18 Feb 1874
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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1874
Page
1
The notice lists pricing terms for local notices and ads with per line charges and additional percentages for half-yearly and quarterly ad placements. It cites twenty-five percent on some items and a thirty-three percent on quarterly arrangements.
A German lyric from Geschel portrays a May valley and bright moon while joy blooms around, the speaker’s heart remains dead. Night falls with stars and soft music as longing for a lost love persists, even if recovery seems vain.
A veteran firefighter speaks of daily danger and daring rescues. He describes rushing into burning buildings, guiding with a life line, and saving two women and a girl, while noting smoke, collapsing structures, and the peril each shift brings. He recalls near misses, the risk to life, and the duty toward others.
A humorous Victorian column warns against chasing a roaming canary. It mocks fruitless family scrambles and suggests a frenzied cooperative shooting of improvised missiles at the bird, ending with a joke about stuffing the canary and buying glass eyes in bulk. The tone is satirical and practical about bird control chaos.
Prepared in Cincinnati figures show the 1872 73 hog packing season from November to March totalled 5 456 004 hogs with the West up 621 468 head over the previous year. National totals reach 9 421 641 hogs with St Louis Chicago and Cincinnati posting large counts.
The article notes near parity between male and female populations in the United States with 19,493,565 males and 19,064,896 females. It highlights regional imbalances with Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Nevada showing male majorities, while several states and districts show female majorities. Data is presented by state and region.
The narrative follows a Oswego captain on a canal boat near Frankfort who buys a Newfoundland dog to play with his family. The dog’s mischief causes accidents on deck and a child falls into the canal. In trying to rescue the child, the captain nearly drowns and the wife takes control as the dog’s antics persist, ending with the captain’s impaired voyage and the dog’s ongoing mischief.
The Auburn Bulletin recounts a stubborn inmate who resisted shoe shop labor. Col. Thomas tried army discipline by loading a brick knapsack and marching him for two days, then added weight to show the value of steady work. Eventually he was restored to his shop and became a model worker.
An African king on the Gold Coast imported armor suits and dressed his ministers in them, arranged them for a ceremony, and fired a twenty four pounder grape shot at the display. Only a finger, three ears and a wool pillow-case survived. the king then sued the armor makers in French civil courts.
A Danbury boy sits on the stoop Saturday afternoon reading a murder trial. His father asks how the thermometer stands, and the boy mechanically replies Unanimous for acquittal on the ground of insanity. Thoms is sore yet, he says.
A fragmentary poem explores night visions and heavenly links to absent loved ones. It evokes benignant eyes, wings, and the comforting presence felt through dreams as the reader recalls friends and family who have passed.
Sultan dominates the household life with dignified meals and devoted care. When ill his mistress Mrs. D administers medicine and the dog recovers, showing unwavering gratitude and loyalty. He guards the home at night and even searches five miles to find Mr. D, ending in a revered final resting place.
A European traveler notes a German professor's wife will appear in a wedding dress aged fifteen or twenty years and chat in her native tongue while visitors, ignorant of local language, are entertained in the camity during their European visit.
A countryman asked Barnum's man where the mummy was and was told he is dead. The inquirer moved on satisfied, not expecting Barnum to halt every death among his curiosities.
Scoron Proverss remarks on avoiding haste to catch fleas and warns that deceit earns shame. A line mentions a father being hanged and a man receiving little news, underscoring caution and social rebuke.
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