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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1891
Page
7
Silkworm output and peach production figures are cited, with notes on Danube iron gates, cable streetcars, and tea trade shifts. Mentions Polk widow, British Columbia defense, and New York pauper costs. Sweden school baths, European peace, and imperial pageantry mix with quips on a grasshopper poet myth.
A Los Angeles County resident proposes raising elephants in Southern California for practical uses beyond circus appeal. He envisions an elephant ranch within a year to aid orange groves, harvest fruit, and provide leather and meat, arguing elephants could be trained as work beasts and even drive innovation in California industry.
The article argues pillows support proper head alignment during sleep, noting that side sleeping lowers the head relative to the body. It cites Jacob's pillow of a stone, African practices, Bishop Taylor’s travels, and the switch to hard objects or books, illustrating varied pillow substitutes while stressing comfort and safety.
A New York Tribune summary notes census data from Austria and Europe showing very few centenarians above age ninety nine. Long life is linked to youths shaped by hardship, with steady work, simple diet, outdoor labor, and weather exposure. Examples include William Jampson in poverty and Maria Geisler of Tyrol who lived healthfully into 102.
A Sunday Journal report describes a mass produced shoe with a removable sole and top lift changeable without a cobbler. The design uses a metal plate under a stitched welt, a steel shank, and screws to fasten parts, with extra soles and lifts supplied with each pair and sold separately.
A New York Voice report describes two giant vultures seen near the Bay of Changa in Ecuador. The birds visit daily to feed on shellfish and refuse, then travel northeast toward Rio Tambo and the central chain, covering about 5600 miles weekly. The birds bear a distinguishing gap in a left wing feather.
A playful dialogue shows Mr Saphead boasting of collecting old and rare violins while an eager musician asks to play. Saphead declines, blesses the musician, and agrees to attend a gathering about music and instruments.
The town of Plaquemine Louisiana faces ongoing river erosion as the Mississippi eats away the bank. A major cave widened near the levee threatens homes and property, prompting plans for a new levee and river spurs to protect the Cypress Centre.
A naval officer notes that the ship's doctor alone escapes harassment from the captain and enjoys distinct privileges aboard. Commander McCalla, once a respected lieutenant, is described as brutal to his men, while the doctor remains isolated in his cabin and free from daily strife. The piece contrasts the doctor’s calm status with the captain’s harsh authority on shipboard life.
A reflective religious meditation asks how a loving God can care in grief and sin. It frames faith as a path through sorrow with Christ’s companionship, forgiveness, and divine presence guiding sufferings, urging readers to seek solace by asking in Jesus name and walking with the faithful on life’s road.
Dr Judson Smith argues in the Missionary Outlook that Christian nations lead globally in influence and numbers, with 450 million adherents vs Buddhists at 390 million. England Germany and the United States shape world opinion, empire, and commerce as Christianity expands its reach and English spreads as a common language.
A panther hill area confrontation near Scranton depicts a buck deer leaping fences and delivering a crushing neck strike to a bull, prompting the farmer Abner Goodrich to cull the injured animal. The incident ends with the bull mortally wounded and removed from the pasture.
Two ladies discuss diamonds and a husband’s lump sum income of 35,600 next week with 500 for diamonds. A property deal on Woodward Avenue, 215,000, may pass to Mr Blank for 25,000, prompting rival talk about a lot sale for 85,000 more. A bystander wagers against this year’s plan.
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