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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1871
Page
6
A reflective poem on aging and the erosion of youth amid urban life. It contrasts the ache for joyful, boundless youth with the grinding pace of modern existence. The speaker laments lost courage, fading dreams, and asks for divine guidance to recover greatness.
Manuel, a Mexican matchlighter at the San Adrian mine in Zacatecas, survives a deadly blasting accident aided by a secret drainage adit. He escapes through a submerged passage, discovering the old socabon adit, surfaces near his noontime meal, and returns to the mine with proof of the discovery. Margarita, his wife, learns of his survival as Don Jayme confronts Miguel Gomez over the fatal mishap.
Dona Margarita will testify to the event and to a long-haired, black-eyed child named Adriano born after the incident. The episode is presented as a pivotal moment in the subject’s ascent, with the testimonies urged as proof of the essential truth beyond doubt.
A inland village party travels to the Ohio River for a fishing excursion and meets Barefooted Jake, famed for going barefoot year round. The crew recalls a morning where Jake’s cooking left a plate of bones while he boasted of a “reel reg'lay mess” of fish.
Harper's Magazine explains the house fly life cycle from eggs laid in decaying matter to larvae and maggots in manure and flesh. It notes the distinct wing positions of the house fly and a similar species, and observes that a parasitic fungus often destroys adults, impacting their vitality.
The Communipaw stock yards in New Jersey Bay extend with eighty yards for cattle holding and sale, a three story building for 20,000 sheep and 12,000 hogs, a 375 foot abattoir with rear wings, and slaughter capacity of 400 hogs per hour on the upper level and 500 cattle per day on the lower. Current output totals 9,500 hogs weekly, 1,000 head slaughtered weekly, with offal aiding fertilization and fat sold on site. An officer notes everything is conserved except the hogsqueal, save for the stamp if required. The piece also cites sun stroke theories attributing cause to light on the brain through the eye and advises shading the eye to avoid heat effects.
A steamer on Chautauqua Lake blew its boiler while taking on wood at Whitneys Landing and wrecked. Four persons were killed and fourteen wounded in the disaster reported as a boiler burst.
A ferry companion narrates how kindness transforms a stubborn horse once mistreated by an angry owner. The tale draws a parallel to raising children, urging gentle speech to avoid hardening hearts. The essay ends with a plea for softer tones and affectionate guidance.
A Louisiana planter reports employing twenty six Chinese workers on his sugar plantation at Irish Bend Parish of St Mary. The Chinese prove diligent, literate, and well treated earning thirteen dollars for twenty six days with allowances for rations while three
The Yonkers Gazette argues belief in papers divides minds. It praises editors who sources widely and take responsibility, noting the public often misjudges journalism. Writing helps accuracy, yet gossip persists, and editors rely on common law and many sources to print trustworthy stories.
A Hong Kong judge dismissed a murder complaint against a Cooly accused with others of killing a ship’s captain and crew, ruling the Cooly trade equals slave trade and pirates may be attacked for liberty. The piece notes brutality on guano islands, with Peru unlikely to intervene, while Demerara and other British colonies supervise the trade.
A married couple at a seaside hotel clash loudly during a drive, The husband vows calm, The wife taunts and dares him to drive into the sea, He complies briefly then reverses toward shore. The tale ends with the couple returning home and only the horses bearing the marks of the spa incident. Also noted is the royal marriage of Princess Mary of Holland to Prince Weid with family notes on ages fortunes and a vivid account of the bride’s talents and wedding cake.
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