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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1891
Page
3
Official data show Colorado coal area and 1890s production. London Council plans rail leases. North Carolina court sets punitive damages for railroad refusal to stop for passengers. Global humor, comet tails, famine in Russia, Chicago bandits, rural police, and agricultural colleges are discussed in a wide ranged, tangled summary of 19th century topics.
A verse describes hikers reaching a mountain top as sunlight floods the scene while a storm rages in the valley below. It reflects pity for cloud-bound dwellers and hints at rising hope after life’s trials. A second piece follows a boulevard concert scene with romance and domestic banter between Annie and Dan.
The article details Australia’s horse glut as breeding booms fade with waning sugar and mining demand. Owners destroy tens of thousands of horses to relieve grazing pressure. some fetch only 14–15 a dozen at auction. Queensland eyes a horse destruction policy, debating shipping to the United States as a potential solution amid ocean voyage costs and duties.
A room on Ninth street featured a caged creature described as a Heliosaurum, long thought extinct. The five-foot reptile, captured last June in Egypt, has thick scaly skin, a back row of conical bones, two rows of teeth, and five-toed limbs. It is said to rear on its tail when provoked and to emit a hissing snake-like sound under dark eyes with a red iris.
The article notes the drastic decline of American buffalo from over ten million to a few remnant herds in places like Yellowstone Park, a private Oklahoma herd, Philadelphia Zoo, and Cincinnati. It highlights a troubling pattern of male births, with two weak female calves born in Philadelphia and none in Yellowstone for five years, signaling possible extinction.
Captain John Richards aboard the Cambrian Monarch reports passing within half a mile of a rock pinnacle at sea, about seven feet above water at lat 29 02 N long 137 60 W. No soundings or colored water observed. sea smooth. The rock appears nine feet diameter at the waterline from the masthead, larger beneath, and is deemed not a floating object.
A freak of nature in the shape of an ear of corn was presented Tuesday by Mr. Wm Daniels. A central perfect ear, solidly filled with grains, is surrounded by seven smaller ears about half its size, all joined at the base. The curiosity was grown by Daniels on Aunt Seeues Ann Maupin's place, Steinmetz, Glasgow Missouri.
A collection of brief scientific curiosities and observations. Wink duration, steam shovel sizes, natural gas finds near Charleston, sun and moon light affecting tools, blood flow rates, tiny fly wheel diameters, peat as locomotive fuel, cold storage temperatures, Idaho peak settling, Earth’s orbital speed, equatorial rotation, a two legged cat, and the monte escaller invention in Paris that automates stack raising.
Harper's Young People outlines navy flag signalling basics including station calls, acknowledgments, breaking and restarting messages, error handling, and the correct motion directions. It notes nights use torches and warns that signal reception relies on facing directions and mirror-like hand motions.
Fragmentary aphorisms emphasize virtue, cheerfulness, and self-improvement. Poses caution about pity, conceit, secrecy, and distant aims while urging joy, helpful action, steady friendship, and steadfastness as marks of strength.
A persevering woman trains a newly arrived Swedish immigrant to be a capable servant. The learner struggles with English and housework but often imitates gestures perfectly. A humorous scene unfolds when a visitor notices Adolphin’s dramatic, pantomimed signals and fluent nonverbal communication.
The boy started poultry farming at age ten with a few hens, mostly White Leghorns, funded by his father. He balanced school and care for his flock, gaining discipline and responsibility while growing his bank balance to $1000 by twenty. The earnings symbolized health, vigor, and self-reliance fostered by independent effort.
A kind passerby found a tired pet canary amid urban traffic, brought it to a drugstore to check for owners, stored the bird in a paper bag with her name, and later arranged to return it after notifying friends and tracking its find.
The article muses on autumn’s beauty and science behind leaf color, describes vivid hillside displays in the White Mountains, and recalls a notable past scene with early snow. It notes oak leaves’ different behavior, Boston’s autumn delegations, and a fall pilgrimage by Appalachian Mountain Club members.
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