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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1891
Page
2
A wide scan of 1891 topics includes German hunger for American corn meal, a Georgia farmer breakfast club idea, and critique of income figures for a Boston broker. It covers wheat export forecasts, US troop patrols in Yosemite, cattle and sheep depredations, and the challenge of guiding soldiers through rugged lands.
The poem urges steadfast daily labor amid gloom, urging calm love and patient guidance. It highlights giving kindness, charity, wisdom, and unselfish affection to the young, even if recognition falters, trusting Heaven to reward the wearied hands.
A veteran recalls riding through battle lines at Pea Ridge Ark to deliver a urgent message. He is attacked, wounded, and saved by his horse, later learns the assailant is Uncle Billie Grampton, a remorseful sabre slasher. The story ends with a reunion and forgiveness.
The Rev Mr Young describes Cree and Salteaux knowledge of poisons used by conjurers in Alaska north of Winnipeg. Victims suffer mysterious sores in spring, hair loss, and death after long illness. Winnipeg surgeons initially doubt such devices exist. case cited as first of its kind by medical experts per Chicago Herald.
The tomato's name comes from old beliefs it improved mood, once called Love-Apple by ancient Spaniards. The term tomato derives from the Latin amo meaning to love, though now used as a Spanish derivative.
A fragment from New York Weekly questions what happened to the young man engaged to Miss Catchamn, a brief dialogue snippet suggesting a literary or social note on engagement status.
An overview of maguey in Mexico detailing its wide range, cultivation, and benefits from sap to fibre. Notes its role in pulque mescal tequila and textile fibre ixtle. Describes yields per plant, hacienda use, and economic importance, followed by a brief interlude about Nevada flume rides and a vivid river descent.
The article notes the camera’s role in early disease detection and highlights a method to locate brain tumors by instantaneous photography. By capturing a patient during spasms, the affected nerves are seen in contour changes, pinpointing tumor location.
A short exchange in a domestic scene features a mother and housekeeper discussing supper and a proverb about rest after meals. The dialogue hints at a simple, affectionate household routine and a plan to walk a mile after the meal. The tone reflects old-fashioned manners and hopeful tidings.
Alfred D. F. Hamlin in the New England Magazine depicts the Turk as a ruthless vandal, wrecking ancient monuments for lime and mortar. In Stamboni and Roumeli Hissar his adaptions of medieval walls into basements, kitchens, and store rooms create a surreal cityscape of beetling walls and nested houses clinging to cliffs above steep, colorful lanes.
Professor Hunt ington discusses meteorite distribution and fall. Meteors originate in cold space and hit atmosphere at high speed, creating intense heat and a fire ball. Surfaces fuse and pit, mass bears varying flames, and explosions occur en route. Two classes exist iron and stone. stones often carry iron grains. About 200 recorded falls of each class with stones seen to fall, iron identified by chemistry.
A fragmented tale recalls Can't-do-it and Try, their lazy ways, and a boy named Beppo with his shepherd dog Tony. Tony endures abuse and poverty while selling flowers to help Beppo, who becomes ill and relies on the dog's loyalty.
The item rubs in a collage of curiosities from 19th century lore. It notes a yellow Arctic Ocean, an orange tree aging to 150 years, a red moon sighting in Salt Lake City, early newspaper ads from 1642, and a deadly runaway ox team in Tennessee. It mentions bounty on coyotes in Eastern Oregon, countless pugs in Brooklyn, President Harrison’s brief presidency, narrow Caracas streets, a buried Adriatic city near Istria, and the lost town of Cissa. It also recounts exploration notes on the Hawaiian Islands’ discovery, six grand cabbages in Oregon, odd detection methods for rogues, and a Conestoga wagon in Oregon. The piece closes with McSwiney’s gun in Donegal and sea jet explosions near Horn Head.
A survey of early 20th century science and engineering topics covers hereditary insanity, French war ministry plans for aerostats in the Alps, Edison on the phonograph, Iceland's first iron suspension bridge, a modern freighter with crew facilities, a Danish meteorite story, a Glasgow shipyard contract for a 4000 ton four-masted iron sailing ceasel, Melbourne hospital use of yeast for typhoid, recovery data in 37 cases, a solar eruption photographed with 15 minutes duration, a sunspot with 80 000 mile vapor rise, a German lady in India recovering from typhoid after high fever, electricity in air increasing with height, a galvanometer showing kite height changes, and Tesin's lecture on electrostatic currents in vacuum tubes.
A comic dialogue from New York Week describing a proposal refusal and a plan for a private chat with Mr. Hantom. The speaker asks to remove a chaperon, a hook-nose lady with green goggles, so he can flirt with Mr. Han tom.
A six ton cocoanut tree from a Honolulu grove is prepared for movement to a San Francisco public park. Workers build a trench and massive root box with a jacked frame to lift the tree, wrap the nuts, and secure the long leaves before hydraulic lifting onto a truck for shipment to the coast.
A city alderman, Dugan, owns a two year old Gordon setter noted for intelligence. Each morning the dog retrieves the daily paper from the carrier at the gate and darts back to deliver it to his master, a year without missing.
The article notes disputed origin points for the first iron ships with claims from the Clyde and Mersey and references to a 1816 iron rendel by Sir E. J. Robicon and a Severn project from 1787. It states steel hulls entered merchant ships in 1859 and cites a naval constructor doubting iron ships as against nature. It also mentions that wood remains used in small craft. Seasickness is discussed with a remark about seasoned sailors still suffering. The City of something steamer is mentioned regarding a pilot input.
A brief compilation notes Ptolemy Philopater's Thalamegon, a vast 312 by 45 foot vessel with temples aboard, plus another huge ship of 42 by 66 by 72 by 80 feet, crewed by thousands. Chronicles Sesostris’ 400 foot gold and silver liner, and Baron Munchausen comparisons. Also recounted are Parnell and Katharine Wood tales, a London warning about a dummy dagger, and a New York Press report on horse tack errors and breech buckling risks.
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