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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1872
Page
2
In a moonlit night a wavering wight is stirred by a soft voile of song. A startled maiden glances from her window as a whiskered man stands beneath. She packs and flees with her lover in a threadbare blue coat awaiting a hopeful future.
A first sewer expedition through London’s vast underground, five men descend into a deep brick tunnel. Fear grows as gas and a chemical blaze erupt, trapping and blistering several workers, while the foreman orchestrates a dangerous exit to safety.
Gen Custer notes routes across the Plains yield water about every fifteen miles, yet dry camps occur in heat requiring long treks from last supply. He compares Plains animals to city society, detailing drought, scarce pasture, and waterborne pests like buffalo flies and starlings that perch on horses as they graze.
Wonay Gail Hamilton notes a heated session where a tyrant man was briefly excluded then recalled to remove a small dog disturbing the meeting. She records a speaker’s jab about women not being true to themselves and the politics around a female candidate, joking about Mistress Anne Page.
A robbery at Farmington NL led to a capture attempt of Farrington. In Enion City a suspected man named Toler shot Police Cline fatally, Moran wounded. Mob executed Farrington at dawn and hanged Toler, whose body was found near a tree. Citizens feared further unrest.
A guide teaches carving with a right handed knife and left hand fork. It covers trimming joints in order, shaving breast meat, and serving portions to guests, stressing smooth technique, speed, and proper table manners. A humorous note follows about a Chicago reporter’s visit to Greely and the town’s lack of liquor or residents.
A teen American lad recounts his extraordinary reception in St Petersburg. He presented an acorn from Mount Vernon to the Emperor, toured the city, met the Empress and daughters, and was shown Moscow in grand style. He praises Russian hospitality and his unique travel tale ends with a farewell from the Emperor’s entourage.
A cryptic remark notes that anyone from the United States is shown respect akin to ambassadors, questioning who a Yankee could have treated with such care and consideration. The line implies high courtesy extended to an American figure.
A traveler reports brutal slave trading against Polynesians, with 15 to 20 vessels kidnapping people to work in Fiji Queensland and Tahiti. Victims are seized at night, branded, bound, and often killed if resisted, while women are driven to boats. The piece condemns these acts and urges civilized nations to intervene.
Doctor Wigl a goose fancier in Dedham recounts a tale of love and loss among his geese. A loyal old gander spurned by a newer beauty abandoned his mate. The deserted goose grew ill and died, possibly of a broken heart or fear of Thanksgiving slaughter.
A Mankato Wisconsin correspondent reports a grim incident near Heron Lake Noble County where a drinking husband abandons his pregnant wife and three children during a brutal winter. The woman seeks help three miles away, collapses in a snow bank, and dies with the newborn infant, followed by the three children frozen in the cold.
In Bristol, 8. H., a blaze erupted after eighteen months with flames threatening wide disaster. A young man, who had been courting, left his chamber around 3 AM to sound the alarm. Fire companies were strained, the town heartened, and a costly protest was seen as the cause. A Rochester girl proclaims she will never vote, citing objection to politics.
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