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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1891
Page
7
Indiana Progress item appears with misread text stating terms and date 1891. It references a local paper claim as the largest in the county and notes a date or period. The readable fragment provides limited verifiable facts about publication size and a dated note.
A miscellany reports low real estate ownership in Chi cago area, valued love letters at 37500, scarce gutta percha for cables, and a Bee Keepers College in Guelph. It notes M Mascart on magnetic needles for geology, census language shares, Atlanta cigar taxes, and expert views on volunteers. It describes a Norwegian oil-throwing vessel, a Chicago hotel with a 533 foot tower, and a royal commission for the Chicago World Fair 1892. It ends with a Walla Walla inventor proposing trained birds to power a light bamboo car.
A Washington Star report cites Chief Gardener Saunders on the numerous uses of palms from the Palmyra to sago and wax palms. The article details foods, fibers, candles, paper, medicines, and cultural notes across India, Brazil, Ceylon, Thebes, and the Amazon with diverse palm products and traditions.
The article promotes milk as a complete food suitable for nearly everyone and advises methods to improve tolerance. It cautions against rapid, cold, or skimmed milk, recommends warming it slightly, and suggests consuming milk within ten hours of handling. It notes buttermilk as wholesome and digestible.
A python attacked a family in Judar near Maka. A father and his sons aged ten to twelve were in bed when the snake seized the boy's head, then wrapped around the father. Neighbors rescued them after cries for help. The snake was about fifteen feet long with puncture wounds on the boy’s head.
A Week notes King Tuantai of Annam is ten years old and highly precocious. He is solemn, studies in seclusion, avoids childish sports, and learns Chinese and French with notable aptitude. His arbitrariness inspires awe in teachers.
Rev B F Mille argues for prohibition on temperance grounds at Elgin meetings. He contrasts tavern traders with beggared households, urging actions against liquor traffic and urging Christians to live for God in all recreation and work. He cites moral peril to children and links faith to daily choices and public life.
The text champions temperance with a rallying cry against drinking and gambling, claiming victory will come through abstinence. It cites English medical opinion on insurance adjustments for former drinkers and criticizes Russian anti drinking cures as dangerous quackery, endorsing total abstinence.
Superintendent Hammond defends a strict liquor abstention rule for railroad employees, saying it reflects safety and customer service goals rather than moral preaching. The piece also covers a Belgian gin poisoning outbreak near Anderghen and Boitsford, with 27 deaths tied to adulterated gin and unclear cause.
An assorted 19th century notice mix describes a clergyman at an innabrook stroll past a merry-go-round then toward the Xaverianum, references on postage stamps history, and various medical ads. It mentions James Chalmers of Dondes, stamps worldwide, and Dr. Pierce remedies with promotional tone.
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