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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1891
Page
7
A miscellany of curios including world facts, oddities, and warnings from 1897 notes. It mentions land area comparisons, the Kinzua viaduct, postal stamps, and the earth’s languages, with quirky items about a Florida shark, advice against wearing troubles outside, and a Texas calf dispute ending in deaths.
A lyrical verse fragment describes My Lady’s springtime mood with eclipse over her brow and lips and nature sighing. Imagery includes mountains, dew, purple bills, emerald shades, and a cuckoo’s flute echoing that it is spring. The piece closes with spring imagery and mentions Minnie Frances Murphey.
A collage of quips and vignettes on life love and work from a humorous voice. Pithy lines touch on betrothal borrowing pride and longing with playful mishearings and mock dialogues. The piece stitches social stereotypes and everyday exchanges into a breezy reflective mosaic.
The article warns mushroom foragers to study shape color odor and taste before gathering. It details signs of likely edible specimens including pink gills under buff caps and cautions against white valley or hollow bases. It describes tasting methods, washing with salt and vinegar, cooking with salt, and urges medical help for poisoning. It notes mushrooms as important food, ranking near meat during the Civil War era.
A survey of remarkable women in America including Miss Lizzie Regan Birmingham Conn first woman fire department member and deaf sisters editing a Texas paper. Also reports on German Frau Adelheid Mahn the Parole-Dame, Chinese fashion changes, a safety purse for women, Danish women in professions, and current fashion notes on hats gowns and fabrics.
The piece critiques church reliance on machinery, arguing some devices are showy rather than functional. It likens conference boards to noisy machines that boast of wisdom and design while real work lags, with idle engines cooling after the sessions end.
A Christian worker warns a wealthy townman in Vermont about a devilish mortgage on his life. The tale follows the man from greed to ruin, his conversion, and eventual peace after lifting the mortgage through faith.
Dr. Cuyler describes Jesus naming the twelve in the upper room and the divine love expanding that small group into a vast spiritual kingdom. He traces how transforming grace drew thinkers, slaves, and the poor into a glorious fellowship that will fill heaven with glorified spirits.
A Forum quotation depicts guests at a fashionable reception stacked in crowded spaces, weary of hollow chatter and superficial greetings. The speaker regrets the waste of time and energy on trivial speech, urging a return home from a scene described as crowded, noisy, and unmeaning.
A Prussian bill approved by Emperor William aims to restrict alcohol sales across the German empire. Since his accession the Emperor has gathered data on drinking's impact on industry health and morals, pushing licenses withdrawal and fines for sales under this plan.
A devotional urging Christians to depart from iniquity and follow Christ despite sacrifice. It compares earthly pleasures with heavenly joys, notes martyrs’ steadfastness, and uses a balloon ascent metaphor to show how faith lifts believers above worldly concerns.
A Christian Advocate correspondent links closing Ackley saloons to farm relief noting nine years ago Ackley had seventeen saloons and farmers sent 325000 annually to pay mortgage interest while now no saloons exist and few crimes or poorhouse needs. temperance allegedly weakened jail and poorhouse. Also reports on preachers visiting Wisconsin resorts and Irish bishop letter condemning intemperance as ruinous to souls, families, health, and virtue.
The Chicago Herald notes how refined diners use fingers for certain foods. Olives are finger foods, avoid forks. asparagus is eaten whole whether hot or cold. lettuce is dipped or salted. celery is placed on the cloth beside the plate. strawberries are served with stems. fruits except melons and preserves eaten with a spoon. cheese often eaten with fingers. poultry pieces are picked up by hand at fashionable dinners.
The ancient capital Barmah known as Pagan is praised as a remarkable religious city rivaling Jerusalem and Rome for its abundance of temples. The riverbank and inland areas are densely lined with pagodas of various sizes, with ruins and shrines coating the ground, creating a sacred landscape despite widespread beggary and stunted habitation.
The excerpt blends quirky dialogue and newspaper snippets. It reflects playful banter about studying anatomy and locations, a sharp remark about a character named Popinjay, and fragmented references to a man in a honeymoon and a European topic. It ends with a note on a Lynn Massachusetts business concern about coop shoe costs.
An 1800s testimonial extols Floraplex ion and Noble Medicine, praising Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the cure for sick headaches liver nervous exhaustion and skin or lung diseases. The ad touts a money back guarantee and patent-matters paradox.
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