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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1889
Page
3
A miscellany of curiosities and stereotypes notes a fashionable young man with a silver bangle, vast heathen lands yet to see missionaries, and a mix of historical anecdotes. It recounts writer Jay GocLo, emigration patterns from Italy and Germany, and remarks on public figures, rail tragedies, and a flawed Wisconsin governor's fire loss.
Estimates show US population around 64 million with widespread use of artificial limbs. Reports describe Belgium driving British firms from South American fencing, Paris planning a seven mile underground railway, and rail time reductions between Chicago and New York. Indian crops outlook and Egyptian finances are discussed, along with New England’s growing foreign population and French-Canadians literacy.
A lyrical reminiscence about leaving restraint and roaming with a beloved in a sunny meadow. Vivid nature imagery frames a pledge of love spoken beneath drifting clouds and birds in boughs. The speaker recalls a companion, a shared walk, and a confession of affection during beautiful weather.
A stitched-together page features jokes about marriage, weathered wry lines, a Jersey City police gag, and a quip about a common scold. It ends with Colonel William Duncan proposing turning surplus watermelons into syrup, noting wartime use and potential sugar granulation.
A French mayor and former stipendary magistrate prepared to perform a marriage when he mockingly addressed the bride Mademoiselle X and asked for her consent to Mr Z. The bride answered yes and the official then turned to the groom with the line Prisoner at the bar, what have you to say in your defense.
Hog cholera prevails across many Tennessee counties. Annual losses from the disease range from 50 000 to 1 000 000 dollars in live property. The last legislature made it a misdemeanor to fail to bury or burn infected stock, punishable by a fine. Cremation is recommended as the best disposal method.
A clergyman consoles a young widow over her husband’s death. He says she cannot find his equal. She sobs then replies with a heavenly smile that she intends to try. Pick die Up.
A Washington Star excerpt provides step by step methods for making peach butter with yellow peaches and sugar, detailing washing, heating, mashing, sieving, and boiling. It also includes a beef tea recipe: simmer lean beef with water, strain, cool, reheat, and season with salt, served with toast or crackers.
A collation of kitchen instructions covers corn omelet preparation, stuffed tomatoes, and miscellaneous household hints. Topics include egg folded corn omelet, tomato stuffing with bread crumbs and onions, safe cooking times, dish cleaning with soda water, borax for sore mouth remedy, liniment recipe, odor control with pepper and charcoal, jelly testing, stove cleaning with zinc, ant control with sugar sponges, ticking cooking holders, and oatmeal salting guidance.
Dr McCresswell, troubled by rat infestations, caught a large rat not killed it. The rat wore a tiny silver bell on silk and was chloroformed. After marking capture date, restoratives revived it, bell tinkling made it nervous, then released it. All rats fled the store.
A New York Sun correspondent reports a lake near Honesdale, Cajah Pond, filled with floating wooded islands. The moving islands shift with winds, sometimes forming clusters, occasionally drifting far across the 200 foot deep lake. Observers note roots may eventually anchor the floating land, enlarging the lake surface into solid ground.
A historical account explains how green parrots in New South Wales turned carnivorous, preying on sheep by stripping fat from the kidneys at night near carcasses. Farmers observed sores and deaths, traced to parrots, and authorities note the birds are being exterminated, now venturing out only by night.
In a scripted exchange Grip hints at a visit to Sanbeth. Mrs MacTavish asks if he will come, and Mr MacTartan replies cautiously that he would if spared. A playful threat or promise passes in dialect rich dialogue.
A sequence of maxims on labor of thought and virtue. Emphasizes self reliance, politeness, restraint, and humane conduct. Notes on forgiveness, maintaining distance from impertinence, and the value of civility in conversation. Includes a note on Cato responding to foul language with calm rebuttal.
In the Farmington Register an Andrew Saltise letter urges Coeur d Alene Indians not to buy or drink liquor in town. He proposes city marshals arresting intoxicated individuals and says he will fetch them for confinement in his jail. He also addresses estrays and horse losses, while expressing a wish for peaceful whites and fair treatment of his people. A traveler’s Pekin report describes China s city as filthy and decayed with closed show places and no sewers, noting the emperor s palace viewable only from outside walls.
A severe thunderstorm over Washburn Ohio produced an enormous flock of ducks, estimated from five hundred thousand to one million, that dropped to the ground as lightning struck. Thousands were killed instantly, with around ten thousand believed dead from the strike.
A family quarrel over coal and ice suppliers leads to Emma breaking engagement with Mr Coldsnap to renew with Mr Cooler. Wife urges calm as fall renewal looms and the daughter’s situation drew blessing.
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