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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1872
Page
3
A fragmented verse lampoons social vanity and feminity, contrasting fashion chasing girls with coy lines about grace, shoes, and body image. It mixes antiquated imagery with ironic jab at superficial judgments, referencing city life and social expectations.
A reflective piece argues that elaborate methods and costly social assemblies rarely deliver lasting happiness. It notes that connections and influence often drive attendance, while genuine sociability fades as forms grow burdensome. Simple, enduring human needs remain the only true prerequisites for pleasant intercourse.
A described Strasbourg clock reveals a golden rooster crowing on the hour, an angel striking bells, and figures closing doors for each quarter. The piece traces its evolution from ancient marvels to a later city workshop replacement, noting Dante’s early use of the term clock and legends of Charlemagne gifts.
In a fireside tale, the narrator recounts how Helen Granger, beloved by Charley Warnick and pursued by Carl Deutzel, sacrificed herself to stop a dangerous bridge draw. Deutzel forces a deadly choice. the bridge collapses as the Dunderburg nears, and Helen dies in Charley’s arms, leaving him scarred and Deutzel maimed but alive.
A new London institution near Vauxhall combines a hospital and research facility for diseases of animals useful to man. Funded by the late Thomas Brown of Dublin, with a £120,000 trust, it houses horses, cattle, sheep, dogs and birds in heated, paved kennels and stalls. Dr Burdon Sanderson serves as Professor Superintendent with colleagues from Vienna.
A lengthy critique of French peasantry centers on land hunger and hard living. A peasant and his family toil relentlessly to secure meadows and cattle while a city moneylender profits from the arrangement, revealing harsh economic pressures behind rural life. A note adds a humorous closing about a Chinaman who had his nose bitten off in San Francisco and sent it home to showcase American habits.
Dr. Dio Lewis laments physician jargon and Latin prescriptions that separate doctors from patients. He recalls Latin upsides and mocks overglorified remedies, recounting misread labels like Protoxide of Hydrogen. A humorous tale shows patient frustration with medical language and the trust placed in learned physicians.
In Paris a doctor reportedly examined whether cheap friction matches used Protoxide or Hydrogen as the active reagent for their low-cost bulbs, a claim tied to Dro Lewis, the cousin of a local figure. The details remain unclear and speculative.
The piece surveys licensed gambling as Germany clamps down and Monaco thrives as a gaming capital. It contrasts Monaco’s casino, French proposals to reopen Parisian gaming, and a cautionary tale of Senor Garcia who lost fortune at Baden and Hamburg, ending as a Monaco waiter with five francs.
A reflection on early grief from a father’s death shapes lifelong pity and gentleness in the narrator. The piece links childhood sorrow to empathy and laments child export for organ grinding and begging, noting a bill in the Italian Parliament proposing five years imprisonment for exporting under twelve to foreign lands.
The article discusses ostrich parental care challenging the belief of cruelty toward offspring, citing Lapwing-like distractions and a Lake Ngami account. It also includes a humorous tale about a dormitory game where players circle chairs to win the last seat, paired with moralizing on plain living and high thinking.
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