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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1871
Page
6
Poetic fragment describing autumn trees along a creek with green maples on a hill, sunlight turning leaves to gold, and quiet reverie. The piece evokes light as wine from sunbeams and reverent observation of nature.
A collection of culinary instructions and practical tips including cake and biscuit preparations, horse care with salt bark and linseed oil salve, preserving fish inPortugal style, a rat trap using a barrel and grease, descriptions of Brazilian pets with macondas and monkeys, chowder guidance using porkless methods, and domestic cooking riffs urging pork avoidance.
The instructions detail preparing a twelve pound turkey by cleaning, singeing, salting, and cooking the giblets to a fine mince. Stuff the bird with seasoned bread-crumb dressing, sew the openings, moisten the mixture, and baste with pan gravy. Bake about three hours at average heat, adjusting for oven variation.
A speech attacking women’s morals was rebuked when a man urged the speaker to consider his own mother and sisters. The incident underscores a broader warning against disparaging women, urging young men to value and trust in women as essential to happiness and moral life.
The text explains rope sizing for tackles to lift weights, using divisions by movable block parts and friction factors, with examples. It notes rope strengths, thinning from splicing, and ranks hemp rope types from strongest to weaker while comparing wire rope.
A Rainbow youth fired a pistol at a group of blackened boys near Mr. William Moore’s house after they sought to stay the night. A boy named Hanlon was shot in the head area but the skull was not fractured. Moore’s son has a history of wielding the pistol. Rainbow residents consider action against the Moore boy as the incident prompts concern over dangerous behavior.
A German scientific note describes a simple apparatus with two polished glass plates and a screw to vary the gap. Milk between the plates is tested until a candle flame becomes invisible, indicating transparency and richness. A Wyoming suffrage repeal pill clears the council with five yeas and four nays.
A hungry French dog named Fido troubles a poor mistress by ringing a convent bell. He learns from nunly hosts that beggars seek food, and after persistent bell ringing the dog is fed. Eventually a basket of food reaches his mistress, giving both dinner. The tale ends with admiration for Fido’s cleverness.
A letter read to The Riv ington Street Lodging House boys describes a $16 gift to aid Chicago famine relief. Rev Collyer explains the funds will directly help those in need, with guidance to avoid fraud. The scene includes reactions from the boys and a note on East news of Persia and literary publisher misfortunes.
A French detective in Jersey abducted a man who had substituted for military service last year. The victim, who kept 2000 francs in a Paris bank, fled France and lived in Jersey. The detective lured him with a cargo job, then coerced his transport to France aboard a pilot cutter amid a staged landing and getaway.
A religious-tinged exhortation urges individuals to regularly examine their past day or week, assessing actions and words, work and recreation, knowledge gained, and adherence to principles. It emphasizes resisting temptations, aiding others, and performing kind acts, arguing judgment comes from past deeds and self-scrutiny improves the future.
A social climber Mrs B entices a wealthy broker with a forged niece named Georgia. The trap unravels as the banker’s funds and a trunk of stolen gowns vanish, leaving police to close in on the con. The tale unfolds in high society yet ends in crime exposure.
In January with three feet of snow a frustrated Irishman leapt from bed to stop a howling dog. His wife rushed out to find him in his night suit, teeth chattering, clutching the dog by the tail while trying to freeze the creature.
Comerronier Connolly of New York failed to post 250000 dollars of a 1000000 dollar bail. He was removed from the New York Hotel by the Sheriff and taken to Ludlow Street Jail.
A reviewer outlines a book by Benjamin Walker proposing a cycle of ocean deluges every ten thousand five hundred years. The last great flood occurred four thousand two hundred years ago, with Antarctic ice and volcanic forces driving a global shift. The author cites Adhemar and predicts a future breakout around year 7382, with vast life disruption, then survival in high terrains. Admiral Wilkes and explorers figure in the discourse.
Doctrines on marriage urged as sacred since creation with Eve as Adam s wife. The speaker condemns lax divorce laws and polygamy in Utah, asserting marriage as a national safeguard. He urges young men to marry, denounces bachelorhood, and discusses women s fidelity and social judgment in marital strain.
A historical excerpt claims extreme Chinese jealousy over wives and describes a physician assessing a patient’s health by a silken cord tied to the wife’s wrist. The passage notes a strong reverence for mothers and a belief that looking at a sick wife is sacrilege.
An ancient account traces the Amazons as a formidable matriarchal people. It discusses myths of the breastless tribe, possible links to Circassian moon worship, and notes on Asiatic Scythian and African branches. Queens Hippolyte Antione Penthesilea Thalestris Myrina appear in tales of battles, conquests, and clashes with Hercules, Theseus, and Alexander the Great.
An immense New York crowd gathered at the Academy of Music for a ball in honor of Grand Duke Alexis. The prince arrived amid a lively crush, wore a gray Russian overcoat and cap, and proceeded to supper after front-stage dancing. The imperial party included General McDowell and Mrs Aspinwill with Governor Hoffman and others. The ball featured mixed dancing early on and continued until four in the morning with the Grand Duke dancing with Miss Morse and Miss McDowell before supper.
A correspondent describes a wretched blind man with a muslin bound head playing a tiny organ while an infant sleeps on his lap and two other children stand by. The group, once pointed out to a policeman, is alleged to be rented for panhandling. The writer notes the scene near the Zem’s Office and hints at concern over fraudulent charity. The report also mentions a dispute between Germany and Vancouver Island in the Strait of San Juan de Fuca.
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