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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1871
Page
3
A compact farm page covers hog health tips such as pulling black tooth with nippers when coughing begins, steam-fed hogs reducing cholera losses, and various kitchen and animal care recipes. It also offers practical farming advice on breeding, wages, grazing, lambing, calf rearing, and tree care for spring planting with grafting and seed guidance.
A Bosion Journal corresp describes village sugar parties as social fundraisers with fresh new maple sugar, snow decor, and rustic banquets. Women lead the events, offering doughnuts biscuits cakes and meats. Several societies host these annual benefit parties as a village institution.
A fragment from an old text notes the rarity of correct orthography and humorously contrasts it with garbled phrases about onions, Sibyls, lilies, carnelian hues, and a cobbler's pony eating a potato. It reflects difficulty in writing and reading quickly without reference.
An English paper explains astronomy by imagining a three inch globe for Great Britain, a pin-sized town on it, and a sun globe about twice the height of an ordinary room. To fit the sun and earth scales a twenty six by twenty six foot room would be needed, with the sun's globe in a goblet.
A Geusrax living in Ohio after three years in the United States received word from his parents in the old country that his property would be confiscated if he did not return to join the army. He consulted the German Minister in Washington and learned he must serve to save his estate, so he departs for the fatherland.
A wood-cut from the era depicts a gourmand addressing barnyard poultry with a bizarre opening about sauces. A cook responds that the animals do not wish to be eaten, prompting a quip about staying on topic. The fragment hints at concerns over costs and class in travel or lodging.
A writer reviews the advertising boom highlighting how relentless fliers and eye catching stunts flood streets and media. The piece notes banners on stages, cars, depots, and even rocks, with ads shaping urban life and provoking consumer excess while advertisers puff their wares at every turn.
Captain John Magnus Dens reports a dramatic encounter with a colossal sea creature near St Helena and Cape Nigra. A giant tentacle grasped two sailors, another climber escaped by rigging, crew harpooned the monster, but ropes failed and both sailors were lost while the crew watched in awe. The attached tentacle measured 95 inches at the base, and the monster’s head remained unseen above the water. The captain, who aided in the struggle, remains convinced the Kraken exists.
The practice of filling low waterfront areas with earth to create building sites can boost health if clean drainage is ensured. However, using coal ashes street scrapings and decaying matter for such fills in New York leads to unhealthy air and disease. authorities condemn grading with this material and warn of strong sanitarian opposition to building on it.
A bone-boiler and crusher near Lambeth faced a magistrate over his bone-dust manure mills and sulfuric acid tanks. He offered nine arguments, but none justified keeping the operations. His family, eight children and a mother, lived on site and remained healthy during cholera years despite the odor and danger.
Minzcz advises liberal hay and warm bran slops twice daily for cows that have calved or recently calved. A quart of corn meal added to bran is recommended. Keep cows in stable during nights and rain. Clean mangers daily, whitewash stalls, ensure ventilation. Provide exercise on good days and prevent constipation with bran or oil cake. A quarter-pound Glauber salt before calving may aid bowel movement.
In Macon Georgia Samesox Pareckarp, said to be a lineal descendant of a biblical name, was sued after pulling down a frame rum-shop. He had been ousted by twenty inmates for creating a disturbance and threatening to exterminate them. A railway car hygiene note follows urging labeling cars for clean and unclean.
The Special Committee on the Weed Irvine airway reports to the New York Legislature that Irving deserved heaviest punishment but resignation, effective upon delivery to the Speaker, prevented expulsion. No opposition appeared against Weed, and the report caused no debate. The yea and nays were called but recorded none.
A Delaware County resident recalls April eel migrations along the riverbank, with young fish three to five inches moving in a near shore, three abreast line. They travel from salt water to upper river sections over about three days, avoiding enemies like catfish and perch. Separately, a Boston architect predicts brick stone iron buildings will dominate the city within twenty years as timber grows scarcer and pricier.
The article notes soft all wool and cashmere fabrics in broken plaids and checks with fringe edges for trims and garments, and highlights blue and white plaids, black and white combinations, and lower priced cashmeres mixed with cotton. It mentions washable concerns, lace collars like Von Moltke and regalias, and fashionable yet affordable ensembles with detailed prices and items for ladies wardrobes.
The document records an 1870 tax ruling permitting taxpayers to file a simplified income statement with interlineations. It outlines the affidavit, sworn statement of income across sources, and notes adjustments by erasure of a line asserting gross income did not exceed $2,000.
An essay urges active labor as the path to health and happiness, arguing that industry yields riches and sustains well being. It contrasts labor with comfort, linking success to toil and perseverance. The piece also notes Ohio legislature backing President Grant's Domingo policy and extension of borders, endorsing local populace will in policy.
A mosaic of maxims, weather notes, and social observations pervades a 19th century page. It cites currency, schooling, fashion, agriculture, postal routes, kindness, courage, and public manners, with scattered anecdotes about Boston births, Canadian post offices, and Milwaukee hotel banter.
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