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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1872
Page
2
A fragmentary poem contemplates identity, time, and the eternal essence. Voices from past present and future murmur as the speaker seeks meaning, concluding the inner spirit endures while all external things fade and change.
A playful sequence of nonsensical verses about a lively animal. Images of climbing, whirling, and a quest for supper appear in a rapid, rhymed cadence. The piece uses quirky spellings and bright, comic sounds to evoke a woodland creature and its antics.
A business year brings profit then, on New Year’s Eve, Archibald Lane learns his gains were eroded by six months of credit. Bills from dry goods to bread drain his six hundred dollar margin. He vows to pay cash henceforth, but the January test looms.
City authorities removed the regular detective force years ago and used beat officers as detectives in special cases. The result is a more efficient police department, with officers in ordinary dress less easily recognized by thieves and less likely to collude with criminals. Some cities’ detective forces fail by failing to deter or convict criminals who can buy immunity, while the truly guilty escape.
Found Jr reports the Grand Duke Alexis learned Niagara's strong point after a half day, where a landlord charged $81,500 at $75 per guest for a half day. He rejected the preposterous bill and the amount was reduced to $1,000 after the dispute.
A 1860s survey reports wages and living costs in Armen ia, Russia, Germany, Belgium, and Britain. It notes field hands earning forty dollars, weavers up to 120, and artisans about seventy five cents daily in Asia Turkish areas, with broader comparisons of rents, holidays, and budget plans across Berlin, Saxony, and Antwerp, illustrating varied living standards and urban rent burdens.
A vivid sketch of Moscow's outdoor life shows varied streets and architecture, crowded avenues with nobles, merchants, peasants, and soldiers. It notes coaches, droskies, street food, church reverence, national dress of nurses, clerks playing chess, and diverse peoples including Gipsies, Tartars, Persians and Jews, with reflections on Slavic beauty and class differences.
A Chicago fire story follows a man who lost fortune in Chicago and St Louis iron foundry ventures. Homeless with his wife and four daughters, he heads toward California's gold mines, determined to rebuild. The tale highlights resilience amid ruin and pursuit of a fresh fortune.
A proposed system uses numbered printed voter forms with spaces for name and address and a corresponding numbered loan coupon given at registration to deter repeat voting. The scheme aims to create a clean record for each voter. The item also notes Lord Courtenay's bankruptcy of over £524,308.
A Calcutta paper describes the voyage of forty four elephants to Chittagong aboard the Scotia. Elephants are hoisted into the hold in slings, penned in teak enclosures, and endure fear and tears during loading. They later emerge from the water with their mahouts on shore.
A compendium of rules for making wills and codicils, attestation, and common errors alongside advice on manners at home. It covers unlawful alterations, witnesses' duties, validity of widowed marriages, and, oddly, a French commune divorce tale. Also included are notes on snake bites in India and a skewed Boston-Danish style Russian toast with garbled text.
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