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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1871
Page
6
Poem lamenting distant from mother with a child’s recalling of tenderness and care. The speaker notes the old home left behind and finds a single source of solace in a mother’s remembered love and guidance. The tone is mournful and reflective on lost maternal affection.
Madrid reports 4000 Spanish troops to Cuba, City of New York debt rises to 97,287,525, and a wreck off Calcutta claims 138 natives. Trial postponement in Baltimore, Western Arizona conflicts, and customs inspector McLavellm murdered near San Antonio are noted amid broader global tensions and local incidents including a London emigrant craneery approval and disturbing fires injuring horses.
A New York meeting of workingmen discussed a large spring strike across the United States and Canada. A finance committee was proposed to sustain efforts, with debate over secrecy versus publicity and whether bosses should be warned. A motion was passed for a grand demonstration in early spring and funds to support the strike were arranged.
A discussion in Pennsylvania mining regions proposes creating a permanent relief fund for widows and orphans of miners killed on the job. Legislation would authorize operators to deduct a monthly share from workers’ earnings into a general fund and require a $300 to $500 contribution per fatality at each colliery to promote safety.
Miss Jor W Doorritz of Brooklyn visited a dental office for eight or ten teeth extraction before fitting a false set and died from the effects of eboloreform during the operation.
Dr. T. M. Coan describes two sources of Hawaii eruptions at Ki lauea. The Ki lauea crater lies mid slope, a nine mile circumference pit with lava below. When pressure breaks through, a lava river erupts to form new shorelines and furnishes soil in ash and regolith. The southern crater hosts a constant lava lake named Hale Mauman. The author recalls a near disaster as lava walls rose, then split, releasing torrents that swept cliffs and rocks.
A reflective piece on memory and reading habits. It cites Daniel Webster noting the value of brief post reading reflection to fix facts and ideas in memory. The text argues most people retain little of what they read unless they ponder it after reading.
An 1870 Police Commission report underestimates property stolen and recovered, implying fences handle far more crime loot than official figures show. The author argues fences move about five million dollars yearly in real value, while prices paid by buyers erode profits.
A San Francisco correspondent reports a bustling Chinese theatre with a full pit and crowded tiers. The orchestra is a noisy trio, and a long warbles through the performance while actors enter and exit without curtains. The piece notes long running plays, with examples of persistent cycles lasting years in China and in the city. The report also touches on desert wells in Sahara regions and concludes with reflections on contentment as a heavenly gift and a survey of global telegraph cable mileage totaling 684000 miles.
A Barnegat Beach representative recounts a New York lecture on feline veracity and extols the blue fish as an unmatched fighter. He describes the blue fish as clipper-built, voracious, and capable of devouring rivals and even handling bones, asserting it surpasses tigers in combat and appetite, leaving other sea life in terror.
The Philadelphia Price Current reports Western distillers have created a poison whiskey using sulfuric acid in mash or product to impart harsh odor. The acid corrodes barrels and cannot be removed by distillation. It blackens iron or copper when in contact, posing grave health risks. Trade officials vow to drop the practice and urge strict penalties or a ban.
A long description recalls the Wheel punishment from 1790 with cross, eight wounds, and hanging on a wheel, while blasphemy and thirst haunt victims as a priest aids their suffering. The piece also reports abuses by prison directors trafficking in hair from punished women and a reform order limiting mutilation.
A sixteen year old Frenchman Guinnard leaves home to seek fortune in South America. After brutal trials in Patagonia including famine and captivity among the Poynches, he survives years of abuse and eventually writes a book recounting his extraordinary journey with companion Pedritto, who died in the clashes with Patagonians.
Eastern investors rushed into Pacific mining without knowledge, suffering from incompetent agents. A Nevada mine cost $90,000 and a mill was built, but yielded poorly. a second mine sold for $3,000 and yielded five tons before failing. A Reese River tale mentions a 1866 sale. An agent tried to buy Silver Peak mines from locators who resold rights for $45,000. Rumors claim further undisclosed charges. A Silver Peak mill stands for sale, and New England servants in livery are rising.
A long Brown County Circuit Court case tied to the 2 1/2 year old Texas to Missouri to Illinois pursuit ends with William H. Stout found guilty of Kimball’s murder after testimony from Nebraska witnesses and Grand Island hotel records. Despite alibi evidence, the jury convictes Stout, sentencing him to twenty years.
A dashing American officer led a small boat-crew from a Great Lakes post to raid a British post and capture about a dozen soldiers and spoils. Pursued by a faster British boat, the Americans shed water and bullets as they escaped, tossing overboard red coats to delay the pursuers. They returned to their post with roughly half the prisoners and all spoils intact.
The notice states that any person receiving a paper at the post office is responsible for payment whether addressed to them or not. If a paper is discontinued, the subscriber must pay all arrears or the publisher may continue sending until settled. Courts hold that refusing to take uncalled papers is prima facie evidence of fraud.
Water's erosive force carves continents and reshapes landscapes worldwide. Niagara Falls stands out in America where adjacent argillaceous rock erodes from constant spray and pressure, causing calcareous layers above to detach and crash into the depths below.
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