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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1872
Page
6
A rough, uneven poem speaks of birthplace, wealth, integrity, and how life ends. It ponders whether a grave matters, even amid pride, poverty, and storms, ending with reverence for a peaceful resting place.
A lyrical meditation on the healing power of kindness. The poem speaks of gentle words reviving faint spirits, easing sorrow and pain, and brightening life and even death. It argues kindness can restore paradise and lift mortal hearts through divine breath.
In a Norwalk Gazette note a wild goat interrupts a lodge ball after officers are chosen. The animal blocks a hallway as members, some veterans of initiation, hesitate. Vice Grand Hill distracts the beast with regalia while a quick-door maneuver frees the goat, which bolts into the street and vanishes.
The text suggests adopting Japanese practice where ferrymen are held responsible for passengers safety. It notes that if a passenger drowns the ferryman must drown with him or face execution. It argues abolishing this principle for railways would likely reduce accidents.
The article details a major shift in New York lumber sourcing from New York and New England to Canada and Michigan. It notes white pine from Ottawa, Michigan, and nearby regions, with Michigan leading in wide, long boards. It compares timber quality, discusses regional differences, and explains how tariffs influence pine exports while describing common pine and spruce grading and gang-saw milling methods.
A compact guide on correct usage noting bouquet vs boquet sobriquet versus souvriquet hors de combat correct form hors du combat wrong. It corrects many errors such asFirstly versus first. seventh and others. cautions against vulgarisms like most for almost. It cites tax data: 1 332 246 000 cigars used in the United States last year.
A Christian Weekly piece tells of a poor man who loses ten dollars in a snowstorm and recalls a neighbor who spends forty years tormented by guilt for inadvertently holding the money. The tale links conscience, repentance, and judgment, warning that dishonest gains are hardest to keep.
The passage defines cruelty as giving needless pain and notes that intent matters. It compares doctors, dentists, and butchers, arguing true cruelty lies in taking pleasure from others' suffering, citing Androcles and the lion as a test of kindness versus malice.
During Jackson's presidency Louis McLane of Delaware was secretary of state when a dashing French minister mistook the White House for the State Department. Jackson smoked fiercely as Jemmy O'Neal dragged in the flour-dusted cook to prevent a blow from the chair, and the minister entered to a silly, safe reunion.
Officious people never leave others alone offering unsolicited advice in health faith and home matters. They rush to prescribe medicines nurse experts and even use calamities to intrude, acting as self styled Samaritans without diplomas, prompting resistance or conflict.
A New York youth named Buttle who gained a $250000 fortune on his twenty first birthday married a Southern woman with a taste for jewelry. They squandered $60000 in their first year, gambled in Wall Street, lost $30000 on Black Friday, and he forged a draft to pay his board. He pawned his wife’s wardrobe while selling her diamonds for less than cost, becoming a forger and beggar born to a merchant prince, with his wife unaware until his arrest.
A historical sketch describes a seventeen year old Jefferson arriving in Williamsburg in 1760 from western Virginia. The portrait emphasizes his sturdy frame, athletic bearing, hazel gray eyes, and earnest, curious mind, reflecting the country origins and liberal upbringing that shaped him.
An Episcopal clergyman met Barnum the other day after asking about his health both physical and spiritual. The clergyman said he always liked Barnum and trusted they would meet in heaven. Barnum replied with a twinkling eye that they would meet there if the clergyman is present.
A Ninth ward man named Ruskowski who died of small pox was buried under Board of Health rules. His sister, doubting the death, exhumed the body six hours later and found signs of life. He was revived at home with restoratives and is now living and well.
In the Christian Union Beecher recalls a youth in Indiana facing debt to the Observer. To settle a $15 to $18 subscription, he offered six letters from the West, but the office declined and he paid the amount, crestfallen yet learning the paper’s value.
The United States Navy comprises 178 vessels with 1426 guns and 1423 commissioned officers plus 188 warrant officers. Twenty-six ships are repairing, thirty-six abroad, eight as school ships, seven as receiving ships, and one marine barracks in Pensacola. Seventeen unarmed vessels sit at yards. eighty-two inactive ships include various gun counts and statuses. Officers include one admiral, twelve rear admirals, fifty captains, and ninety commanders plus extensive medical and pay staff.
The royal family list records Princess Royal born November 21, 1840, Prince of Wales born November 9, 181, Princess Alice born April 15, 1843, Prince Alfred born August 6, 1844, Princess Helena born May 25, 1846, Princess Louisa born March 18, 1848, Prince Arthur born May 1, 1850, Prince Leopold born April 7, 1853, and Princess Beatrice born April 14, 1857.
A notice from the Astor House restaurant in York reports oysters were chloroformed and opened, referencing the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The fragment suggests a cruel-labeled act tied to the establishment and a welfare group.
A funeral carriage encounter with a hard of hearing man yields comic miscommunication. Clergyman Sampler’s solemn remarks mix with road and grass talk as they approach a grave, while anecdotes from Elizabeth Herald and other items humorously spotlight everyday absurdities and quirks.
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