25 Feb 1874
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Newspaper
Indiana Messenger
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1874
Page
1
Directory entry packed with business listings from Pittsburgh. Includes advertisers across banks, jewelers, clothing, groceries, pianos, lighting, and services. Note: readable fragments show numerous firms with addresses on Liberty, Smithfield, Wood, Penn, Fourth, and Market streets, plus ads for hotels, photography rooms, and manufacturing shops.
In a rural hymn filled scene at Loganville Church, a narrator recalls the arrival of a new organ and the choir’s imperfect singing. The speaker confesses attempts to join in, but ends up singing alone as others fumble with hymns, while old friends and Deacon Tables share a tender, humorous moment. The piece ends with the speaker contemplating death and a wish for no squealing device at their funeral.
Dr Renling of the Maryland Eye and Eur Institute reports Egyptian or granular eye inflammation spreading rapidly nationwide. He traces many cases to rolling towels used in hotels and workers’ sleeping areas, calling for abolition of rolling towels to stop the spread and prevent blindness. Jet Davis sailed from New Orleans to Liverpool seeking health, but suffered heart dropsy.
A sixteen year old boy, believed insane, climbed a 70 foot poplar as rescuers trembled below in 15 hour ordeal. He slid along a branch and finally descended after a planned tree fall, aided by a sympathetic rival and a food offer. The boy’s health improved but his mind remained clouded. the event drew crowd reactions and reflections on life and mortality.
A vivid starving figure describes the progression from intense hunger to emaciation over seven days, noting swelling cravings and weakness. The piece shifts to Boecker’s Unlucky Brother, then reports on Ohio temperance crusade efforts, Cincinnati injunction attempts, and broader momentum in Jeffersonville and other towns signaling intensified moral and legal pressure on liquor dealers.
The excerpt describes lion courtship and rival male encounters. A young lion seizes a mate after battles with competing suitors, then the victor mates and is caressed by the mate. A second scene shows two adult lions fighting for a lioness as an Arab observer notes the dramatic struggle and the lioness’ indifferent satisfaction after the deaths.
The Boston Journal notes cases of invalids reportedly benefiting from drinking warm blood. A feeble man in Brington allegedly gained weight and appetite after ten weeks of the regimen, with others said to improve. A Boston gentleman and a paralytic woman are among stated beneficiaries, with claims of free treatment and visiting purveyors.
A jumble of short notes covers almsgiving, a girl allowing kisses for money, a Rome pilgrimage plan by New York Catholics, a cynical view on women voting, a brave dog guarding cats, and a sea vessel whale encounter. Other bits include a New England nursery scene, a Gilroy berry report, a child’s remark about Joseph, poetry requests declined due to poverty, wolves preying on sheep, and a Welsh rarebit recipe.
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