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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1889
Page
7
An 1889 column highlights diverse items from science to crime notes. It mentions U S state growth and military advances, London dock strike eateries, Egypt mummy corn myths, a brave fireman’s death, and early smokeless powder trials, with brief local and international curiosities and anecdotes.
A reflective poem argues that the true discovery of a new world lies in inner insight, not just voyage. It claims Columbus opened a frontline, while modern explorers recognize a shared, inward path to distant shores. The piece emphasizes universal longing and the harvest of unseen currents.
An eccentric will ties Alice Marchhare to guardian Edward Marchhare with a clause that she must marry against her guardian’s wishes or forfeit her fortune. George Preston pursues her, but guardian questions his means to support her. After the test, a three year trial of 65000 pounds is proposed for her potential marriage.
At a railway station George discovers the coat he wore home from a three year effort is not his. A mistaken garment leads to a tense confrontation with Lawrence Wells and Mr Marchhare, ending in a scuffle and the recovery of the hidden money. In the aftermath Alice’s suitor is warned off and a postponement is arranged.
On Islit farm Long Island the entire cultivation is done by 259 insane patients. Under Dr. MacDonald during the past summer the land, once poor, has become highly productive and well cultivated. Local farmers admire the result and visit the site.
A playful Sunbeam chorus travels to Earth to paint clouds and light the sky then enters children’s dreams to awaken them with a promise of sunlit adventure. The piece captures a whimsical morning in a kindergarten setting with vivid imagery of discovery and imagination.
A Brooklyn household features a half grown coach-dog and a kitten living together, playfully rough yet friendly. The dog chases, the kitten nurses, and both end up in a truce, the dog whining to his mistress and the kitten calmly departing. The scene showcases unlikely harmony between pets.
M Smithkin believes a fright cures hiccough, but after a sharp coughing fit he claims to have lost his watch until Mrs Smithkin points out the timepiece is in his vest pocket. He admits the whole episode was a deliberate scare to stop the cough.
In a terse report many garbled lines refer to Wiggins a Canadian weather forecaster described as a weather prophet who has been knighted by the queen. The text is unclear but suggests royal favor for Wiggins and mentions New York in distorted form.
A religious devotional contrasts worldly wealth with spiritual riches. True wealth lies in faith, prayer, and service, not acres or bank accounts. It urges generous giving, personal effort in mission work, and a holy aspiration to riches in heaven through mercy and example. The piece cites Dr. Cuyler and Rev Arthur Muensell as authorities and includes a vignette on sand heaps for poor children in Boston and Berlin government programs.
New York City dispatch recounts a wandering alcoholic couple from East Eighteenth Street to Third Avenue, a widow and her musician husband dead of alcoholism, and a young woman gradually ruined by drink. Bellevue Hospital care follows, with police notes calling the woman a Grunkard and detailing her decline, visits, and a harsh mother in law.
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