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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1871
Page
6
A reflective sermon urging harmony between words and deeds in Christian life. It contrasts promises with actions, condemns hypocrisy, and stresses that true faith requires works. The poem urges love as motive for just behavior among brethren to foster peace.
The two Brunell children of Wickford Rhode Island were buried alive when a cave wall collapsed. The mother Brunell died from shock and the father Brunell sank into insanity. At a Newbury funeral two cousins of the deceased attended. One Brooklyn cousin then learned her son was badly injured by a run over. Soon after another cousin received word her husband had died. Ex Governor Deland Stanford left Albany twenty years ago for California with little money. Now reputed to be worth 10 million, he owns Pacific steamship lines, stage-coach operations, gold mines, factories, farms, and hotels.
A vivid sketch of London dust heap workers showing women and girls in bulky garb, sack aprons, and improvised fashions. The observer notes winter attire, elaborate hairdos, and a disturbing mix of fashion with hardship, comparing it to prison fashion and street life.
A correspondent in Algiers details an immediate execution after a murder conviction. The condemned man is paraded before officials, with Bady Schathar the hereditary executioner, as the crowd crowds the scene. The Bey’s supporters press for clemency while bribes are offered and rejected.
An old fashioned miser, never fond of new clothes, travels and must buy boots for a journey. At a Kansas hotel he cannot locate his old boots, borrows and pays ten shillings, then learns the owner never called. A posted notice claims the hotel closed after a deadly dispute ending in the proprietor’s death and the cook’s imprisonment.
A ragged woman at a Chicago police station tells a sensational tale of a Wyandotte father, a white wife, and a brutal 1867 massacre. She claims Little Crow’s death by poison and a tribal inquest sentence led to her captivity, escape to Quincy, and a Chicago-rail route pass to Ohio, seeking aid from authorities.
Two mothers on a Quincy to Shelbina line unknowingly exchanged their four month old babies for twenty two miles. Each cared for the other’s child until a conductor noticed the mix up in Macon. After confirmation, the infants were reunited and the mothers reconciled.
By 99 to 98 the House concurred with the Senate to repeal the 4th of March special sessions law. The Speaker could have tied the vote and defeated it but chose not to. A female lecturer asserted that Adams’ only decent feature was a rib, which helped make something better.
A wedding celebration at the St Nicholas Hotel ends in tragedy when an uninvited guest, Thomas Smith of Independence, shoots Mr J C Foster. Smith flees, Foster is wounded but alive, and Smith faces indictment for a past bank robbery. The event leaves the bride and guests in shock as authorities pursue the unclear motive. Also noted is Minnesota’s May 24 vote on loan amendment bonds to resolve long-standing state credit disputes.
In Brooklyn Carlotta Patti sang with Ferranti when a coat seam burst. Ferranti joked aloud about his mishap in Italian while Patti prodded him kindly. The moment broke the dour mood, the orchestra laughed, and applause spread through the house as Brooklyn papers noted the genteel humor of the performance.
A reflection on rural youths leaving farms for city jobs. The piece warns that many applicants chase urban opportunities, while home workers may face disappointment and humiliation if they overestimate city life. It urges contentment, diligent labor, and prudent ambition.
A New York informant details 1870 income returns for the city’s wealthy as forbidden by the Revenue Department. A. T. Stewart leads with more than 1.5 million, followed by B. G. Higgins and B. G. Arnold. Additional lists name Moses Taylor, James G. Bennett, and others with incomes between 200k and 500k, many lower than the prior year.
Bripat presents list lavish items received by Princess Louise for her marriage. Queen gifts include a large emerald bracelet and necklace sets, opal pieces, two opal diamond carvings, a richly cased silver dessert service, and a Genieard chain. Prince and Princess Christian receive a silver gilt tea and coffee service with multiple pieces. Princes Arthur Leopold and Beatrice receive two diamond daisy flowers mounted as heir pins.
A Boston Traveller snippet notes a woman planting ivy in a pot with an old grapevine cane. After months the cane sent out shoots and rooted beside the ivy, though the cane had been unused for years. Also: a town editor faced subscription bartering with dogs and a taxed mayor. the Anti-Chignon Society pledge is taken by over fifty thousand German ladies.
Newberry, president of New York Lyceum of Natural History,展示s anterior walrus cranium found at Tong Branch. Fossil silicified with no modern differences, age uncertain but likely glacial. related finds noted at Martha's Vineyard, Monmouth County NJ, and Accomac County VA. Also mentions Eliza Wragge who left funds for annual coffin dusting in her will to ensure memorials.
A Prussian statistical notice in the Som xe Division issue presents a wartime arithmetical statement. It claims 180 days of military operations with 156 combats, 17 pitched battles, 26 fortresses captured, 363000 soldiers and 11650 officers taken, outlining daily and periodic averages.
The Technologist offers timely hints on preserving furniture, stressing the harm of careless handling and improper substances. It explains acids can damage marble and varnish dissolves in alcohol, while water affects only porous or soluble materials. The lesson urges keeping water away from water soluble items, oil from porous surfaces, alcohol from garnish, and acids from marble.
Spurcrow presents adage flavored counsel on diligence and restraint. Do not judge by appearances nor trust goats in law nor bags without reading labels. He warns against debt, rash bargains, and relying on others, urging self reliance and clear, careful choices.
French physicians question salt meat’s role in scurvy noting Metz garrison endured scurvy during a salt shortage from September 4 to October 17. Dr Durand attributes the disease to cold dampness lack of fresh vegetables drill and nostalgia while advising herbs watercress radish roast meat wine quinine and careful recovery. Also recounted is a nine year old girl in Burnham Maine who faced a bear and survived thanks to quick thinking and a club, praised as rare heroism.
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