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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1892
Page
7
A 1899 overview notes London's population exceeding 5.6 million and compares it to Paris Berlin Vienna and Rome. It highlights Alpine guides diplomas and ages, then shifts to Alaska gold prospects and a Buenos Aires marriage market. It also covers a Sioux chief’s decline and U.S. wheat and population trends in Texas.
Mrs. Davis, wife of Senator Davis of Minnesota, is noted as a skilled sportswoman with a small Winchester rifle displayed in her Washington residence. She enjoys hunting around Jake Minnetonka, though she has not shot a deer, and has ended much small game.
A collage of eccentric claims and wonders from old newspapers. Topics include a Mexico dentist charging two dollars per tooth, Europe's many languages, huge California potatoes, long cigars, enormous grass weights, and an immense deer horn. Local curiosities cover a 36 year old “youngest grandfather,” a California railless wealth, a 1636 Dedham house tours, a memory-keen hotel servant, artesian wells, Kurdish bloodlines, birch arch trees, drowned-person leaf tests, and a colossal seven-foot horse eating vast quantities of food.
Dr. Deering of Philadelphia says hundreds with leprosy exist in the United States with cases in South Carolina Louisiana Minnesota and other locations. He urges dedicated wards or separate institutions but local reaction questions the South Carolina figures and notes the disease has been kept secret from neighbors and physicians.
A humorous note contrasts language mastery with everyday speech. It cites Professor Polyglot, who claims many tongues are unnecessary, while his baby speaks a mysterious gibberish that his wife seemingly understands fully.
A reflective dialogue contrasts past hardship with present wealth. Old Bullion laments losing the simple appetite of his barefoot plowboy days, highlighting a sentimental yearning for the tougher, farming years than current prosperity.
A short dialogue sketches Frances scolding her little brother Johnny to be quiet about a visitor in the next room as their mother’s words drift in. Frances declares she hears mamma speaking, despite Johnny’s disbelief.
A study shows people read clock dials by the numeral positions while ignoring the numerals. In a famous Boston dial only lines mark the hours, and the London Parliament clock uses single lines to indicate each hour.
An elderly farmer recalls his dying wife Margie aboard a Illinois Central train bound for Chicago. He reflects on thirty years of hard work, her rest, and the promise of virtuous reward, while other religious notes urge ministers to preach with love and focus on genuine piety over revival zeal.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a universal remedy for female disorders, promising bearing down pains and functional irregularities are cured. It guarantees a refund if unsatisfied, arguing it is the best value since customers pay only for benefits received.
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