02 Jul 1874
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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1874
Page
1
An advertisement lists subscription prices of $150, $200, and $260 for advance, annual, and late payments. It promotes "All kinds of Job Work" done neatly on the shortest possible notes, by a Geditor and Proprietor Puans. The text includes garbled names and appears from a historical newspaper page segment.
Poem recalling a young romance between Mara and the speaker. The speaker reflects on a past meeting at a church doorway, interpreting Mara's scorn as shyness or a shield of Cupid. The piece contemplates lost love and lines of memory across time.
A reflective essay on memory as a self active force that defines human progress. It praises memory as the source of recollection both joyous and painful, describes its power to recall childhood scenes, loved voices, and guiding past figures like Washington, and asserts memory can inspire action and virtue.
The Rev. J. J. Talbott, once an Epis copal clergyman, told Terre Haute listeners that wine ruined his life, describing years of addiction, ruin of family, and ultimate redemption, warning that moderate drinking leads to stronger temptations and ruin. Also printed: Postmaster General Creswell's resignation letter to President Grant and Grant's gracious reply.
Terrible catastrophe in Syracuse as the Central Baptist Church floor collapsed during a strawberry festival. Dozens killed and hundreds injured as firefighters and police fought to reach victims. Names listed among the dead include Dr. O. E. Wainwright and Minnie Thomas. the building’s construction blamed for the disaster. The death toll rises to at least fourteen with many more crippled and dying.
Wool prices vary across Ohio towns as buyers report 45 to 50 cents per pound for different grades. Market chatter notes slow sales in Cashooton with potential rise to 50 cents for choice lots, while Bucyrus reports steady arrivals and a dip to 45 to 48 cents for lower grades. A Mercer Dispatch summary warns of overall stagnation and little prospect for higher woolen fabric prices this season.
A garbled compilation notes passage of a Massachusetts liquor measure and a string of random items. It mentions French censorship of photographs, an ode by Lord Houghton, a Kentucky farm sale of a horse and yearlings, a dramatic Illinois romance, Oregon political upset by Alexander La Dow, and a California wheat outlook contrasting gold and grain with speculative tone. The text jumbles historical topics and stray anecdotes without a single cohesive story.
An article extols oatmeal water as a nourishing, non stimulating beverage for laborers in hot work. It recommends about two spoonfuls of metal in water or a half pound of oatmeal per four gallons, praising its strength and superiority to vinegar mixtures and common ales used in haying, mills, and glasswork. It notes wide use in Brooklyn Navy Yard and by workers in Britain, Scotland, and Wales.
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