07 Mar 1872
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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1872
Page
1
A curious 19th century verse essay argues the term bar corrupts virtue and blocks sobriety, industry, learning, and family welfare. It critiques liquor depots as engines of vice, promising moral decline and spiritual ruin while jesting over the devil’s role in naming and fueling temptation.
Saltsbury notes describe the Leap Year party at J. M. Hart where sixteen ladies supported a supper for over thirty-two young men. Revelry escalates to wild costumes and a dramatic end when the Grand Duke, a bottle of tangle-foot, sparks chaos and a fatal fall from a window. Town news also updates Memorial Institute staffing and local sermons.
Blacklick Station readers learn of mild weather and budding spring, with farmers planning large crops, a pastor in delicate health, and neck-tie parties becoming popular. Local commerce advances as Fire Brick Company thrives and J M Guthrie opens a store, while K T Lynn prepares a quality goods shipment.
In Blacklick abundant ore and coal potential fuels talk of new iron works. Locals believe capital and perseverance will unlock enterprise as the town envisions growth. Also notes a successful Ladies' Festival for Presbyterian aid, a boot factory sale, railway accident at Marion, and vivid Iowa to Nebraska railroad report from Omahan progress to Council Bluffs.
The Pittsburg Gazette discusses Judge David Davis as a weak labor reform nominee with Republican backing and possible Liberal Republican support, while temperance gains sweep Europe. Other items cover state legislative cost differences, national delegate appointments, and Rev. D J Keine’s case and past influence before his Chicago arrest.
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