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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1891
Page
7
A survey of widespread notes across markets and politics includes Massachusetts abandoning 125000 acres of farms, Jay Gould predicting Missouri Pacific gains from rate hikes, Delaware’s governors, and a Westport cen ter of population shift. Also reports gas discovery in England, whipping posts debated in Delaware, and a look at medical colleges nationwide.
A playful verse as Marjory questions nature and her own limits asking why flowers are short trees tall grass green and the sky blue She ponders why she cannot fly like the robin and why she can sing talk while others do so The poem ends with her wishful wonder that the river moves swiftly and the robin would explain if it could fy
In winter 1889-90 south Florida floods turned mangrove swamps into processing lakes. While paddling to hunt pelican, a pack of five large alligators pursued James Walton and the narrator. They fought, exhausted, until a nearby shark arrived, attacking the alligators and allowing them to escape to their camp safely.
A Babyhood writer urges drawing cold water first for warm baths after a Paris hospital tragedy. A nurse left a child in a tub full of scalding water. two older children entered, assumed readiness, and plunged the girl in. The fatal accident underscores caretaker carelessness.
A humorous exchange centers on a housewife and a neighbor. Dreary Draggies claims attempted work by saying she tried to work the family next door, while Mousewife questions what work was tried, highlighting a satirical domestic conflict.
A traveler recounts the Pau castle cradle of Henry IV, born 1543, rocked in a tortoise shell cradle not polished, with rough blanket and austere care. The tale contrasts royal luxury with hardy upbringing and muses on whether gentler treatment aids or harms early development.
A collection of kitchen tips including carrot cream soup, a fish vinaigrette with eggs and capers, instructions for brown baked beans with mustard and molasses, and a kidney omelet recipe with onion, parsley, and a soft, brothy center.
Delicate Scotch sandwiches made from cold chicken and tongue or ham with meat gravy and curry. Bread rounds fried in hot fat form a stacked dish served as a course or side. The piece also offers lamp chimney cleaning, restored whalebones, wormwood vinegar for sprains, and cautions about hot flatirons.
A New York life insurance company that covers sound young horses reports 704 horses died in the last five years. Colic caused 183 deaths, bowels inflammation 77, kidney trouble 74, pneumonia 51, sunstroke 52, pinkeye 30, lockjaw 37, broken legs 23, epizootic 12, heart disease 10, blind stiggers 4, runaways 9, drownings 4, lightning 2, unknown diseases 128, and eight were burned.
A collage of casual dialogues and quips touches on manners and morals. It contrasts modern talk with old sayings, including remarks about fashion, truth, love, industry, and social classes. Witty exchanges show social satire in brief lines.
The sisal plant grows four to six feet leaves with spiny tips and a short trunk. At maturity it sends a twenty to twenty five foot flower stem bearing a panicle of greenish yellow flowers. It rarely sets seed and reproduces by suckers and offshoots forming many young plants around the parent.
A New York Sun report notes opium use in China, with lower classes less prone while merchants and officials heavily indulge. It claims even officials who ban the drug are users, and wealthy Chinese towns have opium rooms with elaborate paraphernalia.
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