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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1891
Page
7
A collage of brief items notes the New York Recorder’s anti phosphate drive in sodas, Japan’s census gap, Chilean theatre grandeur, a London will case over the word our, wage gaps across American cities, Canadian emigration trends, Egyptian borrowing custom, and annual U S life-insurance medical exam payouts totaling about 1.56 million dollars across three firms.
A worn Bible with faded inscription holds memories of family scripture, a grandfathered blessing, and a granddaughter’s gift. The poem reflects on devotion, aging, and the hope of heaven as the Bible passes through generations. London Christian commentary contrasts authentic Christian joy with worldly comfort.
A series of religious reflections discuss God’s gracious currents guiding humanity toward faith. It cites biblical figures and a garden metaphor to urge believers to seek inward character toward the sun of virtue. The Rev Dr D McEwen argues for global evangelization funded by church labor and finance to reach every creature. It ends with a critique of church grumblers and a call to join in moving the church forward.
A self expanding life belt uses elastic material with interior compartments of acids and alkalis. When worn a cord on each side releases chemicals to create buoyant gas. Variations include belts with water soluble hemispheres and rocket fired versions for shipboard distress.
In a remark cited by Ete ka Ulofeky in the Ladies Hiom Journal, Liszt teases a young Hungarian student from Kassan who sought lessons. After the audition, Liszt asks where he was born and where he lived and then says he prefers Kassan hams to Kassan pianists.
A fragment from the Voice laments national woes as rum corrodes liberty and virtue. It quotes verses and calls for divine aid to end bondage to alcohol, reflecting temperance sentiment in a mood of religious patriotism.
Siftings discusses temperance unions and munich beer, prison and pauper spending, and a London temperance meeting chaired by the Lord Mayor. It also offers bath guidance emphasizing warm then cold showers and home cleanliness, ending with a Connecticut man selling sewer rat skins to glove makers.
A compilation of opinions on Japanese immigration in California and Hawaii, contrasting Japanese and Chinese labor, noting hundreds to thousands of arrivals, anxieties about future numbers, economic impact on farms and skilled trades, with remarks from Lyman J. Mowry and Collector Phelps, plus related global remarks and a brief sideline on Chinese veterans and Tahitian amusements.
A. G. 5. Unwes, British Consul at Tahiti, arrives in the city aboard the Tropic Bird. Hawes describes the Leeward islands as nearly settled under French governance with Raietea the last holdout. Valleys are fertile but land is held by tenant families. natives live off nature with little effort besides taking what exists. Trade has shifted since Brander & Co.'s demise.
California butter is produced in two pound rolls but sold by the roll, each roll weighing six to eight ounces less than the claimed two pounds. Middlemen profit from the short weight, while dairy men seek to set an honest mold and sell directly via a cooperative market to drive out oleomargarine sold by many dealers.
A wandering writer recalls meeting Liz a Dakota girl living solo on frontier land with her brother Ned and Joel Simpson as occasional company. She defends country living over town citing independence and busy days, while a separate reflection argues Spanish American republics fail due to military rule, urging civilian governance.
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