This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1871
Page
1
A narrator questions civilization and identity as a lottery game spirals into danger. Nye, Tajvis, and James appear amid curious dialogue about numbers and ethnicity. A man grips a revolver, raising tension and exposing fear in a bleak frontier scene.
A gentleman seeks Mr Cutts at a farm, blocked by a sharp asertive matron who claims the farm as hers. She boasts powers over stock and produce while denying Cutts’s claim, insisting the husband must be summoned and that the family shuns church and visitors. The scene ends with the boy halted by his mother and the minister-like stranger seeking direction.
A confrontational scene unfolds as a stranger tests Cutts’s obedience to his wife and community. After a tense exchange over cedar posts and political insinuations, Cutts asserts authority, declares a new domestic order, and vows to lead the household, transforming the farm’s future and nickname. The episode centers on Mrs. Cutts’s failed control and the couple’s public rupture.
The speaker denounces hollow polite smiles and insincere praise, valuing genuine friendship over social performances. They condemn envy among friends, whispered rumors among women, and the pretension of constant praise, vowing to be sincere and refrain from flattery or fond appearances toward those they dislike. A schoolgirl examination ends the fragment, hinting at expected moral lessons.
A long temperance column urges persistent anti alcohol work, praises past reforms, and condemns strong drink as a poison. It contrasts temperance advances with retrogression, cites biblical warnings, and calls for unwavering stance against alcohol as a beverage, while noting societal shifts and moral struggle.
A fragmented OCR line mentions a man named Ted with no wife and three, a remark about being good with his mother, and a note to read well. The readable words suggest a personal family message or clipping, lacking clear events or dates.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.