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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1892
Page
2
A venturous tale from the Midwest recounts a rancher’s night in a buried clay shaft after falling into a six foot wide well. He crafts a spiral shaft by hand, using a corkscrew path to rise, and finally reaches the surface after a week of peril and wolf sustenance.
Dr. O. W. Holmes suggests trees are underground organisms whose roots seek sustenance and whose leaf canopies are mere tails. He personifies rootlets as tentacles guiding toward water and nutrients, comparing wind driven leaves to a peacock’s plumage, urging readers to view landscapes through this uncanny eye.
A geologist explains fulgurites formed by lightning striking sand or rock. The heat creates glass tubes matching the bolt’s bore, found buried in sand depths up to thirty feet and on Armenia’s Little Ararat summit where rocks perforated into bottle-green glass tubes.
An account from Banning California describes a deer fawn saved by its mother after being swept by swiftly running water in Water Canyon. The doe braced in rock crevices, carried the exhausted fawn on her back, then nudged its tired body to shore as they disappeared into the mountains. A second excerpt from Visalia Times recounts Walter Fewell witnessing a kingbird drive off a large gopher snake in a road-side clash lasting about twenty minutes before the snake fled.
An old couple exchanges wry remarks about army service and aging without conquest, highlighting shared restraint and experience. The dialogue frame underscores a veteran’s perspective on risk, aging, and memories from past campaigns.
Discusses beekeeping as a profitable outdoor pursuit for farmer's wives with little required labor and the potential for managing many colonies. Notes equal profit potential for women and men and small, steady interest in observing bees.
A collection of garden notes on trellis designs for grapes berries and vegetables, with practical tips for ladder and hoop styles. Also praise for the dandelion as a spring bedding plant, its cultivation in France, and its potential value in English gardens. Additional brief farm and garden tips cover sheep feed, fowl fattening, water during heat, soil cultivation, and farm accounting.
The annual Talabharam ceremony in Travancore used about two thousand pounds of gold prepared by government agents at Alleppey. The Maharajah, surrounded by pomp, balanced the sword and shield against gold coins, rose briefly on the scales, and received tributes from 15,000 Brahmins as drums and volleys accompanied the rite.
An old column extols sunlight and a cheerful face as the best home sunshine. It argues a warm smile and kind heart dispel gloom, lift heavy hearts, and even ward off disease by opening the heart’s window to bring joy and peace.
The guidance praises tasteful garniture while urging light fabrics for summer outfits. It stresses avoiding heaviness and overbearing weight, and recommends harmonious colors with a child's skin, hair, and eye tones for soft pinks whites blues and golds.
A fashion sketch describes a stamped foulard dancing gown with a three‑ruffled bias striped skirt and ribbons. A zuipare tiarro bow trims the bodice and back. A hibpon belt completes the outfit. The Eton jacket trend is noted, but true Etons keep small close sleeves.
The article details correct Eton coat styles for summer wear, including a separate bodice with matching vests and various belt and lace accents. It emphasizes proper fit with long strap openings, and cautions against oversized hats for young children while illustrating a daisy and straw ribbon hat for little girls.
The description notes crepon silk or printed materials for the blouse with plain sleeves. It highlights a fichy effect at the costume front and back view showing a round yoke, crossed ends at the shoulders, a straight ruched collar, and upper sleeves tight to the elbow.
Major Moore owns a 400 year old flint lock dueling pistol brought to Virginia by an early settler. Made by Kitano & Co London and once in the Mason family, it could still be fired with a bit of flint and powder. The weapon’s history spans centuries and owners, ending with Detective Raff gifting it to Major Moore.
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