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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1903
Page
6
An unruly boy covered in mud grips a limp chicken after reportedly killing it with stones in a yard. He laments his sister’s lack of love as he hides the troubled truth, then is found in a swamp, consoles himself, and contemplates a tame bear and a curly dog. The piece weaves in other short items on Chinese education, magic tricks, and varied poems.
The Sporting World profiles Dan Patch, noting his rise from obscurity in 1901 to a 12 straight wins and only one heat loss on the grand circuit, finishing with a 2045 record. It credits last year’s Windsor Ontario campaign starting in July with a 2:4 class pace in straight action.
The horse ran seventeen starts in the season pacing miles under two minutes. He posted 1:59%4 at Brighton Beach and Readville, with multiple sub-two minute quarters and 2:01 or faster on fifteen milers. The feat marks the fastest mile for the distance in turf history, unmatched by any horse living or dead.
The article outlines sailing precedence on tack and overtaking with windward and leeward rights, then shifts to Stoll’s shift into thoroughbred breeding in Lexington with twenty mares, Willie Fitzgerald’s boxing potential, Oakland boxing ordinance licensing three clubs, and racehorse speeds including Phallas offspring and Morning Star pacer performances.
Real estate transfers recorded since last report list numerous deeds from D D Gamble in Brushvalley to J H Engle for 25 acres and various others to R A Blakley, Wm Fleming, Annie H John, and many more including coal and timber plots, church property, and railroad right of way across multiple townships with prices from $60 to $3,756.75. Names include Eliza Knox, Sophia Williams, Emanuel Miller, Rembrandt Peale, Arcadia Land Co, and Jacob Fought among others.
Legal notices list transfers of 10 acres in Green and 135 acres in Center with prices from 40 and 600 dollars, 32 acres in West Mahoning sold for 9000 dollars, plus a lot in Indiana sold for 100 dollars and a Burrell lot transferred for Laura Williams. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve boasts worldwide fame and 25 cents price at multiple Indiana and Pa. druggists.
A lengthy 1900s ad describes Walter L. Main’s enormous show with a 12,000 to 13,000 seating tent, 5 million dollar valuation, 4,200 in daily expenses, and a large payroll, plus details on staffing, animals, and supplies. It also lists a two day public sale at Dayton fairgrounds featuring Aberdeen Angus, Short Horn cattle, Poland China hogs, Berkshire hogs, and Oxford Down sheep, with breeders George Black, A. G. Shaffer, and W. C. Brown involved. A farm listing in Armstrong Indiana County offers a coal-vein property eight miles from the county seat and near rail lines, with call for information at the PROGRESS office.
Dr MacTaggart, New York specialist, offers treatment for catarrh and many other diseases at Indiana Pa. He claims five years in London Medical Institution focusing on women and notes specialty in abdominal and uterine conditions. No glasses sold, painless cysts and fibroids removal, and no consultation fee. Office hours posted.
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