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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1871
Page
7
Godinette, famed for meekness, recalls her grandmother’s Christian duty not to retaliate. She claims to have followed the lesson, but reports that Jaqnot killed her at the gateway after she would not avenge a theft. She asserts turning the other cheek left no one able to stop her act.
A Victorian era guide lists cures for farm pests and household mishaps. It covers rubbing irons with lard and beeswax, using sulfur and salt to deter ticks on sheep, tea leaf poultices for burns, fly-repelling mixtures, colorfast dyeing tips, and careful corn boiling. It also describes glove cleaning with milk and soap, pineapple jam making, shad culture progress in Connecticut, and rodent control methods.
The article explains using boiled roast meat bones and scraps to make soup stock for weeks without buying bones. After cooling, skim fat, strain, and set in a cellar. Clarify by boiling a raw potato in the grease to produce dripping for cooking.
A seven-year-old boy named Willie Blersch was attacked by 13 dogs at his grandfather's tanyard. The beasts, a mix of Newfoundlands and aggressive mongrels, dragged him into a shed loft and mauled him severely before locals and neighbors intervened. All dogs were slain. Willie survived with severe lacerations and missing scalp flesh but no vital organs damaged.
The passage argues that saving and investing from youth builds wealth over time. It compares planting grains to compound interest, noting a twenty year old saving a shilling daily at seven percent could reach $15,000 by seventy. It warns against rushing wealth through short term ventures and emphasizes long life as a factor.
In Worcester Massachusetts several factories produce boots for Pennsylvania coal miners described as formidable. The boots feature heavy leather legs reaching high on the thigh, three-quarters inch thick soles with metal undersides, projecting heels for grip, numerous flat-headed nails, and multiple Swedish iron nails through the heel and shank. Six-cord sewing and a total weight around six and a half pounds per pair.
A witty remark questions whether Schoenberger can drink one hundred fifty pints of beer in one sitting, noting each pint weighs a pound and pondering which is the man and which is the beer when he returns home from the fray.
A widow’s account from Herald of Health describes a quarrel between a young wife Annie and Aunt Minerva over domestic advice. Henry defends Annie, recounts a past marital strain caused by interference, and vows trust and mutual confidence to strengthen their marriage amid trials.
A letter from near Fort Hays Kansas describes Hays City as an unattractive place filled with thieves murderers and adventurers. The writer mocks the town’s signs advertising entertainment and depicts saloons and brothels with weapons visible, noting the grim atmosphere and frequent deadly incidents.
A historical snippet shows John Randolph dramatizing the philosopher’s stone as pay as you go in a House scene. The piece includes a separate note on Boston milk: 1700 samples tested with 610 adulterated, 206 complaints, 28,316 gallons daily supply, cost to consumers totaling 2,893,515.60 dollars yearly.
The German coal miner is described as a disciplined, caste-like worker with distinct customs and salutes. Italian migrants, the October exodus, and mining hurdles are noted as operations resume. gas from coal lights the Vatican, with Pierre L hote guiding discipline and shifts.
The text describes bats kept in a rough cage feeding on raw beef and flies, dying after nineteen days. It also recounts Buvine 4 Town Olney Illinois, where lawyer Wilson claimed a full town via old land warrants, prompting a lawsuit from the Omeyites while he savor calmly his unexpected acquisition.
Vegetable leather now widely manufactured from caputhouse and naptha. It costs one third as much as ordinary leather and resembles real leather closely. It can be produced in continuous pieces of fifty yards length, one and a half yards wide, in any thickness, with uniform quality and ample strength.
A May 16 letter from Monockjea Limjee Attaria details severe Persian famine sufferings from food shortages across Isfahan Kassan Rome and Yezd with reports of death from hunger children sold and corpse eating. Donations by Parsee benefactors and relief inquiries reach Sir R Macdonald Stephenson and Mr Allison in Teheran who confirms famine over yet provisions remain scarce in places.
An elderly Missouri man, wealthy and trusting, was duped by a Gypsy band as reported by the Bolivar Free Press. He deposited $3,200 then $77 more, was told to seal and rehide the money, and after a ten day wait found only scraps of old newspapers when he opened the package. The scamters vanished.
This extract explains carat as a measure of gold fineness divided into 24 parts, with 22 carat gold containing 22 parts pure gold. It notes diamond weight as 4 grains troy, mentions the origin of carat from the kuara bean, and says the bean has long been used as a weight in Africa and India.
A correspondent asks about preventing hydrophobia in dogs. The suggested method is to give the dog plenty of water, even by anchoring him seven feet deep so his head remains 18 to 25 inches below the surface. The text claims that swallowing water would do more good than harm.
A Lucknow Times report recalls an elephant that drowned a man who leaped into a river to bathe, seized the intruder and held him under water. The absurd comparison to a hen stealing or a cock robbing prompts a moral query on blame.
A narrator speaks of a shepherd seeking a gentle lamb amid roses while a maid sits by a brook. The poem contrasts readied affection and the maid’s features with the shepherd’s pursuit and a son’s calm white hand. The tone is lyrical and pastoral with fleeting romantic imagery.
A collage of quips and curios from 19th century chatter covers topics from crime to fashion. It notes a rise in bakers stocks and a king in Burma proclaiming internal free trade while a Iowa county lacks trees. Local humor, odd inventions, and social observations fill the page with brisk, wry commentary.
The Saratogian notes regional penmanship differences among hotel registers. New Yorkers print most legibly, while Tanners, Albanians, and Trojans rank poorly. Canadians and Europeans favor a formal, legible style, and Westerners write quickly with flourishes. The piece also contrasts a quaint Indian image from Cooper with modern travelers on trains.
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