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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1871
Page
3
A fragmented verse explores love as the world’s beauty and the heart’s joy. A speaker yearns for being loved, comparing birds, rain, and fields to inner happiness. The poem repeats that love is the sweetest thing and guides life beyond sorrow.
A miscellany of household remedies and recipes includes using sweet oil or castor oil as an antidote to carbolic acid in poison cases, plus quick egg dishes, tomato soup, and tarvy canpy. It also describes a ventilating window device, smallpox room treatment, turkey rearing guidance, preserved bread production, and fresh potato preparation with mint.
Old potatoes are peeled cut and boiled in fresh butter until tender then tossed briefly to keep them waxy free. Salted and parsley added as garnish then eaten immediately. Leftover butter reused for dressing and potatoes cut into rounds may be prepared the same way.
A Land and Water writer visits Herr Voyen’s establishment in Waranger Fiord where two 70 ton steamers harvest whales with a cannon harpoon that fires gunpowder to explode inside the whale. The process includes towing, blubber stripping, flesh removal, bone processing and aims to fertilize and use all parts. The owner hoped for fifty whales per summer, but over sixty were captured that season.
The piece notes heavy interest in methods to pay France and Germany’s war debt. It cites a Communist proposal to tax wealthy French property worth ~160 milliard to erase the debt, stressing potential upheaval between labor and capital and urging strong capitalist support for postwar recovery.
A railroad worker vents anger at a hotel keeper over a board bill. He later entertains a crowded barroom with a dream tale about dying and entering a fiery afterlife. He endures a chilling encounter as imps guard a cold iron chair labeled for Captain Blank of the house Saint B Vermont.
Tre Memphis Appeal reports a flaxen-haired married woman attending a Memphis public school for months. Each afternoon about three, her black servant meets her with the baby as she exchanges books for a shawl bundle at the street corner, a scene noted for its curiosity.
A narrator describes a mine visit near Scranton, detailing a five and a half foot square slope, constant water, dust, and heat from blasting. Miners endure tight passages, wooden doors, air shortages, and daily dangers from roof falls, with a stark verdict that underground life surpasses any wage in risk and hardship.
Dispatches describe eight infantry divisions near Versailles with 9 000 each, plus cavalry and artillery as regimental depots form for French forces. A severe prairie storm near Council Bluffs led to the death of a 9 year old girl and the survival ordeal of her sister, while a ship losses and an astronomical discovery from Janssen are noted.
A Georgia correspondent recalls an ancient Cherokee legend from Toccoa Falls. Captured enemies were bound for sacrifice but an old woman deceives them into escape by blindfolding them and marching them to a precipice where she drops them to their deaths as a thunderstorm roars.
A Marlboro High School alumnus and two year practicing lawyer in Marlboro Massachusetts suffered a suicide attempt after slander claims. He fired six bullets into his chest, then another under the left ribs, then into the right ear and behind it before losing consciousness. Ten bullets remain in his body, with three in the brain region and seven near the heart, yet he remains alive. An immigration cost note estimates average immigrant cost at $800 per person, based on a $400 yearly wage and a four-person family, with most funds spent on travel.
A Lady submitted an eighteen word message to its absent partner, the clerk found that dropping two words would save ninepence and suggested striking Dear Husband from the dispatch. The lady agreed, noting he would infer the omission and know the words were written.
A sixteen month old girl, daughter of a mother jailed for six months for intemperance, is described as healthy and innocent in the Troy New York jail. The piece notes the child’s regular visits by inmates and argues innocence and gentleness can reform even hardened characters.
A delicate portrait describes a young girl in fairy shoes and neatly worked socks that hug her tiny feet. Pearls frame her hair as golden curls escape in bright beams, while she blushes with pride, a glimpse of freedom in a gentle, sweet scene.
A rapid UI scan shows a collage of tiny items: prices in Prescott, jokes, curious facts, and a few war-time dispatches. Notable bits include two dollar eggs in Prescott, a sharp quip about modesty, and reflections on clergy numbers. Also covered are a live-wire duel tale, British church protests, postal card woes, and battlefield movements around Paris with shifting barricades. The mix reads like a late 19th century column of clipped tidbits and wartime notes.
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