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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1891
Page
7
Hoosier column recaps social quirks and global gossip from 1891 including Ward McAllister myths, Barn fire risks linked to pipe use, Berlin medical aid for women, costume and caste notes from Bombay, Ismail’s palace purchases, and steamship furnace toil with crew pay and dangerous life.
A long survey of Navajo wealth and livelihoods in the north eastern Arizona region details farms orchards and wool weaving with markets in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. It describes cliff dwellings of Zuni and Moki ancestors, defends their history and notes Anglo interactions.
A recount of how the steamer Miranda, after departing St. John’s Newfoundland, was saved from a hurricane by oil dispersed on the sea. Captain Santelli of La Gascone explains oil’s wave damping, noting a 30 gallon amount saved the ship and could aid lighthouses by dampening breaking waves.
A French periodical notes a Darmstadt family whose eight members all play instruments. Their dog, once pestering neighbors, receives musical instruction beside the master's chair. every misplayed note earns a whip stroke, shaping the animal to howl at wrong tones and attend concerts. A carrot joke follows.
A collection of curiosities and oddities touching culture, history, and nature. It cites ages of U S senators, architectural schools, embezzlement at Kyoto temple, catnip lore, rooftop animals in Lima, a Namischeff confession, and measurements defining ideal human proportion with ancient Greek influence.
A column surveys curiosities of society including a private German social slot machine gift, a Russian lady engineer’s ventures in St Petersburg, and Mrs Barrios of Guatemala reviving ribbon guards for diamonds. It notes head posture tips, a proposed monument for General Spinner funded by women clerks, glass jewelry boxes, and fashion trends from opal jewels to linen care and dress silhouettes.
A tale recalls General Vallejo’s witty remark about not forgetting his first opera heard in 1828 on the Palace Hotel site in San Francisco. Patti probed for details, hinting at a long-ago prima donna, but Vallejo left the identity unknown and joked of five hundred coyotes in the chorus.
Rev Neville D Fanning of Oak Park Congregational church died after a sermon amid sudden illness. Cause apoplexy. His text asked Is Life Worth Living. Reported Minneapolis Feb 1. Akron rail-imposed dispute over demurrage charges threatens clash with manufacturers in Denison Texas a fatal bread poisoning from cottonseed oil supplies Jan 31.
Central Drove Wards East Liberty PA reports cattle market steady with 532 head moved and $40 wool. Boston notes continued strong wool demand with territory wools at 60-63c scoured, 58-60c fine medium, 53-55c medium. Ohio Michigan California Oregon fleece prices cited. foreign wools referenced.
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