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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1871
Page
2
A proverb in archaic diction notes that people bear two sacks one behind them and one before. The rear sack holds their own faults while the front bears neighbors faults. People judge others while ignoring their own growing sins.
The report surveys diverse topics from fiscal tax totals of 332 million dollars and per capita estimates to shifts in Vermont election schedules and France’s presidential term debate. It notes New York imports for the week, Paris’ post-Commune reconstruction funds, and varied agricultural and demotic incidents across the United States and abroad.
John Husmann a 21 year old house painter. Maggie Maloney 16. in Cincinnati a quarrel over marriage led to tragedy. After brick was thrown, Husmann fired a revolver through a gate wound Maggie fatally. Husmann then hid under straw and was arrested. Voltaire remark closes the page.
Scientific observers prepare across nations for the next total solar eclipse. The path crosses the Arabian Sea and India ending near Java, with two minutes of totality. English observers and the Astronomer Royal oversee instrument adaptation as corona questions loom.
John H Parry argues that Philadelphia's infant mortality is exceptionally high and concentrated in crowded areas. He cites 85,957 live births and 3,933 deaths in five years ending 1870, with 31,642 deaths before age five and 19,227 in the first year, urging creation of a foundling hospital to prevent deaths from neglect and lack of nourishment.
A method by Pelouze to preserve meat indefinitely uses a carbonic oxide atmosphere under pressure. Meat pieces are dried with dry silts to remove moisture, then exposed to a salt or saltpetre solution or diluted carbolic acid before sealing in a tight vessel.
A New York Society note questions if Sunday marriages are legal arguing the Sabbath ceremony may be void. It cites alleged widespread Sabbath weddings and notes legal limits on minors and wills, warning such rulings could unsettle social norms and provoke further suits.
In Lima, President Balta’s dispute with a jailed newsman escalates into a clash with the judiciary. After the judge's threats, Balta resigns to face personal satisfaction, amid a dramatic scene aided by Balta's elderly mother and a reform-minded Vice President stepping in.
A Zouave performer enacts a chilling sword routine before an audience. He removes his fez and shirt, sways hair in the wind, kisses a Marabout then slides a naked sword across his tongue. Helpers bear the blade through his body and feet, creating dramatic torture and intense crowd acclaim amid visible pain and exhaustion.
The Board of Inquiry finds no statements yet on conclusions but outlines key points. Water was adequate, fires good, doors closed. steam pressure rose in the ten minutes before detonation. An old boiler rupture and fissure contributed. Water at Quarantine was quiescent before explosion, air expelled, heat absorbed, delaying steam. Explosion aligned with whistle signaling, stirring water caused rapid steam and overpressure beyond safety valves. Recommendations urge better engineer education, stricter rupture checks, and careful boiler condition before startup.
The piece extols Ekaterienburg as the finest Siberian town with 25 000 residents, a mint, government workshops, churches, palatial brick and stone houses, a theatre, clubs, two hotels, and refined society near Asiatic barbarism. It notes proximity to metalurgical works and mining government offices, with Irkutsk as a distant rival. Dining at Plotnikoff la carte hotel epitomizes civilization.
Accounts from Bombay, via the society for assisting Persian famine sufferers, describe severe famine misery. Thousands died of starvation, with cases of extreme hunger driving people to eat their own offspring. This year’s crop is scarce, failing to meet basic needs.
A Kentucky tale recounts Col Boone, Daniel Boone’s nephew, loving a woman who wed Morgan Bryan. After years, Boone’s wife dies and the couple’s daughter later marries Boone’s first wife’s former lover, who had courted her cradle. The story, told as a remarkable true anecdote by an old lady.
The Commissioner of Pensions estimates at least forty thousand veterans and widows from the 1812 war will be pension-eligible under the February 14, 1871 act, costing about 4 million dollars annually. Next year’s appropriation could reach 35 million, with 30,540 total applications to date.
The tobacco crop, according to figures furnished by the Louisville Democrat, totaled 272,800,000 pounds last year valued at 32,206,825 dollars. Southern States produced all but 61,300,000 pounds, the remainder grown in New England, Middle and Western States.
The rise of labor-saving cooperative dairies in New York has created about 1,300 cheese and butter factories, milking over 300,000 cows and producing roughly 100 million pounds of cheese annually. Exports last year reached 57 million pounds valued at 3 million dollars, with the U S surpassing Britain and even England as a major cheese exporter. The piece notes Switzerland’s smaller cooperative effort and calls for further quality or market-aligned improvements to maintain leadership.
General Sherman warns the West will require more troops for protection of Northern and Southern Pacific construction. He notes Sioux resistance along the Northern Road from the Red River to Montana and Apache opposition in the south. Both routes, he says, will eventually ease conflicts like the Union Pacific but demand enforcement during building. Labor exchanges in San Francisco address misperceptions about female labor and migration.
An English writer estimates global gold as a small bulk, suggesting all mined wealth could fit a lamp in a cellar 24 by 16 by 24 feet deep and all California and Australian boasted riches into an iron safe 9 by 9 by 9 feet. He notes the labor to obtain it is immense.
The piece estimates New York families spending from 10,000 to 60,000 dollars annually, detailing Fifth Avenue living, servant payrolls, and expensive European hotel boarding. It notes 10,000 to 13,000 families at 10k, 60 to 70 at 50k, and about 30k to 40k daily meals for smaller households, illustrating the high cost of urban life and social display.
The piece contrasts joyful summer escapes of city children with the plight of working youngsters in mills and shops. It notes evening schools in New York and asks readers to consider helping disadvantaged kids find a real vacation, while recalling a social scene of marriage debates and rural calm.
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