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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1889
Page
7
A Newark Mirror verse contemplates resisting temptation through right conduct and honesty. The speaker questions self praise for choosing virtue, noting true strength lies with God and in not causing others pain. The reflection echoes caution against boasting in moral resolve.
A collection of quips and gags on dogs, costumes, cats, ghosts, romance, and street scenes. Humorous lines poke fun at provinces like perfumes and percent, with quick one liners about Tramps, scenery, and daily life in an aged newspaper tone.
A survey of 19th century advances notes electric meters in Paris and electric propulsion for dust carts in England, Pasteur on future disease, welding by electricity in metal works, and a rising vigor in England’s natives. It covers tornado absence west of 100th meridian, Japan’s electrical research society, new storage battery with hydrogen and oxygen, fixed-star aberration by Kustner, tall Caspian shore plant Kanoff, rainfall measurements, volcanic rock reproduction, fog impacts on London plants, Pickering's sky survey, Lehigh Valley’s electric brake test, Kentucky coal for coke, a simple nosebleed stop method, flora counts across continents, and rich floras in the Cape and Natal, Australia, West Indies, and Guiana.
A Victorian style collection of maxims on love women and wisdom. The author muses that fortune favors fools yet wisdom from fools teaches, noting women as tempestuous sympathetic and potent forces while men vary in generosity and restraint.
Natural bee bread is pollen from various flowers and feeds young bees in their cells. Rye flour can substitute pollen, protected from rain and moisture, while honey is preferred for feeding. If unavailable, pure sugar dissolved in water and boiled, poured into a comb or placed in a perforated dish, feeds bees safely.
Winnipeg 22a reports on the Canadian Pacific Railway unveiling a new I design to distinguish it from similar shapes. The piece cites W J Dim as the company’s Superintendent of Signing, noting the innovation and its branding through a formatted, stylized casing.
A Norwegian colonel built three yard thick entrenchments of snow and fired 300 rifle shots from 33 yards. None penetrated beyond a yard and a quarter, bullets flattened as if hitting a hard substance. Such breastworks could aid infantry in winter campaigns yet thaw or heavy rain would threaten them.
A York World summary notes how early farming shifted from hand broadcasting to drilled wheat, enabling deeper roots that resist freezes. It credits a Yankee inventor for the drill, touting time savings and sturdier early growth for Western and Northwestern wheat.
A concise expedition through Samoan geography and people. Nine islands plus five islets total about 1 125 square miles. Population 35 000 natives with 250 Europeans and Americans centered at Apia harbor. The group fuels American and Australian trade and coaling routes between San Francisco and Sydney. The Samoans are described as strong and musical, Malay in stock though eastward hues show African features. Chiefs ruled them until 1875 when a limited king was chosen.
A Naples dispatch to the London News reports the Russian Vice-Consul in Leipsic left two rare monkeys in Berlin for care during his absence. The red-haired orangutan and a black chimpanzee are pampered with a peculiar traveling setup, a Congo-born boy for service, and a lavish daily menu including milk, rice, veal, bread, and even wine. They are described as tame and playful, with a nightly bath from the Congo-born boy.
Hunters near Apopka Mountains southwest of Tavares, Florida, witnessed a dramatic confrontation as two alligators attacked a bear at a small lake. One alligator pinned the bear, tearing flesh, while a second struck the bear’s head, crushing it. The first alligator then seized the bear and was shot by a hunter, ending the struggle.
A devotional piece extols brightening paths with care and virtue, urging inner purity and steadfast faith. It blends verses about angels, protective providence, and inner strength with a parable of an Indian lost and recovered, emphasizing character over worldly wealth and the value of godly courage.
A Christian Union essayist recounts Canton scenes with Consul General Charles Seymour and Dr Kerr, head of a major missionary hospital. He praises Kerr as a world class surgeon, notes the hospital’s founding in 1837 and that it has treated hundreds of thousands, while speculating Kerr could command huge income if practicing in New York.
A devotional urging believers to consecrate their youth, talents, and affections to Christ. The message contrasts lavish offerings to Him with the common habit of giving only leftover energies, urging full devotion, bold service, and daily best efforts in every season of life. It emphasizes pouring out like the alabaster ointment and placing Christ first in heart, mouth, work, and deeds.
In Van Wert and Union Township Ohio temperance fervor rises as saloons are driven out. Arnold attempts to relocate his business to Covette but is met with a hostile crowd that tears down the building. Villagers escort Arnold’s wagons three miles away, warning him not to return.
A fragment from a Talmage era discussion advocates religious cure for intemperance, urging investigation into conversion miracles that reform body and heart. It cites an adaptational view on rum ethics and urges patience with church driven change before resorting to secular remedies. A Chicago hotel bar anecdote follows, where a new proprietor expresses weariness of serving alcohol and a turn away from seductive presentation of liquor.
The Quarterly Journal of Inebriety notes England shows a major sobriety gain with over twenty five percent drop in intoxicants used in workhouses. It records twenty four work houses in England Wales banning intoxicants outright. A Bad'cel Cure for Epileptic Fits offers a claimed remedy promising to cure the disease with free sample and treatise sent to applicants.
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