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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1892
Page
3
The column surveys global population, industry, and culture. It notes Russian empire agriculture, a Turkish railway project, Volga river shifts, and Saratov's growth. It cites Germanic ethnology, Prussia, and Chinese and American scholarly opinions, with remarks on literature, museums, and a leap year politics nod to Belva Lockwood.
The article explains ice gathering from Hudson area lakes to New York, detailing cutting to ten inches thick, block marking, plowing, barring off, and storage. It notes multi-crop seasons, worker roles from carpenters to fishermen, and the seasonal employment tied to ice production. It describes transporting ice via tramways to storage rooms and finally to trains and boats.
Description of cassava preparation for travel across Africa notes several methods. It covers tying in jumps the size of a swan's head, long foot to three feet pieces, or rolls like a finger, coiled around the body as a rope. Leaves are boiled as greens, an important additional food source.
A New York Press note reports a tailor collapsed into a coma amid debt troubles. He warned he had lost three girls previously. relatives fear he may die, allowing creditors to reap their victory. The case centers on personal debts and threatening remarks from the distressed tailor.
A bustling rush hour scene at the stamp window with fifteen men and a boy awaiting service. A stylish woman buys stamps, queries time, places a package, and exits amid quirky exchanges about Cohoes and postage. A clerk dispenses coins and endures witty jibes as a child notes the clerk’s tough job. Also includes Q and A on Alabastine and a note about Japanese women being mostly vegetarians.
A long religious exhortation from the Western Christian Advocate urging total devotion to Christ. It emphasizes prayer with faith and perseverance, condemns worldly desires, and calls believers to act righteously, follow God’s commandments, and seek holiness through Jesus Christ. The piece cites scripture and urges fervent, sincere, united, and consistent prayer.
A Kansas City Times account tells how a traveling implement salesman failed to land orders in Durango until a Mexican intermediary advised patience. Six car loads were ordered from one dealer after a three day wait and a meal, leading to a brisk sale. Also noted is Bishop and Mrs. Joseph P. Thompson of Newburgh celebrating a golden wedding after fifty years in ministry and a long life story of the Bishop’s escape from Virginia.
Food judges note Superior Wisconsin may rise from a small town to a thriving metropolis within years. The city, once a water and rail terminus, handled coal grain flour wool and merchandise at Lake Superior’s western end, growing due to lower freight rates. Over 28 large manufacturing projects arrived in 18 months, including the American Steel Barge Company, with many predicting faster growth than Chicago St Paul Minneapolis or Milwaukee. Thunderstorms occur most frequently at sunset.
Nearty forty years ago Roger Dougherty of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, lost or had $40 taken. He only learned of the sum last week when a letter arrived with 240 and $10 interest. He has no idea who sent it.
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