Indiana Progress terse anomalies and notable notices
An eclectic rundown covers Waxawanen’s stand opening at Kadchiser street, Maustox’s June 4 resignation to join New Hampshire’s legislature, a famed English novelist reportedly memorizing works, and a claim of the United States as top producer of coal, lead, and copper. Also noted are a Vermont historian’s death, a tunnel project subsistence for North River, prices for ready made underwear and suits in New York, a Western paper’s future stance, and local tall, thin Waubran Bem. miscellaneous items include a Neverink pump-stud anecdote, Matthew Arnold funds, Westminster Abbey busts, a sick schoolteacher’s salary trick, a Boston building collapse, Berlin dress anatomy for Frederick I, languages on Main Street, Mrs. Stoxey Lee’s eye operation, Willian Dean Howells praised, Lady White’s Carnival operation in Constantinople, and public fascination with her courage.
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Constantinople
Lady White
Sarell
Pers Society
Ady White
Fragmented 19th century headlines in one long note
A collage of world affairs and oddities from 19th century press including court rulings on patents and seeds, naval staffing and flag stars, land prices near Pittsburg, colonial notes on Holland and Ireland, chirography errors, boxing views, and a mix of immigrant, slave trade, road quality, and mining anecdotes.
The Llama of the Andes and Its Enduring Burden
A vivid travel sketch details the llama as Bolivia’s faithful beast, capable of carrying heavy loads up perilous Andean routes. It contrasts the animal’s hardiness with its reluctance when overloaded, notes altitude sickness in horses and mules, and describes native transport, camelid characteristics, and local dangers including a narcotic nutmeg discovery.
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Qine
Nule
Bolivia
Asia
Africa
Andes
Zoological Gardens
India
Les
Hamas
The Extermination of the Buffalo in the United States
Harper's Magazine reports the remaining buffalo are scattered in small groups across several states. About 260 survive outside the National Park, with about 100 in Montana, a few in Wyoming, two mountain bunches in Colorado likely killed, none in North Dakota, and dwindling numbers in Nebraska Texas and Indian Territory.
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National Park
United States
Montana
Dry Creek
Porcupine Creek
Wyoming
Colorado
Dakota
Nebraska
Indian Territory
Kansas
Texas
Ratons
Panhandle
Pecos River
West
American Clock and Frontier Humor Across Continents
The narrator describes finding an old Providence clock labeled Thirty Hour Joker in a dark Mongolian shop, praising American ingenuity and patriotism. A later discovery in Trans-Baikal includes Mark Twain and Bret Harte works, illustrating cross‑cultural exposure to American literature.
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New England
Providence
Rhode Island
Mongolia
Siberia
Lazar
Trans-Baikal
Mark Twain
El Paso veteran recalls Apache gold tale in Ysleta
Price Cooper, longtime El Paso resident and former Inspector of Hides and Animals, recounts an Apache captivity near Janos in the Sierra Madre. He describes discovering coarse gold in a gulch, smuggling it to Mexicans, and later escaping. He plans a border trek to rediscover the site now that Geronimo hostilities ended.
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el Paso
Texas
Price Cooper
Ysleta
Janos
Serra Madre
Sonora
Chihuahua
Geronimo
Miles
Globe- Democrat
Indian palki bearers and their remarkable travel pace
An English traveler notes the palki bearers of Bengal as an ancient rapid transport. The four men carried a loaded palki at over four miles per hour, including a half hour rest for a midday meal, proving endurance beyond common expectation.
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India
Bengal
Patna Bazaar
Barh
The Czars Army and Savage Fire Makers
Harper's Magazine reports on a grand April military review in Paris with the Russian troops led by the Emperor and Empress, featuring diverse regiments, exotic guards, and a powerful display. It contrasts with Dr. Finsch in New Guinea noting tribes ignorant of fire yet able to rekindle flames via friction and a distant fire-maker tribe, sparking curiosity about technological knowledge and independence.
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Russia
Champ de Marson
Camp de Mars
God
Kepi
Mussulman Bey
Mussulmans
Khiva
Bokhara
Attila
Proobrajetsky
Finland
Chasseurs
Paul Regiment
Frederick the Great
Champ de Mars
Princes of Oldemburg
Harper's Magazine
Finch
New Gainea
Astrolabe Bay
Abused Statue of Washington Becomes Harlem Landmark
Sypher of New York acquires an 8 foot 10 inch wooden George Washington statue with Continental attire and benignant face once in Battery service in 1794. It passed through dealers and auctions before being restored to display at the Washington Cigar Store site in Harlem.
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Washington
Sypher
New York
South Norwalk
Conn
M. Jacques
George
Frederick J. Theobald
Harlem
Washington Cigar Store
Theobald
Syphei
A Powerful War Ship Maine Ships New Navy Edge
A detailed preview describes the Maine as the largest US battleship under construction with 310 foot length 57 foot breadth 21 foot 6 inch draft 6648 ton displacement and 9000 indicated horsepower. It notes twin screws vertical triple expansion engines 11 inch armor and a heavy 10 inch and 6 inch gun main battery plus rapid fire secondary guns. It compares the Maine to the Baltimore and Newark and Texan class vessels in size and firepower.
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United States Navy
Maine
Baltimore
Newark
Texan
Mosque Unearthed in Sahara Desert by Researcher
Archaeologist M. Tarry, tied to Trans-Sahara railroad work, uncovered a buried mosque beneath sand near Wargal in the Algerian Sahara. Excavations revealed a square tower, a marble platform, seven houses, a subterranean watercourse, and nine disinterred houses, hinting at a once thriving settlement in the region.
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Sahara Desert
Algerian Sahara
M. Tarry
Wargal
Sahara
Care for Whooping Cough and Quinines Remedy
An old health notice argues whooping cough is worsened by popular notions and links deaths to the disease. It cites mortality rates in Eston Baltimore and New York and claims quinine cures when given as a syrup after coughing spells, insisting direct throat contact is needed.
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Eston
Baltimore
New York
Ladi ey depart hene miniature vogue fashion notes
Jewelers and bric a brac dealers report revival of miniature items for brooches shoe-buckles bracelets necklaces and hair pins. Empire and Directoire gowns revive relics of Washington era fueling interest in miniatures. A duchess linked to Comte de Paris offers Boulangist robe and hat with silk gown red tea rose ribbons carnations and a broad brim straw hat adorned with carnations and senescent spinach garland.
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Washington
Comte de Paris
Crow's Wing Fan and Portrait on Silver Dollar
A feature on a Washington belle crafting a crow’s wing fan from a clothes-pin with gilded handle and ribbon bow. It notes Miss Anna W Williams’ portrait on the silver dollar and its wide circulation. Also discusses the modern widow's day, fashion trends, and London widow caps with gold and silver trims.
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Washington
Tom Bidget
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