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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1872
Page
2
A haunting verse where a child pleads to be buried with the dawn light in the grave. The speaker asks mother for morning illumination to ease fears of night and death, invoking sorrow, faith and the Savior's love as comfort.
A reflective poem recalls a remorseful act when the speaker crushed a flower and injured a heart. Over years the memory haunts him as he seeks forgiveness for youth’s heedless act. The piece contrasts forgiveness for flowers with the unyielding hurt of love and memory.
A veteran diver recalls his birth to the trade, a shipboard quest for copper ore, and a treacherous partner Blegg s plot with a mysterious fisherman. After a brutal mutiny attempt and a dangerous underwater escape, the treasure is found but legal consequences fall unevenly, leaving the narrator recovering from brain fever.
After a long illness the narrator recovers slowly and learns a prisoner had confessed. Mr Turton pays wages and provides care, sending a thousand pound cheque for fidelity. He returns to Polly on the eve of Christmas, marries her, and vows she is a better wife than can be found.
A convention of delegates representing state agricultural societies boards of agriculture and agricultural colleges will meet in Washington on February 15 to discuss agricultural education and foster ties with the department. The meeting follows a call by the Commissioner of Agriculture after consultations with colleges and other agrarians.
One hundred twenty descendants of Franklin remain alive, with a great grandson noting Deborah Read on Wednesday night. The piece compares Franklin’s large family of 12 to 15 children per couple in old times with modern families having three or four children, highlighting the changed birth rates and family dynamics.
During H B R Hs illness the Prince of Wales a London physician sent a servant to Marlborough House nightly to await the midnight bulletin. One cold night the servant lost his temper and cursed the Prince. A mob attacked him nearly stripping him of clothing before he returned to his employer.
A northern Texas teacher received a signed notice from eight to ten older students. They demanded treats including a pecan bush, raisins, and candy, threatening a deep water punishment if refused. The text also mentions a claim about Mr Herr Rochfort’s sentence not being commuted to banishment.
A fragment from the Petroleum Monthly chronicles November 1971 telegraph chatter from Titusville oil workers. Messages reveal market tactics, lease film, yield boasts, pirate speculation, and whimsical digs at wells and people, including imagined Europe bound buyers and torn loyalties, all with opaque references.
Syracuse Journal reports the Onondaga Indians recently performed their ancient White Dog sacrifice during the old moon near February. Captain George led in full Indian costume as the white dog was strangled to avert bloodshed, then burned. a long chant followed as the tribe circled the body thrice. The piece notes ritual zeal and mythic ties, with comparisons to Egyptian Anubis worship.
In the mountains deep in summer snow baffled expeditions and wary tribes, a valley is praised as the source of vast riches and rubies in bushes, with tales of Two Ocean River split, burning plains, geysers, and a trapper who found gold. Legends persist of Indians, bears, and endless mystery surrounding the region.
A party of surveyors in northwestern Illinois faces a deadly snowstorm and loss on the great prairie. Despair turns to hope as their old grey pony Old Jack sniffs the wind, leads them back toward camp, and they reach the blaze of their campfires within a mile, cheering for the faithful animal.
A northern Italian tale links Tarantula bites to a dancing fugue set by music. The account notes the spider is not poisonous and that the cure may be a nervous or hysterical reaction. Experts doubt music is essential and attribute the behavior to bias or spectacle.
Chicago papers report sharpers in law and whiskey scheming to exploit Illinois liquor license rules. A printing firm sells blank permits allowing a husband to drink with his wife signing away claims. Many permits are bought by married men who plan to coerce wives into signing when required.
Two Philadelphia residents are building a stained-glass memorial for Benjamin Fink at the College founded by Benjamin Franklin. The project cost is being covered by the College.
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