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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1871
Page
2
A poem depicts an editor in his sanctum with a desk cluttered by pages from Howler and Growler, verses from Gusher and Plodder, letters from maidens and merchants, ads, and notices. The vivid scene ends noting only one thing missing is cash.
A West of England field, Pardon's Piece, becomes the scene of a small builder's murder. A farm bailiff spots a hurried man leaving the field at eight thirty, the victim's watch stops, and alibi claims arise. A clock maid's mischief swaps time, leading to acquittal of Dubourg. Four months later a deathbed confession reveals the real killer.
A French traveler M. A. Guinnard recounts a three year captivity among Patagons in South America. He notes their superior strength, endurance, and muscular build, their riding skills, and the stark differences from Europeans, including living on scarce provisions and long journeys with minimal rest. The Paragons stand nearly six feet tall with distinctive facial features.
A man accused of theft at a Toulouse correctional tribunal grew violent when near acquittal, hurling threats and insults at judges. He broke his chains with great strength and only subdued after gendarmes intervened. He was condemned to one year for menacing the bench.
Travelers in a light wagon on the Gotham road were burning cigars causing straw to ignite beneath. They fled as flames spread, a nearby countryman on horseback offered aid. He delayed alerting them, joking that modern times favor steam power over warning signs.
In Mt Vernon Indiana a local paper describes an “all citizen” who attends church and repeats sermons in sleep verbatim. He listens to lectures on science and public speeches, yet remains illiterate with plain speech. Under somnambulism he uses chaste language. Frogs steal honey from beehives in Jamaica West Indies.
A Western correspondent from New York describes crowded street cars radiating from City Hall on Third Avenue. Cars carry dozens at full capacity with men seated and women standing, while gallantry is scarce and rowdy behavior, open collars, and a parade of indifference mark the ride.
A Storriva Newsrake piece rebukes editors who cry stop my paper at the sight of displeasing columns. It likens the impulse to stop a paper to a man striking his toe on a pebble and cursing the earth that endures the blow, injuring only himself.
The oblong edifice measures 250 by 150 feet and opened for worship in 1867. It features forty-six red sandstone pillars supporting an eighty five foot high oval roof, nine feet between shells, and a large west end organ. The gallery rests on pillars, seats thirteen thousand, and the Mormon church financed the roughly $350,000 structure from tithing.
A correspondent notes Beverly Massachusetts known as Bean Town. Sundays begin with baked pork and beans for breakfast. Famed for bean pots, villagers queued at bakeries. Now each householder has a personalized bean pot, baked with name or initials. Bakers charge six cents to bake beans, a notable revenue source.
An Indianapolis balloon entertainer Miss Thurston misjudged a landing at Watertown. The balloon drifted over woods, then settled in a tall birch. she camped in the canopy, awoke chilled, and later descended, injuring herself after a failed rope drop attempt.
A Chicago man recalls a dog bite from eighteen months ago with fear of hydrophobia. He washed the wound, cauterized it, and describes persistent itching, seizures, and nightly paralysis sensations. He notes others may fear rabies, yet credits anxiety as a possible trigger for the illness.
Before the strike Berlin employed six thousand masons. Two thousand left Berlin, mostly unmarried. Of the remaining four thousand, three thousand two hundred are idle, eight hundred worked under old terms. Of 287 employers only seven yielded. the rest resist. Lost pay from idleness is about 200,600 thalers, with only one sixth funded by others. The London International Committee reportedly gave 15,000 thalers. Builders’ tradesmen met at Concert House and vowed to continue resisting the workers’ demands.
Richard Brown of Saratoga County was gored in the right leg by a furious young bull after entering a field with cows. He fought the beast, grabbing its eyes as the bull dragged him and threw him, until cows distracted the animal and allowed him to leap the fence to safety.
A Zridune correspondent in Chicago notes men with confidence rush into ventures, counting on luck to carry them through. In town talk, Brown’s latest loan and resumption of work are cited, with claims he can secure money anywhere on earth.
The article reviews men s morning wear with striped suits, single and double breasted coats, waistcoats in various cuts and diagonals, noting English meltons in black blue and Oxford, plus basket honeycomb and matted weaves. It also observes Swiss churches with gender seating norms and hushed sermons followed by a chorus of coughs.
In a dramatic four-oared contest at Saratoga the Ward Brothers crew from Cornwall, New York, won the first prize of $2,000 with a time of 24 minutes 40 seconds. The Tyne crew finished second earning $1,250, while the Biglin and Taylor Winship crews tied for third. The race featured brisk sprints, close positioning, and a late finish that required a two oared rematch.
The Post Office Department receives daily inquiries about a claim that the government will pay $300 to the collector of one million cancelled postage stamps. Officials say the rumor is unfounded and likely started by designers to lure collectors into amassing defaced stamps for small profits after learning the false premise.
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