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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1889
Page
3
An 1889 Indiana Progress excerpt surveys practical farming knowledge and world events. It notes Kerms and Moltke, praises Rev Florence Kollock, credits Falkenstein with smokeless powder, recounts a Philadelphia bath funded by Franklin and Scott, and shares anecdotes about Wilkes-Barre humor and naval design aims. It closes with reflections on Harvard lightning safety and the role of scientists.
A mosaic of quotes and summaries covers Arab colonies, Pacific policy, Canadian affairs, and a looming price boom in the wake of a tight wheat supply. Topics touch crematories in the United States, Canon Farrar, African ambassadors, and American fire protection costs, with reflections on social cooperation, Alsace and Lorraine sentiment, and road conditions.
A 19th Century essay in Once a Week examines divers life and peril. It describes a famed captain who dives in a heavy suit to inspect sunken ships and lighthouse foundations. A near disaster with a canal boat over his air tube highlights the dangers of undersea work.
A Johnstown flood survivor recounts his near drowning and miraculous hair growth after being bald for 12 years. Dr. M Marbury receives the letter from his cousin Ms Frank Marbury detailing seven hours of flood peril and a sudden hair restoration that produced a one inch head of hair.
The narrator describes days aboard a train with brief comforts then a five mile elephant ride to reach a small Indian terminus. The journey contrasts rail travel with a traditional ascent to a distant settlement, setting the scene for further travel details.
An analysis explains that London fog mainly results from sea or river mist driven over the city by prevailing winds. The mist mixes with urban smoke, creating a water based haze rather than pure smoke. The phenomenon often arises from a southeast coastal setup as well.
Jack Simpson owner of a Bangor lodging house and restaurant claims the world’s largest bicycle with a 66 inch diameter. An Englishman who toured with the Dacoma Brothers, he previously performed on a giant wheel in Europe and the United States, including a dangerous 10 foot over-water act at Rocky River Ohio. Built in Birmingham, England, the wheel cost 309 dollars and uses a double pedal crank system to be operable by a standard cyclist.
A detailed note describes a large convex brass United States Navy button with high relief eagle grasping an anchor, a pyramid of three cannon balls, and thirteen stars, surrounded by a double border and rope pattern. Remarkably, the button is said to be British manufactured due to American bronzing challenges against sea air.
A syndicate of two Chicago wholesale fruit dealers, one Philadelphia partner, and two Pomona growers plans the United States’ largest fig orchard in Pomona valley between Pomona and Ontario. About 200 acres will host 11 000 white Adriatic and 5 000 Smyrna fig trees at eighty to the acre, with next winter’s planting after land prep and a drying building to follow.
A brief dialogue from Z Munsey's Weekly features Natalie-On lamenting weariness from idle life and Mr. Decourcy suggesting hiring someone to occupy her hands, showcasing a humorous social cue.
The article details New York’s Chinese tailoring scene centered on Mei Lee Wa and Co. in the Bowery. It describes shop layout, staff roles, and the varied wares from crockery to clothing. It notes the ready made Chinese garments dominate, with a focus on the Mei shop’s elaborate displays and prices.
The article explains Chinese floating rice fields built on bamboo rafts that rise with flood waters and yield harvests in 60 to 70 days. It notes Ningpo as a hub for rush goods, detailing hat and matting exports and issues from fraudulent production.
A professional rat catcher named Louis Bassie leads a brown faced well dressed youth and two dogs into Green's restaurant Paikduiph a. Within ten minutes a crowd gathers and a man is bitten when the ferrets’ cage is tested. Bassie known as Rat Catcher Lou owns about thirty ferrets and once trained English Jack. He learned rat catching in Liverpool from an old Britisher.
A clipped dialogue scene shows a Chicago girl telling George she loves him but cannot marry a poor man. He jokes about flies and sugar as she declares she is poor, revealing social tension and affection in a brief, period pecking order.
A farmer in West Virginia supposedly drowned rats in a water barrel, while a Russian officer was cashiered for saving a peasant woman. The piece notes a marble monument to Broderick on Laurel Hill, cites illiteracy rates in several states, and comments on wheat reserves and a gifted child singer from Emmetsburg. It ends with Florence Nightingale’s ongoing relief work.
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