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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1892
Page
7
A miscellany covers British India road plans opposed by tribesmen, Cuban embezzlement sentencing, a missionary tale of a village adopting a painkiller’s God, and California entomology need. It notes Otersa’s 300000 embezzlement conviction, harsh penalties, and broader calls for honesty.
The text reviews Massachusetts farm property conditions from a 1891 survey showing most responses indicate rising values and optimism about future prosperity. It notes population shifts away from abandoned farm counties with weak manufacturing and cites a Swiss village burned in 1879 as a cautionary tale of strict fire precautions after destitution and disaster.
A New York Sun summary notes advances in federal study of animal parasites. It highlights rat born trichinose in pork, protozoan cattle fever, and other parasites like the heel fly gadfly and liver fluke. The Department of Agriculture seeks methods to reduce losses and attack parasites at vulnerable life stages.
A Memphis Times prize essay on "The Model Husband" wins Lillian Perry a suitor. Fremont Reed, inspired by the piece, travels from Minneapolis to Covington and Chicago to woo her, then visits Covington, they marry last October in a tale of fate and persistence.
A humorous vignette about Lord Tennyson spilling ink on a Persian carpet and a maid cleaning frantically with milk. The anecdote recalls visiting Persian friends and ends with the poet slipping away after discreetly paying the maid. The tale, sourced from the Chicago Tribune, leaves whether the carpet ever recovered a mystery.
Dr Willard C Hanford a prominent New York dentist visits the Southern with tales from his practice He notes many adults believe a rubber gas tube pulls teeth and wonder if teeth enter the tube He cites credulity about dental procedures and nursery tales as shaping beliefs Also a light exchange shows a child asking about a baby sister and clothing in a playful truncate dialogue
A compact column on ladies department items including silk sachet making for drawers and glove boxes, jacket styles and hooded cloaks, and remarks on Lady Wilde's influence. It lists homemade toilet recipes for lavender water, rose water, cold cream, dandruff removal, and general cosmetic care, with notes on fashionable fabrics and colors for spring dress goods.
Practical routines on sewing stockings and woolen hosiery care, plus care of musical instruments and tableware. It describes a whirligig table device for hot meals, brownie bread and simple desserts like apple tapioca pudding and boiled icing. Includes comments from New York journals and tribunes.
The United States now hosts about 64 million people with 90 percent involved in watch weaving. Since 1860 the industry expanded from two factories producing under 300 watches per day to two main plants producing nearly 4000 daily. Three major factories Elgin Waltham and Keystone employ about 8000 workers, underpinning a yearly output of 2,400,000 watches and a network of about 150 jobbers.
A playful winter scene describes building a snow house with Ned and a cozy indoors, then transitions to a historical excerpt on Alexander the Great’s battle with King Porus and his war elephants. The piece blends children’s fiction with a classic ancient warfare narrative.
The Chicago Tribune quotes a conversation implying Filkins arrives with a hard luck tale. The speakers insist they are friends, deny debt or borrowing, and mention Filkins has a baby that is always saying bright things, hinting at tension around a possible encounter.
Temperance news highlights fines for bringing wine into a jury room in North Carolina. It notes 13 million students in 44 states taught scientific temperance, Wisconsin forming the first State Legal Temperance Legion by graduates. Reports claim no murder in Johnson County Kentucky for forty years and no liquor sales. Keeley Institute treats many women seeking temperance cures. A Philadelphia coroner’s jury attributes eight year old Michael McCloskey’s heat illness to whisky. Norway rural pubs nearly abolished with 14 houses remaining. The piece laments par ticulars of a party and Miss Ja Vieb.
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