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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1871
Page
6
A damaged poem fragment speaks of a shipwrecked mariner tossed by waves and driven toward graves. The speaker laments isolation, fading earth, and a longing for a distant shore where restoration or release may come. The text contains garbled lines and unclear phrases.
Practical hints for farmers and households including curing methods, stain removal, dairy and sheep care, and bee and carrot handling. Notes on market expectations, wintering stock, and bees, with home recipes for preserving meat, desiccating vegetables, and salting hams.
An early guide argues stanchions are cruel and describes a ring-and-chain cattle-tie. The ring slides on a post set in the stable floor, with a neck chain secured by a cross-bar through rings. A spring snaphook adds extra fastening. The system allows cows to lie naturally and turn their heads, claimed secure, cheap, and comfortable after years of use.
William Hamilton of near the Missouri Pacific Railroad entered timber to shoot squirrels. A black bear chased him up a hollow sycamore. The bear gnawed his foot until salt from Hamilton’s pocket drove it away, allowing rescue and survival.
A New York Post Office project details immense materials and manpower. 2,176,800 bricks and 15,701 barrels of cement used, 144,597 feet of cube granite, 2,689 yards of rubble masonry, and 5,206,443 pounds of iron. 1002 workers at Dix Island prepare granite, with 327,169.5 days spent cutting and boxing since quarrying. 300,000 more days expected to finish granite work. first story far from completion.
A reflective excerpt questions doctors worries about wedded life and the fate of wives. It contends men abandon their families after brief devotion, leaving wives to cope with illness and life’s burdens without support, criticizing indifferent behavior and broken vows.
A New Hampshire man returning after a few days away found his wife upset by the loss of two pups. He had bought a pair of mare breed dogs and entrusted them to a dog-fancier in a neighboring state. The dogs were reported to be “do g and looking quite pretty” with their board money a point of dispute.
A long obituary of Col Jack Allen of Bright Star Hopkins County Texas, a famed Western adventurer and soldier. Born in Kentucky he killed a man in self defense, joined Sam Houston at San Jacinto, fought at Buena Vista, and led Kentuckians in filibuster schemes in Cuba and Nicaragua before returning to farming. His restless exploits spanned Mexico, Texas, the Indian Territory, and the Caribbean, ending with his death at Bright Star.
A fatal dispute at Fitzgerald's saloon on Willow and Second Streets in Hoboken ended with Edward Clark killed by proprietor Michael Fitzgerald. Clark, who boarded above the liquor store, argued over five cents change after returning from New York. Fitzgerald threw him out, delivering a severe head wound. Clark died about thirty minutes later.
Miss Creak, twenty two, new Mrs. Strauss, married Gen. D. Sickles in Madrid on Monday. Born in Spain, she speaks English poorly, but is praised as beautiful and accomplished though not wealthy. Her father serves as Assistant Treasurer of Andalusia Province. the family is of Irish descent with strong social standing in Spain. Miss Creak was a close friend and companion to Gen. Sickles's daughter on a recent European tour.
A Western paper comments the snail has a fight smart chance for a tooth ache noting a peculiar count of teeth. It mentions Evergreens merchants who expect to profit without advertising and hints at quirky local business opinions.
A band of about sixty Indians attacked two men at ranches along Cienega de Sanz, fifteen miles above an old San Simon station. Richard Barres was fatally shot while Gilbert, wounded, fought back, saved Barres by dragging him as flames rose, and made a treacherous crawl nine miles to Bowie camp despite injuries.
Morris Phillips of the Home Journal recounts English railway bar refusals to feed three working men at Holyhead on a Dublin London journey, noting class rules deny service to laborers. He also reports Virginia hardship, witness accounts of destruction, emigration, and white resilience, with a family keeping piano and teaching music despite ruin.
A Colt armory worker with a long beard was nearly fatal when his beard hairs wrapped in a lathe. He freed himself by ripping out a long beard section. The incident was noted by the Hartford Courant. A separate report from Agra Calcutta factory describes a massive powder explosion killing thirty six workers and five officers.
A Texas California tale recounts the death of Buckskin Pyburn after ambush by four Mexicans near San Rafael in Lower California. His Indian partner and infant were found dead in the Guadalupe range. the woman reportedly fled with her child after his death, later leaving behind only bones and shreds of clothing.
A dated letter from Hutchinson Minnesota describes a local mop brigade organized to battle prairie fires. About forty volunteers formed two fire companies, ready to respond day or night with improvised mops made from bags and broomsticks soaked in water. The brigade, led by hardware merchant Mr Putnam, served valiantly, keeping hotels and stores stocked with ready mops on steps.
French scientist M Figuier argues modern astronomy shows other worlds beyond Earth. He claims Mercury to Neptune share air, water, soil, mountains, vegetation, atmosphere, and even beings akin to humans, with same life cycle from birth to death and transformation to higher forms.
In Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’s piece Rights and Relatives she argues that many tasks done by women require the same strength as other labor and cites a day’s conversation about a woman with twenty boarders and four children. The dialog questions why the husband does not support the family, suggesting women’s work may be killing them and pondering if roles should shift to balance duties.
A New York police captain restored a stolen child to its grieving parents after the child was found under similar circumstances. He kept custody and enlisted reporters to spread word, guiding mournful parents to a village where they were reunited after ten months. Police raids on abducted children aim to place them in charitable care.
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