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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1889
Page
3
The report surveys diverse topics from liberty lessons learned in America to rising urban concerns. It notes church pew rents, Western city disputes, Dutch commerce, climate stability claims, immigrant conformity, counterfeit origins, literacy requirements for citizenship, and time standardization in rail transit. It also mentions trust penalties, deacon reputation, railway fatalities, and political shifts in New England towns.
A miscellany of short items includes stray anecdotes on politics and travel times, a mock advertisement, a tale of a French premier, prophetic weather and rail growth figures, a Rome Tribune marriage notice, Pope’s jubilee desk story, a Vancouver style medical quack, a Missouri cabinet appointment brief, militia tallies by state, a Paul Revere tale from Meduncook, and a Pennsylvania flag law quip.
A lyrical fragment describes vines and blossoms in a sunlit scene with maidens in a cottage, then shifts to a northern pine watching centuries pass. A sudden gentle kiss from a splendorous root prompts reflection on strength, time, and a dying year, ending with Millie W Carpenter credited.
Henry Cline, after a long bashful wait, plans to ask Ella Maynard to marry him on the way to church. A bear blocks their path. Henry shoots the bear thrice, rescues Ella, then declares love and consent to marriage. They return home to tell the tale, and the couple proceeds together.
The Minneapolis Journal recounts Colonel Graves Speaker of Minnesota’s Lower House, a Civil War veteran who rose from private to colonel. He married the widow of a man fatally shot on a Southern battlefield. their bond formed after a life-saving bullet wound treatment. Graves, now fifty, is active and well.
The Ocean House at Coney Island New York, a two story hotel 42 by 55 with a piazza, built twenty years ago, stood about 609 feet from the surf. After shoreline erosion left it perched on piles, a winter storm carried away sand. the building was moved 300 feet inland to solid ground using water pressure driven piles and sliding ways. Pulled by crabs on the shore, the hotel was slid from the ocean to the bank, preserving it from complete destruction and leaving the piles undermined and exposed to sea action.
The South Mountain fires signal the king about border conditions each evening with a lit row on visible peaks and daytime smoke signals. Four gray-bearded officers announce the message before a night court. a large pagoda bell marks curfew, after which streets clear for women to gossip with lanterns.
A small boy, Pierre, accompanies his father on a road walk and is frightened by a herd of cattle. His father teases him about eating cattle at dinner, remarking that these animals are not well enough. Pierre agrees, acknowledging the irony of his fear.
A compilation of farm notes discussing horse blankets increasing horse value in spring, hog feeding with sulfur and bone meal to curb indigestion, fence post depth to resist frost and wind, buttermilk and skim milk feeding for pigs and the economic value of dairy byproducts, and guidance on cream ripening for butter with cautions against overripe cream and souring risks.
Instructions for a rear house roost with a six inch perch above a two foot wide board, earth or wired floor options, two top corner ventilators, and seasonal window and floor changes. Also farm tips on cattle, cows, fruit trees, fences, onions, cornstalk stubs, and a bio note on Dr. Joseph Garetson who died in Cincinnati after a long meat and stimulant abstinence.
The article notes that historic animal acts rival modern feats. It cites horses dancing on hind legs, mock battles, and balancing on a three sided rope, and an elephant walking tight ropes above crowds while bearing a rider, suggesting early education mirrored today’s circus skills.
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