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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1871
Page
2
A fragment from Indiana Progress depicts May Malone pining for Willie Therafield amid village tension. Ellen Hy’s cold regard contrasts with May’s longing while memories of the mill, river, and nature frame a tragic, unrequited love tale.
A desperate urban mother endures tragedy and months of search after her husband George Avery dies at work and her child Georgie is lost. Reports weave her vigil through police, courts, and a dramatic courtroom resolution where Georgie is found to belong to Mrs. Bradley, ending in a poignant moment of reunion and justice.
Fragmentary OCR hints a narrative about a voyage from England ending in a child’s death and replacement, with enigmatic references to theft and worldly events. The readable text suggests a somber journey and possible fiction, but specifics are unclear.
A 1938 correspondent from Frankfurt reports a French raider threatened to blow up a banking house and 118 inmates unless paid 4,000,000. The attacker, described as maniacal, fired petards that shattered windows and staircases, wounding two brokers. He claimed to act for a plunder scheme and was seized by guards. Police found two more devices and linked the incident to a broader extremist rivalry, with discussions of attacks by others in sympathy with Paris provocateurs and anti Jewish capitalists.
A fragmented 1870s report details erosion along the Mississippi from Cairo to New Orleans erasing fortifications at Fort Pillow and other sites, plus a Paris Commune note. It cites property losses between Wolf River and Port Pickering, and a resignation request from General Rossel. Also mentions Handly shooting Decamp and clergy violence in a Texas-Arkansas context amidst fiscal figures for 1869-70.
A destructive tornado struck Baton Rouge and nearby areas causing shattered walls of the penitentiary and damage to the sugar plant and other structures. Reports cite numerous casualties and widespread destruction with financial losses estimated around four hundred thousand dollars.
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