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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1871
Page
6
A fragmentary tale describes a magnetic encounter as a suitor named Moure and a character Lucy engage in a late night exchange. The text hints at a playful but charged scene with whispered invitations and unfolding tension.
A mix of reports: cotton market chatter and remunerative spring trade in big cities. New York currency rates at 2 3 on wall and 2nd4 to 7 percent for short terms. Canada's active miki strength features 44 519 men. A Philadelphia schooner masthead fall kills Torx Cauvix. five girls under fourteen die by self harm in the United States. McCoor nominated by Ohio Democrats for governor. Notre Dame cathedral events in Paris amid barricades. Alsace read into German Empire by Parliament. Nebraska political motions include Butler impeachment votes. New York coal prices cited. Thayer seeks Nebraska governor nomination. coastal California mob warnings against Chinese. Drowning in Boston, Cromwell quarry fire, and France’s Liberté movement. US election notes, Paris gate closures, Gladstone comments, Bowen trial verdict. Worcester numeration order. Buenos Aires yellow fever notes. British seaman arrives in San Francisco after Straits wreck. San Domingo military prep ongoing. Paris uprising casualty estimates and police danger. German peace procession in Chicago. US consular appointments in Sweden and Norway. College regatta results and Beacon Cup winners. Missouri feud ends in gunfire and killings.
Forty six members of the Alleghany Knights Templars depart for Europe aiming to visit Malta Rhodes Eden Joppa and Jerusalem with a guesting arrangement for the Earl of Shrewsbury at Alton Towers in England. Also notes a Meriden Connecticut man who refused 15000 for his horse Leviathan then had to pay five dollars to dispose of it after the animal died of apasm.
A wave of interest grows in the United States for two exceptionally narrow rail systems. The Denver and Rio Grande plans a 59 mile line from Denver to El Paso on a two feet nine inch gauge, with other lines likely following. Welsh and Breilthal lines show success with gauges as small as two feet seven inches and two feet six inches, featuring light rails, small engines, and minimal per mile costs, while mining districts experiment with sub eight ton engines and twenty mile per hour speeds.
The New York paper reports Major-General Charles Mundee left Tallahassee to attend the Army of the Potomac reunion in Boston. After visiting former comrades in New York he bought a $250 partnership in a West Street saloon, sat behind the bar daily, and was later arrested for grand larceny when a patron claimed robbery. He died that night of convulsions at the Tombs. Mundee, 44, wealthier and once an army officer for 20 years, left a wife and six children. friends attribute the act to insanity. Remains were taken to Tallahassee with generals Newton Wright Shaler and Hamilton assisting.
In dressing for photographs dark brown dark green maroon and plain black goods without gloss will take a rich drab color Silks of the same color will take considerably lighter Snoft brown dark leather dark drab scarlet cherry dark orange crimson and slate will also take a rich drab color Violet blue purple pink and magenta will take very light and should be avoided The potato bug has appeared in Wisconsin in sprouted crops it feeds with its mandibles One farmer pays his children ten cents per quart of bugs they catch and fears they will buy his farm with the profits from their work.
The Scranton Republican tells the sad tale of William James a Welsh worker who died after the Pittston catastrophe. He kissed his wife and four children twice before leaving for the mine, spoke of not returning, and pressed on with foreboding as his family watched him depart to the fatal pit.
A man named Hunter killed the Richfield family after being refused marriage to Chloe Gargett. He shot the father, then the mother, and wounded Chloe’s brother Rodney, who died later. He loitered among the crowd, threatening others and claiming to be a murderer, before finally being tackled near the Gargatt home.
A man shot and killed his parents and wounded his son in West Richfield. The murderer, identified as Hunter from Michigan, claimed liquor intoxication and remorse but was deemed not drunk. He was restrained by the crowd, confined, and taken to Akron jail. The son’s fate hinges on remaining calm. doctors fear the father has a bullet in the brain and may not recover.
The 85 ton Fraser cannon at Woolwich is a peerless and powerful weapon. It surpasses other guns in battering power and range, yet remains a genuine serviceable firearm as proven by a test fired with a 700 pound projectile using 120 pounds of powder. The shot reached 1370 feet per second and buried deep in earth after ninety yards.
A reader injured by drinking too much water on a hot day in the harvest asks if tea or coffee would be safer. The note argues that excessive artificial drinks harm more than water, urges sensible use of fats and salt, praises fruit juices, and warns coffee ruins appetite and blood. It also cites Vendome column fabrication details and a note from Ure’s Dictionary of Arts on bronze alloying and melting.
Rev Me Crenzy Seyrmacep Bishop Whitehouse of Chicago faces degradation in the eytoney trial. Cheney was absent. The bishop spoke briefly to clergy and the standing theological committee, saying he hoped to avoid such a painful action in his long episcopate. Cheney’s congregation supports him and he will keep leading Christ Church services.
A dense list enumerates calendars and eras from 1871, noting cycles, epochs, and beginnings across calendars such as Persian, Armenian, Diocletian, Spanish, Julian, Babylonian, Hindu, Chinese, and Jewish chronologies. It references Usher, Scaliger, and other authorities, and acknowledges hundreds of era reckonings with varying claimed ages of the world.
A letter signed by 63 Episcopal clergy and prominent laymen across the country expresses sympathy and support for Rev. Mr Cheney of Chicago. It defends his right to act per his conscience and Scripture, while upholding church creed and vows amid ecclesiastical discipline. Lay signers include Columis Delano, Jay Cook, Stewart Brown, and former governors Alden and Remington.
A Naderafist Magazine correspondent recalls visiting a ill neighbor who kept a spaniel named Busy caring for seven newborn ducks hatched under a hen. The cat wary, Busy protected the brood as one duck died likely from head ailment, while the remaining six thrived and grew fond of human companionship.
A fashion writer extols two new fabrics called cotton grenadine noting its superior effect over tarletan and Swiss, its transparency for evening dresses, and its suitability for pennant drapes. It resembles white silk grenadine in appearance but offers lower cost and washable durability.
Horace Greeley extols Texas soil noting Brasses bottoms and rolling prairies rich in black mould depths and fertility. He predicts long term shift from cattle to tillage once lands near rail lines become valuable and mechanized drainage and plowing enable corn cotton and wheat cultivation. He warns of repeating floods and pasture use fading as farming expands.
John Henry faults common building fallacies in a letter to Scientific American. He argues unseasoned timber and improper practices cause walls and joints to fail, kiln dried lumber vs air seasoned, and that experience does not equal expertise in architecture. He criticizes bidding shortcuts and dubious claims of architects and builders.
The excerpt outlines methods to clarify soups using an egg whites and water mix, and describes removing fat from the top of broth. It discusses thickening with bread crumbs, flour, tapioca, or eggs, and notes methods for browning soup including burnt sugar and color. It mentions frying breadcrumbs for texture and seasoning timing, with a brief, unclear line about Irish natives in Connecticut.
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