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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1892
Page
3
A Detroit Free Press item recalls the question "WEEKE was Columbus bom" as a student asked where Columbus was born, followed by a witty reply about Chicago. The excerpt captures a classroom moment reflecting on discovery and geography with a humorous twist.
A collection of garden tips covers cheap wire training for tomato vines, hedge choices for cold climates, and safe storage of farm tools. It also includes dairy fermentation notes, insect control for rose bushes, and broad plant care guidance from the New York World and other period sources.
A collection of 19th century temperance discourse notes alcohol as a narcotic, with attacks on drunkenness among Mohammedans, London women, and general societal harm. It includes a Minneapolis Congregationalist critique of brewers at the Columbian Exposition and a call to treat alcoholism as a disease. Courses, quotes, and reformers referenced include Rev H Calmer, Rev W F English, Dr Norman Kerr, Lady Henry Somerset, and Sir Wilfred Lawson.
A sermon-like passage compares family prosperity to keeping houses, pictures, gardens, and children. It stresses daily training to nurture children, likening them to living pictures and gardens that deteriorate without care, and urges entering God’s garden to enjoy spiritual fruits.
A fragment from a Riverside Parish scene describes parish work replacing pure church services with social ministries. Clergy lead a broad program from education and recreation to almsgiving, while residents slowly respond to charity and Christ’s call. Two converts illustrate rising sacrifice in modern society.
Captain William A Andrews famed for stormy Atlantic voyages seeks new feat aboard a novel craft. He crossed to Land's End previously in Nautilus and Mermaid and endured sixty two days in the Dark Secret before returning to New York. He argues small boats may float and cites public skepticism.
In a case before Judge Finletter a person charged with killing a neighbor's cat that annoyed him was found justified. The ruling states that animals trespassing to annoyance justify shooting when there is no chance to catch and hold them, as the sole protection against annoyance.
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