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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1892
Page
2
Fragments discuss new river navigation in Africa and the Americas and note Wyoming women voting influence and New Jersey electors. Mentions Captain Fuller and Adjutant Bell endurance feats. Includes a poem by Margaret E. Sangster.
A bachelor narrator discovers Thorpe Manor near Winton Surrey and rents it seeking a calm country life. He meets a hauntingly beautiful ghost who reveals she is the former resident turned captive willed to the house. He aids her return to the living. love blooms as the ghost is freed.
A party camping near Ashtabula reports a five foot rattlesnake crawling into a shirt bosom. The snake was killed near the fire and the man involved collapsed from shock but recovered. The incident showcased the nerves and coolness of the camp companion amid the danger.
The piece lampoons a caricaturist view of the mule noting its alleged habit of hunting trouble while asserting calm, practical intelligence. It recalls George Washington importing the jackass, cites U S reports praising mules for army service, and contrasts European, South American, and British use including imports from St. Louis for Egypt.
Hibbs buys a farm and builds a stately house and large barn. Hubbs buys nearby, builds a large dwelling and big barn, and later acquires Hibbs’s house at half price. Hubbs becomes a state legislator while Hibbs plans to quit farming and travel with a peddler’s wagon.
The late Poet Laureate of England Tennyson reportedly demonstrated mesmeric powers when a country inn visit paired him with a doctor seeking help for a mentally afflicted woman. The doctor claimed Tennyson’s passes induced sleep and healing, and later revealed the patient was the doctor’s wife, saved by the poet’s influence.
A Baltimore NYT correspondent describes terrapin prices from Chesapeake bays at 60 a dozen, notes historic highs, and details methods of catching them along 200 miles of coastline. The piece links terrapin abundance to the bay marshes, reflects on storage, captivity, and culinary appeal, and recounts regional anecdotes and curious practices surrounding the shellfish and related wildlife.
Dr E E Brown reports a remarkable find in Kings River canyon a three acre basin surrounded by 300 foot cliffs with a clear spring and no outlet quail rabbits and a swarm of snakes basking on a flat rock One large snake struck a cotton tail rabbit with a swift head blow while another crept toward a quail perched in a tree The party used opera glasses to observe the reptiles and their odd behavior in a secluded canyon setting.
The Paris Exhibition report notes world population rising to about 1.489 billion by 1891 and total cereal consumption near 4.95 billion bushels annually. Wheat and maize production reach roughly 3.44 and 2.75 billion bushels respectively, with per person consumption about 31.5 bushels yearly. World wheat output yields about 15.8 bushels per head, rye 0.875, totaling roughly 14. etc.
Dr. Morris Gibbs argues coastal and lake lighthouses cause bird deaths by collisions and electric lights worsen declines. He notes locomotive headlights telegraph wires also contribute but cautions that aggregate electric light destruction is often overstated, based on daily place records.
The article argues country birth gives lasting moral and physical benefits over city upbringing. It cites home, school, farm work and play shaping character, saying well-to-do rural roots supply an invaluable resource beyond book learning. It claims rural youths maintain health and constitution to thrive in business or profession, contrasting with city peers.
The article warns of introducing India's giant forest bees to the United States. It notes their large combs and long tongues enabling access to many flowers, plus expert beekeepers would manage them. Reports of ferocity exist but are dismissed by experts as manageable.
Gibraltar permits have been extended for the British military and naval personnel and their families to ascend the rock signal station since last November. Local citizens of Gibraltar and visitors to the fortress remain excluded from this privilege.
The article describes wedding dress design ideas labeled Princess Gown with a decollete underdress attached at the arms, and a plastron of silk gauze. It discusses material choices for walking dresses including tweeds and beaver, and notes evolving hair dressing with soft knots at the nape and bandeaux.
The article surveys wedding dress fashion with a yellow satin gown trimmed by a bordered upper dress, silk lining, and gathered puff sleeves inspired by Princess Maud of Wales. It compares other velvet and pale blue costumes, hints at double Roman fillet hair, and includes a photo sketch of a new hair arrangement using false hair and chignon.
Eclectic journals discuss a Vienna invention of glass wool or spinolog that yields ultra fine filaments finer than cotton and silk. The glass threads form lints and fabrics for cushions tablecloths neckwear and dresses while preserving warmth nonflammability and color brilliance.
A fragment suggests vegetarians prefer plant foods as meat costs rise and fruits like apples and oranges trend cheaper. The note claims the public may shift toward natural diet basics and references Dr. Bronson Alcott as a panacea.
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