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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1871
Page
3
Fragmentary text describes dream imagery with heavenly and earthly tones. It mentions sleep, dew on fern, and a personified day breaking clear with shadows lifting. The lines read like a poetic fragment from a historical newspaper or literary page.
A reader’s column blends farm tips with household cures. Advice covers peach tree grafting and fertilizer use, horse care with iodine and liniment, and a cornucopia of recipes. It also reports on swine husbandry, pasture restoration with lime, and dairy farming notes from Western Rural.
The article describes draining liming manuring and irrigation to improve mossy unproductive meadows on clay soils. It notes moss reappears if the soil has nothing else to do and warns that moss itself is not manure and signals a soil in need of feeding.
The article traces the spread of the Colorado potato bug from its first sighting in 1862 to its projected march along an inland frontier toward the Atlantic coast. It notes its half-inch size Venetian red color, fierce fecundity, and damage to potato fields, with remedies like sawdust, Paris green, or vigilant hand-picking failing to stop its advance.
In Western New York crops show no signs of perishing, despite hot dry spells. Rain would improve vegetables, and nationwide reports suggest wheat barley and oats look strong in Northwestern states. Kentucky and Missouri face some wheat damage but prospects remain cautiously optimistic.
Captain Sehnfeldt will prepare a report on the Tehuantepec Canal a 100 mile route with a summit level of 800 feet and seventy locks on each side. The canal would be 20 feet deep and 170 to 200 feet wide with an estimated cost of 100 million dollars. Attention then shifts to the Darien route but requires treaty stipulations with Mexico to secure American rights. After the report he is to survey the Nicaragua route.
A French prisoner in Hamburg thanked a kind host family by leaving a sealed letter for the future French commander. The note asked that the family be treated as they had treated the writer, to be opened when Hamburg would be conquered.
A Green Bay Advocate report details a brutal mob execution in Oconto Wisconsin. Ludwig Neher, armed with a sabre and revolver, killed Joseph Ruelle during a fight at Tur ner Hall then was captured by a mob and hanged after a failed jail escape. About 1,000 spectators watched as the mob battered doors, dragged Neher to a tree, and lynched him while denying a priest. The next day the body vanished, likely burned in a dust pit. The case signals a collapse of civil order and provokes nationwide concern.
A Southern man befriended a captive alligator in Wilmington, North Carolina, planning a stunt with the reptile. After proving tolerant, the alligator suddenly snapped and devoured a morsel held in the creature’s jaws, illustrating that alligators are not safe playmates.
A West Point correspondent describes cadet life noting ample room and meals, $30 monthly allowance, and strict uniform rules. He recalls memorial surroundings, historic relics, and pride in military heritage. Cadet social temptations exist but graduates face hazing issues and a forthcoming congressional report.
A New York paper-sourced critique notes that young men with brains face wage limits in large factories. It argues brains rise slowly with experience and discipline, warning that many educated youths prefer leisure over hard hours. Artificial limits persist, yet brains eventually find value elsewhere.
A description of a black lace veil with Spanish figures in a large three cornered net piece and a chatelaine, priced from 1.50 to 8. Parker lace veils cost 2 to 3.75. The passage notes marriageable young Indies rejoicing about leap year next year giving backward lovers a chance to come to time.
The Lake Survey under the Engineer Bureau led by General CG B Comstock will continue this year in multiple localities. The work includes Lake St Clair completion, surveys of Lake Michigan shores from Sheboygan to near Grand Haven, and triangulations along Lake Michigan between Green Bay and Milwaukee. Meteorology data on rainfall and related phenomena will be collected to provide reliable regional climatology.
Feodor Kaynika founds a sect in Orenburg promising direct communication with the Deity and an earthly paradise for followers. Admission costs 5,000 rubles to enter, with promotions through ranks bought by members. Funds are to be used to conquer Constantinople on the Emperor’s birthday in 1873.
The Wells Minnesota article describes the largest cheese factory in the United States with 3060 cow power, powered by a 2 horsepower steam engine. It employs 225 cows and sits in brick buildings 35 by 88 feet three stories high with a 20 by 35 wing. Machinery includes 32 presses three vats of 800 gallons each and an Arctic center. A Vermont dairyman oversees operations and milk sells for nine cents per gallon.
Accounts from Algiers up to May 6 describe fierce fighting with Arabs across Delly Bougie and Palestro. In Palestro the entire male population of 46 was killed while women and children were taken inland. Kabyles retreat in engagements with French forces. Italian frigate Roma and Spanish Arides nearby to protect subjects. British ironclad Defense sails from Malta to Algiers on May 9.
Theodore Lehman, jailed in Canton County Jail, killed himself by hanging while pretending to summon the ghost of Hoffman, a fellow inmate serving a sentence for murdering his wife. Lehman had conspired with about six other prisoners to frighten a new inmate by staging Hoffman's ghost in a combined cell and hall area. he was found with his feet on the floor but had hanged himself to impersonate the ghost.
Official report from Third Cavalry Lieutenant Whitman describes the Camp Grant massacre of eighty Indians nearly all women and children noting friendly relations with locals, hay bundles saved by women who were slain beside them, and denounces the attack as unjustified. Also noted are a New England butter experiment burying cream to ferment into butter and a Manchester man fatally shooting his wife before attempting suicide amid jealousy.
A collage of anecdotes and quips from a 19th century paper. Items range from fashion follies and social manners to local mishaps, jokes, and brief notices. Mentions of Ball—Methodist Conference in 1872 Brooklyn Academy of Music—London and Berlin curiosities, and oddities in fashion, travel, and crime with a tone of light satire.
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