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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1891
Page
7
The article surveys global gender imbalances with a Panama isthmus note, then reports on English plans for a women’s agricultural school focusing on dairy and poultry. It also touches on dancing shortages, rising home heating tech, compressed air power, and census shifts in Liverpool and Manchester with accident insurance impacts.
The Ledger reflects on home and friends as the true comfort of life. It contrasts earthly joys with distant riches, praising steady support in need and the happiness found in shared moments around home. The poem emphasizes friendship enduring through hardship and the irreplaceable value of familiar surroundings.
In Pine Hollow Jasper Diggs, a mentally challenged man cared for his dying father and, facing ridicule, created a living tombstone by wearing a grave marker around his neck to raise funds for a real monument. The charity gained him respect, his statue inspired awe, and he later became a beloved village schoolteacher before passing peacefully.
The British Consul at Hankeew reports varnish from that city comes from the Rhus versi cifera tree. Incisions are made before daylight to collect gum, which is dried and strained in darkness. It cannot be strained in wet weather and dries slowly, remaining sticky. The varnish used by the Chinese is applied with silk swabs and is poisonous to the eyes while drying. The consul suggests it could influence Cremona varnish and inspire experiments for a mellower sound in instruments.
A collection of fashion notes and social items describes tight skirts and short streetwear, a Stockholm ladies regatta with nine boats, and Shetland knitters praised for fine work yet critiqued for fleece pulling. Gentlemen and fashion writers discuss hair styling, the nape of the neck, and beauty standards, with tips on necklines and posture.
Five year old Walter J. Simpson, son of W C Simpson of the State Deaf and Dumb Asylum in Danville, astonishes with advanced piano and organ playing. He recalls hymns after one listening, studies under no teacher, and loves music while keeping company with his dog Quiz. Walter’s intellect and health mark him as a promising young prodigy in Kentucky.
A collection of odd facts spans global curiosities and language origins. It notes California produce profits, gender photography bans in China, and a Vatican palace tally. It cites grand duke costs, peculiar domestic beans, a monstrous Georgia peach, a white deer in Maine, and hair-clipping wealth ideas. It also mentions penal colonies in Andaman, the windfall origin, labor euphemisms, and the Long Island naming history from Dutch settlers.
A New York correspondent recalls a physician who washes dirty currency to remove microbes. He demonstrates by cleaning a crumpled ten dollar bill, turning it into a clean, crisp note under soap, water, and sunshine, urging readers to try it themselves.
Waterfront witnesses report pelicans hovering near two ships at Central wharf then choosing the Italian bark Angiolina to perch on and roost. The birds attempted to alight on yards, fell to decks, and were shooed away by sailors. After repeated attempts they finally left for more hospitable roosts earning comic notoriety.
A Washington Star summary of Consul Bessinger in Beirut outlining two locust control methods from Arabia. Plants giant larkspur delphinium priginum and castor oil pahuna Christi reportedly kill locusts in small quantities. Cultivation in the U S near roads and rail routes could aid future infestations.
A stork nest in Berlin area reveals a remarkable migration tale. A male stork previously ringed with the origin landmark returned with two rings this spring, the second bearing the inscription India sends greetings to Germany, confirming its long voyage.
Rosin is praised as a very fine violinist while a comment hints at a paradox in his musical ability. The remark suggests admiration but points to an element of strangeness in his performance.
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