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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1891
Page
3
A miscellany of global facts and curiosities from 1891 covers African mills in Sierra Leone, a costly Costa Rican bridge deal, a notebook on physician suicide, shifting gender ratios in Europe and the U.S., Michigan women gaining county clerk powers, spectroscope and electrical mysteries, Japanese chrysanthemums thriving in America, and a stockyard observation on cattle handling and prices.
A roundup of brief notes: Quaint Tackerton in Pennsylvanian boasts a 1000 barrel vine gar vat, Germany issues a new coin with whiskered emperor, Ashland Wisconsin sinks a 3095 foot artesian well costing 14000 dollars. Also, a London ad seeks advice for a would be groom, Iceland notes no prisons, Bahamas teems with sisal hemp, and Los Angeles sees rare bloom of five century pans. Virginia City pavement yields silver values, and Gatta percha gum price soars amid rising demand for insulation. A Washington dealer finds a 1774 subscription flat listing famed Americans paying for Potomac cleaning.
The Tacoma Ledger explains pearls arise in mother of pearl shells or anacreous linings through disease parasite or mollusk cleansing. Pearls form of layered carbonate of lime with organic matter, often with a central nucleus. High quality round pearls fetch high values. finest white pearls come from India Persian Gulf and Panama, while black and gray from Lower California. A $2000 pearl was found near Internon New Jersey in 1856, with others reported in Ohio Tennessee Kentucky Texas and in England Scotland and Germany.
A German scientific paper ranks Java as the thunderstorm hotspot with at least 97 per year, followed by Sumatra, Hindostan, Borneo, the Gold Coast, and Rio de Janeiro. Europe lists Italy, Austria, Baden Wurtemberg, Hungary, Silesia, Bavaria, Belgium, Holland, Saxony, Brandenburg, France, Britain, Switzerland, Norway, and Cairo with varying counts. Eastern Turkestan and far northern areas show few or none. The northern limit spans Cape Ogle, Iceland, Novaya Zemlya, and the Siberian coast.
A two foot high zinc topped table known as a butler's table sits near the range for resting cakes and dishes served from the fire. It prevents dishes from contact with stove polish and keeps pots and pans ready for washing or drying. This compact table is a practical addition to kitchen chores.
Indians trade largely by barter, using tobacco and prepared papers to obtain goods from traders. Women handle most exchanges while farmers and herders show distinct honesty and habits. The Navajo wool clip totals $500,000 this year, with trade centers about fifty miles apart across a vast territory. In a separate note, a black snake swallowed five turkeys before being killed, its stomach containing five young birds and seven eggs. no serious injuries occurred to the bitten brother.
A gaunt man stands by boiling tar at Broadway pavers, coughing from fumes. Onlookers note his daily ritual, believed by a boss to cure consumption though it risks his life, as the tar exposure continues.
Donald Kennedy of Roxbury Massachusetts touts Kennedy's Medical Discovery as a universal cure for skin ulcers sores and inward tumors with a single price of $1.50. Claim targets readers nationwide with Druggists in the United States and Canada selling the remedy.
A Brooklyn Citizen snippet shows Erin's sons resting on Court Street. Mike explains he hides six dollars for himself and ten for his wife but misplaces the split, leading to a burst of comic misfortune as the boss and Denny react and the pair are sent to work.
A collage of satirical lines and brief notices from various newspapers. It includes quips about poets, audience perception, a dog dying in Idaho, harsh notices, weather imagery, socialAdvice and a long meditation on silence and opportunity.
A Danbury tale recalls Dr. John Warner riding horse to Yale with tolls paid by the rider, a New Milford memory. A New York lawyer’s parrot imitates a sneer, fracturing a dinner scene with a bald headed insult. An actor doubles parts in a silent play clash. Broomcorn prices surge to 130 a ton while U.S. demand stands at 45,000 tons annually with 37,000 tons on hand.
A compact set of aphorisms on politics and virtue, advocating traditional roles and frugality, followed by assorted advertisements and self help lines. It includes lines about voting, whiskey, diplomacy, and a plea to contact B F Johnson & Co for financial opportunities. It closes with a remark on crime being rare among women in outland.
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