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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1903
Page
2
A montage of brief items including sickness and bereavement notices, a praise for Rev. Sulver and Mrs. Lewis, and a review of Lou J Beauchamp’s humorous lecture in Viroqua. Also references to copper country events, a wind damage spree, and social details from Calumet and Oberlin era.
A 1901 Paducah Daily Sun item lists uncalled for letters for the week ending January 9 and extols Louis Beauchamp's lecturing powers. The piece quotes a glowing contemporary opinion praising his influence on an audience at an opera house event on January 9, 1908.
In New York a wedding day telegram arrives to the groom’s brother with a needle and thread and a note about a missing dress coat button. The best man initially suspects a joke until reading a message confirming the button is sewn on by bridesmaids and the telegram is sent to mother.
The article describes a logbook notation system used on merchant ships. It details letters for weather, wind force numerals, and symbols indicating conditions such as squalls, rain, fog, and visibility. The guide notes the ease of learning with practice and references common maritime abbreviations.
A remark in Pearson's recounts a New Zealand incident where two prospectors sank in quicksand at a stream mouth. One escaped while the other was pulled under and recovered with gold-rich sand yielding about £300 from a ton.
A Boston Transcript note recalls a yesterday afternoon piano recital. An audience of two men three women and a boy attended. the boy worked at the venue, the men sought shelter from rain, while the three women came to hear Joe, passes issued by the speaker.
The late Dr Parker advised a young man to accept a gold watch from an agnostic employer saying Take it, my lad, take it. If he had been a Christian, perhaps he would not have offered it to you.
A customer complains the metal in a knife sold as a labor saver is as soft as putty and dulled on first use. Dealer responds jokingly about sharpening. The piece notes busy, private buyers in New York and Chicago ads and commentary on competition.
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