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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1871
Page
3
Practical notes on woolen goods care, potato bug control with ducks, beekeeping swarms, cow feeding with sour milk debate, horse care and stable hygiene, egg preservation methods, and a brief rural observation from a Boston cultivar writer. The piece mixes farm practice with anecdotal advice and domestic housekeeping guidance.
The article advises adapting cattle stock to local needs and dairy goals, favoring native stock for endurance and climate fit. It recommends two good stock per neighborhood, emphasizes well fed and housed cows, and notes oil meal maintains hay use while corn meal reduces hay consumption, with emphasis on variety and proper feeding.
A Victorian health column offers home remedies. It suggests vegetable charcoal on a sore area provides relief, slapping the knee to ease cold feet, alum-dissolved rinsing to prevent muslin fires, and cautions about wearing clothing in different seasons. It warns against unsafe cooling and advocates gradual clothing changes for health.
A steamer Ida Rees letter recounts a clash between wood-choppers and Yankton Indians above Sioux City. Forty Indians attacked three wood-cutters. one white man and eleven Indians died. The white survivors hid in bushes, fought from a log, and returned to camp at dawn.
Submarine cable progress sparks belief in ocean bottoms. Soundings show Atlantic floor as a wide plateau with depths around 12,000 feet, Cyclops recording 16,000 feet. From near the Irish coast depths rise steeply, with a 50 mile drop to 10,500 feet, forming a steep descent steeper than the Italian Alps. The deepest area lies near Newfoundland, a basin spanning about a thousand miles.
A St Paul Press writer recalls vast miles north of Fort Totten where wild strawberries grew in abundance on tall bushes along Pem bina piquatang. The article describes berry clusters rivaling cultivated fruit and crimson trails left by carts. It closes with a moral about wealth and responsibility.
An eyewitness report recalls a catastrophic blast at a Paris cartridge factory on the Champ de Mars at 5:30 pm. The blast killed hundreds, wrecked nearby houses, and left bodies and wreckage strewn across streets as firemen battled the flames with powder magazines nearby.
The article explains match making from dry pine blocks to splints cut by a machine, bundled, dried, and tipped with a phosphorus based composition. It notes health risks from phosphorus, including jaw necrosis, and contrasts practices in Germany and Vienna with local safeguards.
A retired manufacturer built a two hundred thousand dollar mansion with no regard for surroundings. The most visible feature from the dining room was the town cemetery, a flaw that drove the family away and left the house deserted.
The 1867 French poultry stock valued at 831125000 with an annual product of 28400000 and an average of sixty eggs per hen. France exported eggs to England worth 5000000 yearly, rising to 42334000 francs in 1868. The St Nicholas in New York reportedly spends over 100 daily on eggs. An Ohio dealer ships to Knox County. A Toledo laborer confessed his wife stole a dress pattern and asked for a warrant to seize it.
A Victorian column offers home tips on washing feather beds using hot soap suds and sun drying, then recounts a classroom anecdote about a temperance story misread as misbehavior. It mentions a coal mine mule that grips a car to hold it on a slope.
Isaac Gibson, Osage agent, details a May attack on the Little Osages as they traded near the border. White border men demanded a horse, fired on unarmed Osages, killing one, wounding chiefs, and capturing ponies. Osages pursued, retaliation feared, but an inquiry averted further violence. Settlers sought peace via council. Osages surrendered stolen horses and pledged to live in peace if left alone.
The article notes Germany's tree farming with pine forests laid in rows for wood and fallow rotation. It highlights numerous fish ponds in Northern Bavaria curbing sloughs, and extensive hops cultivation around Hamburg and Hevabrack feeding beer production. Barley drives beer with farmers sending crops to breweries rather than warehouses.
In Washington a pair of famed suffragists and their husbands dined publicly, choosing raw oysters and ale in a private room, then left as ordinary patrons. The item blends assorted whimsy from 19th century columns, including local anecdotes on manners, mischief, and oddities from the era.
A reflective verse on death and enduring connection. The speaker rejects final loss, argues for a spirit's continued converse, and laments estrangement despite pain and longing for reunited love across earthly boundaries.
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