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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1872
Page
6
A fragmented verse piece invites waking a hedged world of spring through blurred images of grasses, violets, buttercups, birds, and bees. The poem evokes renewal as nature lifts from winter, with scattered phrases about dew, meadows, and common things.
A vivid, simulated travelogue style scene from Orchand Monthly detailing a sensual encounter with tropical fruits. The narrator gnaws through mango and banana textures, describes slippery skins and fragrant oils, and reflects on the fruits as symbols of nature’s bounty and immortality.
An eminent naturalist recounts a tale of a young lady in a room by a poultry yard. A drake seized her dress and tried to drag her outside. She followed to a pond where a duck was trapped by a sluice. She freed the duck and the drake rejoiced, signaling gratitude.
The Post Office Department requests the public to include the county name along with the post office and state on all mail, letters, circulars, papers, and other matter sent by mail, due to rapid increases in mail volume and many new post offices.
The long running Tichborne dispute in England reaches a sudden phase with the defence filing to arrest the claimant on perjury after the claimant withdraws amid jurors' verdicts. The narrative traces Roger Tichborne’s elusive life, contested identity, and the impostor charge against the man who claimed to be the heir to Sir Edward Tichborne.
The claimant is identified as Arthur Orton, son of a Wapping butcher, a lifelong wanderer who visited South America and Australia between 1848 and 1855. He posed as Sir Roger Tichborne and raised bonds payable from the estate, sold at low rates, luring buyers with belief in his identity. Many investors were ruined as the bonds hold no value since payment depended on his claim's success.
The article portrays Wild Bill as a six foot one inch frontier scout with blond hair blue eyes and impeccable dress. It highlights his courage without bravado his precise use of weapons and his self enforcing frontier justice where might makes right and killings are settled by self defense verdicts rather than coroner investigations. The writer claims personal knowledge of several killings and notes Bills uninjured record despite many conflicts.
The text contrasts Washington Jefferson and Napoleon, noting Washington rarely spoke yet shaped the Constitution from the Committee of the Whole and delivered two brief speeches. It notes Jefferson could not speak publicly, while Napoleon valued deeds over words and used reserve to command respect among seasoned officers. It highlights the idea that greatness is not measured by speech length.
A Mississippi paper reports a young lady after graduation returning home to farm with the help of a few colored laborers. The season yielded six hundred bushels of corn, many potatoes, and $969 from cotton sales after all expenses were paid.
A survey of adornment practices among various peoples. The text details body painting by Australians and others, extensive use of jewelry and body ornaments by many tribes, and extreme modifications such as lip and ear piercings, tooth work, and cheek studs. It notes examples from Bo tany Bay, the Felatah in Central Africa, the Esquimaux, and African tribes, highlighting materials and social significance.
The list notes a ninety seven year old pensioner who drew his money unaided, and a ninety one year old among others including General John A. Dix and Thurlow Weed who have appeared to claim 1812 war pensions. A very young widow pensioner is listed at about eighteen, with one pensioner drawing since 1816 and exceeding 11 dollars in total, wounded in 1812 under a special act. The widow of a Major General has received thirty dollars monthly since 1838, totaling nearly twenty thousand pounds.
A historical note describes early Jewish music as oral with few vowels, claiming 200000 musicians at Solomon’s Temple per Josephus. It compares ancient instruments including ram’s horns, cow’s horn flutes, psaltery, sackbut, tambourine, dulcimer, and early lyres across Egyptian and Grecian traditions.
Harper's Weekly notes the Iwakura embassy as a sign of Japan's sweeping reform. It praises Minister Morr for studying free schooling, replacing Chinese with English, and inviting American supervisors for agriculture and finance. The piece lauds the ambassador’s refined bearing and the hopeful, enduring Pacific friendship between nations.
Frederick the Great helped a workman remove a clock at Sans Souci palace only for the next morning to learn the clock had vanished. The king declared himself an accomplice to the theft and ordered the thief to run. The note then shifts to trade data on hides and leather between Argentina, the United States, and domestic imports and exports in 1870 71.
A Mount Kisco party features Mr Holly Disbrow, his mislaid drug, and comic dancing mishaps as guests snicker. The Boston Bulletin mortuary list riffs on famous names with humorous, non-graphic endings.
A clergyman and his servant escaped serious injury after a gas explosion at the parsonage on Sunday, with facial burns. An Irish acquaintance quips about avoiding candles after a near-miss. In Cleveland, a parent secretly medicates a sick child by feeding buckwheat cakes with syrup that turns out to be squills, prompting the boy to blame the molasses.
A letter misdirected in the post reads Gostmaster and Ben-syl-vany in der Staight Venango franks a plan. In a New York public school a teacher asks gender of mouse and student replies feminine and masculine. A Scenery Inrorer notes a composer may make overtures by scores. A negro preacher jokes about obstinacious brethren and grasshopper knee buckles.
A fragmented humorous column mocks social trends with puns about bonds religion importunity and a spoof about a coal mine and an exploded idea. It riffs on names and phrases and includes quirky line items such as hip-joint and opticians as bold asides.
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