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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1871
Page
2
A period poem praising divine providence over harvest and toil. The speaker asks what humans can offer in return for sustenance and grain, seeking guidance and strength to follow the divine through drought and labor toward ultimate harvest and salvation.
Prudence Holmes, a youthful boardinghouse resident, bonds with Mr Wentworth during a river outing while exchanging a cherished grandmother’s ring. A prank of baking reveals the ring, triggering laughs and shyness. After a tense scene and heartfelt reconciliation, they pledge affection, with Prudence keeping the exchange ring as a token of mutual consent.
A vivid colonial style scene from Saratoga describes a candle lit reception where guests mingle in darkness as couples exchange embraces and plan dances. The narrative blends flirtatious recall with humor and self awareness, ending with a train of social observations on manners and affection amid gaslight shortages. Nearby reports note a fish mystery at Spoon Lake with mass fish wash ashore and a curious bamboo root in Virginia that resembles animal heads in various positions. Seventeen emigrants are injured and a woman is killed in a Detroit Milwaukee railroad accident near Linden station.
The Boston Journal discusses coal supply fears in Britain, noting a Parliamentary Commission report. It contends that exhaustion would be rapid if trends continued, but prices would rise, reducing demand and extending usable life. It predicts eventual imports and a shift in global supply dynamics, while arguing American coal reserves and future inventions could offset shortages.
In session in New York the American Institute Fair showcases seven departments each subdivided into seven groups. Highlights include Fine Arts and Education, Dwelling articles, Dress and Headicraft, Chemistry and Mineralogy, Engines and Machinery, Intercommunication, and Agriculture and Horticulture with diverse displays from paintings to plows. Fate of a strong man at Boulogne sur Mer shows fatal outcome from a cannon lifting act. Loox Ovr notes warn of self heating materials causing fires without flame, citing old wearing apparel and dried wood as possible sources.
The Dry Goods Market shows unusually brisk business with improved demand from jobbers and many buyers viewing goods. Cotton goods headline steady prices with active sales, dress goods and hosiery in strong demand, woollens improving, skirts active, and foreign dress goods market very active with scarce desirable styles as black textiles remain scarce.
District Attorney Garvin reveals indictments against Captain Jacob Vanderbilt Henry Robinson and Superintendent Braisted for neglect and mismanagement of boiler and apparatus at Westfield sound leading to passenger deaths Vanderbilt is charged with manslaughter The engineers Braisted and Robinson face additional neglect charges Amelia Garcia dies in New Orleans after laudanum use while pianist in a lover’s shadow artistically mournful death The Laborde death test proposes needle oxidation to distinguish real from apparent death A New York Anti Dramshop state convention at Syracuse nominates ticket for state officers with a prohibitory platform
The chief engineer recounts the Ladona wreck where a panic sent 14 crew to the rigging as a tsunami-like swell washed away the poop deck. Miller clung to a floating spar and perished after 12 hours adrift. The narrator and Mooney swam ashore, survived a brutal surf, and, after aid from a lighthouse keeper, reached Sand Point on August 20 after a grueling inland trek for water and food.
At a late New York State Teachers' Institute session teachers spelled a list of fifty words. County results ranged from sixty to seventy percent incorrect, with Ulster at 60 and Madison at 70. The word cachinnation caused the most trouble, with fifty different spellings in ninety-five papers. In total, 10,663 mis-spellings appeared across ninety-four papers, an average of 28 per paper.
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