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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1872
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR reveals a mournful verse about a world in mourning as tears fall and memories fade. Names and clear events are obscured, but the tone suggests a somber scene of loss, winter imagery, and departed joy.
Miscellany recalls the Pennsylvania as the first steamer to descend the Mississippi from Pittsburg in 1813 and describes Shawneetown’s fear during its approach. It recounts early Western steamers, Louisville celebrations for the General Washington in 1823, and rapid river journeys, with notes on wood-chopping on trips and crew lighting the way.
An English farmer’s field is spared when a boy refuses to open a gate to a hunting party led by a Duke. The duke bribes and threats fail, and the boy stands firm, declaring the duke would not want him to disobey his master. The duke praises steadfastness, hops back on his horse, and the boy celebrates by shouting his feat.
A lecture dated March 14 1872 surveys the origins of the Union flag and the Star Spangled Banner. It traces the flag’s lineage from British and colonial ensigns through Washingtons era, credits Betsey Griscom Ross with early flagmaking, and ties the Nancy brig episode to the nation’s first banner.
Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch outlines claims on the Nancy brig and its burning near Cape May, detailing dates from June 29 1776 through July, with Pennsylvania payments for salvage and wounded crews. It discusses the adoption of the flag, ship Descriptions from Mendenhall, and the push to show early Stars and Stripes in foreign ports prior to later known acts.
A New York letter to the New Bedford Mercury recounts two newly arrived Jewish men who turned a damaged coffee auction into a $80,000 windfall. They secured orders from leading merchants at five percent discount and, posing as buyers, bid for the entire cargo at auction. The gambit paid off when their signed papers covered the full value without the pair paying a cent.
A stylized tribute extols the steam power press as a superior force against vice and evil, likening the printing press to a silent artillery that will strike its mark across ages. The piece uses vivid metaphor to praise newspapers over weaponry.
A lively critique of modern hats, praising broad brimmed Quaker styles while condemning beavers as ugly and impractical. The piece traces the hat’s power to transform a man and laments the fragility, vanity, and perpetual misfortune of the glossy high crowned beaver in daily life.
The article explains how jerked beef is produced by curing meat in salt, stacking under hydraulic pressure, and drying on frames. It notes the beef's growing market, especially in Brazil, Havana, Great Britain, and Mediterranean cities, with variations to suit tastes and export needs.
President Grant appoints Major General Andrew A. Humphreys Professor Benjamin Pierce and Captain Daniel Ammen to review all surveys plans and proposals for a canal across or near the Isthmus of Darien between the Atlantic and Pacific. They are to examine routes consider communications proposals and report conclusions in writing.
A La Crosse paper mocks a Chicago scheme to mass produce court house bells from Mrs. O Leary s cow bell and notes a Vermont Ransom family joke during revival while lampooning market overstock and a local saloon exhibition from the windup of a sensational tale.
A daughter laments Dolly the cow killed by a northbound train after straying onto the tracks. Her father answers with a Genesis joke, referencing the smoking furnace and burning lamp that passed between pieces, as cited in Harpers Magazine.
A Fanmy household hired a new coachman named William. To avoid confusion with two Williams, they planned to call him by his surname. William balked at the idea and muttered “Deary” with a chilling edge. The family resolved to stand by William.
A Scott county farmer in Kentucky reportedly constructed a $2000 hog pen with paint, graining, hot and cold water, steam heat, and gas lighting. It houses a fine library including Cobb's Elementary Works Bacon and Cobden on the Corn Laws. Mahogany troughs with ivory inlays, Phelan cushions, and an execution by chloroform when hogs are led out are mentioned in a satirical scene.
A Malagasy leader questions foreign use of india rubber for ships and warns that rubber ships could harm Malagasy soldiers. A court scene features a North of England witness mispronouncing words, prompting a joke about spelling water and manners.
A New England man buried his sixth wife and offered the officiating minister a $3 greenback. The minister refused, saying he did not accept payment for such services. The man replied that he has “been in the habit of paying” for his wife’s burial.
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