This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1871
Page
3
A reflective piece urges steady study and daily learning. It compares life to flowing streams, growing from tiny seeds into harvests, urging readers to read striking passages and pick a flower from each page to enrich time and effort.
A long reader column offers culinary ideas and home remedies. It includes a cake recipe using anis and cream tartar, a plant claim for absorbing malaria, an apple dessert with custard, a tip on horses with a fastened trace chain, and advice on not whitewashing tree bark. Additional notes cover cod liver oil versus milk cures, and detailed methods for raising turkeys, including nest management, weaning, feeding, and hygiene strategies.
The guide urges starting with whole grain when poults can swallow, shelter at night until two months old, and avoiding rain exposure. Three rules are given: kill lice on adults and youngsters, feed with strong, frequent meals early, and keep poults dry until their feathers provide protection.
The Londorn Mechanics' Magazine notes gold's extreme ductility allowing a grain to extend up to 56 percent. It details methods for gilding copper, brass, and silver including hot gilding, amalgam processes with mercury, Calder's wax finishing, iodine and ochre, nitric acid gilding with sal ammoniac, linen ash rubs, wet gilding, and electroplating as practiced for various ends.
Since January eggs receipts in New York have surged to 148,093 barrels, far above last year's 97,522, with prices sliding from 154 cents per dozen as supply rose and demand weakened. Dealers expect prices to drop further, despite renewed trading as shad become plentiful and compete with egg use.
An article in the Christian Union by Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher argues for sunlight in homes, promoting sun-baths, free light, and avoidance of dampness. She warns against overdelicate furniture blocking light and notes sunlight’s health benefits and cost-free value.
England reports a deadly accident on a larger swing-boat in Derby, where the ride broke its hanging bar and crashed to the ground. Dozens were injured, with two children reported dead upon arrival at hospital. The piece criticizes owners for neglecting safety testing and warns excursionists overlook risks for a penny thrill. A Georgia note mentions two pines curiously forming a single top.
A Buffalo cattle yards visit reveals brutal transport methods across 500 to 2500 miles. Crowding, goading with steel probes, and starvation claim livestock, with sheep suffering most from cold and foot rot. The reporter calls for humane reform and stronger legislation.
The article details the murder of Charles Friend of a Petersburg suburb, struck from behind on a railroad approach, dragged onto the track, and left for a passing train. Despite injuries including a crushed skull and facial damage, he crawled to safety and described the assailant before dying. No perpetrator yet identified. The piece also notes a separate Ireland case and discusses telegraph wire theft penalties and jury trends in murder trials.
The Builder reviews the Royal Sanitary Commission report on sewer ventilation. Sewage yields liquid waste and gaseous fumes that rise and threaten spaces below. A vented pipe rising above the roof carries gases away, diluting them with air and preventing entry through traps.
Reports recount that the famed yacht Maria once linked to Commodore Stevens may have vanished at sea. Allegations claim the crew killed Captain Martin, seized the vessel, and sailed under a Spanish captain to Cuba's blockade. Efforts reportedly target seizure by U S authorities and cruisers.
A numbered guide outlines practical sheep care including keeping dry bedding, early lamb buck handling, gradual feeding, daily counting, milking if ewe loses a lamb, separating weak animals, immediate wound care, splinting for broken limbs, bell use, wool preservation, and timely shearing. It emphasizes gentle handling, disease prevention, and routine monitoring for a stable flock.
An old account describes Puget Sound Indians belief in Thunder as a giant bird chasing fiery serpents, linking it to chain lightning and the ghost of a defunct Aboriginal. It mentions customs such as drive out devils with noise, punishment for twin fathers, bush whacking, and skewed demographics among Wasatch Teppez and Osett tribes at Neah Bay.
A transcribed oddity from a California paper describes a practical joke on doctors in Louisiana Missouri where a numb patient frightened the crowd with a sudden move. It also recalls a juror tale about twelve slips and a murder in the first degree verdict. The piece ends with comments about Haitian currency values and exchange rates.
A fragmented scene features Professor and Alves debating infinity and division with playful misreads. A clipping-like exchange imagines algebraic puzzles and a salary riddle about two clerks, one with a yearly raise and one every two years, prompting a bargain comparison.
The fragmentary text mentions a forty nine year old woman in Ohio, with links to San Francisco and Bellefontaine, a Wyandot heritage, and an aunt in Bellefontaine. It also references a murder and pursuit of kin. A second item discusses potato bug projections for farmers, noting weather and seasonal effects on bug populations and the likelihood of future activity.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions disaster damage and repair costs in Orleans and Mississippi areas. It references health officials, a six penny girdle, and a healt h claim about cost estimates. The legible parts are insufficient for a clear event, date, or entity list.
A collage of brief items mentions summer dresses trimmed with velvet, the Red Stockings of Boston defeating Washington, a Niagara Falls hackman tale, and varied curiosities from Toronto billiards to European antics. It also cites social quirks, beverages, and a stream of eccentric anecdotes from cities worldwide.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.