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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1872
Page
3
A Japanese rock worker earns wealth through an angel's wish but seeks ever greater power. He becomes emperor, then the sun, then a cloud and finally a rock. A lone quarryman with a hammer reshapes his fate, proving contentment lies in humble labor.
A Massachusetts bishop tested a Sunday school class by asking who made the world. A trembling boy answered I didn’t, then clarified If I did I won’t do it again. The moment reveals a humorous miscue in catechism. Harpers Magazine notes that most Chinese tea is adulterated by the Celestials.
A critical study of women’s dress argues that heavy garments, including gowns, hats, furs, and accessories, weigh down the wearer like trunks. It questions the health impact, notes American belles’ light frames, and condemns fashion as a public health burden.
The speaker, borrowing the old phrase Lonefellow, laments a heavy burden as a narrator reflects on shared sorrow and strain. The cadence hints at communal struggle and a plea for endurance under adversity.
A reflective essay on marriage work and companionship. A wife shares practical steps from courtship to home life, emphasizing mutual adaptation, open smoking at home, neatness, attentive listening, and avoiding quarrels in public or private. She notes the shift after her husband’s social shifts and the value of harmony.
In a town two sisters marry wealth and charm. Griselda's husband grows distant, while Statira wins him anew by daily acts of beauty and devotion. Statira preserves marital affection through tender sympathy, keeping his heart as years pass.
An observer estimates New York City lottery and policy operations drain about one million dollars yearly from productive activity. He notes roughly 350 offices average ten dollars daily, drawing funds from thousands of casual to habitual buyers, with Kentuck and other three number lotteries as the primary focus. The Havana schemes add further capital drain.
A Japanese courting superstition tale describes a woman who awakens at two in the morning to attend a shrine. She wears a white robe and sandals, uses a metal tripod with candles, a mirror at her chest, an effigy of her lover, and a hammer to drive nails into sacred trees, praying for the lover’s death if the god answers. Nightly she adds two nails, believing each nail shortens his life.
A struggle over a baby found on a priest's steps in New Orleans sees bids from several parties including a $1000 offer to the city. One paper suggests offering the child to the highest bidder, with the prize accruing interest and paid when the child reaches full age.
The article argues against Fulton as the sole inventor of steamboats. It cites Fitch’s earlier river trial on the Delaware and later tests in New York, supported by Livingston’s involvement. It claims Fulton failed initially in France and credits Fitch, along with others, as key to the steamship’s success, noting 1807 Claremont's launch and public skepticism.
A correspondent argues mental activity preserves appearance. He cites a remark that idle men lose beauty, while a man who thinks and endures wears a sculptor on his features. The piece suggests diligent thought and effort shape and maintain a handsome face through time.
Floating engines prove highly useful for quick fire response in cities with rivers and waterfront commerce, offering rapid scene arrival, instant water supply, and scalable power. The note cites New York and Baltimore as examples and mentions Castanda of Peru as a reportedly wealthy individual with no stated net worth.
A voyage from Basel down the Rhine includes a Jew allowed aboard with a condition to behave and pay eighteen kreutzers. Passengers test his wit with questions, paying him twelve kreutzers each time he answers. ultimately he claims nine twelve-kreutzer winnings, plus his own stake and captain’s fee, totaling the amount carried.
A New Yorker died recently after smoking in bed with a lit pipe. Authorities described the death as a self-inflicted fatal incident linked to indoor smoking.
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