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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1871
Page
2
A poetic fragment reflecting a youth’s inner struggle with longing and memory. The speaker recalls a lost intimacy, confronts pain as a catalyst for strength, and foresees renewed struggle as youth presses onward. The piece blends memory, desire, and resilience in a single emotional arc.
In a hospital memoir set at a crowded circus, Ninette the equestrian star courts danger for a charity performance. Ricardo, a wounded performer, recalls Ninette’s bold leap with Black Hawk, the ensuing tragedy, and the crowd’s reaction as his life nears its end.
A wild steer roams St Louis causing chaos at all hours. Reports describe it capsizing two men, killing one, tossing children, battering a show window, breaking a shed frame, entering a bar, interrupting an auction, injuring a man, raiding a barber shop, and swimming the Mississippi River.
Figures show Cornelius Vanderbilt at 25 million dollars, Alexander Stewart 20 million, William B. Astor 16 million, William M. Tweed 12 million, George Law 5 million, and Daniel Drew 3 million, highlighting vast personal fortunes in New York.
The text states that the Cuba war cost $62,000,000 in the past year and the Colonial deficit is $11,050,000. It notes the Spanish Government seeks a $20,000,000 credit for military purposes.
The Late Gen Anderson died at Nice after traveling from Venoy three weeks ago seeking benefit from the climate. His family accompanied him and his remains will be brought to this country by the US vessel Guierriere for interment. Born in Kentucky in 1806, he graduated West Point in 1825 and held key commands from the Black Hawk and Florida wars through the Mexican War and the defense of Fort Sumter. His death ends a storied military career marked by rapid promotions and pivotal duties in early U.S. conflicts.
Professor A M Mayer linked a galvanometer to Baltimore water pipes and a gas pipe to study lightning effects. A storm miles away produced immediate galvanometer deflections, signaling a near simultaneous exchange with storm observers. The test showed 500 square miles affected per flash.
A cor respondent recalls the Peslitigo bush fire tale of Joseph Lasnie a farmer and his family. Lasnie carried his three year old son while his wife bore a light bale as flames swept their home. The father dropped the child as the elder brother helped the younger. Little Floy nine year old daughter led the way inspiring the group before she perished. The neighbor recalls Little Frog a bright small scholar who could spell and read well. Residents of Sugary Bush remember the girl as brave and clever and mourn her loss.
In Chicago every carpenter or mason can earn three to four dollars daily, laborers two dollars, half-grown youths one dollar, and women two to three dollars per week plus board. Clerks and indoors workers should take outdoor work if no other income is available, or leave the city. Unemployed men, single women, or boys are jobless by choice, not need.
A tidy street scene ends with an egg as a practical joke, landing on a man’s nose after a woman drops a yarn ball. The Kansas City Times shares this humorous vignette and notes Wild Bill paid the funeral expenses for Mike Williams shot by Wild Bill, with mild mockery from the Chattanooga Times about Mr Huma’s gratitude.
A Saxony observer contrasts two and a half million inhabitants with 130,000 landowners and 100,000 working their own farms. Land value nears $600 million and annual harvest $45 million. He notes Saxon farming prospers without new methods, relying on old practices, as millions of acres yield crops harvested by scythes and hand tools rather than machines.
The Chicago calamity sparked unauthorized collection of donations for sufferers, enabling confident scammers to profit while genuine contributors were duped. Complaints rise that sums given to collectors did not appear in benefaction lists, suggesting thieves benefited as others pretended to assist. Paper notes Paris business shifts during the siege with women dominating artificial powers trade, and other nations failing to compete in floral production.
A letter to Nature by Mr. O. A. Johns argues death from lightning can be caused by ascending electric currents. He cites a man killed in a thunderstorm whose carriage wheels attracted electricity, passing through his body and tearing his felt hat. Observed lightning flashes appeared double, suggesting both upward and downward currents.
In a Lake Michigan gale the schooner R. P. Messner struck Grong Island and filled. Crew rescued by a fishing vessel. After days at sea the vessel was raised and towed ashore but capsized as water flooded in, sinking five of nine. Allegations claim the tug released the craft to sink without aiding the crew.
A Louisville wife lured her husband to the cellar with a kerosene lamp and a pitcher of cider. She shouted murder as he descended. He grasped the lamp and cider, ran up stairs, the lamp toppled, and she escaped guilt.
A humorous sketch about a married man with a culinary mania who cooks with gusto while his wife returns home to chaos. He bakes bread, boils beans, and leaves flour and soot everywhere. His pranks—teapot overflows, biscuits burn, and lids vanish—spark a comic domestic catastrophe.
Colonel Forney recalls John Sergeant shaping professional ethics through a merchant who sent a blank check. The student recounts Sergeant’s reply, revealing a fee of 330 00 written in small letters at the page corner. The tale contrasts past and present legal standards and practice.
The article notes that Dutch drainage in 1853 yielded no human bones despite many shipwrecks and battles near Harlem Lake, with artifacts like coins and wrecked vessels scarce. It also recalls a Amsterdam concert where Prussian officers saluted the Dutch national air after hissing. Arizona citizens urge the president to let General Cook lead the Apache campaign without peace commissioners. Carrie Monfort of Boston, known as the Fat Girl, dies at nine from heart disease weighing nearly four hundred pounds.
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