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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1892
Page
7
A mixed review of 1894 and 1891 mining statistics, Sabbatarian Toronto, and Chicago embezzlement totals. Notes U S train robberies and post office raids, Dakota land grants for universities, and Russian famine affecting civilians. Mentions Senator Plum and immigrant incentives in Venezuela, with various regional economic updates.
A collage of domestic instructions covers stain removal with chalk and soap, lemon juice and salt, soap scrubs, and sun treatment. It blends notes on mustard mixing, engraving restoration with carbonate of soda, lime, and hyposulfite, plus white linens whitening in gal gle water. It adds simple desserts and puddings like Lemon Drops, Apple Fritters, Muck Mince Pie, Creamed Potatoes, Tapioca Pudding, Molasses Gingerbread.
The Washington Post profile recalls Captain Bassett, longtime Senate doorkeeper, noting similarities between public men across generations and a changing public attitude. He recalls prewar debates, Civil War events, and key figures, while revealing his habit of turning back the Senate clock and his secret knowledge of Webster’s seat.
After the Civil War hostilities, a visitor in a soldiers hospital asks a German patient if he is Union or Confederate. Each occupant receives a biscuit or tract based on his answer. A later visitor repeats the test. the German’s morale declines as he is teased about his loyalties and biscuits.
In Washington the six month old heiress Tsui Yew Me of the Chinese Legation draws crowds. Nurses restricted airings to the Legation lawn until an audience could be granted. Minister Teni and Lady Taui delight in the child who fascinates with almond eyes and charming manners. The baby wears traditional clothes and a pink quilled wrapper, a black silk cape with brass ornament, red pompoms, coins for wishes, and a tinkling silver cap bell. The name Ma means beauty and reflects America as her Chinese name.
A correspondent in England ponders how Southdown sheep shape the countryside. He notes the sight of lambs and calm, groomed lawns shaping a finished landscape, while expressing a longing for wilder terrains and restless progress beyond this placid scene. The hostess cites sheep are accommodating and a daughter’s pony joins the view.
A London truancy program detains disruptive youths at a truant school. Boys undergo baths and new clothes, then are kept from 6 AM to 8 PM with rigorous routine including work, school, drill, and chores. The aim is reform through discipline and daily labor under supervision.
Rev Mr Whitney argues that Polynesians originated from the Indian Archipelago at the start of the Christian era. He asserts Samoan is the root language, with Malay additions, and praises its beauty. He notes Samoans and Tongans as exceptionally tall, hardy, and educated with light olive complexions.
The article notes how corn bread is known by different names in various areas. Delaware uses corn cakes from Indian meat, Maryland calls them cookies, and Pone describes thick Indian bread with a crisp crust. New England refers to Indian bannock, linking the Puritans to Bannock Indiang.
Fashion column surveys clashing trends from long velvet cloaks and skeleton skirt bands for stout figures to scoop bonnets glamorous furs and new Parisian stocking designs. It notes wedding reception bonnets coal scuttle shapes goffered waists and goings-away cloaks with sable borders and high collars.
A column weaving moral maxims on character success and a vivid description of the army evening colors ceremony at West Point. Readers are treated to reflections on readiness, education, and benevolence, followed by a detailed dress parade with band, buglers, and color ceremony at sunset aboard the men-of-war square.
A humorous exchange about moving west for farming ends with a cyclone wrecking six hundred chickens to illustrate the perils of western climates. The tale appears in New York Weekly and features a farmer and his wife describing the season and market challenges.
A missionary among the Esquimaux praises their resilience. He notes they are not numerous but stable, resist famines better than northern Indians due to a steadier fish and seal diet, and excel in foresight, industry, and tool making.
Theodora L. Cuyler recalls Father Theobald Mathew, the famed total abstinence pioneer, in a Christian Advocate tribute. The account describes Mathew in Glasgow delivering the pledge to thousands, his benediction, and lasting influence on temperance movements across nations. A secondary note reports Rev. Madison U. Peters testing alcohol samples, exposing unsafe ingredients in gin, whisky, port wine, and beer.
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