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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1871
Page
6
Fragmentary verse notes a beloved person with repeated endearments and archaic spellings. The text offers a cadence of affectionate phrases and nonsensical phrases, preserving the mood more than any clear narrative or date.
A chaotic digest of global events reports battles in various theaters, crop yields and trade data, political nominations and elections, notable crimes, court actions, and natural disasters. The items reference figures such as 124,715 soldiers, 400 batteries, and 2,000+ sailors, with mentions of nations, ports, courts, and rail plans.
California business figure Alvinza Hayward is pictured as a Monte Cristo type hero. He partners with Chamberlaine, endures ruin and hunger, borrows $3,000 from his friend, and after months of toil the Amador mine explodes in riches. The mine pays $40,000 monthly at peak, Hayward shares a third with Chamberlaine, who later retires wealthy and returns ownership to Hayward, who finally sells to a stock company led by General Colton. The Amador mine is forecast to net $150,000 this year and outlast the stock firm’s tenure.
Citizens in Frankfort Tennessee report a witchcraft scare surrounding two Williams daughters described as retiring by day but climbing to the roof at night and gyrating while screaming. They suffer spasms then devour flies and seek an old woman who the girls say bewitched them. Hundreds witness the episodes, including two physicians, but the case remains unsolved. Also a postal notice notes a misrouted subscriber copy with the inscription Reason subscriber is expected to be, the boys does not want it.
Miss Annie Dwight, a schoolmistress at Stone Lake School in Van Buren Township Indiana, was shot by a young man from Elkhart County after attempting a private talk at a log near the noon recess. He then shot himself. both were captured. The motive cited is rejection as a suitor. The incident caused widespread local alarm as authorities and physicians debated the injuries and guardians debated bail. The shooter’s prior good character and recent clerking work at White Pigeon are noted.
The inquest into Henry D. Stevens twenty two died suddenly in New York. He had earlier damaged his sight from a pistol accident in Kansas and later attempted suicide by gas and laudanum. Post mortem found probable strychnine but origin of poison unknown as he was blind. The case to be fully investigated per New York Paper.
Reports from Port Blair describe convicts sharing dinners and rum with guards, a pattern cited after the James Devine murder case. The jury notes lax discipline and calls for moderation, as a new Governor is expected to reform policing. Meanwhile Utah Gentiles unite to oppose Mormon influence in Territorial Legislature elections.
The sardine fishery runs June to November, shaping Brittany's coast economy. Douarnenez and Concarneau host major depots producing about one third of a six hundred million annual catch, with olive oil used in lengthy fabrication. Boats, nets, and Norway cod roe lure fish inland for processing into salted, oil-packed boxes.
A reflective piece argues that public notices and ads, including marriages and obituaries, serve collective curiosity and reassurance. It posits that commerce and announcements connect people across distance, with ships, fabrics, and goods symbolizing global interdependence preached at street corners and docks.
A writer recalls weeks in Montgomery Maryland famed for Devon cattle and camp meetings. He notes a friend and neighbors with packs of beagles pursued mink, but a test hunt ends comically when dogs chase a ground-squirrel from a stone pile, leaving the hunt a futility and the narrator vow never mink-hunting again.
Highlights include Niagara Falls as the world’s greatest cataract, Mammoth Cave Kentucky as the largest underground river voyage, Mississippi as the longest river, and Chicago as the top grain port. Lake Superior is described as the world’s largest inland sea. Cedar Creek Virginia’s Natural Bridge is cited as the greatest natural bridge.
A German named Ferdinand posing as a doctor visited a Philadelphia home on a Saturday evening. He claimed to cure by nervous sympathy, administered a small dose to a sick child, and received a $2 bill. He sprinkled the bottle, questioned the mother, learned she had $40, then doubled the pharmacy act upstairs and fled with the money before being arrested and jailed on $1,000 bail.
A Hartford man ill for days saw three doctors who each misdiagnosed his condition as measles, typhoid fever, and smallpox before recommending hospital therapy. After three days he recovered and sought a lawyer to sue for damages, claiming it was only erysipelas.
The Newark Ohio Rolling Mill Company president was seized by employees on a Saturday night and held in the office until he pledged to properly account for funds in his possession, after which he was released.
An English medical student who joined the Paris National Guard recounts the fall of the Commune. He describes wounded soldiers, the retreat to Paris, Volunteers of the Republic, and the final chaos at the Hotel de Ville with figures like Dombrowski and Delesclazes. A grim account of courage, discipline, and doomed resistance.
The article notes how linen, sugar, alcohol, and starch interconvert into various compounds, mentioning oxalic acid and charcoal. It also reports a Massachusetts gentleman earning $1,000 net from selling strawberries on six acres between May 4 and 25.
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