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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1891
Page
3
A compilation notes General Miles opposing militia consolidation, adobe homes in Southern California, German Emperor's stance on patronage, large US Europe trade, and France wheat costs. Reports on New Russia adopting a magazine gun, a Civil War women memorial, San Francisco Chinese admission papers fraud, rising Canadian debt, a Lewiston student posing as Somayou of Basa tribe, and Paris blind relief institutions with high cure rates.
The Chicago Herald reports Missouri now dominates global onyx supply with Ozark finds in Pulaski and Crawford counties. The Ozark Onyx Company, backed by St. Louis capital, has opened a $75,000 dressing plant in St. Louis, the only US facility dedicated to polishing onyx. Quarries in California are linked to the same company, with potential deposits in Arizona Territory but development lagging until rail access improves.
Summary of watch care advice: wind at the same time daily and keep in the same position when not worn. Do not leave the outer case open overnight. Wind in the morning to combat wearer movement. Avoid cold pockets and hot walls, use a protective mat. Regular cleaning every two to three years prevents oil and dust from grinding parts. If dropped in water seek immediate professional cleaning.
A junior in each great sleeping car company office spends each weekday naming sleeping dining and parlor coaches. Names must carry meaning as hundreds of coaches exist and more are built yearly. Early sleepers carried national names America England France Russia Scotland Germany and more. The young namer aims for short meaningful and pleasant sounding titles.
Stanter cites Emin Pasha in Darkest Africa claiming chimpanzees visit Mana Station plantations at night to steal fruit and light their way with torches. Emin recalls witnessing the spectacle and notes a chimpanzee stole a native drum and pounded it, with others rattling the drum in night silence.
A New York Weekly note describes a stranger in Dugout City Kansas saying the town’s population seems under 20,000 and that the weather is unusually cool when the circus was in town, observing locals and the scene during the circus day.
The Buffalo Courier reports that the Niagara, sunk in Evie harbor in 1814 and later changing owners, now belongs to Buffalo superintendent D P Dobbins. He plans to raise and exhibit the relic in Chicago 1893 armed with its original coronades and smoothbores, reflecting a western dream of a world’s fair as a museum of ancient relics.
Dr Voisin of Paris argued that hypnosis can trigger crime when instructed to do so. He cited subjects urged to commit arson while asleep and a Paris woman recently convicted after a string of robberies linked to habitual hypnosis.
A roundup of curious science notes reports on lunar snow from Lick Observatory twice. Cunard plans two 14000 HP steamers at 21 knots. a Russian electrician’s electroetching method. French Guiana storms and loud thunder. pure Japanese sulfur imports and Australia foul bread bee threats. world population at 1,487,600,000 with Europe 80,200,000 and North America 89,250,000. Regell finds sunlight affects flower fragrance. balloon scientific trip to Mount Vesuvius. a Sahara water discovery at El Golea 120 feet underground yielding 40 gallons a minute.
The New York Post outlines a proposed screw steel ferryboat for the Northern Pacific Construction Company to operate between San Francisco and Laulcelito. It will be a double ender with two nine foot screws and a single shaft, 250 feet long, three decks, and a capacity of 3000 travelers. The steel hull and double screws promise speed and durability, with an estimated cost at least $200,000.
A prominent citizen pursues a mounted wildcat for a trophy at Lake Tahoe. He pays $20 to a mountaineer for the cat, ties it by a cord to a tree, but when the cage door opens the animal escapes as the hunter fires through a cabin window, ending the episode with the cat’s discharge into the forest.
A mosaic of short religious items celebrates steadfast faith and home virtues. It recalls a legend of the midnight bell promising “All is well,” recounts a youth choosing Christ over a saloon, and honors hidden workers and prayerful missions. It promotes revival, domestic devotion, and moral purity across communities.
The report cites Dr N. B. Davis opposing alcohol as a remedy and recounts Reuben Johnson’s forty year battle with drunkenness. From the McAuley Mission in Water Street, his conversion and yearlong faithfulness are highlighted amid a community gathering and testimonies of regret and renewal.
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