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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1871
Page
3
A miscellany of domestic advice covering remedies for costiveness, carpet cleaning with ox gall, a large cake recipe, fowl husbandry, cabbage with egg dressing, manure practices, potato cooking and harrowing winter grain, bee breeding notes, hog care, potato bug observations, and a rural tip on equine sweeny including diagnosis and treatments.
H E Colton discusses Pennsylvanias petroleum region tracing its rise from 1859s first oil vein at sixty feet yielding 400 gallons daily to the boom and bust era of 1863 64. He notes the vast wells across PA Canada Ohio and West Virginia and explains low prices high profits and the public frenzy around oil stock and speculation. He recalls Oil Creek boating trials and the risky fever that followed while also touching on natural history curiosities and microscopic wonders observed by Lowenbeek.
A report describes a season dress with a demi train and full court train for special occasions. It details an elegant Irish poplin gown in English violet with bias trims, ruffles, and Valenciennes lace, plus a square neck and flowing sleeves. The text ends with a quip about differences in dog coats.
A Nevada correspondent reports Reno citizens raised 100 to hire a man to blow up a dam across the Truckee River near Wadsworth and Pyramid Lake. The explosion destroyed the dam, freed trout passage, and locals threaten further action if Balcome and the Indians rebuild it, fearing fish depletion within three years.
A 65 year old Ohio widower with seven children marries a neighborhood woman after his sons oppose the match. The sons threaten violence, block his home, and are bound over to keep the peace after a warrant is sworn. No further action reported.
A historical account alleges white settlers on Viti Leon in Fiji Islands flogged natives who refused to cede land then rubbed red pepper juice into wounds. In another incident a woman’s great toes were cut off with hammer and chisel for entering houses without permission.
A Washington correspondent reports that Jessie Benton married John Charles Fremont at Fremont's home despite opposition from Thomas H. Benton. The elder Blair suggested rewording the marriage notice, but Benton insisted the form stand.
The Burlington Free Press clarifies that taxes in that state for the coming year are estimated with 185 cents for town expenses, 14 cents for highways, 75 cents for railroad bonds, totaling 224 cents on the dollar. The dollar refers to the grand list, which is 1 percent of total valuation, with valuation varying from a third to half of auction value. The 4224 Gants tax equals about 1 percent of town property value. A deposed Idaho judge arrives in Washington to learn his resignation letter was forged by an unknown party. his successor was appointed and confirmed, with the President yet to decide how to proceed. Boston tops as most intellectual, New York: most stylish, Brooklyn girls: most dainty, Philadelphia: most ladylike, Baltimore: prettiest, Chicago: most extravagant.
Judge Sendder in New Brunswick hears a sensational arraignment of Theodore Willetts and Anna Yates charged with subordination of murder. Baxter swore they offered him $1000 and a home to kill Samuel Whitehead, owner of Washington property. a fire and failed barn plot are described with Whitehead narrowly escaping. Bail set at $2000 each for next term.
New York Paper notes soft neutral dress fabrics and trims including chene poplin Mohair finish at 25 cents per yard. Japanese serge and foulard in silk and wool drape well priced from 1 to 1.25 per yard. Pongees gray shades at 1.25, cambrics 85 cents, figured lawns 25 cents, buff linen for street wear, chambertine linen cotton for summer suits at 26 cents, ish poplins at 2, French poplins 1.25 to 1.75, white ripped pique for seaside and street wear 40 to 70 cents.
Reports from California detail the closing courtroom scenes as Laura Fair is found guilty of murder in the first degree. The jury's verdict follows dramatic exchanges between Fair, her daughter, and the judge, with poignant moments as spectators react and jail officials deny access to the child.
A reflective essay questions why many die by suicide not from disease but weariness with life and city life’s noise. It contrasts the burdens of existence with a longing for quiet, and notes social judgments of those who bear hardship with equanimity. It also satirizes a German test of simplicity and a child’s concern with a costly seaside trousseau predicting future vanity.
Five boys board a locomotive in Pittsburg and reverse it, riding it along the track until they jump off as the engine and tender smash depot bumpers and scatter timber. The engine plows into a river gutter before stopping, cow-catcher destroyed, with potential loss of life narrowly avoided. The culprits remain undiscovered amid chaotic scenes.
A reflective verse depicts Saturday evening waning into Sabbath peace. The poem contrasts bustling weeknight work with the hush of night and prayerful calm, noting miller, joiner, peddler, and other workers as bells and drums fade. It laments scarce Sabbaths and asks for grace to know blessed rest.
A compilation of witticisms and oddities covering fashion stays, marriage costs, a Connecticut girl supporting siblings, an Indian chief's tale, new prison rules, crime cases, coinage shifts, metaphysical humor, and various social anecdotes. Notable items include the stay mortality claim, a Rhode Island lightning story, absurd medical cures, and scattered humorous observations about women, men, and manners.
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