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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1889
Page
3
An 19th century miscellany notes casual remarks on smoking habits and a drowning rescue by Jackson Miss. boys, then shifts to social musings on poetry, sanitation in Buenos Aires, theft versus debt, a Hungarian survivor 121 years old who drank beer, and a playful Anne Boleyn quote. The column wanders through history, morality, and lifestyle advice with few firm news anchors.
The report surveys Buenos Ayres hosting talks, rising Texas white population, scarce global limits, Idaho Territory seeking statehood, death by electricity debates, Paris Exposition spending, Tonguin coal prospects, price rises for Paris shops, Boston burial gaps, Dutch neutrality, banana berry markets, Japan coal independence, large travel credits drain, New York misery claims, Arizona doctor shortages, Chicago streetcar cables, Machinery Hall at Paris Exhibit, pickpocket prowess shifts, and various animal and military notes including birds, beef supply forecasts, and rail expansion trends across 31 states.
Colonel Charles P. Jordan, described as a “white chief” by virtue of his marriage to a Sioux princess, helped secure the Rosebud Agency act dividing the Sioux reservation and opening vast lands to whites. The article recalls his role as government trader, his behind the scenes work guiding signing at councils, and his influence with leaders like Crow Dog and Swift Bear, while noting his family ties and cattle ranch near Rosebud.
The Kansas Legislature scene features Sam Wood clashing with P P Elder over rules. After exchanges about timekeeping, Elder insults the speakers, but Wood counters and finally withdraws objections allowing business to proceed.
Professor Kicia of Airich calculates the Aletsch glacier size from summit to Moraine at 10 800 000 090 cubic metres. If cut into 270 metre blocks the ice would form a belt around the Equator. From the Gorner glacier you could build three cities the size of London with solid ice blocks.
In Piedmont West Virginia a little girl tasted fizzing mineral water and declared it tasted like her foot was asleep, reflecting a lighthearted wartime era humor note about daily life and odd remarks.
Dr Woods spoke of Cleveland Base Ball Club unity after a July 4 game with Boston and then recounted a benchside incident at League Park. Boston manager Hart angrily challenged critics, shaking his finger at Woods who, revealed by a minister friend, was the First Baptist Church pastor E A Woods. Hart apologized after the game. Chereland Leuder reports.
Joseph Oear Johnson, a locomotive engineer, was struck by a stroke two months ago leaving one side of his face and body paralyzed. Now in Ross Home Mison Georgia, he cannot control his laughing reflex while describing his suffering and impending death. He has a wife five children and seeks seclusion to await the end. He reckless wandered, endured hunger and a storm night, yet laughs through his tale, fearing church or funeral exposure.
Hadji Soliman Saba, a Turk who reportedly lived 130 years and left only grandchildren, died after a long life of farm work, open air living, and a frugal diet of barley bread beans and water. He had seven wives who predeceased him and was healthy until three days before death.
A collection of aphorisms on pride fear friendship marriage and parenting. The lines humorously reflect on ambition kindness judgment and gendered expectations within domestic and social life. The tone imitates old moralistic newspaper quips with concise wry observations.
Dr. Carl Meister describes shooting fish in Siam that launch water droplets from their jaws to strike flies and insects near the water’s edge. The fish, about the size of a hand, can hit insects with near perfect accuracy, testable with white pasteboard and small targets. Meister trained several to jump from the water for food and praises the species as highly intelligent and potential aquarium stars.
A historical survey documents wave measurements in the Atlantic during storms with heights up to around 44 to 48 feet and crest-to-crest spans near 550 feet. Notable effects include waves over walls at Kurrhee breakwater and massive surges at Wick Bay.
In a humorous exchange a practical bachelor claims he cannot swim while a woman recalls a tragedy of last summer where a beautiful girl fell into the water and was gallantly rescued by the man who later married her, prompting playful quips about a spot and romance.
The clip covers varied curiosities from a Topeka trial of vitrified brick on a street to brief notes on chemical cooling, tree felling methods, hair counts by color, copper wire degradation under current, a fast English locomotive, a darning invention, a Paris photo machine, flax fiber prep, malleable bronze patents, a record-breaking anvil in Ohio, aluminum in cast iron, a compact electro pneumatic balloon, lubrication studies for slide valves, and a cactus vitality tale about Mrs. Steiner’s two foot limb thriving after a year in storage.
Residents study a long hidden map revealing eighteen villages and monasteries now submerged as the island’s western cliffs erode. The sea advances yearly, threatening remaining land and possibly swallowing the last breakwater before mid century.
The snow plant was first found in the Sierras by a naturalist with General Fremont in 1843. It develops under deep snow and surfaces as the snow melts, with a recent Emerald Bay arrival reporting an eighteen inch stem. It appeared healthy when picked, and grew where it was found.
England records 800000 more widows than widowers while France reports 194 widows per 100 widowers. US express trains average 45 mph Philadelphia to Washington. Lincoln flag hangs in War Secretary's office. Connecticut surveyors find no right lines on fences. A Swarthmore hen commits suicide tied to a trestle. A French syndicate eyes a frog farm on an island near San Francisco. Leavenworth wagon spill yields 400 empty beer bottles. Bowdoin Paper ships to Ireland Mexico and Melbourne Age printing. Princess Louise's wedding gifts include a $20000 diamond necklace and a Shah of Persia gift. Rothschilds and father to give away. A Florida county man narrates lifelong isolation and political restraint.
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