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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1891
Page
3
A collage of odd facts and snippets covers copyrights, cotton yields, New York visitors, wildlife counts, a boy with a loaded gun, and remarks on public figures. It mentions Tant Taerr on apples and dypsomania, a Turkish sultan studying German, and various humorous anecdotes about generals, fake dead calls, and anecdotes from Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
The piece blends natural history notes on tropical shells used for buttons and trinkets with a touching Brooklyn funeral for a pet canary. A child mourns her bird Jack, who imitated many sounds, and a pine headboard marks his grave with the inscription My Own Jack.
An officer describes training and reliance on touch to detect counterfeit bills. He explains how tellers identify flaws by feel, the role of holes and stamps, and the limits of verification. Teachers of counterfeit detection travel with credentials, while notes on silk threads and weight round out the discussion.
An old New York World profile recalls Billy Tinker, praised as a fearless railroad man who conversed with his locomotive and feared a single switch outside Anderson. He carried a custom watch, wore a copper case, and retired to a quiet life near Lake Exie, still near the rail.
Lightly welcomed in some places and abhorred in most, the King of Folly is annually received with royal pomp at Nice. Europe’s pleasure seekers head the procession led by the Prince of Wales as yachts hang lanterns and subjects carry him in a gaudy car into the largest square to rule his little kingdom for a week, with music and dancing commanded by his unbridled will.
Captain Cruikshank of the English army reports on Indian idolatry describing temples of marble and gold, bell ringing to announce the god’s presence, offerings of rice and cloth sold in holy carts, and nightlong temple noises resembling a war dance. He notes limited progress by civilization and moral reform efforts.
An 19th century slang origin is traced for the expression Rowed up Salt river used to signify a defeated candidate. Explanations cite salt works laborers on Salt River Ohio, river pirates at Salt river mouth, and a 1832 Louisville campaign incident involving Henry Clay and a boatman guiding him up Salt river.
The Great St Bernard Pass in the Pennine Alps hosts a Savoyard monastery founded in 1692 by Bernard de Menthon for pilgrims to Rome. Monks vow to 15 years service, and St Bernard dogs are famed for rescuing explorers, with one dog saving forty lives. The pass was crossed by 30,600 French troops under Napoleon in 1900.
A collage of trivia on Malaga as the warmest European spot, railroad ties per mile, a prolific novelist in New York, burial patterns in 1889, Bank of Scotland notes, Wyoming agates and Arizona garnets in jewelry, common surnames in the United States, Huss memorial in Prague, the first railway post office on the Chicago and Northwestern in 1864, meanings of May, Illinois Senators by birth, Hindoo tourists abroad, and a water works miscalculation yielding two gallons per day per capita for 10,000 people.
A New York Sun report explains glove making worldwide. It notes many so called kid gloves are goat skin, with finest kidskins from France and southern Europe. It covers origins, processing, and various animal leathers used in men’s gloves and the shifting markets in New York and London.
An veteran Eastern railroad engineer recalls the Providence and Stonington tragedy where a bridge washed away after a flood. Giles stayed at the controls to reverse the engine, dying as the train leaped the chasm. Tales endure of phantom whistles heard in Providence suburbs.
A New York Sun report warns that a counterfeit United States Treasury note for $1000 is circulating. The forged plates, created by engraver Charles H. Smith, could flood currency with millions in high denomination notes.
An Alaska coast valley hosts the most northerly woodlands in the hemisphere. The Colville river drains north to the Arctic Ocean near the twentieth parallel, where sheltered hollows cradle stunted birch growth adapted to the extreme latitude and short growing season.
The oldest house in Washington sits down at Seventeenth Street’s end, long cloaked in moss on its rustic roof. David Burns, a sturdy Scot, and his family owned the tract near the Potomac, near the future Federal City’s chosen site, close to the hill where Observatory stands and Braddock’s forces reportedly camped before their long march from Alexandria.
In Idiasnapoile Journal Mudge says the misunderstanding lay with him and describes Vickars as a man who could be kicked with impunity.
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