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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1871
Page
2
A stark poem laments a poor man dying alone, unseen and unbefriended. It condemns indifference as he slips away without a prayer or farewell, contrasting earthly neglect with imagined heavenly welcome.
A Chinese plague scare in Canton spreads via Pincards accusing foreigners of distributing a powder that swells limbs unless victims convert to Catholicism. Mob violence follows. officials warn against public alarm while fueling mistrust. The piece probes foreign blame, mandarins, and policy aims amid tensions with Britain and missions.
A Chinese correspondent warns that the world risks war as it drifts away from peace, urging closer relations with the West to avert conflict. The plea underscores rising tensions and calls for pragmatic diplomacy amid global strains.
One mile from Jamestown Russell County a Kentucky man, James Jeffries, serves on a U S petit jury and recounts a remarkable family history. He married before seventeen and, after nineteen children in fifteen years, produced seven pairs of twins plus many single births. The couple’s 10 brothers share a wide twin legacy of 37 pairs, totaling 74 twins among their families. Five of his children are married, he is grandfather to five, and his wife remains under weight but healthy.
The Pension Office notes a decline in widows and dependent relief pensions from 1870 to 1871 due to minors aging out. It lists counts for Revolutionary, Mexican, and Civil War veterans along with other wars, and forecasts pension expenditures peaking then decreasing over the next decade. It also previews a forthcoming report detailing soldiers from 1775 to several mid-19th century conflicts.
A reader reports goats cleared rats from a farmyard and dorm buildings after failed traps and poison fears for pets. A Mississippi Iowa example is cited. The note then quotes John Quincy Adams opposing woman suffrage in a Massachusetts committee letter.
Chicago editorial notes 600 to 608 brick and stone masons can find winter work at four to five dollars a day and 2,000 carpenters at high wages. In March demand doubles for both trades with wood iron plumbers gas-fitters and metal workers also sought. Major Mason of Chicago calls a day of fasting humiliation and prayer.
A collage of quips and curiosities spans droughts of memory and manners. Items include a one-eyed man forced to extract teeth, engagement rings worn secretly by youths, and a note on the three hardest words, I was mistaken. It mentions hens in Vermont, shell-work embroideries, wages in Chicago, fashion bonnets, Alaska coal, potatoes in Iowa, a Cleveland County fair prize, and a peculiar schoolyard scene.
A Washington dispatch reports Captain Donovan of the 17th Infantry was ordered to Port Royal under an insane certificate, forged to oust him after he uncovered a scandal involving Captain Sawyer and Surgeon Godard. Donovan was briefly confined, then released and returned to duty with no further action. The piece also reviews temperance views on Chinese water and notes medical anecdotes and Burman elephant superstition.
An observer recounts a deadly explosion near Place de la Bastille, detailing shells bursting for minutes, gunfire from windows, and the grim tally of fifty to sixty dead and wounded. He describes a burned victim seen by lamplight, the chaos of the barricade, and the eerie sequence of blaze, report, darkness, rifle fire, and a trumpet.
A writer laments dreary 60 year old newspaper content amid class readings and long political speeches. The piece notes rare marriage notices, land and tavern ads, with a featured petition from Elizabeth Bonaparte in Baltimore seeking dissolution of her unequal marriage to Jerome Bonaparte, asking Maryland's General Assembly to consider the case.
The Syracuse Courier recounts a striking somnambulism tale. A South Hollow woman dreamt her father needed aid in Hastings and set foot toward Liverpool before dawn, stopping at justice Fay’s house asleep. The report notes such cases often lack clear evidence. It also mentions a Vienna case where Bareness de Legarde, a swindler, testified of past Philadelphia milliner and Washington lobbyist roles.
A historical medical excerpt describes chronic catarrh stages from mild throat discharge to thick foul crusts and severe head involvement. It warns of nasal obstruction, memory loss, mood changes, and eventual complications like ulcers, bone erosion, and death without thorough local and constitutional treatment. Named concerns include throat dryness, metallic taste, and potential insanity in advanced cases.
A collage of quips about Mexican politics and editors, then Mrs. Stanton on college attire, with a Liverpool letter praising women in English shops and telegraph offices. The items parody American politics and celebrate women’s employment across British commerce and services.
Long promotional piece detailing catarrh symptoms from throat to lungs and urging treatment with Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Golden Medical Discovery. It extols internal and local cures, touts a nasal douche, and promises a $500 reward for an incurable case if directions are followed, urging readers to act now.
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