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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1872
Page
2
A fragmentary holiday poem celebrates Christmas with bouncy verse about seasons and spirits. The speaker bids welcome to Christmas with lines praising bold hearts and enduring cheer, ending with a rousing toast to the King of the Seasons.
The Scientific Press covers porators and how to bake frozen foods, bee-keeping tricks with one queen per hive and salt-water methods to attract bees, plus French potatoes prepared in hot oil and ground prep guidance for oats, barley, and turnips. It also details ham curing with saltpetre recipes and layered brining, urging timely planting and soil readiness.
A source says a Chicago sourced vessel with 26000 bushels of corn bound for Chicago was caught in a fierce sleet storm at night. The crew endured freezing temperatures as top rigging iced over and a sailor froze to death, while mates and others suffered frostbite. The ship shifted course toward Chicago, and all hands endured intense pain though most survived.
An Albany Journal report condemns a New York practice where attorneys seek a third of damages in a case involving a three or four year old killed by a lumberyard collapse. The piece likens it to Dickensian Bardell v Pickwick and questions professional ethics as lawyers press for costly settlements despite the father's wishes.
Crowds from across the country gathered at Harwich for Queen Caroline's funeral embarkation. A Royal Navy captain wept on the pier as the crimson coffin led the funeral procession, a symbol of national remorse over the haste of the London rites.
Mr Wu M Tween of New York faces felony indictment by the Grand Jury and was jailed by Judge Bedford. A misdemeanor in office against Controller Connolly produced a warrant. Judge Barnard later granted bail at 5000 dollars after a habeas corpus writ. Bonds were signed by Tweed and Alfred B Sands amid reports of further indictments against Mayor Hall Taonizs Fields and Police Commissioner Henry Smith.
Merchants in an Indiana town, irritated by roisterers who flood sidewalks with tobacco juice and stale cigar odor, post a sign reading Wanted, Employment for these Roosters. The loafers depart promptly once the placard is seen.
A dispatch claims Cuban insurgents are near defeat and cites widespread destruction from Las Tunas to Moron with many houses left in ruins. The report portrays a desolate scene and asserts the enemy is on its last legs.
A historical sketch traces Christmas from early rites to its modern social festival. It notes disputed Nativity dates, winter solstice links with Yule, and how Christian rites absorbed and transformed heathen customs into carols, manger songs, trees, and gifts across denominations.
On Thanksgiving Day two Maryland men seeking odd sport aimed at each other across a lane. They hid in brush and hallooed at the signal then fired, each taking a small shot in the horse. One shot sufficed to sate their eccentric craving and they may seek further risky ventures in the future.
A Scottish court heard a case where a small farmer accused a neighbor of slander claiming curses by magical arts injured his estate. The magistrate sought dismissal as absurd, but the defendant admitted the charge and insisted the statements were true, receiving a nominal fine. The harmed plaintiff left to seek counter magic against alleged malign neighbors.
In Clarksville Texas on April 9 1840 a crowd packed the courthouse as Mary Ellison sues George Hopkins for slander after he accused her of impropriety following her husband’s threat to chastise him. A gaunt stranger with a license from the ugliest tribunal in America took the case, tearing apart Hopkins witnesses with fiery oratory and painting a stark portrait of murder and slander, ending with a plea to the jury to avoid lynching and leave punishment to God.
Jury awards fifty thousand dollars as ward Hopkins is lynched and beaten near death. The stranger announces John Taylor will preach that evening at candlelight, drawing a crowded house and eliciting praise for Taylor's sublime, mountain like eloquence and cataract of fire.
A short exploration of honeybee behavior and instinct. The writer notes perfect combs from creation, caste roles, pollen colors, cell organization, male and worker roles, queen development, and possible implications of nature's design. Observations include bees gathering from same or different flowers, color-specific pollen on legs, and strategic brood management.
A forensic report follows a woman burned to death handling gasoline bought at a nearby store. The chemist cites a 63 degree flash point, well below the safe 110, labeling the vendor of such fuel a dangerous person. The piece argues dealers share blame, compares the harm to manslaughter, and calls for severe punishment for reckless chemical neglect.
A wagon train of emigrants passing through Saline County Nebraska faces a deadly cold snap. Men go to fetch fuel while women search for them. the next day 17 bodies are found frozen, with only the wagon children surviving.
The governor’s veto was sustained in the Council but overridden in the House. The notice notes that every man sent to Pennsylvania peniten tiary for bigamy begins with the letter B.
A sensational case from 1870 tells of John Ware who murdered his father in Loy-a-Coming near Long-1-Coying. After brutal acts and a parricide the killer fled through Camden and Philadelphia. He carried $160 plus other money and counterfeit notes when arrested.
A reflective piece on December closing the year with Christmas observances and religious meaning. It quotes Tennyson on bells and renewal, notes diverse historical origins of Christmas, and briefly mentions rural editor anecdotes and the fading faith in horse-shoes amid changing commerce.
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