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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1892
Page
6
A compact digest notes Chicago growth, ocean steamer speed, and rail contrasts. It cites England juvenile crime, Belgian penny banks funding schools, Alsace Lorraine Germans, and Atlantic voyage losses. Also mentions L Z Lever on California, strikes in Germany, French farming finance, and Paul Revere’s cultural prominence.
In a small town tale, Dolly Medges faces gossip from Aunt Tabitha as Deacon Holly contemplates his lonely life. A magic tea kettle proclaims Dolly will marry Deacon Holly, and the Widow Rubble’s plots fail to stop fate, with Freddie’s presence guiding Dolly toward the match.
A Northern Ohio pitcher plant thrives in peat bogs and captures insects in hollow leaves. Insects drown in water trapped inside the leaf and are digested. a rare invader outsmarts the plant by drilling a hole to escape through the water.
Judge Davis on his Mineral Point farm reports dramatic gains from harvesting hay with a reaper and binder in timothy grass. He notes faster curing, cleaner sheaves, richer aroma, and savings in expense and labor, with hay valued about 2 per ton higher than traditional methods.
The Philadelphia Press describes traveling stones in Australia and Nevada. Each round ivory gem walnut sized. when placed near each other they roll together to form a nest like bunel. Removed stones return if nearby within four feet. otherwise they stay still. They are largely iron ore and magnetic.
Date Palms in Hanlon’s garden near Yuma number twenty trees with the oldest at fifteen years and thirty feet high. Six of the trees bear fruit. One bunch holds about 2500 dates and weighs forty pounds. Larger bunches exist, each estimated at 3000 dates weighing at least fifty pounds.
An Experienced Agent reports rushing to 126 Bank Street to secure a cash advance and avoid rent. A bookkeeping query reveals a morning encounter with a baby and a sobering note that there will be no spare cash at the house for weeks, echoed by the agent’s own experience.
A travel narrative describes a Newcastle to Bergen Norwegian journey to Stavanger and the midnight sun. Readers witness inner fjords towns, daylight at midnight, bonfires on mountains, Norse worship marks, fish markets, and Quaker marriage ritual reforms allowing mixed marriages with a ring ceremony and a signed certificate.
The Chicago liquor dealers boast of a protective association that shields members from prosecution for law violations. A recent Secretary’s report claims only one in sixteen outside dealers faced charges, while many inside members avoid enforcement. The speaker urges dealers to join the association, critiquing its intimidation of communities.
A travel diary recounts a stop in Stavanger and exploration of Bergen, describing quiet town streets, a medieval cathedral rebuilt after fires, fjord scenery with snowcapped peaks, lonely coastlines, and a glacier. The Bergen port hosts the fish trade, a 46,000 population city in a mountain amphitheater, plus a wooden Fantoft church transplanted by the American Consul.
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