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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1871
Page
2
A poem urges readers to show backbone and moral nerve rather than bow to dogma or wealth. It contrasts theologians and politicians who fear questioning creeds or losing status with individuals who stand firm. The verse laments lack of courage and praises firme bearing and honest conviction.
A narrator recalls joining an emigrant train where a man named Silent Bill helps a dying stranger. Bill's kindness earns trust, then reveals a violent past tied to his sister and a revenge-seeking killer. The pair travel, Bill is wounded, and the tale ends with healing in the woods as the narrator speaks of grace and forgiveness.
In a mining town, a man known as Silent Bil or The Big Elder endured a long burden of questionings. Eventually he abandoned his doubts and bore a cross, leaving a lasting impression among miners and camp workers who knew him by that nickname.
The article reports the marriage of Kentucky giant Captain Bates and Nova Scotia giantess Miss Anna Swan. Bates stands about eight feet tall and weighs 400 pounds, with a bride a few inches taller and similar weight. It jokes about logistics of outfits and potential need for a cotton mill for their wardrobe.
The article describes pressed coal dust bricks used on naval vessels across European nations. It notes low loss during carriage, minimal deterioration after two years, and reduced ash content. Manufactured by hydraulic pressure, the process uses sixteen cylinder radial presses to form uniform cylindrical or hexagonal blocks from heated coal and pitch.
A Hampton Virginia letter notes early vegetables yield large profits with peas selling for six to seven dollars per barrel in Northern markets. Farmers return from post offices with checks from Baltimore Philadelphia or New York and many barrels of potatoes move daily to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore at six seven or eight dollars per barrel. The Baltimore Line agent reports 400 barrels shipped from Old Point daily. Some farmers gain eighty to one hundred twenty dollars per half acre or one hundred sixty to two hundred forty dollars per acre.
An elderly Mississippian, angered by a laundress sending a shirt misbuttoned at the collar, blows out his brains after a violent struggle with the garment. The incident raises questions about moral responsibility and personal accountability for such acts.
A Milwaukee paper recounts a seven year old prisoner tale from the St. Cloud massacre. A French boy, taken with his sister, had left arm cut off and ears nearly severed by tomahewk. The siblings were separated and have not met since. The survivor describes the murder of his father mother and two sisters with evident distress.
Grorse W. Gray of New Richmond Ohio was drunk and insulted several women on the street when Joseph Houck intervened. A quarrel followed and Houck shot Gray, who died instantly, authorities reported.
The piece traces early rail history from 1680 wood and iron rails to Wet more modern tracks, noting Beaumont and Outram contributions, Watt steam ideas, Cognot’s carriage, Stephenson’s locomotives, and America’s Evans steam engine and Charleston to Savannah River line opened in 1829 ahead of Liverpool and Manchester.
In Grimes County near Navasota a man named Briggs Goodrich killed his wife with a bowie knife after a night of alleged burglary. The couple’s infant child witnessed the tragedy as the husband, distraught and guarded, is said to be unable to be left alone.
Report describes chaotic street scene near Pekin's bridge with sedan bearers, hawkers, and beggars exploiting a local native law. Foreigners once fearfully rode over beggars until a teacher advised against paying, leading to fewer accidents. Native carters remain vulnerable to similar swindling methods.
The piece extols household work as the best form of exercise for girls to build strength and endurance, arguing that room calisthenics are helpful but insufficient. It cites Dr Aliyn and 18th century Continental service salaries to illustrate health and social themes, closes with a Savannah woman’s tale and a remark about New York crime coverage involving women.
Agricultural statistics reveal fences cost far more than improved lands, suggesting future rural beauty with hedges over fences. Bavarian note: Munich paper reports the King will skip Corpus Christi procession, not even sending a representative, a move seen as a blow to infallibility opponents.
Four years after a new alewife like fish appeared in Seneca Lake New York thousands have died from an unexplained mortality. Dead fish line the shores posing threat of pestilence. New York Dental Society elected officers including President Dr W B Hurd Vice President Dr S H McCall Secretary Dr Charles Barnes and Treasurer Dr A C Hawes.
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