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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1871
Page
7
In the graveyard gloom a solitary speaker fears the sky and dawn as harsh as sunlight on the dead. A jade joy of a heart’s true love withers, its radiance falling coldly upon the poet’s own heart.
A collection of household veterinary and farming tips including bleeding horses, bread batter methods, horse restraint ideas, cornmeal pancakes, varnish for pictures and dried plants, and cattle teat obstruction remedies from Rural New Yorker. The piece notes dangers of dental and teat procedures and promotes avoiding risky practices while advocating practical measures.
A quaint excerpt describes a small city newspaper of eight to forty eight pages focused on advertisements and social notices. It notes personal birthday salutes with initials and addresses, engagements, and even odd classifieds. The piece mixingly lampoons the mix of public postings and private wishes in a culture of verbosity.
The Gaudois notes the Commune army includes 18 000 Garibaldini 7 000 Irish and English Fenians 1 200 Greeks 600 Americans 600 Spaniards Germans and other foreigners among its ranks.
A Curcnus correspondent recalls an anecdote about the gigantic adjutant or crane. One morning the bird, unable to fly, faced about two hundred crows in a tense scene at a house compound. The adjutant devoured a crow bone then fought off the others for hours, while tales claim it can swallow whole animals and measure up to fourteen to fifteen feet with a five foot height, though it fears a child's switch.
A writer in All the Fear Round argues that sheer labor and industry drive success, with advertisers like Kitto and Grasshopper Sewing Machine thriving through repetition. The piece notes how public displays and naming create perceived superiority, until the reader’s eye yields a dull impression, leading to advertising gains when demand rises. It concludes advertising relies on our pardonable flaws to prosper.
A farmer named Cain was shot and wounded by Mr Summers in an adjoining farm dispute. Summers and his wife attacked Cain and fired three times. Cain seized an ax and nearly split Summers’s head. Mrs Summers was wounded as well. Both sides are dying and a prior enmity over trespassing fueled the clash.
New York expenditures reach 30 million for meat and 68 million for honor with ice costs at 2.5 million and 7 million on amusements. Among 163,593 children aged five to fifteen, 78,450 attend Protestant Sabbath school. A claim estimates miloons lining Broadway from the Battery to Central Park when arranged in line.
A Detroit periodical recounts the tale of James McWhorter and Rebecca Abbott long separated by rumors, divorce, and widowed life. Reconciliation arrived after a California visit, culminating in their marriage again last Friday. Also noted is a humorous undertaker pension joke and Boston printing industry census figures.
A writer observes the feeding of snakes at the London Zoological Gardens. Snakes eat weekly or when hungry, with pythons and constrictors consuming ducks and rabbits. venomous snakes strike but do not chew, and prey is killed swiftly. Observations cover methods, case design, and animal reactions during meals.
The exhibit shows Indian and Egyptian cobras with the lower half of the display obscured by round-plass to prevent overexposure. The serpents’ inflated hoods, head movements, and intense eye expressions convey their readiness to strike, underscoring their dangerous power to any approaching observer.
A Manitoban report by Dr Butler details the 1869 70 smallpox outbreak among the Upper Missouri Blackfeet and related groups in the Saskatchewan valley. It describes rapid spread via war parties and returning scalps, with hundreds dead in Edmonton and wide travel of the plague, alongside vaccination efforts by the Manitoban Government.
A laborer's wife in Tintwistle Ches hire near Manchester murdered two of her children and hanged herself. The husband found the son aged seven with a severed head in a pail of water and the infant in another room. In the cellar the mother was dead by hanging. Evidence suggests the mother killed the boy by throat cutting while asleep and pushed the infant head first into a water-filled vessel.
A fanciful tale recalls Gertrude of the Bismarck family and her clash with a German baron who storms the castle to win her hand. He is stabbed fatally by the nettle minded maiden who declares she can sting like nettles when needed.
A discussion on the treatment of lunatics and the rights of patients in asylums, recounting William Cooper’s manslaughter case after harming a patient. It notes reformers’ attention to humane care and hints at legal protections for inmates. Also reports Vane Milbanke bankruptcy with liabilities of $150,000 and projected inheritance tied to aristocratic titles and estates.
A collage of curious notes and odd facts ranging from canal costs to heart weight, with mock quips about doctors, fashion, and politics. Includes varied topics such as a Darisa Canal price tag, economic jests, wedding presents in Faribault, and light science tricks with a pendulum nail.
A discharged soldier recounts settling in Dickinson County Kansas, detailing a 160 acre homestead near a railroad priced at $18.50 total, five years residency to qualify for a patent, and post‑patent disposal. He notes water at ~40 feet, scarce timber, high lumber costs, pricey horses, cheap Indian ponies, Texas cattle priced from $5 to $65 for yearlings to three years old, and railroad lands selling at $3 to $7 per acre.
A farmer named Costlg Trer cut a tree growing near the boundary between his farm and a neighbor. Charlesbor claimed ownership and sued for damages. The case dragged through court, souring tempers and friendships, but the prosecution finally won. The victor, unable to pay costs, planned to sell his farm to cover expenses as he left house and home behind, exclaiming Pye beat him.
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