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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1891
Page
6
A Chicago editorial voice praises Chili’s fighting spirit while Boston officials predict demographic shifts in New England. The piece notes vast U S wealth per person, England and France totals, and Moscow’s serfdom monument. It recounts census figures on truck farming, then profiles Frank Ives Frayne and his stage animals, ending with a mysterious claim about a young woman sensing felines telepathically.
A New York detective traced and captured William Livingston in a long pursuit after a $75,000 forged City Bank of New York check to Vanderbilt. The hunt followed clues from clerks, a forged portrait, horse deals, and Chicago to DuPage County farmland, ending in Livingston’s arrest, trial, and a four and a half year sentence. The bank recovered over $65,000 from his cash and stock assets.
A New York Weekly tale recounts a Chicago Times observation on admissions. A clever man used a simple note to pass eleven urchins into a circus by instructing the door keeper to count them. The ruse shows how the circus can be manipulated by exploiting checks and crowd dynamics.
The piece traces platinum’s history from its sixteenth century Disney with gold in Darien and later mining in the Urals. It notes Russia coined pure platinum in 1864 and its use in crucibles. It discusses amber’s fossil origin, dwindling natural supply, and enduring value for cigars, pipes, lamps, and East Asian worship.
In a late night scene Mrs Blifkins complains of a midnight disturbance as a husband suspects a book agent. He notes they planned to be in bed by 11 and had asked the caller to try at half past. The excerpt hints at comic domestic tension and a visitor’s intrusion.
A humorous exchange appears in Texas Siftings mocking claims that meat harms health. A vegetarian counters by noting ancestors ate meat for generations, while the opposing character retorts that those ancestors are now dead.
A compilation of agricultural guidance discusses silo planning for dairymen, humus in vegetable matter, milking up to calving debates, starting seeds in boxes, and emerging milking technologies. It also offers farm and garden notes on feeding troughs, poultry care, drainage, and livestock quality, urging careful management and timely market awareness.
An observer reports vast elk presence on Specimen Ridge at 8000 feet, noting large bands in Blacktail country and fights between two bulls. The piece also mentions increases in blacktail deer, few mountain sheep, and buffalo bands in Hayden Valley, while debunking a Red Desert Wyoming buffalo rumor. It ends with reflections on frontier scouting and mining tales from various sources.
The piece notes that 3000 copies sold is strong for a current novel while 2000 is often satisfactory for publishers. It contrasts wealthy fame with modest income for writers and cites London births and deaths in a week, noting no smallpox deaths despite the high totals and remarks on the era’s literary market.
Distant canals and canals freeze over in Holland, allowing men, women, and children to skate for work and pleasure. University students skate to dinners, Leyden to Amsterdam trips take half an hour, and Rotterdam and Amsterdam women are famed. Two skating schools exist Friegland speed and Dutch artistic style, with practical elegance and elaborate names written on blades.
A family friend recounts a remarkable infant who seems highly advanced for age. The conversational piece notes the baby walks late yet performs feats, imitates a locomotive, and mimics sounds, drawing astonishment from observers.
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