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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1891
Page
2
A compendium of varied items citing the YMCA membership totals, church bell-ringers convention details, ship crew nationalities, licensing penalties for traders, and speculative commentary on inventions, royal titles, game laws, explosive safety reports, Indian payments, and early military rank reforms.
A poetic counsel urges resilience as life’s troubles pass with time. It promotes steady effort, positive outlook, and belief in a brighter tomorrow despite present gray skies.
A traveler finishing a night in a remote Kentucky inn discovers his locked room has a hidden closet. After awaking to a knife hovering above him and his money stolen, he fatally repels the robber and a mob later punishes the landlord. The attacked hostler is found dead in a secret passage.
Examinations now in progress for positions under the fish commission recount a tale about Commissioner Redding. He supervised importing lobsters to the bay, secured with rubber bands on their claws to prevent fighting. They were released with bands left on, and all the lobsters died.
Tales from Terra del Fuego recount recent French explorers Tousson and Willems assessing stock raising potential in the island’s north, Patagonia’s unoccupied lands, and the native Qonas with nomadic camps, fire signals, and language of plants. Also notes on spontaneous combustion myths, and Turkish rose reverence stories from various papers.
Portland physician Dr. Charles Macrum, retired and a longtime hunter and writer, studies waterfowl speeds. He asserts the canvasback outpaces all other ducks, flying about two miles per minute for hours, with mallards slower yet capable of sustained bursts. Geese can reach eighty to one hundred miles per hour, sustaining travel for a day.
A well known physician promotes a inexpensive rheumatism remedy. He says rheumatism stems from blood acidity and prescribes oil of gaulteria ten drops on sugar every two hours plus Rochelle salts. He claims the method is efficacious, non costly, and offered free of charge for mankind.
At Fishkill in Dutchess County New York Mrs Ann Hyde aged 102, born April 28 1780, is the oldest pensioner on the US roll. Despite deafness and dim sight she rises early, retires late, and enjoys good appetite. Widow of a War of 1812 veteran, she won a $15 prize in 1880 as the longest lived resident of Ulster and Dutchess counties.
In farm notes cruelty to calves is criticized and trained avoidance urged. Methods include preventing calf from nursing by nose band with spikes, tied to headstall, but better results come from proper training. Tomato trimming trial at Kentucky Station shows trimmed and framed vines yield larger, sound fruit, while untrimmed or unframed vines produce smaller, less sound fruit.
A method for cleaning exhibition birds emphasizes a warm room and ample warm water with plain soap free from alkali. Each bird is bathed in a tub partial with warm water, scrubbed head to tail with a soft sponge, rinsed thoroughly, dried with a towel, then air or sun dried. Feathers should be brushed in the direction of growth and washing targets white fowls for show purposes.
Tropical origin egg plants thrive in the South while short northern seasons require early starts and vigorous growth. Seed germinates slowly, transplanting two inches high, then three to four inches apart, with warm soil and careful watering. Baileys and Munson summarize best practices and varieties for home and market use, stressing early start and warmth for success.
John Crosby Brown, a well known banker at St. Cloud New Jersey, has acquired a native war drum from the New Hebrides. The ten foot log drum features a rifle bullet shaped end and is covered in hieroglyphics and totems. A hollow bore runs from top to bottom. it was used as a drain during war rites. Brown plans to donate the artifact to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
An old English nurse who cared for the future czar and his brother dies in Russia. The Emperor follows her funeral on foot through snow and wind, brushing tears as her simple coffin is lowered under ice cold earth. The royal family had long shown kindness to their household staff.
A lullaby fragment styled as a tender verse from Thomas Dunn English, addressed to a baby. It speaks of a refreshed mother returning to her child, with imagery of a bird, a flower, and a gentle journey to Dreamland, urging slow rocking and steady care. The tone is affectionate and pastoral.
A stream of light humor and social observations, with jokes about budgeting, courtship, driving out a presence, and family dynamics. Snappy lines touch on aging, music practice, charity patients, and a Bostonian vibe among letters and interactions. Silent mishearings and sly wit pepper the sketches.
A zoological exhibit at Calewita Zoo showed a bold battle between an African lioness and a tigress after a careless door gap allowed access. The fight lasted about ten minutes with the tigress seizing the rival in a grappling clash before officials intervened.
A self-styled naturalist in Dougherty County ponders age in crows and hints at broader time questions. The fragment notes a desk-stamped clue and mentions a 100 year figure, reflecting curious discourse on natural history in a late era text.
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