentucky mob enraged by a Mormon church plan nearly set the building ablaze but learned it was insured against such fire. They chopped the church to pieces ensuring timber could not be reused, risking the elders losing their coverage.
Notice is given that WM Fails has been granted letters testamentary on the estate of A C Fails late of Young township deceased by the Register of Indiana county. He requests all indebted persons to pay immediately and all with claims against the estate to present them properly authenticated for settlement. Executor: WM Fails.
Brilhart's promotes broad dishware supply with a focus on savings. The store mentions a large sale on Decorated Dinner Sets and a new stock of Decorated Toilet Sets arriving recently to meet customer needs and cut costs.
We offer a complete line of Lamps and Lamp Trimmings, Plain and Fancy Glassware. An 8 day clock with half hour strike for $2.33. Tron Express Wagons 98c to $1.63. Screen Doors 44c. Brooms Brushes and Baskets and various house furnishings.
A reminiscence recalls Oliver Goldsmith famed for his section on Mary Korneck the “Jes samy Bride.” He once clashed with a publisher over a libel and was beaten. Recently in London some of her bijouterie sold at public auction including a locket with Goldsmith’s hair. Mars on died in 1840 in her eighty eighth year.
Timetables show Blairsville to Salisbury Paulie Allegheny Junction Freeport Springdale Allegheny City 8 05 16 40 am and 7 pm weekdays Sundays 7 05 6 40 pm For Butler Branch 8 05 10 40 am Sundays 7 03 10 40 6 40 pm Leave Blairsville Intersection for Pittsburgh 3 50 except Monday 5 33 7 43 10 05 am 1 27 3 39 5 13 6 26 pm weekdays Sundays 3 50 5 25 3 10 10 05 am 3 39 5 13 6 26 pm For Altoona 7 50 9 40 am 3 06 6 32 pm Sundays 9 40 11 11 am 3 06 6 32 pm Leave Pittsburgh for Indiana via Blairsville Intersection 5 25 8 00 am 3 30 4 50 pm weekdays Address Thomas E Watt Pass Agt Western District Corner Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street Pittsburgh Pa J B Hutchinson J R Wood General Manager General Pass Agt
Passenger timetable from Pittsburg shows routes to West Penn Junction Kittanning Oil City Titusville Ememmenton Corry and Buffalo express. Southward services from Oil City Ememmenton Bunleston and Corry Accom schedule arrivals at Junction Pittsburg and Kittanning with times like 11 03 am and 5 41 pm. Line note by J A. Anderson.
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