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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1871
Page
6
A lyrical scene unfolds with Cora by the shore as a boat drifts, ropes glow, and lovers dream of distant islets and bright freedoms. The speaker seeks to hold Cora’s hand, praising grace, haste, and the lure of green havens beyond the line that restricts their view.
A Paoli Indiana correspondent recounts a fatal balloon accident at the county fair. Professor Wilbur ascended in a balloon, a rope snag caused Mr Knapp to fall, and Wilbur's body plummeted to the ground in a ghastly scene witnessed by terrified crowds and his grieving wife. The event ended the fair and left the town in shock.
A letter argues against blaming servant girls for social ills and urges readers to recognize their shared humanity. It questions the idea of home kindness without reciprocal responsibility and implicates mistress and servant alike in moral accountability.
It is estimated that over five centuries more than fifty million pounds worth of real estate has been washed from England's coast by sea encroachment. Some villages and towns once on old maps have vanished, and Ireland is said to have many snakes.
A boy named Harry hides in a cellar after a prank, falls into a mess of soft soap molasses and cider, and washes his clothes with cider. The family discovers him naked, covered in blackened face, as they laugh at the comic disaster and decide to spare him this time.
At the Shepany railroad a rock slab freed a frog trapped in an oval pocket five by four inches. It was olive colored and died after the blast. A engineer intended to send the specimen to Yale, but the bottle with alcohol was lost unknown. A spider was also found at Ballett's Point works. New bonnet shapes and seal skin trims appear in fashion.
In Madrid a famed elephant named Pizarro faced a wild bull in a spectacle that drew a packed amphitheatre and roaring crowds but ended with tame results. The elephant ignored charges, snacking on oranges and wine while the bulls failed to muster serious attacks. no one was killed, leaving spectators disappointed.
Dr Cheron reports on medical art and military needs, noting France’s mixed races show varied growth. Exemptions for short stature amount to about 18,000 to 19,000 annually, with regional differences from central Gaul to the south and northeast.
A miner fell and broke his leg while near a lit fuse at a North coal shaft. His fellow miner ran to help but distant, he retraced, seized the fuse, and threw it aside preventing a likely explosion. The rescuer then carried his injured comrade to the shaft and both were rescued.
The New York City Mission plans to sustain forty missionaries seven mission schools four Sunday schools and four mission churches along with temperance societies sewing schools and related drives. It seeks less than $5,000 monthly to support all operations while the treasury shows $7,000 in debt and calls for extra contributions. A recent order requires all foreigners in Mexico to register their manos within six months.
London inquiry reveals women and children refine artificial grass sprigs for hats using Schelle's green arsenic copper compound. Dust inhalation sickens and kills, with families earning meager twelve shillings weekly, driven by poverty to dangerous work despite bleeding ears, coughing fits, and fatalities.
A London incident reports a heavy steam roller left running by a driver who briefly left, a boy starting it, and the locomotive racing through Pall Mall into Mr. Thompson’s photographic colorist shop. The glass and stone facade shattered, several bystanders injured, with chaos in a crowded street.
The total German residents in the United States is 1,690,533 with state counts listed for Alabama 2482 Arkansas 1568 California 29701 Connecticut 12443 Delaware 1142 Florida 597 Georgia 2761 Illinois 203? Indiana 78? Iowa 86 Kansas 127? Kentucky 80318 Louisiana 18933 Maine 47045 Maryland 47045 Massachusetts 12072 Michigan 64443 Minnesota 1364 Mississippi 2966 Missouri 118618 Nebraska 10954 Nevada 2181 New Hampshire 486 New Jersey 54000 New York 316952 North Carolina 904 Ohio 183897 Oregon 1875 Pennsylvania 160146 Rhode Island 2201 South Carolina 271 Tennessee 2539 Texas 23995 Vermont 370 Virginia 6282 Wisconsin 162?14 Arizona 79 Colorado 1456 Dakota 563 District of Columbia 492 Idaho 388 Montana 1233 New Mexico 582 Utah 458 Washington 745 Wyoming Territory 652
At a major Toda festival in India buffaloes are driven into an enclosure where two youths, after infuriating the animals with shouts and blows, grab a buffalo by the nose cartilage and blindside him with heavy blows as others follow. The exhausted animal is released and the ritual ends in a dance and feast. Injuries are common and no aid is offered as honor.
A lively Peru dispatch notes Lima women’ s devotion to diamonds despite poverty, and the clash of class through silk, velvet, and finery. It contrasts Peruvian butcher practices with kid meat deceptions and dismisses outsiders’ grasp of local politics, while predicting an upcoming Peru exposition with guano ore and mountain fleece displays.
Paris correspondent reports a man found poisoned in a Champs Elysees street. A note in his pocket details his final minutes, mentioning a garden, a poison bottle, gaslight, and fear as sleep closes in. Also includes unrelated text about Nile fishing and urban fire prevention commentary.
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