Indiana Progress Column Highlights Global News Flows
A long excerpted summary notes varied international items from 19th century periodicals. It references England's monetary policy, unsettled college costs in Maine, and general commentary on education and sport. It also mentions American and European perspectives on disease, immigration, and technology including aluminum production and naval use. Additional notes cover Native American wealth in the Oklahoma Territory, Canadian penitentiary statistics, and a Scottish tale of a Marches son seeking a wild animal.
Fragmented Ode The Meadow Song Lyric Fragments
A compact fragmentary verse invokes Undersong and Sing to soothe sorrow. It paints a meadow tree, dew in grief, balm for heartache, and sweet forgetfulness for sorrowful eyes mourning the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Sherman
Flora and Frank reunite after a Jealousy Plot
Flora, Lorene, and Frank, once entwined in a love triangle at Woodland seminary, confront jealousy sparked by a secret letter. Flora rejects Frank, then a confession clears misgivings during a Butterfly Club gathering. Lorene explains the letter was Byron’s, not Frank’s, ending the feud. Flora’s feigned delirium leads to a wedding, kept as cap ital by Frank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Frank
Beautiful Woodland Seminary
Lorene Marler
Lorene
Loren
Lis
Disconcolrate
Butterfly Club
Fiora
Flo
Byron
Jin
Fiji’s path to British sovereignty and stable governance
The article traces Fiji from a feared cannibal era to British protec torate and eventual sovereignty. It notes failed 1889 offers to England and the US, a brief native-ruled experiment, and Britain’s role in stabilizing settlements and curbing cannibalistic and slave-trading practices as high commissioner of the Western Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiji Islands
Fiji
England
United States
Great Britain
Australia
Panama
Effect of the Chinese Exclusion Act on California Population
The Chinese Exclusion Act shows a California Chinese population of 71,681 with a very slight ten year decline. Many have returned to China or moved to other states. births are rare due to few Chinese women. Trade routes from Hong Kong via British Columbia feed arrivals. the federal government seeks stricter border enforcement to curb migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News Week
Indian Territory
United States
Shetter
Koucas
Oklahoam
Kanes
Gisbe
California
Chicago Herald
British Columbia
Hong Kong
British Canadian Customs Department
Canada
Lake Dwellers Revealed by Ancient Lake Beds
In Switzerland cold winters froze rivers and lakes, prompting border communities to extend walls into the lake and dredge for mud. They uncovered epiles ivory stone and bronze tools revealing ancient dwellings perched above water on logs. Excavations showed two settlements. eastern remnants were burned. The discovery introduces the Lake Dwellers. Plaquemines Parishes Reporter notes rice, orange groves, and oysters in Louisiana with Orange Farm and Bayou Cook producing vast crops and shellfish for New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
St. Nicholas
Plaquemines
Orange Parish
Louisiana
New Orleans
Half a Man. She Do you ever see Mr and Mrs Chapley
Dialogue fragment shows a couple discussing the Chapleys marriage with playful misstatements and two souls sharing one thought. This isolated snippet reflects social humor and romantic banter possibly from a theater or serialized page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Chapley
Evening News
Bargain Gone Wrong at South Side Livery Stable
An excited man burst into a South Side livery and salestables near Thirty-fourth street with mud splattered, hat lost, coat torn, complaining that steam rollers frightened horses sold as not afraid. The stable owner retorts that the horses do not fear the roller and always win, prompting the man to step aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-fourth Street
Chi
Omaha
Miss Wilkins
Prairie
New Orleans Delta
Alhambra: Gate of Justice to the Moorish palace
A Granada letter guides readers through the Alhambra’s Gate of Justice and gardens. It describes the Hand and Key, inscriptions by Yusuf, the Charles V palace, Moorish fountains, and the later restoration led by Queen Isabella II. The narrator marvels at the intricate stucco, tilework, and the lions of the Court of the Lions, ending with lingering admiration for Boadbil’s farewell gaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alhambra
Granada
Spain
Times-Democrat
Gate of Justice
Italy
Morocco
Yusuf
Charles V
Plaza de Los Algibes
Charles the Fifth
Isabella II
Abencerages
Jas Dos Hermanos
Lindaraja
Care of the Eyesight Advice From New Orleans Times-Democrat
The article warns against reading in dim light or while lying down and advises reading with light from behind or side. It cautions rest for eye pain, avoiding trains, trains, and crowds, and recommends seeking an occulist when needed. It also covers eye hygiene, sleep, and basic first aid for chemical exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mir
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Naturalists in Boston and a swift toad tale
A Boston based tale recalls Professor Agassiz and colleagues touring New Hampshire with naturals from a Boston asylum. The driver jokes about their charges as a lively freight. The Portland Press notes a Deering gentleman’s pet toad that hunts at dusk, using a two to three inch tongue to snatch flies with astonishing speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agassiz
New Hampshire
Boston
Felton
Deering
Portland Press
His Little Joke at Niagara Falls
A speaker recalls a prank at Niagara Falls where a man pretended to push a stranger. The man explains the warned consequences after a little joke went wrong, including the man fainting and his wife suing for damages, costing $7000 in greenbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
New York World
The Difference Between Two Charlies in a Witty Tale
A Detroit girl has two suitors both named Charles. One is bald timid and hesitant to speak his mind. The other is bold and immediately expresses his wishes at the first chance. An acquaintance asks the difference between Charles the Bald and Charles the Bald, revealing the joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Charles
Charles the Bald
Vienna seeks co op home for single women
A cooperative home for single women is planned in Vienna, Austria. Each resident will share housekeeping on set days. The project aims to recruit 100 participants at start, with expected monthly incomes from $5 to $70 per person to cover expenses and build funds for land to fund the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
New York Mail and Express
Fashion Notes Insider Looks at Elegance and Accessories
The article catalogs current fashion notes including two color feather boas for evening wear blond lace and insertion for wash dresses peach velvet in millinery green rush straw hats adorned with signonette and wall-flowers foulard red and white tones sailor ties gilt leather shoes with white dresses gold gabon open work stockings in black and pink gold trimmed bonnets and ribbons white wool crepe trock with turquoise and gold galloon pink and white motifs for tea ribbons jewelry brooches in gold diamonds or pearls strawberry gray shot silk for waterproofs white linen neckties and pique with a center pin high linen collars with studs and shirt cuff inspired cuffs
Cruel Trials of Mothers and Children in Pain
A Bar lin citizen recalls a tale of consumptive suffering and final death as a mother faces the end with her child at her side. A physician cites obedience and painful endurance, linking childhood pain, restraint, and the old debate on corporal punishment to moral instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barlin
Koen
Koeb
Kosh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Progress
Wennespayr
The
United
Foots
New
Lew- Satom
Maine
Republic of Education
George E. Waring, Jr
Bow Senenys
Stephen Aquys
Dmmsa
New Week Independent
Old Colony
Bence 20d Chine
Navy
Geys
Halifax
Marches
Scotland
A. G Griesom
Boadbil
Boston Naturals
Kitty C. Wilkins
Chicago
Plains
Idaho
Maybach
China
Pekin
Golden Palace
Picayune
Charlie
Hood
Wwe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!