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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1891
Page
2
A review blends diverse items from a journal: British army ratios, Edison streetcar tech claims, The New York Commercial Advertiser observations, and aging political murmurs. It touches on infant survival, cattle and wool markets, Russian court intrigues, and a poetic reflection on serving the weak as a life lesson.
Mrs. Prescott urges temperance for their sons and husband George. He doubts, but they sign the pledge, banishing intoxicants. Years later a sick note threatens, and Lizzie unveils a pledge-purse containing four hundred sixty five dollars to pay the debt, restoring hope.
The Epoch notes New York and nearby areas host 60 to 70 boy choirs with about 100 when including New Jersey. Trinity Chapel's choir, consisting of 30 members with a daily choral service, is the best known. Boy singers are typically drawn from public schools and churches with strong reputations easily recruit talent.
An autopsy on the well known chimpanzee Sally at the Zoological Gardens reveals pieuro-pneumonia as the cause of death. The brain, noted by a London Herald correspondent, was about the size of Crowley’s in Central Park, and observers suggest Sally’s intelligence came from extensive training and long captivity rather than brain differences.
A local woman displays a costly diamond set in her upper front tooth. When she smiles the gem catches the light, eclipsing even the glow of a midnight sternwheel headlight. An old farmer advises his sons to work now and not wait for luck.
A humorous survey of Chinese festivals names many deified dates and weather lore, peopled by Heino han and Li chung. The piece contrasts Celestial calendars with Western notions, notes rain, heat and equinoxes, and jokes about Confucius celebrations, followed by a note from Harper's Weekly about tropical fruits and Connecticut oysters grown on trees in Clinton.
The Department of Agriculture scouts new foods for citizens. A Java gooseberry tree fruit, a large thornless Wisconsin blackberry, Georgia pecan nuts with shell free of acrid taste, Tennessee shellbark hickory nuts as big as a fist, and California custard apples with sapodillas will bear transport. Florida adds pomegranates sour peppe and alligator pears to the list of promised foods.
The Bank of England Germany France and the United States hold large gold and silver reserves with marked growth over the past decade. France doubles its reserves while the US rises from 75 million to over 300 million in gold. Britain remains lowest due to no small-note issues and heavy international trade.
Upson Downes narrates a social moment last night as he meets a girl described as worth three millions. Bowne de Bout remarks on a grandiose Cosar event, prompting a question about actions taken.
A compilation of farming notes and crop ideas from various sources. It covers hay measurement for tonnage, methods to color flowers with chemical solutions, onion soil needs, and seed wheat size benefits. It also includes dairy, farm management, and general husbandry tips.
The saying traces to Mr. Tobias Hobson of Cambridge who ran a livery business with forty horses and priced his service as a carrier. Customers chose the wagon nearest the stable door, ensuring even luck and a balanced spread of fortune. An old print shows him with a bag of sovereigns and the motto The fruitful mother of a hundred more.
A verse passage by Dexter Smith in the Boston Transcript explores love’s effects on perception and purpose. The lines claim love purifies vision, justifies sacrifice, and steadies life’s course, asserting that all else may be superstition while dreams endure.
A mosaic of quips about lending, insurance, navigation, and flirtation plays with language. snippets joke about a man’s worth, a book agent, a bank robber, a parrot’s voice, a baby’s resemblance, and a barber trimming a lawn followed by rapid painting on Broadway with vivid tableau of colors and motion.
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