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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1871
Page
6
Poem fragment in melancholic voice narrates a dying speaker addressing a beloved. The speaker resignation to death expresses longing for rest, forgiveness, and eternal peace as night falls and life fades. The tone is lyrical and sorrowful, with imagery of birds, fragrance, grave, and final sleep.
A sweeping 1870s style telegraph of events notes New York crime and mood in brief bursts. It cites a bank robbery near Third Avenue, a dramatic pursuit and a single guard wounded yet alive, and mentions broader topics from immigration debate, tax figures, and a looming peach crop to fishing laws and rainfall.
A rural sketch recounts a husband named I and his wife Betsey choosing separation after years of conflict. They draft papers dividing their farm, livestock, and homestead with Betsey to receive her share. The piece blends humor and moral reflection on enduring human gentleness amid stubborn strife.
The impeachment trial of Governor David Butler was suddenly halted after his counsel obtained a sixty day continuance. The Senate approved the delay by a close vote, with many senators who believed him guilty avoiding a verdict.
A narrator recalls plans to secure a written agreement with a partner, then to reunite with a lost child and settle affairs. He envisions his burial near maples he planted, while hoping reconciliation with the woman he quarrelled with. If they meet again in heaven, they might love more for their earthly quarrel.
The article details massive Prussian casualties in the Guard and Third Army Corps, noting losses at Spicheren Marsla Tour Orleans Le Mans and high officer and man losses across regiments. It highlights nearly half the Forty-eighth Regiment and substantial totals across the Third Army Corps. It also states cavalry losses were smaller, though the First Dragoons of the Guard suffered heavy officer and man reductions.
Reports from mines describe large mobs at Tripp's Slope attacking workers with clubs and stones, forcing suspensions and driving four to five hundred miners from pits. Troops were sent as rioters razed tunnels and tracks, while a separate English observer notes a schemer who hired Prussians to loot livestock and grain, selling receipts for profit. The tale ends with the imagined rise of the cheat to local mayor.
Harvard proposes a six oared three mile straightaway race on July 4 to revive the Union College regatta and invite all American colleges to enter. A Springfield delegates meeting will set rules and decide locality, with New London harbor favored if possible.
A London to New York exchange reveals a test of signatures by a penman who imitates a firm’s check sign and fools a bookkeeper. The anecdote shows forgeries and the ease of copying signatures, sparking debate on genuineness and fraud detection. The Boston milk report notes 610 adulterated samples out of 1700, a warning on penury of pure milk and court remedies, while diverse items cover Leigh Hunt on marriage and Ruskin’s call for workers to do their duty.
The Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee reports on coal company practices, finding Lackawanna and Bloomsburg overstep chartered tariffs while Reading, Lehigh Valley, Delaware, Lackawanna, Western, and Lehigh Coal Navigation stay within law. A wage-arbitration plan ties work resumption to reduced charges and calls for a six-to-six arbitration board plus an umpire to set year-end wages, with officials wary of early legislative inquiry.
A fragment discusses ventilation by a single opening showing air currents depend on direction of the opening. It includes a smoker experiment and notes on gastric juice and appetite, warning against tonics and stressing proper digestion and energy from outdoor work. It mentions figures and names in passing without clear context.
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