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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1892
Page
2
The Indiana Progress reports on England agriculture, New Zealand wildlife protection, California irrigation value, and European technology. It covers telephonic progress, France’s rail travel entropy, armor materials, glanders in horses, and social trends in France, plus a Himalayan maggot anecdote.
A nostalgic poem by Haszrah B. Stout from the Portland Transcript, recalling childhood joys of playing among rustling corn at sunset. The speaker mourns aging and departed loved ones, hearing their voices in the rustling stalks as years pass.
A young cashier at First National Bank of Scottsville narrates a chilling temptation to steal. He plans a vault heist, studies rail and ship timetables, and imagines fleeing with up to 107000 dollars. A moral test comes via a bank president and townsfolk, and the cashier ultimately resists, keeping his post and his honor.
A detailed account describes Balubana people in Central Africa and their ironworking. They mine bog iron ore near the surface, use tall clay furnaces with air blasts, and produce fine copper inlays and axes. The article notes rare strikes and a historical memory of metalworking. It also includes a short, unrelated anecdote about a misbehaving student and a mother’s remark.
The Boston Home Journal notes historic clubs in London and beyond, detailing eccentric bodies like the Red-tashed Club of Dublin requiring hair washing to avoid disguises, the Funeral Club of Pavia meeting in cemeteries in black crepe, and the Liar's Club in Fleet Street where tall tales win prizes. It recalls the Thirteen Club in America defying superstition, Heidelberg Beer Club requiring a gallon of beer, and city clubs famed for tall height, idleness, or bald heads across Berlin Vienna London.
A British regiment in peace time duty in Ireland is ordered to change shirts twice weekly. With only one shirt per man, the captain orders soldiers to swap shirts among themselves, ensuring the habit on Sundays and Wednesdays.
The ho v the largest flower known to botanists grows only on Mindina the southernmost Philippine island. Its scientific name is Rvflasia Schadenbergia, lengthy for a native name, and it was first found in January 1889 by an expedition led by Dr Alexander Schadenberg. Individual blooms weigh 18 to 20 pounds.
The passage notes that different cultures assign days of the week to different civilizations with Greece on Monday, Persia on Tuesday, Assyria on Wednesday, Egypt on Thursday, Turkey on Friday, Hebrews on Saturday, and Christians on Sunday, then oddly includes a garbled concluding phrase.
A fashion column surveys scarlet palettes at Newburgh priory and queer bonnet designs praised and mocked. It covers velvet and velveteen fabrics for autumn coats, noting trims, sleeves, and favored silhouettes. An English woman’s thrift wedding dress plan is recounted with a $10 reuse from a friend.
A fashion feature describes capes, cloaks, and hats for winter, praising fur trimmed cloaks, silk plush mantles, and a navy serge cape. It also discusses a feathered bat hat, its shaping, and color details. The piece includes linguistic notes on ancient place names and a light social sketch of children’s party customs with tea, cakes, and gifts.
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