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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1871
Page
2
Dreamlike lament warns a child have sleep and escape judgment. The speaker invokes Heaven, memory, and guilt as torment gathers around the youth. A bleak moral contrast unfolds between freedom and doom as the sleeper faces divine reckoning.
A Victorian-era tract recounts the 1660 disappearance of William Harrison of Campden Gloucestershire, his son finding Perry confessing to murder after initial suspicions. Perry names his mother and brother as the killers and describes the plan to rob Harrison and conceal the corpse in a ditch behind Wallington Mills with the murder scene near Charringford Ebrington Paxford and Campden.
The narrative details a murder at Campden House, the accused Perry and his relatives facing trial and execution. A torn rope links to the crime, while William Harrison later recounts a dramatic abduction and voyage from England to Smyrna and back, with many doubting the truth of his tale and pondering his son’s possible involvement.
A man who accidentally dropped a $70 roll into a fire requested repayment from Treasurer Spinner. After affidavits of fact and character from city cashiers, he received a $60 refund from the Revenue Office. Fragments of a $10 First National Bank of Mobile bill identified the loss, and the remainder was compensated at the bank.
The twenty one year old son of President Tyler serves as an uhlan in the Twelfth Army Corps of Saxony during the Franco Prussian War. A former Freiberg mining student, he requested service when war began and earned special permission from the Minister of War to join the Saxon ranks. Described as gallant and fine looking, he impressed officers as he fought in several engagements with his cavalry lance in action.
During a recent amateur stage performance in a Maine town a pistol misfired at close range. A young woman narrowly escaped serious harm as she instinctively shut her eyes, but received a spray of powder to her face.
A Quaker father counsels his son on marriage with a terse proverb. He recalls advising to keep eyes wide open during courtship and now urges to keep them half shut after the wedding. The remark blends humor with cautious prudence from a religious perspective.
A Washington Star summary notes renewed drive to complete the marble Washington Monument begun after Congress authorized a memorial to George Washington. Historical milestones include the 1848 cornerstone, 170 foot height by 1854, and repeated funding gaps. The National Washington Monument Society, formed in 1959, now appeals for nationwide gifts, with a one dollar contribution per adult urged to finish the memorial.
A hotel proprietor cites guests and rates across properties. Senator Cameron paid 450 monthly for two rooms, Senator Fenton 1000, Mgr Cox 250 weekly with 1500 buffet, Huntington hosted a 1000 spread for twenty, and a parlor plus rooms commanded 450 weekly. Albany’s Delevane House saw 375 weekly for Gautier and 400 for Darling. Lake George had 37000 on register, four months yielding 294000 with 52000 net. Fifth Avenue Hotel rents at 200000 yearly, St Nicholas at 95000, while Metropolitan Hotel was leased for 65000 yearly to finance Tweed’s son’s venture.
A reflection on Christopher Columbus heirs, Fernando’s vast library, and Washington’s use of his works for Life of Columbus. Also a note on Onio the man who recalls every day since 1827, able to state day, weather, and work from past dates with flawless accuracy.
A Maine couple planned a simple Bangor wedding with no cards or cake and informed friends that chowder would be served at their home that evening. Meanwhile a Virginian woolen mill killer with a life insured by a New York company faces a potential damages suit as the insurer seeks redress for its loss.
Insurgents, marching from Meudon Chatillon and via Rueil, clash with Government troops around Nanterre Bougival and Chaton. Thiers pledges clemency to dupes while punishing ringleaders as Versailles surrounds Paris. Fronts shift at Chatillon Courbevoie Neuilly Pont de Neuilly Vaugres with heavy losses. 100000 rebels believed ready to fight. Telecommunication cut, Paris isolated, churches pillaged, and calls for a strong stand by Marshal MacMahon’s four corps.
Treasury figures compare net receipts and outlays from March 1 1867 to March 1 1869 with March 1 1869 to March 1 1871. Expenditures by War Navy and Indian Departments reduced by 176 million dollars. total debt reductions over the two periods reach 317 million. Annual interest savings from paid debt amount to 11.59 million dollars, mostly in gold.
The House approved the Ku-Klux bill with 118 yeas and 91 nays, eighteen absent, in a party line vote. Debates centered on provisions for calling militia and suspending habeas corpus, with amendments by Ambler Garfield and Holman shaping the final passage.
Rawpauxs Tooms London and New York theater scene gains a new three act comedy Rendal Thumb brought out with stage effects. Samuel French & Son publish 15 cents per copy in New York. Campions Hour for April appeals to families and youth. Arthur publishers feature child stories in Every Humber. Antion’s Lapx Macazine April offers fashion plates and varied content for Indies readers.
A London paper explains the modern road building method used in great cities. The process begins with loosening the surface with pickaxes, then laying ordinary granite, followed by sand dressing. A steam driven immense roller then passes slowly over the prepared surface, pressing with great weight to form a firm smooth roadway able to bear heavy vehicles without damaging springs.
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