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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
7
A fragmentary column blends Ojibway and North American folklore with scattered legends. It recounts moon maiden stories, celestial kinship, and the origin of a familiar proverb, weaving dozens of mythic images with brief moral notes.
A jumble of curious extracts describes a seafaring whistle buoy device with a twelve foot bulb and a water-filled tube that amplifies sound miles away, a ghostly superstition flair, plus a Lord Lytton anecdote about Columbus and Colombe. It closes with a claim Julius Caesar stands as history’s greatest man, per New York American.
A quirky fragment recounts a pet squirrel and a homeward journey, with playful lines about cake and caution. It hints at a childlike voice describing travel, food, and a pet in a lighthearted, informal tone.
Witnesses describe a startling scene with panicked bystanders and an abrupt disruption. Officials secure the area as investigations begin, though exact details remain unclear in the damaged text.
In Xgnaville Indiana Professor Byron Sribble leads the municipal gas works with no prior gas experience, aiming to imitate divine afflatus in production. meanwhile Glasgow reports a 60000 loss on its gas plant last year and Chicago contemplates streetcar improvisations amid municipal ventures. The piece quips about garbage burning for New York lighting, municipal telephone sales to Britain, and general skepticism of public utilities versus private control.
In New Yorks Run an argument against municipal ownership is made while noting Frankfort New Yorks 1908 electric plant with a per person cost of 6.60. Frankfort trustees now sign a five year contract with Utica Gas and Electric for cheaper rates than municipal operation.
Jerome ones argues against government ownership as wrong from a working man perspective. He says taxation falls on those who own or use property, insisting taxes are inevitable and burdensome.
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