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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1889
Page
7
A garbled 1889 era miscellany reports on San Francisco church crowds, American industry, and odd local anecdotes. It mentions Charles Cochran on a farm, a fisherman, a walnut wagon, Haitian Port au Prince, and a Paris hotel bill. It notes U S land holdings, land totals, and Alaska acreage, plus a roof playground idea for New York schools amid space limits.
The piece laments a populace blinded by heroic myths and dazzled by future promises. It contrasts stagnant present misery with a call to active effort, justice, and truth as paths to mastery of the earth.
Mary Arnold pursues Professor Bases in his study and stages persistent visits. After weeks of quiet avoidance he warms to her, and at the depot he questions whether she should leave for teaching. Ultimately Mary stays, ending the tale with their mutual attachment.
In a berry field Mr Edwards watches a hawk chase a red squirrel. The hawk falters after lifting prey, drops to the ground, and struggles to rise. The red squirrel clings to the hawk, blood is drawn, and the hawk dies while the victim escapes into nearby brush.
A Treasury official explains how a forger can mimic a signature by using the same pen the owner uses. The pen becomes imbued with the signer’s character, guiding the forger’s hand as the nib’s worn point writes the name with familiar angles and pressure.
A NJ schoolboy composition on man describes him as a wonderful animal with eyes ears and mouth. He jokes that ears catch colds and earaches while the nose causes sniffles. He humorously notes a man’s body is “split half-way up” and he walks on the split ends, ending with a clipped Zip up neott.
Frugal household guide with methods to whiten linen, dry small pieces, build line supports, and craft a clothespin apron. Includes care for fruit stains, grass whitening, and step by step laundry aids. Also offers potato puddings, cucumber salad, rice croquettes, lamb scallop, forcemeat ball, and crackery loaf recipes.
Naturalist Muirey demonstrates a mechanical method to measure insect wing vibrations. He fixed a fly so its wing tip touched a rotating cylinder driven by clockwork. Each stroke yields a tiny mark, revealing about 330 wingbeats per second, matching the inferred vibrational frequency of the produced note.
The article recounts rat origins, noting the black rat spread from Asia to Europe in the 16th century and to America by the early 17th, with the brown or gray rat arriving in 1775. The gray rat, called the Norway rat, migrated via Europe and Russia from India, despite a misname. St. Louis Republic.
A collage of poetry lines on time and self, then travel notes by J. P. Tustin from Smyrna to Ephesus and Pergamus recounting dangers, bandits, and the fragility of travel. The piece shifts to devotional reflections on Jesus naming His followers, Petrarch’s honesty, and concludes with Lord Randolph Churchill’s critique of England’s two great evils alcohol and bad housing.
Fragmentary text references medicines and claims of benefit or cure. Mentions Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and issues of guaranteed merit and price. Contains garbled phrases about blood, stamina, and an incurable condition. No clear event, date, or person beyond general references.
The note warns against revealing every cue or tale and urges growth cautiously, reflecting a succinct, moralizing sentiment attributed to Troy.
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