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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1871
Page
2
A time faded packet of undated letters speaks of old romance and suitors. The piece muses on language, fashion, and the tender Saxon term sweetheart while pondering whether lovers wed or were thwarted by cruel fate.
Charles Vance skated along the river pursued by wolves through moonlit Canadian woods. Rose Ardley, distressed by a quarrel, fears for him as a clairvoyant friend foresees danger. A swift rescue follows, with Vance unhurt and Rose pledging faithful, loving marriage.
A gaffe at Berne ends with a joke about artillery as the Mayor excuses seventeen cannons. In Pern a Russian warship salutes Callao but Peruvians reply no guns aboard the fleet due to a presidential disarmament order, leaving the Russian commander puzzled and the Peace Society amused.
A fragment discussing the vast water coverage on Earth, noting the ocean’s total weight would equal 1,736 equal parts when the planet’s water is divided by weight. The passage compares water mass to dry land and the planet’s total mass.
A $5,000 check presented to Miss Bunnymags by her father has attracted much admiration as autumn toilettes gain demand for barge checks.
A California candidate bought thirty thousand posters to boost his bid and spent nights pasting them with his wife and mother in law. Despite the vast effort and bribe of posters, he won only thirty votes, one being from his own precinct, leading to a threat of divorce after a bitter late night confrontation.
The 1870 census links consumption mortality to climate. Minnesota, colder and drier, does not cure phthisis as often as suggested. Only about one in fifteen consumptives improves in early stages. St. Paul’s Young Men's Christian Association now buries many invalids seeking a climate cure, underscoring limited success and urging caution.
Mrs. Harvey recounts Circassian women as not generally good looking though some beauties appear in Circassia. Abasian province women are plain. National dress does not enhance charm. Garments include white cotton trousers and a tight dark upper coat, with a striped shawl, blue veil, and two long hair plaits. Beauties fame often from Georgia and valleys near El Beronz.
The article outlines chemical methods for removing grease tar ink and other stains using ben zine ether and turpentine with acids for specific marks. It discusses river delta formation and land reclamation by Dutch dykes and notes a Washington club alleging prominent men conceal moral faults for reform efforts.
A concise history tracing the 84 year arc from Tahiti discovery in 1767 to the mutiny on the Bounty led by Bligh. It recounts Christian’s exile with mutineers to Pitcairn, Pandora’s pursuit, trials in London, and the later emergence of a largely English, morally disciplined community under Adams on Pitcairn.
Peruvian executions drew vast crowds as Juan Gutierrez and his son Elias were killed on Lima’s plaza after a long agony and multiple musket shots. Twelve judges favored death, four imprisonment. Days later Ricardo Cavero and Serafin Tors, Ecuadorian murderers, were publicly executed near the Pantheon in front of a huge crowd. One man begged not to be blindfolded. Also notes U.S. horse totals by state and a remark on apple supplies in New England.
A graphic article on Hawaii s great volcano with Coan s observations and vivid illustrations including Lake of Fire Mauna Loa lava flow and a volcanic wave A map shows eruptions plus related feature pieces and fiction in the issue This excerpt notes other items and essays in the same number including Was Adam the First Man and The Philosophy of Good Health with poetry and society notes
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